Those who join the Jashin Cult are mostly unemployed vagrants and petty thugs.
Through the arrangements of an intelligence agent, Aoki Tsuki successfully became a member of the Jashin Cult, using an internal recommendation channel.
He disguised himself slightly, making himself look like a down-on-his-luck samurai.
Inside a mountain cave, hot springs flowed, emitting bursts of steam.
There were more than a dozen people standing in the open space next to them. These were the members who were about to join the organization, but they still had to complete an important ceremony.
That is to personally sacrifice the civilians captured in front of them to the Lord Jashin as a sign of loyalty.
Beneath each offering was a pattern drawn in blood, a circle containing an equilateral triangle.
The Daisuke priest presided over the sacrificial ceremony; he was a sleazy old man dressed in a black hooded robe and wearing thick glasses.
"Everyone, offer your loyalty to the Lord Jashin."
Aoki Tsuki glanced at the offering in front of him, slowly drew his sword, and lightly sliced it across the other's body. He then licked the blood off the blade, suppressing his nausea.
His expression suddenly turned manic, and he shouted, " Lord Jashin, please enjoy the offerings made by your followers!"
Pfft...
The blade pierced the offering's heart, then was suddenly pulled out, blood gushing from the wound and splattering all over Aoki Tsuki.
"Ha ha..."
This insane behavior terrified the others; many of them simply couldn't bring themselves to do it, let alone lick the blood.
Daisuke never asked for this to be done, okay?
Roll up your dog!
Unexpectedly, Aoki Tsuki suddenly turned to the others and said, "What are you hesitating about? Are you not devout enough to the Lord Jashin? Why don't I just offer you all to the Lord Jashin!"
He made a move as if to swing his knife at one of them.
"Wait... wait..."
The man was so frightened he wet himself. His eyes widened as he frantically tried to stop him, saying, "I can too... I can kill people, I'm not afraid to kill."
After saying that, he quickly got up, his hands trembling as he gripped the knife. Under the immense pressure of death, he roared and frantically stabbed at the sacrifice's neck.
Duh... duh...
"Alright, Lord Jashin, I have already sensed your piety."
Aoki Tsuki reached out and stopped the believer on the verge of collapse, then turned to the others and asked, "What about you?"
"We can do it too..."
The others gritted their teeth and offered their sacrifices to the Jashin.
Daisuke Priest Daisuke, who had witnessed everything, was very satisfied with Aoki Tsuki's performance and said, "As expected of a talent recommended by the believers, you did very well."
Aoki Tsuki quickly replied with a smile, "As long as Lord Jashin is satisfied, that's fine. If necessary, I'd like to sacrifice them all..."
"Ah..." Upon hearing this, the other believers all took a step back.
That madman!
They joined the Jashin Cult simply to make a living; they never intended to sacrifice themselves.
"Hehe..."
Daisuke waved his hand to reassure everyone, saying, "Alright, Lord Jashin is already quite satisfied. Your task is to continue searching for suitable offerings and sending them here."
"I wonder what kind of offerings the Lord Jashin prefers?" Aoki Tsuki asked.
"Ninja."
"I see, those damned ninjas were born to be sacrifices."
Aoki Tsuki immediately showed a resentful expression, which was more in line with his character.
"May I have your name?"
"My name is 'Moon,' a ronin samurai from the Land of Iron. I am filled with confusion about life, and perhaps it is fate that has led me here."
"Child, do not be confused. The Lord Jashin will show you the way. Do your job well."
As a result, Aoki Tsuki successfully became the acting team leader of this group of new recruits, responsible for leading them in carrying out business.
In just two months, he rose from acting captain to battalion commander, capturing dozens of wandering ninjas and rogue ninjas, and wiping out seven or eight bandit gangs.
Not only did they exceed the goals set by the Jashin Cult, they also incidentally eliminated a potential threat to the Land of Hot Water.
Thanks to this achievement, Aoki Tsuki successfully became a mid-level leader in the Jashin Cult and gained access to its core operations.
In a hidden underground laboratory, a Kinjutsu experiment is underway. The experimenter's body is covered with black and white runes, and after the researcher injects him with a batch of drugs...
Instead of taking any action, they started praying, leaving the rest to the Lord Jashin...
The result, unsurprisingly, was the death of the experimenter.
" Daisuke Priest Daisuke, this is...?" Aoki Tsuki asked curiously.
"We are looking for a vessel that can match the power of the Lord Jashin."
"Any progress? Trying things one by one like this will probably take a very long time."
"There's no better way. Lord Jashin's power is too immense; the experimental subjects simply can't withstand it. We need even stronger ninjas..."
Daisuke was no longer satisfied with ordinary ninjas; he had set his sights on even stronger ones.
Aoki Tsuki suggested, " The Lord Jashin existed for a very long time, before ninjas even existed. I don't think it has anything to do with power."
"So, which direction do you think we should develop in?"
"First, one must wholeheartedly believe in the Lord Jashin; the souls of adults have been corrupted by worldly affairs and are no longer pure."
The Daisuke priest shook his head. "We've been trying this approach too, but children's bodies are more fragile, so it's not very effective."
"Perhaps we haven't found a match yet; we need to combine the principles of the experiment to find a child who meets the criteria."
Daisuke frowned deeply upon hearing this. Aoki Tsuki wanted to witness the Jashin Cult's secret technique of immortality.
"I will report this to the High Priest. If he agrees, it won't hurt to let you take a look."
"It's all for Lord Jashin."
Aoki Tsuki pretended to draw a triangle on her chest with her finger, finishing with a circle.
This is the most important pattern for communicating with the Jashin in the sacrificial ritual. After Aoki Tsuki became the captain, he required each member to do this when praying to the Jashin.
The aim was to enhance the sense of ritual, which received unanimous approval from high-level officials and was vigorously promoted.
"Thank you, Lord Jashin." The Daisuke Priest also gestured to his chest.
Since the matter involved Kinjutsu experiments, a response was swift, with High Priest Takane receiving Aoki Tsuki, a rising star among the followers.
Takane, not wanting to beat around the bush, went Gate of Opening to the point. "I heard you have a way to find a suitable vessel for Jashin..."
' Daisuke, how did he manage to pass on that message?'
Aoki Tsuki cursed Daisuke in her heart, but since things had come to this, she had no choice but to keep going. Composing herself, she began:
"If I could gain a deeper understanding of the experimental principles, I'm 80% confident I could find it."
Hidan is in Yugakure; it shouldn't be too difficult for him to sneak in and find him.
"If you can't find it, are you willing to serve the Lord Jashin with your body?" Takane suddenly asked.
He strongly suspected that this cult member had ulterior motives. Over the years, many people had tried to uncover the secrets of the Jashin Cult under various pretexts, but they had all been sacrificed to the Lord Jashin for his enjoyment.
"It's my pleasure."
Aoki Tsuki remained unfazed, her face still displaying fervent enthusiasm.
This earned High Priest Takane's respect. After a moment of contemplation, he took out a small bottle of potion and said, "Drink it."
"Hi!"
Aoki Tsuki took the medicine and drank it all in one gulp.
Just kidding, his Water Release have long been at their peak, controlling this potion is a piece of cake for him.
Seeing this, Takane no longer doubted him and stood up, saying, "Come with me."
The two arrived at a secret chamber filled with experimental data from the Jashin Cult over the years. Their exploration of immortality had been secretly underway for many years.
It even includes various Sealing Jutsu and spell experiments that it has collected.
The true lineage of the Jashin has long been incomplete, and it has been pieced together from various sources, with human lives used to fill the gaps.
"It's all in here. You have three days."
After Takane finished speaking, he left. This guy still held back, unwilling to reveal his latest findings, but instead tossed past research data to Aoki Tsuki.
"That old man, he's really cautious... ugh..."
He opened his mouth and spat out the poison he had drunk, intact.
With his extraordinary mental strength, he could read documents at a glance.
Write down what you can understand first, and then find what's useful to you.
The two secret techniques of the Jashin Cult are: Immortality and Death Controlling Possessed Blood. One is to preserve oneself, and the other is to transfer damage to the enemy by forming a blood pact.
Start stroking in these two directions.
Aoki Tsuki found some useful knowledge from the vast amount of information, and his understanding of sorcery was like the sun breaking through the clouds, which greatly inspired him.
The document mentions a technique called ' Boiling Blood Curse '.
Binding Cursed Seal activated through the blood of the other party have a binding force that is directly proportional to the user's mental strength.
For example, the Nara Clan's secret technique involves manipulating shadows to bind enemies.
Furthermore, the Self-Cursing Tag Technique requires physical contact with the enemy, casting the curse, and then activating it, which is too cumbersome.
Since ninjas use Chakra as their weapon, why don't they just use Chakra directly to achieve the same effect?
He directly used his mental power to manipulate Chakra, condensing it into chains with binding properties to trap the enemy.
The Uzumaki Clan's Adamantine Sealing Chains and the Ten-Tails 'Chakra Chains both have this effect.
Aoki Tsuki decided to develop his own Chakra chains. This was a very challenging task, but it would allow him to better utilize his mental strength and also give him the opportunity to train his Yin Release shaping ability.
This lays the foundation for developing more advanced technologies in the future.
"How is it?" High Priest Takane asked.
"I already have some ideas. Compared with the previous test subjects, I found that most of them were too afraid of death and not devout enough to the Lord Jashin, so they were unable to activate the secret technique."
"Now, all we need to do is find a follower who craves violence and wholeheartedly believes in the Lord Jashin, and we're guaranteed success."
It's about finding a madman to participate in the experiment, someone who really believes they won't die.
"Then go give it a try, but remember... you only have one week."