"Fire Release: Searing Migraine!"
"Wind Release: Pressure Damage!"
Just as the rock snake rose into the air and lunged at Konan with a roar, two dazzling lights flared behind Tagitsuhime.
Bolstered by the wind pressure, the oncoming flames seemed to become a beast that could devour the world as they swept over the rock snake.
"Tsk, this thing has no blood. I can't fight it."
Hidan watched the rock snake's body burn and sank into thought.
"Idiot, isn't that the snake's blood on the ground over there? Hurry up and collect it."
Looking at the dim-witted Hidan, Kakuzu genuinely wondered whether the cult had damaged his brain while performing its ritual on him.
"Oh, right."
Hidan's eyes lit up, and he hurried toward the blood that had fallen to the ground. What would he receive if he offered such a strange creature to Lord Jashin?
Ah, praise Lord Jashin.
Looking at the blood within reach, Hidan licked his lips as though possessed by Orochimaru, undisguised fanaticism in his eyes.
"Tch, I'm not letting you get your way."
The corners of Tagitsuhime's mouth curled slightly. The blood on the ground instantly caught fire, disappearing just before Hidan could touch it.
???
Hidan stared at the blood burning away before him and briefly sank into thought, like an old phone that had encountered a software error.
What the hell?
Hidan felt an urge to throw his scythe on the ground.
Seriously, she's cheating. I don't want to play anymore.
His sacrificial ritual required someone else's blood to activate, but this snake's blood had simply burned away.
How was he supposed to fight this?
Was he supposed to fight this rock snake with his scythe?
He wasn't like Kakuzu, who was practically a walking artillery battery.
He was just a slightly special Taijutsu