The Cult of the Evil God was quite active in the Land of Hot Water. Their doctrine was "Kill everyone around you." So, when they met someone, they would first ask if the person wanted to join the cult. If the answer was no, they would sacrifice that person to the so - called "Evil God Lord."
They were extremely rampant and didn't take the Hidden Hot Spring Village seriously at all.
The Hidden Hot Spring Village had declined, and its combat power had dropped significantly. They had no way to deal with the Cult of the Evil God, so they had to invite ninjas from Konoha to help. Anyway, all they needed to do was pay a commission, which was nothing compared to the dead and injured ninjas.
The cost of training a ninja was extremely high.
The Land of Hot Water was rich in tourism resources. During peacetime, there was a continuous stream of tourists, bringing in a large amount of economic income. In short, they were wealthy and didn't care about the money.
This was also the reason why they could invite Kiyosuke.
Rich and willful!
Taking the money to do the job, Kiyosuke started to search for the traces of the Cult of the Evil God. He sent out numerous shadow clones and, with this crowd - based strategy, actually found a cult member.
The main body grabbed the cult member, who was beaten black and blue by the shadow clones, and asked, "Where is your headquarters?"
Minato had killed their leader before. He didn't expect these guys to make a comeback.
"I won't say anything even if you kill me," the cult member was extremely tough.
"Oh? You have a strong backbone? I like guys with strong backbones."
Crackling!
"Where is the headquarters?"
"I won't say anything even if you kill me!"
Crackling!
"Quickly say, where is the headquarters?"
"I won't say anything even if you kill me!"
Crackling!
"Where on earth is the headquarters?"
"Kil...!"
"Got it!"
After a fierce beating, Kiyosuke used his not - so - proficient genjutsu to force the cult member to reveal the location of the cult's headquarters.
However, he found that this guy was just a peripheral member. He only knew the meeting place and had no idea where the headquarters was.
"You said you don't know, so what are you being tough for?" Kiyosuke broke the man's neck, fed him to the snakes, and then headed to the meeting place.
The meeting place was a small town about ten - odd kilometers away from here. It was famous for its hot - spring eggs, but Kiyosuke wasn't interested in that.
He came to a seemingly dilapidated house. Looking at the closed door, he knocked on it and shouted, "FBI, open the door!"
There was no response from inside. Kiyosuke kicked the door open and shouted, "Anti - prostitution raid! Put your hands up! Men stand on the left, women stand on the right, and those who are neither stand in the middle. Show your property certificates, ID cards, and other valid documents!"
The house was unlit and very quiet.
"Yo ho!!"
Just as Kiyosuke was about to use his sensory ability, a figure jumped down from the upstairs. In his hand was a huge blood - red sickle. With a powerful swing, he split Kiyosuke in half!
Looking at the "dismembered" Kiyosuke, the man said disdainfully, "What a letdown. It's not interesting at all."
"What a letdown. It's not interesting at all," Kiyosuke's lower body stood up, and his upper body crawled up. With a push of his hands, he re - attached his body. The scene was extremely terrifying. It was recommended that children watch it under the supervision of their parents.
The guy who had launched a sneak attack was also shocked by this scene and shouted, "What kind of monster are you?"
"I'm human, genuine. But now, I'm your death god! Your time has come. Hand over your head!"
Flames condensed into a large sword. He held it with both hands and swung it down violently.
Splat!
A big head soared into the air, blood splattered, and the head rolled to the side. There was still an expression of disbelief on the face. Kiyosuke casually grabbed the blood - colored sickle and waved it a few times. He found it quite handy. Using his heat - sensing ability, fifteen figures appeared in the house, all locked by him.
"Awakened. It's hunting time!"
He pushed off with his legs, jumped to the second floor, and swung the giant sickle, charging into the wall and piercing through the body of a cult member. Then he pulled out the sickle.
Three cult members rushed over, each holding a black short spear.
These three guys had fanatical expressions on their faces and shouted, "Come on! Be the sacrifice I offer to the Evil God Lord!"
"Hahaha!! Accept death!"
"Die, all of you! Accept this sweet death!"
These three guys had so many flaws in Kiyosuke's eyes that he had a hundred ways to kill them. However, he chose the simplest one.
He swung the sickle!
The blade of the sickle easily tore through their bodies, and blood splattered on the spot as they went to meet their Evil God Lord.
"It seems these guys have recruited a lot of people over the years," Kiyosuke said as he stepped on the blood and corpses, starting his hunt.
Screams rang out one after another. Kiyosuke's expression remained unchanged. Like a death god, he used the sickle to claim their lives.
He left a middle - aged man with one blind eye. Grabbing his throat, he lifted him up and pressed him against the wall, saying, "Tell me, where is your headquarters? I want to have a cup of tea and chat with your cult leader."
"I will never betray the cult leader!"
"Tsk, so the members of your Cult of the Evil God really have strong backbones. The guy I interrogated before said the same thing." The Cult of the Evil God was a group of lunatics, and the one who could control them must also be a lunatic. He didn't expect the cult leader to be so powerful that the members wouldn't betray them.
Damn it, this is really troublesome!
Crackling!
"Will you say it?"
"No!"
Crackling!
After a violent beating to vent his anger, Kiyosuke used genjutsu to control the cult member whose mental strength had weakened.
He wasn't very proficient in genjutsu. To control someone, he needed to weaken their mental strength, and a violent beating was the best choice.
After getting the location of the headquarters, he burned these guys and the house to the ground.
"The headquarters is actually in the south of the Land of Hot Water?"
The place where he was now was closer to the Land of Lightning. These guys had always been stationed on the southern border of the Land of Hot Water. Now, if he went south, he was likely to run into those guys.
By the way, why did the Hidden Hot Spring Village ask Konoha for help instead of the closer Kumogakure?
He didn't quite understand the actions of these guys. But since he had accepted the mission, he had to complete it well. If he encountered the ninjas from Kumogakure, he would just have to face them head - on.
Anyway, those guys couldn't do anything to him.
Thinking this way, he set off for the south of the Land of Hot Water.
Money wasn't easy to earn, especially the money for an S - rank mission. If it was easy, it wouldn't be rated as S - rank.
"I guess I was born to be busy," he thought as he quickened his pace. At his current speed, it would take him a day to get there. But it didn't matter. The dark and windy night was the best time to take action.
It would be even better if Hidan was among them, so as to prevent Asuma from dying at his hands in the future.
It seemed that Hidan also came from the Cult of the Evil God...