A light drizzle pattered on the muddy mountain path, splashing up murky droplets of water.
The unremarkable voice of Senju Kenya echoed through the deathly silent forest path.
Each word was like a heavy, resounding, invisible slap, striking Hidan's already distorted face.
"I said, Little Red Hair..."
Kenya slowly exhaled a puff of bluish-white smoke, then reached out and pinched his unharmed neck:
"With your weak strength, even an eighty-year-old man in the bathhouse in the old district of the Land of Waves has a stronger grip than you when scrubbing a body."
"Carrying such an intimidating big sheet of iron all the way here."
"He's been hacking away for ages, but he hasn't even cut a single hair on my head."
Kenya raised an eyebrow, his tone full of disdain like an elder watching a poorly made acrobatic performance:
"That damned Jashin god you worship, was he some kind of pedicurist or gua sha master in the market when he was alive?"
"You bastard... you scoundrel!!"
Hidan, who was lying in the mud, suddenly shuddered, and the blood vessels in his eyes burst open instantly!
If the scythe was shattered, it only destroyed his weapon.
That Kenya's vicious mockery of the Lord Jashin by name was like forcefully trampling his lifelong faith and pride into the mud of a pigsty!
"You are not allowed to insult the Lord Jashin!!"
Hidan gone mad.
His already pale face was completely twisted into a monstrous demon ready to devour anyone who dared to harm him!
Blood was still gushing from the webs between his hands, and excruciating pain shot through his wrists.
But he seemed to feel no pain.
"Clatter!"
Hidan abruptly flung away the last remaining half of the bare iron handle from his hand.
With his left hand, he violently ripped open the depths of the black trench coat with red clouds!
He gripped a specially made steel spear needle, as black as ink and half a foot long, tightly in his hand!
That was the black blade he used in his ritualistic practice after drawing the curse array, specifically to pierce his own heart and detonate the enemy's body to death!
"Go to hell!!"
The muddy puddle beneath Hidan's feet suddenly exploded!
He was like a raging, ferocious beast, carrying a monstrous stench and murderous intent, as he frantically lunged at Kenya, who was right in front of him!
Even with just a fingernail!
Blood tears streamed from Hidan's eyes, and his roar was heart-wrenching:
"Today, I will also pry a drop of your blood from this stinking carcass to offer as a sacrifice to the Lord Jashin!!"
The ferocious speed brought with it a piercing, shrill whistling sound as it cut through the air!
The long, black needle in his hand transformed into a straight, deadly black line in mid-air, aiming straight for Kenya's heart!
However.
Standing still, Senju Kenya didn't even bother to pull his hands out of the pockets of his floral shorts.
He stood there calmly, without even blinking.
"Clang!!"
A piercing clang of metal suddenly rang out!
Hidan thrust out his jet-black needle with all his might, slamming it hard into Kenya's chest!
A small hole was instantly pierced in Kenya's floral shirt.
But just as the needle tip touched the skin...
A deep, pure black gold luster flashed and disappeared once more!
That specially made jet-black hard spike felt as if it had been stuck into a solid steel plate forged from millennia-old ice!
The terrifying recoil force surged wildly back along the needle!
The hard needle tip was instantly forced into an obtuse angle!
"This is impossible!!"
Hidan's eyes were almost bursting open, his madness causing him to completely lose all composure!
He withdrew the black needles and began stabbing wildly at close range like a mad dog!
"Throat! Eyes! Temples!!"
"Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!!"
On the mountain path, a series of rapid, crisp sounds, like a torrential downpour striking iron, suddenly erupted!
Sparks flew wildly all over Kenya!
Hidan poured all of his Chakra and brute force into each of his thrusts.
It pierced the throat, producing a metallic clang!
A stab to the temple sent sparks flying!
It aimed at Kenya's calm and deep eyes!
However.
Kenya didn't even close his eyes!
Under the all-pervasive and exquisite entanglement of Armament Haki, even the thin membrane on the surface of his eyeballs hardened like obsidian from the deep sea!
"Snap!"
A sharp, snapping sound rang out.
The indestructible black ritual steel needle was positioned half an inch in front of Kenya's eyeball.
The violent shockwave that bounced back forcefully twisted it into a distorted, ninety-degree hook!
Hidan froze on the spot.
His hands were completely torn and ripped apart, the white bones of his wrists piercing through the flesh, and blood gushed wildly into the muddy water along his arms.
In those crazed, purplish-red eyes.
Bloodlust and brutality were completely replaced by endless fear and emptiness at this moment!
How could a mortal possibly possess such a physical body?!
This is not a living thing at all!
This is an unshakeable and indestructible black cliff!
Kakuzu, standing at the back, had his dark green mask completely soaked with cold sweat.
His deep green eyes reflected the image of the man whose eyelids could harden and shatter black needles, making the hairs on his body stand on end!
At that moment, all five hearts within Kakuzu's body seemed to stop beating simultaneously.
He has lived for almost a hundred years.
He assassinated Hashirama Senju and witnessed countless gods and demons from the Sengoku period.
But nothing has ever given him this suffocating sense of powerlessness!
This is definitely not a bounty of 700 million taels of silver!
This is a death warrant that the King of Hell himself has hung up for himself!
"Have you had enough?"
Kenya exhaled the last bit of smoke from his mouth and shook his head, somewhat bored.
He looked down at Hidan, who stood before him, utterly dejected and crippled.
"Now that the farce is over, I should hurry back to Konoha to count my money."
Kenya's right hand, which was always steadily tucked into the pocket of his floral shorts.
At this moment, it was finally slowly pulled out.
His five fingers suddenly clenched together!
"Boom--!!"
A surge of ancient, violent blood energy, suppressed for a long time, burst forth into the sky in an instant!
The muscles of his entire right arm bulged out like an angry dragon turning over, and the pure black Armament Haki was so intense that it almost transformed into flowing, solid heavy armor!
Dark red, Conqueror's Haki lightning roared and tore around the fist!
Kenya suddenly leaned forward, and his right fist slammed forward like divine punishment!
One punch shattered Hidan's body into pieces.