Above Konoha, in Gen'yō's golden eyes, the magnificent golden halos were slowly reversing.
" Kamui - Creation - Boundary Severance."
At the border of the Divine Kingdom, the giant golden Susanoo hand that held Hidan and Kakuzu suddenly emitted a strange fluctuation.
Under this fluctuation, Kakuzu felt a blur before his eyes, and the surrounding scenery began to distort eerily. To his horror, he discovered that within the space of this giant hand's palm, everything had become translucent! And what chilled him to the bone was that he could clearly see Hidan's body!
To be precise, I saw Hidan's soul!
Deep within Hidan's shattered soul, a crimson, materialized chain extended forth, reeking of blood and boundless malice. This chain pierced through the void, connecting to an unknown dimension filled with darkness and madness. That was the source of Hidan's immortality, what he called "the blessing of the Jashin "!
"What... what is this?!" Hidan himself saw the chain connecting him to his soul. Although he was a madman, he felt an unprecedented sense of crisis at this moment. What exactly did that superior voice want?!
"Did you see that clearly?"
Gen'yō's gaze, so tangible it seemed to pierce through countless mountains and rivers, landing directly on Hidan's soul.
"Your life was merely lent to you by that parasite. Since it was borrowed, it can be taken back, or... severed."
The moment the words left his mouth.
The thumb of that giant golden hand suddenly moved gently and extremely slowly through the void.
There was no explosion of Chakra, nor any earth-shattering sound. But as the golden fingernails traced an arcane path in the void, a pitch-black crack appeared in that space, as if it were a mirror! The crack was not a physical crack, but an absolute severance at the conceptual level!
Click.
A crisp cracking sound, audible only to the soul, exploded in Hidan's mind.
To Kakuzu's utter horror, the scarlet chain connecting Hidan's soul, a symbol of "immortality and curse," snapped in two instantly like a fragile spider silk under the cutting of the black crack!
The severed end of the chain emitted a shrill scream like the cry of an infant, then swiftly retreated into the endless void as if electrocuted, disappearing without a trace.
"No... no... Lord Jashin... my connection... is severed?!"
At this moment, Hidan's face, which had always been etched with madness and arrogance, finally crumbled completely. He felt something within him that had been supporting his reckless squandering of life was draining away at an irreversible rate, like water being drained from a pool!
His body began to grow cold. His muscles, which could usually heal instantly no matter how severe the injury, were now tearing under the pressure of the giant golden hand. Blood gushed from his wounds, but no more granulation tissue grew to repair them.
Pain! The excruciating pain he had long forgotten, the pain he had only used as a tool to please the Jashin, instantly overwhelmed all his senses like a tidal wave!
"Ouch! It hurts! It hurts so much!"
Hidan let out a heart-wrenching scream, tears and snot mingling with blood streaming down his face. He stared at his unhealing wounds, at his body slowly marching towards death. For the first time, his purplish-red eyes were filled with an emotion called "despair."
"No... it's impossible... I'm immortal! I'm the most beloved messenger of the Lord Jashin! How could I possibly die! How could you sever my connection with the Lord Jashin!"
Hidan howled incoherently, like a dying old dog. His proud beliefs and his unbridled resources shattered like a laughable Utakata under the man's casual flick of the finger.
"Even a rabid dog without a leash is nothing special."
Gen'yō showed no mercy whatsoever. He had no interest in taking such a madman, who took pleasure in killing and considered torture his faith, under his wing.
"Take your ignorance and go to hell."
The golden Susanoo's giant hand suddenly exerted its power!
"No! Kakuzu! Help me! Help me, please!"
Pfft!
A chilling thud resounded. Faced with this absolute power, Hidan, Hidan of his immortality, couldn't even hope to live another second. His body was instantly crushed into an unrecognizable mass of flesh. The sound of bones shattering echoed in the giant hand. Blood splattered from between the golden fingers like a squeezed tomato, staining a small patch of the glassy earth red.
Hidan, the last member of the Jashin Cult and one of the Akatsuki's " Immortal Duo," was thus completely wiped from this world.
They died so badly that not even ashes remained.
Kakuzu nearby, witnessed the entire process. At this moment, his body was trembling like a sieve. His understanding, which he had accumulated over nearly a hundred years, was completely shattered and rebuilt today.
His prized, immortal partner, that monster who couldn't be killed no matter how many times he was attacked, was actually crushed like an ant by a giant hand that appeared out of nowhere?! Moreover, the owner of that voice was able to directly sever causality and strip Hidan of his immortality!
Can this even be considered within the realm of human beings?!
Run! Run for your life! Otherwise, I'll be next to die!
The thought flashed wildly through Kakuzu's mind. He seized the Hidan and its power had momentarily weakened.
Earth Release: Earth Release: Earth Flow River!
" Wind Release: Pressure Damage! Fire Style: Searing Migraine!"
Kakuzu squeezed the Chakra from the four hearts he had just stolen, including his main body, to its limit! A violent mudslide mixed with a storm of fire strong enough to melt steel slammed into the golden giant hand that was enveloping him! He didn't even have the courage to look back at the result. Under the cover of the explosion, he turned into a black line and burrowed into the depths of the ground like a madman.
However, just as half of his body was buried in the soil, that cold, death-like voice rang in his ears once more.
"Had enough fun, old man? It's your turn now."