"Whoa! What a sight~~"
When Tobi returned, the scene before him immediately caught his eye.
A dense forest of white bones bloomed across the earth, with two figures frozen in place within it.
Hidan stood on the ground, pierced by several crisscrossing bones. Blood covered the ground, and a black spear was lodged in his heart.
Kimimaro was likewise riddled with holes, his face contorted. His right hand had turned into an extremely sharp, spiraling bone lance, its tip only about one or two centimeters from Hidan's head.
It looked as though the two had killed each other!
But in truth, Hidan had won.
Because Hidan was immortal, and he had completed the ritual first, plunging the Black Spear into his heart.
However, Kimimaro's vitality after entering his Cursed Seal state, along with his tenacious willpower, had allowed him to survive for a few more seconds even after his heart was pierced. He had come within a hair's breadth of completing his final strike.
Unfortunately, those few seconds Kimimaro had borrowed from heaven had ultimately left him with nothing but regret.
He was an opponent worthy of respect!
"Hmm? Looks like Hidan got killed too. Great! Doesn't that mean I can become the Jashin Cult's leader? As long as Shinji agrees~"
"Dream on! I, the great Hidan, am the Jashin Cult's leader! You and Shinji can forget about it forever, you bastards! Forever!"
Hidan suddenly opened his eyes and roared at Tobi.
Tobi jumped in fright. "Huh?! You're still alive!"
His surprise was tinged with profound disappointment...
A vein immediately bulged at Hidan's temple. "Hurry up and get me out of here!"
"Right, right, right. Heave-ho, heave-ho~"
After an enormous effort, Tobi finally got Hidan off the "bone skewers." Throughout the process, Hidan kept swearing furiously from the pain.
His