"It's not like you're just secretly hiding inside to 'transform,' what's there to be embarrassed about? After all, which man can resist the temptation of 'transforming'!"
Inside an izakaya, as Shinji kept 'comforting' him, Hidan's face grew redder and redder, then darker and darker.
Especially when he noticed the diners around frequently glancing over, Hidan slammed the table in anger and suddenly exploded!
Bang!
"What are you looking at! Keep staring and see if I don't kill you all, grrmmph!"
With a glance from Shinji, Hidan immediately understood and covered Hidan's mouth, then smiled foolishly and kept nodding apologies to the others.
Since Hidan came along, Shinji realized he didn't need to handle many things personally anymore—even dealing with Hidan had someone to do it for him.
And when Tobi squeezed Hidan, who had more than twenty broken bones, Hidan's eyes went wide, almost ready to serve the Jashin himself, attending to him closely.
"Mmph mmph mmph (Let go, you bastard!)"
"Mmph mmph mmph (You're digging your bones into my kidneys!)"
Crack!
After struggling, some bones broke again, and Hidan's head slammed onto the table, his spirit almost knocked out.
"Senior Hidan! Senior Hidan! Not good, Senior Hidan has no breath. What should Senior Shinji do? Senior Hidan might already be, sob sob sob~"
Shinji watched Tobi gripping Hidan's neck and shaking him back and forth, guessing that the bone-breaking sound just now might have been the cervical vertebrae.
Such vigorous shaking—he must be brave not to be strangled to death by Hidan!
Truly a touching friendship.
A sad expression appeared on Shinji's face. "Then just bury him. Remember to bury him far away, so you don't get hurt when he comes back to life."
"Okay, senior~"
Tobi replied and ran off with Hidan.
Not long after, Tobi returned, saying it was all taken care of.
Shinji nodded and continued to eat heartily.
Hidan? Who's that? He doesn't know him well~
Late at night, in an unattended, dilapidated graveyard, a hand finally struggled to push aside the soil and stretched out.
After an unknown amount of time, a figure dressed like a 'zombie' returned to the inn and stood beside the fast-sleeping Hidan.
Moonlight passed by, and Hidan held the Bloody March Scythe, revealing a terrifying grin!
"You bastard lackey, prepare to die!"
Soon, the whole inn suddenly heard a piercing scream: "Ah! Murder! Can someone do something? There's really a murder happening!"
...
The next day, when leaving the inn, Hidan still glared angrily at Tobi.
Tobi, who had been chased all night, hid beside Shinji and played "Eagle catches the chick" with Hidan.
Shinji paid no attention to these two troublemakers but took the opportunity to reinforce Hidan's weapon.
After all, he had now mastered a domain of cursed techniques, greatly increasing his strength.
For now, there was no rush to transform the Kusanagi Sword, so he simply used the [Cursed Tool Transformation Card] on the Bloody March Scythe.
After the forced transformation effect of the [Cursed Tool Transformation Card], the power of the Bloody March Scythe had a qualitative leap.
[Bloody March Scythe – Curse]
Slaughter Hero: Each time a target is slain, temporarily increases the user's strength by 10% for 15 seconds. (Stackable)
Jashin Mark: Select a target and mark them. When the marked target is hit by this weapon, they receive 1-5 times damage randomly. Mark lasts 60 seconds; cooldown 5 minutes.
Fanatical Follower: Once blood is seen in battle, sanity -50%, intelligence -50%, instinct +100%.
Exclusive to bonded character Hidan.
P.S.: If I strike with this blade, you will truly die!
...
Honestly, the Bloody March Scythe transformed into a cursed tool is way more awesome than before!
Both [Slaughter Hero] and [Jashin Mark] are super powerful abilities that can turn the tide if used well.
If the former can keep stacking, reaching hundreds or thousands of layers, one slash could even cut through Susanoo!
Of course, such a scenario is almost impossible in actual combat.
If there is a gap longer than 15 seconds, all previously stacked buffs disappear, returning to square one.
But even stacking a few layers greatly boosts Hidan's combat power.
And [Jashin Mark] is even simpler and more brutal!
Mark the enemy at the start of battle, and every hit deals 1-5 times damage bonus.
If combined with the buff from [Slaughter Hero], a 5x damage burst would be terrifying just to imagine!
The only unknown is Hidan's luck—if every strike only does 1x normal damage, then forget it.
As for the effect of [Fanatical Follower]...
Well, how to say.
It's acceptable, I guess.
After all, Hidan's intelligence was never high; whether 10 points or 5 points makes no difference—just be reckless.
If it weren't for the exclusive mark at the end, Shinji would have wanted to use it himself.
Also worth mentioning: only bonded characters with a certain bond level can use cursed tools granted by him.
Currently, only Hidan is lucky enough—after all, he's Shinji's dog.
Even Tobi can't, bond level too low.
"Excuse me, are you Mr. Akagi?"
"That's me."
"This is an urgent letter from Lord Mizukage to be delivered to Mr. Akagi."
Again?
Shinji took it and opened it directly. The main content was still hoping they could go to Kirigakure to jointly fight the approaching curse spirits.
It couldn't be helped; even the best cook can't work without rice.
Currently, Terumī has very limited available personnel, and there aren't many who can help Kirigakure.
Among them, Shinji and the other two already count as a formidable force.
Moreover, this time Terumī has improved and no longer just makes empty promises but uses special rewards to entice him.
Besides cursed items, there are some new techniques developed by Kirigakure through curse spirit research, though their reliability is unknown.
The letter also mentioned that recently, the curse spirit chaos in various parts of the Land of Water seems to have suddenly increased again.
This is forcing Terumī to make a choice: send people out to save the people or concentrate forces to handle the crisis.
Shinji wasn't surprised by this because it was the original plan.
If Kirigakure ignores it, the entire Land of Water will collapse soon, even without the intervention of the few special grade curse spirits.
But if all personnel are sent out, Kirigakure will be left vulnerable.
Then the special grade curse spirits might team up and possibly wipe out Kirigakure.
No doubt, these curse spirits are not to be underestimated!
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