After saying goodbye to Mei Terumi, Kiyosuke found another inn to stay in and rested for the night.
When he woke up in the morning, a group of snakes coiled in his room. If one didn't know better, they might think there was a human - snake battle going on. In fact, these were the snakes he had sent out before. They should have found some clues.
After getting dressed, washing up, Kiyosuke got up and left.
Truly, the hunting time had awakened!
One snake led him to a temple far away from the town. He didn't know what kind of god was enshrined here. The statue had a strange appearance, holding a sickle, with a ferocious and terrifying expression. The temple was gloomy, exuding an ominous atmosphere.
He immediately used heat - sensing and found that there was a huge space underground, hiding quite a few people.
"So they're here. No wonder they were hard to find."
He took a look at the statue, stretched his body, and then punched the base.
Boom!
The statue shattered under the huge force, but it also revealed a passage.
He transformed into a ball of flames and drilled in.
In the underground space
A group of guys in black robes, who clearly looked like extras, were gathered around an altar, chanting something. The guy in the middle also wore a black robe, but his clothes had the pattern of the Cult of the Evil God.
He looked at the minions in front of him with a fanatical expression. "Today is the best day to sacrifice to the Evil God Lord. It's worth all the time we've spent collecting sacrifices. Someone, bring the sacrifices up."
A group of people went down and herded up a group of people, including men, women, the old, and the young, about fifty or sixty in total. They were injured, with dull eyes and no sense of resistance.
These were the missing people in the vicinity. To avoid being discovered by the Hidden Hot Spring Village, they had spread out to capture them. However, the sacrificial activities were too frequent, leading to the leakage of their whereabouts. But now, they didn't care about that anymore.
Now, they were only thinking about sacrificing to their Evil God Lord.
These were fanatical believers who were extremely firm in their beliefs. At the same time, they were also terrifying lunatics.
They were not afraid of death and even regarded death as a kind of enjoyment, although this enjoyment was only once for them.
"Today, we will offer sacrifices to our Evil God Lord, showing him how pious his believers are!"
The current leader of the Cult of the Evil God shouted like this, causing a group of people to raise their hands and shout. Their eyes glowed red, filled with killing intent.
They all picked up the weapons in their hands, eagerly wanting to rush onto the altar and start killing!
"Come on! Enjoy this sweet death!"
"That's not going to happen! You can die! But they can't!" A spear made of flames pierced through his body. Kiyosuke's figure emerged. He pulled out the spear and said to the cult members in front of him, "Your death god is here!"
"Who the hell are you?" One person asked the fateful question.
Kiyosuke turned around and replied, "Just a passing ninja. Remember that!"
"Fire Gun!"
Countless sparks spurted out from his fingers, hitting a group of cult members. There was a crackling sound, and blood holes were blown out on their bodies. Their deaths were tragic.
Two cult members charged at him, their swords dancing wildly, piercing through Kiyosuke. But it was in vain. He just waved his hands, grabbed their arms, and sprayed flames, setting them on fire.
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Three shadow clones appeared around. One went to release the genjutsu on those ordinary people, and the other two fought their way through.
After the genjutsu was lifted, those people were shocked and looked around in horror. The shadow clone pointed in one direction and said, "Run out from there. Hurry up, don't be slow."
"Run!"
"Let's go!"
"Thank you, ninja - sama!"
"Run!"
The people were in chaos and rushed towards the passage. Some cult members, seeing this, shouted, "Don't let the sacrifices of the Evil God Lord escape! They belong to the Evil God Lo... Ah!"
With a scream, a knife pierced through his heart.
"You talk too much."
Kiyosuke kicked him away. "Huh?"
He noticed something was wrong. He saw some cult members start to kill each other. He hadn't even made a move yet.
"Are they having an internal conflict?"
These people's eyes were blood - red, completely crazy - looking, without any sense of reason, wanting to tear everything in front of them to pieces.
"They really look completely crazy," he exclaimed. But he didn't stop killing. Instead, he sped up. He had a bad feeling. He felt that if he didn't stop them, something he would regret might happen.
"Kill you! Kill you! Kill you! Kill you! Kill you! Kill you! I'll kill you! ! ! !"
A crazy cult member rushed over with a knife. His skin was slightly blackened, and something seemed different about him.
Kiyosuke raised his knife to clash with the opponent.
Ding!
The knife in his hand was instantly broken, along with his arm. Kiyosuke frowned as he looked at the flames at the broken part. The flames reconstructed his arm. He grabbed the man's throat and twisted it forcefully. With a click, the opponent's cervical vertebra was broken by him.
嗤!
His chest was pierced by a knife. Kiyosuke looked at the burning flames on his chest. The cult member, whose neck he had just broken, showed a terrifying smile and said, "This is a reward from the Evil God Lord. Ugh!"
Kiyosuke stabbed through his heart, and he spat out a mouthful of blood, ending his life.
The scene just now was quite terrifying. But it seemed this guy had obtained an ability similar to Hidan's, but it wasn't complete. There was still a fatal weakness, but breaking his cervical vertebra just now didn't kill him.
"What a troublesome ability. The rest of you can die together," he said.
As he spoke, the shadow clones took action. Instead of using flames, they used taijutsu or wind - cutting techniques to cut the opponents' bodies into pieces, avoiding a situation like the one just now.
A monster like Hidan, who wouldn't die even if his heart was pierced, was a product of the Cult of the Evil God. Just now, a semi - finished product appeared. If it weren't for his special physique, he might have been killed sneakily.
Leaving a floor full of corpses, to prevent these guys from still being able to talk even if only their heads were left, he set fire to the place, burning the temple as well.
After that, Kiyosuke went to the Hidden Hot Spring Village to hand in the mission.
After all, it was the people of the Hidden Hot Spring Village who had entrusted the task, so naturally, he went to them.
After handing in the mission, Kiyosuke went traveling in the Land of Hot Water. He took this opportunity to have a good time for a few days. Unfortunately, he didn't meet Mei Terumi or Yugure again. What a disappointment.
The Hidden Hot Spring Village sent a team of ninjas to investigate to confirm whether the Cult of the Evil God had been wiped out.
In the end, only one person came back.
"The last cult members have been killed by us. Please rest assured, my lord."
"Okay, you've worked hard, Hidan."
"It's nothing, my lord~"
The young man named Hidan took out a kunai in his hand...