While waiting for reinforcements, Kazemori Masaki went out several times to investigate the Evil God Worshippers. With Kakuzu among them, he avoided getting too close; sensory vision alone could provide the information he needed. Over the past few days, the Evil God Worshippers had made no major moves. They simply stayed in the Ninshu Ruins, preparing things that might be needed for a ritual. Nothing seemed unusual. The Evil God Worshippers had behaved this way before.
He had asked the Shrine Maiden to secure several key routes near the Ninshu Ruins, mainly to prevent the Evil God Worshippers from escaping. He intended to wipe them all out in one stroke. Of course, to avoid alerting them, the surveillance force did not need to be too strong. It only needed to hold the Evil God Worshippers back for a short time.
Yet for some reason, Kazemori Masaki felt that the Evil God Worshippers were being far too careless. They might all be mentally disturbed, and everything Hidan did might reveal his arrogance, but that did not mean Hidan's behavior could be taken as representative of every Evil God Worshipper.
After all, some of these Evil God Worshippers came from the Hidden Hot Water Village. They had received proper shinobi training and had just lived through the brutal Shinobi World War. They should not have abandoned even basic reconnaissance. Or were they so confident that they felt no need to pay attention to anything happening in the Land of Demons?
"Something seems off," Kazemori Masaki murmured.
Upon returning to the Shrine, Kazemori Masaki learned that Kana and the three youngsters had gone to look around other parts of the grounds. The Shrine preserved a considerable amount of ninshu tradition, making it a place Kana felt she should learn from before the Ninshu