"You're toying with me."
Pain stated this fact in an utterly indifferent tone, and the atmosphere instantly turned cold.
Shinji was not frightened in the slightest and kept joking around. "Of course not. We're just curious about the reason. Whatever good qualities we have, can't we change them?"
By now, Nagato no longer wanted to listen to these two spout nonsense and play the fool.
He made Pain Deva Path raise one hand level with his shoulder. "Once you've witnessed the power of a god, you'll know the reason."
Shinra Tensei!
Bang!!!
Everything around him-flowers, grass, trees, insects, birds, and beasts-was instantly hurled away by an irresistible force.
Although Shinji had realized what Pain intended to do the moment he raised his hand and had braced himself, he was still blasted far away, ending up rather bedraggled.
Hidan fared even worse. Shinra Tensei's attack, which came without any warning, practically treated him like a bowling ball. He smashed through five trees before falling to the ground.
He was dazed when he got up, only then realizing he had been hit...
"I've changed my mind. Even if you agree to join the Jashin Cult now, it's too late. I'm going to hack you into pieces, bastard!"
Gripping the Bloody Triple-Bladed Scythe, Hidan charged straight at him.
Shinji tried to stop him but failed.
Then, a moment later, Hidan flew backward even faster, smashing through still more trees.
All right, then.
If that husky-brained Hidan could be relied on, Tonton could climb trees.
Drawing the Kubikiribōchō, Shinji did not rush in. Instead, he waited for an opening.
He remembered that Pain Deva Path's Shinra Tensei had an interval between uses, with a minimum cooldown of five seconds.
He just needed Hidan to act as bait once more and draw out Pain's Shinra