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Chapter 105: A Former Colleague's Brutal Beating, and the Suppression of a Pay-to-Win Player

Hidan pushed away the boulder that was pressing down on him and stood up.

The black robe with red clouds was already tattered from the heavy blow just now.

But he showed no fear or pain; instead, his eyes burned with an almost manic rage.

"Ouch...it really hurts!"

Hidan tilted his head back and let out a maniacal laugh.

"Kisame! You treacherous bastard, how dare you ambush me!"

He brandished his spear, pointing it at Kisame, who had a mocking expression on his face.

"You betrayed Xiao, you betrayed the gods. I will sacrifice you to the evil god, cutting off your fins piece by piece, so you will repent in endless agony!"

Faced with Hidan's hysterical roar, Kisame simply picked at his ear indifferently.

"A curse? A sacrifice?"

Kisame seemed to have heard a funny joke.

"Hidan, save your breath. Back in Akatsuki, everyone only kept quiet about your little tricks to maintain a pitiful working relationship. Do you really think your abilities are some kind of miracle?"

Kisame took a step forward with an overwhelming sense of pressure.

"Isn't it just about taking blood and then standing in the circle you drew to hurt yourself? In the end, as long as you don't get the blood or don't let you draw that circle, you're just a piece of trash who can only swing a scythe and hack around randomly."

Hidan's laughter stopped abruptly, as if he had been touched on a sore spot.

This is his biggest secret, and also the core weakness of his technique.

Although it wasn't exactly a top secret within the organization, Kisame's complete disregard for it made him feel like the man was humiliating him.

"How could you...?"

"Not only that," Kisame interrupted him, "the boss gave me a very detailed guide during my onboarding training. Now I'm a pay-to-win player."

"Bastard! Die!"

Hidan was completely enraged. Without further ado, he brandished his spear and charged at Kisame.

Although he lost his scythe, his martial arts skills remained formidable, each strike aimed directly at Kisame's vitals, attempting to draw blood.

"Too slow."

Kisame shook his head, not even swinging Samehada to block, but simply clasped his hands together.

"Water Release: Big Explosive Water Wave!"

A massive amount of water gushed from Kisame's mouth, filling the entire Unraikyo Valley.

Hidan suddenly felt his feet sink into the ground, and he was instantly swallowed by a giant wave and swept into the water.

"Gurgle..."

Hidan struggled desperately in the water.

Even more fatally, he simply couldn't draw the curse array on the ground in this vast ocean!

"On land, you might be able to bounce around a bit. But in the water..."

Kisame has fused with Samehada and transformed into a half-fish-man form.

He swam through the water as if it were flat ground, and had already swum up behind Hidan.

"You're just fish food."

Kisame's powerful tail lashed out at Hidan's back.

Hidan felt like his spine was about to break as he crashed into a rock at the bottom of the water.

Before he could catch his breath, Kisame reappeared.

Samehada's massive jaws snapped shut on Hidan's arm, devouring his chakra.

"Ahhh! Let me go!" Hidan's struggles seemed weak and powerless.

This was a one-sided massacre.

Kisame was like toying with a monkey that had fallen into the water, knocking Hidan away time and time again, only to chase after him and finish him off each time.

He controlled the distance and rhythm, never giving Hidan any chance to touch his body, not even a drop of blood.

"Your evil god can't save you, Hidan. Because my boss pays more for overtime."

On the other side of the battlefield, atop a stone pillar.

Uchiha Itachi stood quietly, his Sharingan fixed on Kakuzu below, as if he were looking at a corpse.

"Uchiha Itachi..."

Kakuzu's voice was deep.

"In the underground gold exchange, your head would be worth a hundred million taels. I never thought it would come to me like this."

Although he spoke of greed, Kakuzu's actions betrayed him.

Four black-masked monsters, accompanied by a large number of dark lines of earth-wraith, emerged from his body.

The chakra of the three elements—wind, fire, and lightning—condensed in the mouth of the mask, radiating a destructive aura.

Facing Itachi Uchiha, this old monster who had lived for over eighty years did not underestimate his opponent at all and went all out from the start.

"Composite Ninja Technique: Flame Wind Wave!"

Fire Release and Wind Release merged, transforming into a raging sea of ​​fire that swept towards Itachi atop the stone pillar.

However, faced with this overwhelming attack, Itachi didn't even form any hand seals.

He stood there quietly, watching the roaring sea of ​​fire approach.

In that instant, Kakuzu was stunned.

The sea of ​​fire that should have engulfed the weasel suddenly turned into black crows in his eyes.

"This is...an illusion?!"

Kakuzu was greatly alarmed.

He was being very careful, he didn't even look Itachi in the eye, he just watched his body movements, so why did he still get hit?

"All your efforts are meaningless in the face of my illusions."

Itachi's voice echoed in Kakuzu's mind.

Kakuzu found himself unable to move, his limbs nailed to a cross by huge iron nails, surrounded by a blood-red void.

"Magic - Shackle Technique".

While it wasn't a mentally devastating blow like Tsukuyomi's, it was enough for the current situation.

In the illusionary world, countless crows descended from the sky and began to peck at Kakuzu's body.

"Damn it! Untie me! Untie me!"

Kakuzu mobilized the chakra of his five hearts in an attempt to break free from the genjutsu's constraints.

As a veteran S-rank rogue ninja who has experienced countless battles, he has extremely high mental resistance.

Just a second later, Kakuzu in the real world opened his eyes and broke free from the illusion's control.

"Uchiha brat! Don't be so arrogant!"

Kakuzu roared, manipulating the tentacles of the Earth Grudge Fear to retaliate.

But for Itachi Uchiha, that one second was an eternity long enough to determine life and death.

The moment Kakuzu regained his senses, Itachi had already teleported behind him, and kunai were also being used to strike Kakuzu.

"Too slow."

Itachi's voice rang in his ears.

"I can see clearly the location, attributes, and chakra flow of your five hearts."

With a slight exertion, Itachi pierced Kakuzu's tough skin with his kunai, reaching straight to one of his hearts.

"Every movement means one less life."

"You can try and see if your Earth Grudge is faster, or my blade. Or whether your remaining four lives can withstand my next attack."

Kakuzu was sweating profusely and dared not move.

He could tell that the man behind him wasn't joking.

His intelligence was completely outmatched; the enemy knew all his trump cards, while he knew nothing about the current Itachi.

In the center of the battlefield, the rain gradually subsided.

Yugito collapsed to the ground, the deadly cursed connection on his body having disappeared with Hidan's defeat.

She was so badly injured that her mind was a little foggy as she stared at this unbelievable scene before her.

The two Akatsuki members who had driven her to the brink of despair were completely suppressed by these two men in security uniforms in just a few minutes.

Just then, the communicators on Kisame and Itachi simultaneously lit up with a blue light.

Roy's voice came through, tinged with impatience:

"Alright, that's enough."

"Don't kill him too ruthlessly. Spare Kakuzu, the guy who plays with the lines. That old bastard has saved up his whole life's money; he'll be a big customer of ours in the future. If he dies, we won't be able to get any more gold coins."

"As for that madman who wields the scythe..."

Roy paused, seemingly deep in thought.

"Chop his head off and kick it far away. Give that hot-tempered Raikage some closure; after all, we took a hundred million from him, so we have to show him some results."

"Understood, boss."

Kisame smiled slightly and lifted Hidan, who had been beaten beyond recognition, out of the water.

Hidan was still cursing and swearing: "Damn it! Wait until I finish drawing the circle..."

"Maybe in the next life."

Kisame raised his sword and brought it down.

Hidan's head was severed and rolled onto the ground.

Strangely, even with only his head remaining, Hidan continued to ramble on: "Ouch! Kisame, you son of a bitch! I curse your whole family!"

"So noisy."

Kisame kicked out like a soccer ball, sending Hidan's head flying.

"Get out of here!"

The head flew directly into a deep valley several kilometers away.

On the other side, Itachi also withdrew the kunai that had been pressed against Kakuzu's back.

He didn't look at Kakuzu again, but simply left behind a single sentence:

"This is a warning."

"Konoha, this is now our territory. Next time you try to take advantage, remember to consider whether your wallet has enough money to pay for your life."

Kakuzu clutched his chest, his face grim.

He was a shrewd businessman and knew that this deal was already a loss; continuing would be suicide.

"The Illusionary Dojo..."

Kakuzu gritted his teeth as he recited the name, engraving it deeply in his heart.

The air vibrated again, and the spatial portal reopened in the center of the battlefield.

"They've withdrawn."

Kisame, carrying Samehada, swaggered into the room, waving to Yugito before leaving: "Beautiful lady, remember to give me a five-star review!"

Itachi followed closely behind, his black trench coat disappearing into the darkness behind the door.

The two had just disappeared, and the portal closed in the next second.

A violent bolt of lightning descended from the sky and struck the center of the battlefield.

The Fourth Raikage, A, arrived, his body blazing with fury and crackling with lightning.

"Xiao, you bastard! Prepare to die!"

However, all that awaited him was a scene of utter chaos, a bewildered Kakuzu preparing to retreat, and in the distance, only Hidan's twitching torso remained.