The black-haired girl below also possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan, and judging by the ability she had just displayed, she was almost certainly no weaker than Itachi. She might even be stronger.
And then there was Naruto Uzumaki, whose strength was equally unfathomable and whose arsenal seemed endless...
The disdain and resentment Hidan had felt over Kumogakure's surrender vanished in an instant, replaced by a deep chill and intense wariness.
He immediately fell silent.
He might worship the Evil God and pursue pain and death, but that did not mean he was a brainless idiot.
Going down there to die and throwing himself into a thrilling battle were two entirely different things.
Those two down below... were far too bizarre!
Of Kumogakure's two jinchūriki, one had switched sides. The other had flailed at thin air like a clown before being sealed inside a coffin in an instant!
That kind of fighting was completely beyond Hidan's ability to handle.
His specialty was close combat and trading injury for injury, relying on his immortal body and curse ritual to win.
But if he could not even get near his enemy, or fell victim to their bizarre genjutsu before he could reach them, leaving him mutilating himself or unable to move...
What good would his immortality and curse do him then?
Hidan could use intense pain to stimulate himself and try to break free of ordinary genjutsu.
But against advanced genjutsu that slipped in unnoticed, leaving its victim unaware until the very last moment... just like what had happened to Killer B...
That would be a real problem.
He might not even get a chance to perform his curse ritual before his opponent easily dealt with him inside an illusion, then tossed him into that Sleep Coffin, which looked comfortable but might subject him