"Is this guy immortal?!"
Having witnessed everything, Sai swiftly drew a picture, and an ink bird slipped out of the woods toward Konoha.
The battle between Hidan and Chiriku went on for a long time, but the fighting itself was highly repetitive.
There was no telling how many times Chiriku had sent Hidan flying. Judging by the countless buildings Hidan had smashed through, every one of Chiriku's attacks should have been enough to kill an ordinary ninja, yet Hidan seemed practically immortal.
No matter how many times Chiriku struck him, Hidan got back up as though nothing had happened.
Only when Hidan had nearly exhausted Chiriku's chakra did his scythe finally graze Chiriku's arm.
Then Hidan licked Chiriku's blood, and the course of the battle changed completely.
With Chiriku's blood secured, Hidan calmly drew a strange pattern on the ground. As he stepped inside it, his entire appearance grew bizarre.
Black skin covered in white markings made Hidan look like a skeleton.
From that point on, Hidan stopped charging at Chiriku. Instead, he began attacking himself.
To Sai and Shin's astonishment, after Hidan injured himself, identical wounds appeared on Chiriku's body.
In the end, Hidan killed Chiriku by attacking himself. As for Hidan, no matter how many times he was sent flying or what injuries he suffered, he simply stood back up as though nothing had happened.
"Let's get out of here. Our work is done."
After killing Chiriku, Hidan and Kakuzu began slaughtering everyone inside the temple. Unable to bear the sight, Shin took Sai and swiftly left.
Inside the Hokage Office in Konoha, Madara shared all the intelligence Sai had recorded with Shikaku, Sasuke, and Naruto. At the same time, he ordered every Konoha ninja who might encounter the pair to avoid the Akatsuki duo's route.
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