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"Don't get in my way, Copy Ninja."
Kakuzu coldly replied, "We are only interested in the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki."
Meanwhile, Hidan had closed in on Naruto again: "Be a willing sacrifice to the Jashin!"
Naruto struggled to stand up, but his injuries were too severe, and he was a beat too slow.
The sickle was about to pierce his chest—
"Ice Release: Ice Rock Hall!"
Several icicles rose from the ground, blocking Naruto's way.
Haku appeared to Hidan's side, his ice senbon needles raining down on the dangerous enemy.
"Annoying bugs."
Hidan impatiently swung his scythe, easily deflecting all the senbon needles: "Since you're courting death, I'll use you as a sacrifice for the flag!"
His attacks suddenly became incredibly fierce, his scythe unleashing a storm of death.
Haku managed to defend himself with Ice Release, but the difference in strength was simply too great.
In a moment of carelessness, the sickle sliced through Bai's arm, drawing a few drops of blood.
"Successful!"
Hidan suddenly stopped attacking and excitedly licked the blood off his scythe: "Hahaha, the ritual can begin!"
He suddenly jumped back several meters, quickly drew a strange circular array on the ground with his scythe, then stood in the center and plunged the blood-stained scythe into his own chest!
"Evil God, please accept this offering!"
A horrifying scene happened.
Bai suddenly clutched his chest, his face deathly pale, and knelt down on the ground.
Blood seeped from between his fingers, as if an invisible knife had pierced his heart.
"What...what is this..." Naruto quickly went over to help Haku up.
Why was Bai injured when there was no attack at all?
"A curse ritual."
Kakuzu coldly explained: "Hidan's ability—as long as he obtains his opponent's blood, he can harm himself in tandem with the opponent's blood."
Zabuza roared and struggled, but the ninja dog's sharp teeth were deeply embedded in his muscles, rendering him unable to move.
Hidan laughed maniacally and slashed his own arm with his scythe.
Correspondingly, a deep wound appeared on Bai's arm, exposing the bone, and blood gushed out.
"Stop!" Naruto's eyes were bloodshot as he charged toward Hidan without regard for anything else.
"Don't come any closer!" Bai shouted with his last breath. "Run...this is not something you can fight..."
Hidan tilted his head and looked at Naruto: "Don't rush, kid, you're next."
As he spoke, he raised the sickle and pointed it at his own throat—
The sickle slashed, and blood splattered.
Bai's body trembled violently, and then he collapsed like a puppet with its strings cut.
His eyes were still open, but they had lost their light, and the pool of blood beneath him continued to expand.
Time seemed to freeze at this moment.
Naruto knelt on the ground, unable to believe what he was seeing.
a few minutes ago--
"Naruto, you guys are really strong. I've lost. Kill me now."
"Why? What's so good about Zabuza? You're such a good person."
"Perhaps, it just goes to be true what Zabuza said: I'm not suited to be an assassin."
"You've never killed anyone, have you? Then come back to Konoha with me. You're so gentle, the Third Hokage will accept you."
"No, I have killed, and the people I killed were my parents."
"Therefore, I am a guilty person, and I have nowhere to go except for Mr. Zabuza."
"But……"
"Naruto, thank you for giving a guilty person like me a chance. If it weren't for those things, we might have become good friends."
Time returns to the present——
"Bai...Bai!" Naruto's voice changed from a roar to a sob, tears blurring his vision.
Kakashi seized the opportunity to break free from Kakuzu and stood in front of Naruto: "Naruto, calm down!"
"Hahaha! What a wonderful expression of pain!"
Hidan pulled the scythe from his chest, and miraculously, his wound healed rapidly: "The Jashin will definitely like you, brat!"
Kakuzu glanced at Zabuza, then at Naruto: "Mission changed. Hidan, capture the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki is the priority."
"I know~"
Hidan, dragging his scythe, walked towards Naruto: "Don't worry, I'll make sure you and your friends meet again in the afterlife~"
However, just as he took his third step, a chilling cold suddenly enveloped the entire battlefield.
Hidan and Kakuzu stopped in their tracks at the same time, looking around warily.
"What... kind of chakra is this?" For the first time, seriousness appeared in Kakuzu's eyes.
Naruto remained kneeling before Haku's corpse, but at that moment, a strange dark red chakra began to emanate from his body.
That wasn't ordinary chakra; it was filled with hatred and violence.
"The Nine-Tails has gone berserk?" Kakashi nervously took a half-step back.
But the situation seems to be more complicated.
"Damn it, Naruto's negative emotions are too much, I can't control this chakra anymore!"
Nine-Tails lay prone on the ground, trying its best to control the chakra that was rampant in its body.
However, these chakra seemed to have developed their own consciousness, ignoring Kurama's control and constantly churning.
Madara moved onto Kurama's head and released his chakra to assist Kurama: "Try to control it as much as possible, otherwise this chakra will cause Naruto to go berserk!"
Minato, who had already activated the Eight Trigrams Seal, said to the sorcerer: "I'm adjusting the Eight Trigrams Seal. Nine-Tails, please bear with it for a moment; you'll feel a little uncomfortable."
"No problem, come on!"
While the three fathers were working hard, the external situation began to turn bad.
The dark red chakra grew thicker and thicker, gradually forming a blurry figure behind Naruto.
It was the silhouette of a huge fox.
For the first time, Hidan and Kakuzu showed serious expressions.
"Hey, this isn't part of the plan..." Hidan gripped his scythe tighter.
Kakuzu quickly formed hand seals: "The situation has changed, retreat."
"What? But the Nine-Tails—"
"This is an order!"
Hidan clicked his tongue in frustration, giving Naruto one last look: "Consider yourself lucky, brat. But we'll meet again soon~"
"Did I let you go?"
Before the two could even move, a chilling voice came from Naruto's body.
The voice carried immense killing intent, causing even Kakuzu, who had lived for nearly a hundred years, to break out in a cold sweat.
Chapter 47 Father Duo vs. Immortal Duo
When Kakuzu and Hidan looked at Naruto again, the strange chakra had disappeared.
It was as if nothing had happened.
However, the killing intent emanating from Naruto was undeniably real.
That wasn't the killing intent that an ordinary ninja could possess; it was a tangible killing intent that only a demon who had experienced countless mountains of corpses and seas of blood could condense.
The puddles on the bridge surface began to tremble slightly under this murderous aura, rippling with unnatural waves.
"Hey, what's wrong with this kid?"
Hidan gripped his three-section scythe tightly, cold sweat beading on his forehead: "Where did that chakra go?"
Kakuzu's green pupils contracted slightly: "Something's not right... His aura has completely changed."
Moreover, this aura was too strong, even surpassing that of the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, whom he had met years ago.
Naruto slowly stood up, head bowed, and said, "You've all got a death wish, making Naruto so sad."
The cold words made the immortal duo feel as if they had fallen into an ice cave.
That wasn't the voice a boy should have; it was a strange echo that mixed three different voices.
Each syllable is like a curse crawling out from the depths of hell.
"In that case, let this old father deal with you two."
A deep, authoritative voice came from deep within Naruto's throat.
"I am also Naruto's father. I can't just stand by and watch my child be sad."
Another gentle yet firm voice followed immediately.
"Fine, then!" the first deep and authoritative voice snorted.
"However, you two be careful, Naruto's body can only exert about 40% of its original strength right now." At this moment, a third, somewhat impatient voice issued a warning.
As he spoke, Naruto formed a hand seal and created a shadow clone.