Demon Slayer World, Demon Slayer Corps.
"How can such an enemy be killed?"
At this moment, all the 'Hashira' present felt a sense of powerlessness.
Even Tanjiro could clearly feel that this was no longer an existence that humans could deal with.
Lava couldn't destroy him, and he was invincible on Earth. How could they fight this?!
"Mr. Joseph..." Rengoku Kyojuro showed a worried expression, even though he knew Mr. Joseph had defeated the being named Kars and was still alive and well.
But the scenes in the video instilled a deep sense of despair; it was an enemy that seemed impossible to deal with.
This was different from Kibutsuji Muzan. Although Muzan was strong, he wasn't invincible; he feared sunlight, so the Demon Slayer Corps had a way to defeat him.
Even in the battle a few days ago.
The Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps had fought a great battle against the Twelve Moons under Kibutsuji Muzan. Although they were severely injured and none of the Upper Moons had died,
In terms of direct combat capability, the Hashira still felt that they wouldn't lose to Kibutsuji Muzan and those Upper Moon demons.
They could at least see a glimmer of hope for victory. But looking at Mr. Joseph and the semi-mechanized Straizo in the video, what could be done?
Use Hamon/ripple? Would Hamon/ripple even be effective against Kars at this point?!
The Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps watched Joseph and Kars in the video with worried eyes. They had a premonition... that the end was coming.
Kars would kill Joseph; there was no doubt about that.
At the beginning, Kars had already said that this was not just revenge, but also a celebration of his birth.
He would absolutely not hold back.
Naruto World, Akatsuki Organization.
"This time, he's definitely going to die."
Sasori spoke up. Usually, Deidara would be the one to speak and liven up the atmosphere, but this time, Sasori spoke first.
Looking at the screen of the multiverse projection, he said in a calm tone, "No matter how you look at it, he's dead. It seems the 'reversal' this time was that blade strike."
"Just like Mami Tomoe before, he thought he had won, but he didn't expect the enemy's strength to be so great that they didn't fear the power of magma at all."
Since Sasori was a cold person who didn't browse the comment section and focused on the main points rather than details when watching videos,
He didn't recognize that this Joseph was actually the same old man who was drained of blood in the previous video of Dio versus Jotaro.
Old Joseph didn't have much of a performance in the last video; he mostly just... got struck at the start, fell to the ground, was later drained by Dio, had his soul appear, and so on.
When watching that video, Sasori's focus was entirely on Jotaro and Dio. Plus, several days had passed since he watched it.
He was busy enough as it was; how could he remember so many details?
"Yeah, yeah." Deidara nodded slightly; he had also mostly forgotten the details.
The battles that left a deep impression on him were the latter four. Those four battles were truly spectacular—so spectacular that Deidara would likely never forget them for the rest of his life.
He even wanted to make a clay bomb of Tiamat to let the world experience the power of this Primordial Mother Goddess from another world.
"...He's probably going to die." Hidan yawned and said indifferently, "Regardless, this guy was pretty smart. Using that flying vehicle to force the being named Kars into the volcano was already quite impressive."
"Wisdom alone, without power, can only bring a temporary victory."
Kakuzu also spoke slowly. Looking at Joseph in the video, he seemed to see his past self, lamenting, "However, a temporary victory means nothing. Only the truly strong can achieve final victory."
In the past, Kakuzu was also someone who dared to assassinate the God of Shinobi. Although he only assassinated a Wood Release clone and was eventually defeated,
That experience made him understand one thing: the terrifying power of Senju Hashirama, which was like that of the Six Paths Sage. In today's Ninja World,
Only their 'Leader' Pain, as well as Six Paths Madara and peak Naruto and Sasuke from the video, and Might Guy who opened the Eight Gates Formation, could possibly trade a few blows with Senju Hashirama.
This was also why Kakuzu was willing to join the Akatsuki. Because Pain allowed him to see the shadow of the former Senju Hashirama, he was willing to submit to him.
Of course! On the condition that the Akatsuki's funds were managed by him.
Only on this point was Kakuzu absolutely uncompromising.
Hearing this request, Pain naturally agreed readily. To prevent Kakuzu from embezzling, he sent Konan to assist (monitor) him.
As it turned out, Kakuzu indeed did a very good job. The Akatsuki's funds grew more and more in his hands. Now, the amount of stored funds was enough for the Akatsuki to launch a war that could sweep across the entire Ninja World.
If it weren't for the current changes in their plans, the Akatsuki could launch that war right now.
But for now, they just wanted to watch the video and not cause trouble.
"Itachi-san, what do you think?" Kisame looked at Uchiha Itachi; he still wanted to hear what Itachi had to say.
"He won't die."
Itachi spoke, his Three-Tomoe Sharingan slowly spinning as he said calmly, "Because he..."
Itachi was someone who watched the videos with his Sharingan, so he remembered very clearly. In the previous video of Jotaro's battle with Dio,
Old Joseph had appeared. He still remembered this detail.
Because of this final result, Itachi could guarantee that Joseph wouldn't die. However, whether he won or lost, Itachi couldn't be sure.
But before Itachi could finish, Deidara shrugged and mocked, "How could he not die? That Kars said it himself—today is his certain death."
"Even magma couldn't destroy this Kars. I really don't know what method could possibly defeat him."
At this moment, Deidara was practically mocking Itachi to his face.
But he couldn't be blamed. No matter who it was, they all felt that Joseph was doomed at this moment.
With a winning hand like Kars's, how could he lose? How could he lose?
Kars wasn't even afraid of magma anymore. This terrifying physical body could already be said to be invincible in the world.
Could an enemy from the heavens appear or something?
"..."
Itachi silently closed his mouth. Although he wouldn't lower himself to Deidara's level, since the conversation had been interrupted, trying to force an explanation would be too unsightly.
So Itachi remained silent.
Regardless, it wouldn't be too late to explain slowly after finishing the video.