Recaps

Akagi Shinji and Hidan fought a brutal sparring match at the Jashin Cult’s mountain base, where both boys’ immortality let them recover from killing blows. Cult Leader Takihata ended their break and sent them to Room Two for more experiments.

• Akagi Shinji and Hidan fought until Cult Leader Takihata stopped their sparring and ordered them to rest before studying Jujutsu.
• Akagi Shinji provoked Hidan, who stabbed him through the heart with a short spear as Shinji stabbed Hidan in the neck with a kunai.
• Hidan recovered from his wound, and Akagi Shinji revived moments later and mocked him.
• Akagi Shinji recalled how he had once cut off Hidan’s head and buried it, leaving the Jashin Cult searching for three days before Cult Leader Takihata ordered Shinji to reveal the location.
• Cult Leader Takihata canceled their rest and sent Akagi Shinji and Hidan to Room Two, where experimental material awaited them.

Akagi Shinji reviewed his bizarre system, its curses, and the rewards he had earned by completing the first stage of his mission with Hidan. He resolved to train Hidan into the companion he wanted while examining his new Blood Manipulation jujutsu, but the chapter ended before he explained why it reassured him.

• Akagi Shinji checked his interface and learned that the New Undying Duo mission had advanced to stage two, with 100 of 500 bond points.
• Akagi Shinji rejected the idea of currying favor with Hidan and decided instead to train him through their antagonistic relationship.
• Akagi Shinji considered Hidan's deadly techniques and the difficulty he had faced earning their initial bond points.
• Akagi Shinji reviewed the basics of cursed energy and jujutsu, then focused on his newly acquired Blood Manipulation.
• Akagi Shinji concluded that Blood Manipulation let him breathe a sigh of relief, but the chapter ended before he explained why.

Hidan demonstrated his mastery of [Death Controlling Possessed Blood] by linking his injuries to a bound victim and killing him. When Akagi Shinji failed to perform the same Jujutsu, he revealed a different power called Blood Manipulation and claimed Lord Jashin had bestowed it on him.

• Hidan drank a bound victim’s blood, drew the ritual pattern, and transformed his appearance as he activated [Death Controlling Possessed Blood].
• Hidan wounded himself with a spear, inflicting matching injuries on the victim until the Jujutsu ended and the terrified man died.
• The Cult Leader praised Hidan’s progress and called Akagi Shinji forward to demonstrate his own ability.
• Akagi Shinji cut his wrist and used cursed energy and a Ram Seal to control the blood flowing from his body.
• Akagi Shinji told Cult Leader Takihata that Lord Jashin had bestowed Blood Manipulation upon him, and Takihata approved.

Akagi Shinji convinced the Jashin Cult that Lord Jashin had bestowed Blood Manipulation on him, then began planning how to develop the technique. He learned that the cult’s experiments had disrupted his and Hidan’s chakra pathways, leaving him to rely on jujutsu for survival.

• The Jashin Cult praised Lord Jashin and accepted Akagi Shinji’s account of receiving Blood Manipulation, while Cult Leader Takihata decided to keep him close rather than challenge him.
• Hidan recovered from his blood loss, boasted about Death Controlling Possessed Blood, and threatened Akagi Shinji before leaving in a rage.
• Akagi Shinji gained a Bond Point from Hidan’s outburst and sealed his spilled blood for later use, realizing his immortality could complement Blood Manipulation.
• The next day, Akagi Shinji began developing ways to use Blood Manipulation while cooperating with the cult’s experiments and training.
• Akagi Shinji learned that the experiments had likely mutated his chakra pathways, making ninjutsu difficult, and suspected he was an unfinished product who would have died without the system’s Blood Manipulation.

Akagi Shinji and Hidan turned a hot spring soak into a contest over who would get out first, after Shinji accepted a system mission to outlast Hidan. By the next morning, Cult Leader Takihata found them still in the pool, refusing to leave even when ordered to attend training.

• Akagi Shinji found Hidan at a secluded hot spring and entered the water rather than leave and appear afraid.
• Hidan decided to prove his superiority by seeing who could stay in the hot spring longer.
• The system gave Akagi Shinji the Hot Spring God of War mission, and he accepted it for the rewards.
• Akagi Shinji and Hidan spent the night silently trying to outlast each other in the hot spring.
• Cult Leader Takihata learned the two had skipped training and found them still refusing to get out, despite his order.

Shinji and Hidan stubbornly refused to leave the hot spring, so the cultists kept drawing their blood until Shinji faked being drained and dead. Shinji outplayed Hidan, completed his mission, and then pretended to pass out before Cult Leader Takihata arrived.

• Shinji and Hidan each refused to leave the hot spring first, so Cult Leader Takihata ordered the cultists to keep them there and draw their blood every hour.
• After six hours of bloodletting, Hidan and Shinji continued to taunt each other and refused to give in, even when the cultists began another draw.
• Shinji appeared drained and stopped breathing, prompting the frightened cultists to pull him and Hidan out of the hot spring.
• Shinji suddenly shoved away a cultist and dropped back into the spring, leaving Hidan to be carried out and lose their contest.
• Shinji used Blood Manipulation to conceal how much blood he had left, completed his mission, and then pretended to pass out as Cult Leader Takihata approached.

After recovering from solitary confinement, Shinji used Blood Manipulation: Flowing Red Scale to overpower Hidan in a rematch. The fight continued as Shinji prepared to drive his knee into Hidan.

• Shinji reflected that the Jashin Cult would eventually be destroyed and decided he would help when the time came.
• Hidan rushed at Shinji after being released, eager to avenge his humiliating defeat.
• Shinji dodged Hidan’s spear attacks with ease while finishing his curry.
• Shinji activated Flowing Red Scale, accelerated his blood flow, and punched Hidan into a wall.
• Hidan charged again, and Shinji dodged his spear and punched him in the abdomen before raising his knee.

Shinji defeated Hidan but spared his life, then endured the Jashin Cult’s brutal Divine Punishment. Hidan learned Shinji had been punished after their fight and went to confront Cult Leader Takihata to find out why.

• Shinji overwhelmed Hidan in their fight and stopped short of killing him, leaving Hidan furious and humiliated.
• After recovering, Hidan heard that Shinji had endured the Cult Leader’s punishment and learned the punishment followed their fight.
• Hidan threatened a cult member for insulting Shinji and hurried to the main hall.
• Hidan found Shinji impaled by eighteen spears during the Cult’s Divine Punishment and questioned him about what he had done.
• Hidan left Shinji and then turned toward Cult Leader Takihata’s quarters to uncover the reason for the punishment.

After surviving the Jashin Cult’s Divine Punishment, Shinji gained Hidan’s respect and the cult’s support. Cult Leader Takihata sent Shinji and Hidan on their first mission together in the Land of Waves, hoping they would become stronger partners.

• Hidan left Shinji’s room furious, while Shinji gained 80 Bond Points with him and a small boost to his abilities after dying once.
• The Jashin Cult returned to normal, and Hidan began training his taijutsu instead of provoking Shinji.
• Cult Leader Takihata directed resources toward Shinji and Hidan, hoping their immortality and jujutsu would make the cult powerful enough to challenge the great nations.
• Takihata told Shinji that a wealthy supporter in the Land of Waves needed the cult’s help and ordered Shinji and Hidan to handle the trouble together.
• Shinji and Hidan each inwardly resented being paired, while Takihata believed the mission would build their partnership.

Shinji diverted from his route with Hidan to investigate the location marked on the Cursed Treasure Map, then talked their way into staying with an old man in a village. The map’s secret remained undiscovered as they settled in for the night.

• Shinji noticed they were nearing the location on the Cursed Treasure Map and decided to investigate, using a village stop as an excuse to leave their route.
• Hidan followed Shinji after hearing there might be fried pork cutlets, and the two ran north for an hour to reach the village.
• Hidan threatened the villagers when he was angry about the detour, but Shinji covered his mouth and explained away his behavior to an elderly man.
• The old man invited Shinji and Hidan to his home for food and a night’s rest, after Shinji assured him that Hidan would stay away from women and children.

Shinji and Hidan stayed overnight with an impoverished village family, and Shinji kept Hidan from insulting their hosts. The old man and Ayako revealed that Shota had died when shinobi fighting in the village destroyed their home, leaving Shinji confronted with the villagers’ lasting grief.

• Shinji restrained Hidan and made him agree to behave until they left the next day.
• The old man welcomed Shinji and Hidan into his home, where his grandson and daughter-in-law Ayako greeted them.
• Shinji covered for Hidan when he complained about the family’s simple meal, then persuaded him to stop causing trouble.
• Shinji asked about the old man’s son, and the old man explained that Shota had died when a shinobi battle devastated the village.
• Ayako blamed herself for Shota’s death because she had been pregnant and unable to run, but the old man reassured her before withdrawing to his room.

Shinji reassured the old man that he and Hidan would leave the village at dawn, then learned more about how war had killed the old man’s son. Hidan followed Shinji into the night, and the old man decided to go after them too.

• The old man revealed that he had watched Shinji and Hidan because he feared their arrival might bring danger to the village.
• Shinji promised the old man that they had no interest in the village and would leave when it was light.
• The old man explained that ninja from Kirigakure and Konoha had brought devastation to the village, and a Konoha ninja had accidentally killed his son during the fighting.
• Shinji asked whether the old man wanted revenge, and the old man said he only hoped to live peacefully and care for his grandson.
• Hidan came outside, threatened the old man, and made him point out which way Shinji had gone.
• The old man wiped away his sweat, then gritted his teeth and headed outside after them.

Shinji opened the cursed treasure chest beneath the dried-up well and was chased out by a mass of animated hair, with Hidan helping him fight it back. After the hair withdrew, a captivating fragrance appeared and began to affect them, leaving Shinji alarmed by a new danger.

• Shinji uncovered a treasure chest by activating the [Cursed Treasure Map] at the well, then opened it.
• A mass of black hair burst from the well and chased Shinji, forcing Hidan to join the fight with a kunai.
• Shinji and Hidan drove the hair back about fifty meters, where it stopped pursuing them and withdrew into the well.
• Hidan questioned Shinji about the creature, and Shinji claimed he had come to retrieve old savings he had hidden there.
• Shinji and Hidan smelled an irresistible fragrance, and Shinji stabbed his thigh with a kunai to break free of its influence before seeing something that chilled him.

Shinji and Hidan discovered that the creature in the well lured and drained nearby animals, then attracted the villagers. Shinji knocked the villagers unconscious while Hidan tried to seal the well, but the creature’s hair caught Hidan by the ankle.

• The creature lured nearby livestock with its fragrance, drained them, and seemed to grow stronger after feeding.
• Shinji and Hidan found villagers approaching the well under the fragrance’s influence, and Shinji refused to abandon them.
• Shinji challenged Hidan to face the creature while he handled the villagers, prompting Hidan to march toward the well.
• Shinji used compressed blood bullets to knock the villagers unconscious before they reached the well.
• Hidan placed a large rock over the well, but the creature’s black hair slipped through a gap and grabbed his ankle.

Shinji discovered that fire was the creature’s weakness, but neither he nor Hidan could use Fire Release. After Hidan was caught in the creature’s hair, Shinji returned with fuel and burned the creature in the Dry Well.

• Shinji observed the creature’s attacks and realized its luring fragrance and feeding attacks happened in separate modes.
• Shinji recalled that the creature had attacked his torch first and concluded that fire was its weakness.
• Hidan admitted he could not use Fire Release, and Shinji ran off to gather fuel while Hidan struggled alone.
• The creature’s black hair caught Hidan and cocooned him as he feared it would force its way into his body.
• Shinji returned with buckets of fuel, set the creature ablaze, and poured the remaining fuel into the Dry Well.

Shinji defeated the black-haired creature with fire and found the Cursed Object Perfect Perfume in the well. He dragged Hidan back to the village, where the villagers woke to the aftermath of the strange incident.

• Shinji returned to the well and found an intact glass bottle after the black hair had vanished.
• Shinji identified the bottle as the Cursed Object Perfect Perfume, which could attract creatures, generate flesh-eating black hair, and regenerate, but was weak to fire.
• Shinji told Hidan the creature was gone, then bound Hidan's mouth with Blood Manipulation and dragged him away.
• Shinji and Hidan returned to find the old man gone, while villagers later woke outside with headaches and found the scene charred.

Shinji and Hidan left the village after the old man returned with fried pork cutlets and revealed he had spent the night salvaging a lost sow. Days later, they reached the Land of Waves, where the Mira Peng family was preparing to use the Jashin Cult against Gato, and the two reapers arrived on its shores.

• The old man returned with fried pork cutlets, and Hidan took the lunchbox and ran off with the food while Shinji laughed at his burned bald head.
• The old man told Shinji that animals had escaped during the night and that he had found a sow knocked unconscious against a tree.
• Shinji and Hidan left the village and traveled across the Land of Fire to a boat bound for the Land of Waves.
• The boatman told Shinji that Gato was fighting the powerful Mira Peng family for control of shipping in the Land of Waves.
• After his youngest daughter died in an attack, Mira Peng decided to use the Jashin Cult to take revenge on Gato.
• Shinji and Hidan arrived at a wharf in the Land of Waves as two reapers of the Jashin Cult.

Shinji and Hidan reached the Land of Waves and met a Jashin Cult contact, who was to take them to Mira Peng. Meanwhile, Mira Peng struggled to find help against Gato, whose attacks had left his family isolated and close to ruin.

• Hidan complained about the smell at the Land of Waves, and Shinji urged him to focus on their mission.
• Shinji showed the Jashin Cult pendant to their contact and asked to be taken to Mira Peng.
• Hidan threatened the contact with a kunai, and the frightened young man led them away.
• Mira Peng smashed ornaments and demanded that his subordinates do more to avenge his daughter and kill Gato.
• Mira Peng learned that Gato's men had intercepted most of his messengers and that Konoha might refuse his assassination request.
• Mira Peng's subordinate explained that Gato had weakened the family by turning hired shinobi against them and cutting off their appeals for help.

Shinji and Hidan accepted Mira Peng’s mission to kill Gato, then followed a burly stranger who claimed he could lead them to Gato’s hideout. They arrived at a guarded villa, where the stranger greeted its men and asked if Gato was inside.

• Mira Peng gave Shinji information on Gato’s targets, and Shinji said he and Hidan would handle the killings without help.
• Hidan complained that Mira Peng’s men had looked down on him, but Shinji reminded him that Mira Peng still had value to the Jashin Cult.
• A burly man picked up Gato’s portrait and offered to lead Shinji and Hidan to Gato in exchange for a referral fee.
• Shinji told the man they were rogue ninja from Yugakure, and Hidan showed his Yugakure forehead protector to support the story.
• The burly man led them into the woods to a villa, where guards surrounded them and he asked Brother Okamoto whether Gato was inside.

Shinji and Hidan were led into a trap by a burly man and Okamoto, but Hidan’s immortality let him slaughter their gang. Shinji cornered Okamoto and the burly man as they fled, then discovered Okamoto was a ninja when he dodged Shinji’s blood ropes and began forming hand seals.

• The burly man showed Okamoto Gato’s portrait, and Okamoto ordered his men to attack Shinji and Hidan.
• Hidan charged into the gang and slaughtered several men, then survived their blades and began killing them without dodging.
• Shinji let Hidan continue fighting while he pursued Okamoto and the burly man as they tried to escape.
• Okamoto and the burly man argued and exposed each other’s scandals before Shinji bound the burly man with blood ropes.
• Okamoto dodged Shinji’s blood ropes and began forming hand seals, revealing himself as a ninja.

Shinji defeated Okamoto with blood-based attacks and poisoned him so he would agree to lead Shinji to Gato. Hidan killed the last enemy, leaving Shinji and Okamoto alive.

• Okamoto used Earth Release to crush the bound burly man, revealing himself as a Chunin-level ninja.
• Shinji entered his Flowing Red Scale state and attacked Okamoto with Convergence: Piercing Blood.
• Okamoto defended himself with Earth Release barriers, but Shinji circled behind him and pierced his abdomen with a blood dagger.
• Okamoto tried to escape with Smoke Bombs but collapsed after the poisoned blood inside him took effect.
• Shinji threatened to kill Okamoto unless he led him to Gato, and Okamoto blinked twice to agree.
• Shinji shot a distant enemy dead while Hidan protested that the man had been his target.

Gato ordered two captured ninjas killed and brought to his manor, where he tried to force them to choose which one would survive. Shinji confirmed Gato’s identity, and as Gato ordered his men to attack, Shinji told Hidan to begin.

• Gato spared the chef’s family from death but enslaved them, then ordered Okamoto to bring the captured ninjas to his manor.
• The butler coached Okamoto to impress Gato, who disliked being contradicted, and Okamoto agreed to follow his instructions.
• Gato offered to spare one of the prisoners if they chose which one would live, planning to kill the survivor afterward.
• Shinji compared Gato to a photograph and confirmed that he was their target.
• Gato ordered his men to kill them, while Shinji told Hidan to begin and Hidan declared that he would sacrifice everyone to Lord Jashin.

Shinji and Hidan slaughtered Gato’s guards and killed Gato, with Shinji taking his head as proof of the job. Afterward, Hidan considered what weapons to use next, while Shinji questioned his choice of machetes.

• Two of Gato’s Chunin guards attacked Hidan, who beat one down while Shinji killed the other guards with blood projectiles.
• Hidan smashed the remaining Chunin’s head and charged outside to slaughter the reinforcements.
• Gato crawled out from beneath his desk and offered Shinji wealth and power, but Shinji cut off his head.
• Hidan killed every armed man guarding Gato and pulled weapons from his body after the fighting ended.
• Hidan said machetes were convenient for killing, and Shinji advised him to choose a weapon that could draw blood easily.

After the Jashin Cult killed Gato, Mira Peng woke to find Gato’s severed head in his hands and realized his family’s nightmares were over, though the cult’s power also frightened him. Gato’s death triggered the collapse of his company, leaving Mira Peng poised to take over while maintaining his alliance with the Jashin Cult.

• Mira Peng woke from a nightmare holding Gato’s severed head and understood that the Jashin Cult had killed him.
• Mira Peng ordered a lavish banquet and had Gato’s head hung from a courtyard flagpole as a warning and a memorial for his daughter.
• News of Gato’s murder spread, and people largely viewed Mira Peng’s actions as revenge for Gato’s attacks on his family.
• Gato’s subordinates turned on one another while villagers stormed the company’s businesses, causing the Gato Company to collapse.
• Mira Peng planned to take over what remained of Gato’s resources and strengthen his mutually beneficial relationship with the Jashin Cult.

Zabuza and Haku arrived in the Land of Waves to find their employer dead and their assassination job canceled. As Shinji pursued an attacker targeting Mira Peng, Zabuza launched a bloody assault on Mira Peng’s guards under cover of fog.

• Haku learned that Gato had been killed and his organization had collapsed, leaving Zabuza and Haku without an employer or payment.
• Zabuza decided to leave the country after killing a few people, while Shinji and Hidan helped Mira Peng’s company load supplies for the Jashin Cult.
• An attacker fired Senbon at Mira Peng, and Shinji threw Hidan in front of him before chasing the fleeing attacker.
• Zabuza appeared in the fog and silently beheaded three guards, then continued killing Mira Peng’s men as they tried to escape.