"Hahahaha! Prepare to accept the judgment of Jashin!"
As he spoke, Hidan stuck out his tongue and greedily licked the bloodstains on his scythe blade.
The moment the blood entered his mouth, his entire body suddenly underwent a strange transformation—
His skin instantly turned pale as paper, and large patches of deep black Jashin markings crawled all over his face and body. The area around his eyes turned black, as if he were wearing a bizarre mask, and he had completely transformed into his ritual Jashin form.
With his toes, he quickly sketched that iconic triangular sacrificial ritual circle on the ground.
The moment the ritual circle was formed, he grabbed the pitch-black short spear at his waist and roared with wild laughter: "Come on, experience the greatest pain with me!"
He then pierced his own thigh: "It hurts, doesn't it? This kind of pain is the best..."
Suddenly, the arrogant Hidan paused, stunned: "What's going on? Why are you fine?"
Yagami Light's expression remained unchanged, and he calmly said: "Because I am Jashin, and everything you have was bestowed by me!"
"Arrogant."
Hidan immediately became agitated, his hair standing on end like a mad dog whose tail had been stepped on. He gripped the short spear tightly and roared: "I'll send you to see Lord Jashin right now."
With that, he raised the short spear and plunged it into his own heart.
"Puchi—"
The short spear instantly pierced through Hidan's body, and he stared intently at Yagami Light.
"How is it? This is the consequence of blaspheming a god."
"Oh! Is that so?"
Yagami Light said calmly, while his mental energy monitored a black bear one kilometer away.
He saw that the black bear had already collapsed to the ground, completely lifeless, with wounds appearing on its thigh and heart.
'I didn't expect it to work on animals too. Is it some kind of curse? Does it connect souls through blood and cause physical damage through the soul!'
'It doesn't care whether it's a human, so other species work too? It's worth a try.'
"How can you be fine, you guy? Lord Jashin's curse has never failed before."
Hidan stared at the unscathed Yagami Light in shock, and the fact that the other party was looking at him with an inquisitive gaze made him extremely furious.
Suddenly, he seemed to think of something and exclaimed: "I get it, you must have multiple hearts just like Kakuzu."
"That's great! Since that's the case, I'll just kill you a few more times. Lord Jashin will surely be very satisfied."
As he spoke, Hidan threw his Triple-Bladed Scythe and charged over, wielding the short spear himself.
Yagami Light first ordered his clone to find other species of creatures, then raised his Kunai to meet him, continuing to observe the changes in Hidan's spirit.
Just now, when he performed the ritual, the fluctuation of Jashin energy on his soul was immense. It was unclear whether this energy triggered the curse or if it was through the Jashin entity itself.
After a long while, seeing no other gains in the short term, Yagami Light let the Triple-Bladed Scythe cut another wound on his body.
Yagami Light then increased the distance and watched helplessly as Hidan slowly walked to the center of the ritual circle, raised his scythe, and licked the blood on the tip with his tongue.
At this moment, Hidan frowned. Why was this blood so bitter? It didn't taste like human blood at all. He had sacrificed thousands of people, and even if there were differences in the taste of blood, it shouldn't be this drastic!
He immediately stopped thinking about it, assuming it was due to Yagami Light's abilities. Wasn't Kakuzu like that too, with his blood tasting spoiled?
His body turned black and white again. Hidan raised the short spear, stabbed it into his heart, and let out a joyful cry.
Yagami Light ignored Hidan and focused his mental energy on a large earthworm nearby.
This was the creature selected by his clone. Its structure was completely different from a human body; it could still survive even if cut into two sections, and its blood was red, making it valuable for experimentation.
He saw that the earthworm kept spitting out fresh blood, its body twisted a few times, and then it completely lost all signs of life.
"It is indeed an attack targeting the soul. Earthworms don't have hearts, yet Hidan's fatal wounds were all transmitted to the target."
As for why Kakuzu was fine, 'his secret technique, Earth Grudge Fear,' must be more than just stealing hearts; it might involve the soul as well. After all, simply replenishing new hearts cannot alleviate the aging of other parts of the body.
Yagami Light let out a breath and couldn't help but exclaim: "It's truly not simple!"
At this moment, Hidan looked at Yagami Light as if he had seen a ghost. How could this person be so nonchalant? He knew that if Kakuzu took this hit, he would lose a heart.
"What is going on with you? Why can you be so nonchalant?"
"I already told you, I am Jashin. Your immortal body and your techniques were all bestowed by me."
"What kind of joke is that?"
Hidan looked at him with a ferocious expression. When this person appeared, the Jashin power within his body surged constantly, as if a voice was urging him to kill this person.
It seems Lord Jashin also despises this fake.
Yagami Light said nothing more, just unleashed his mental energy to its full extent, wrapped it in Natural Energy, and slammed it into the Jashin power on Hidan's soul.
"Ugh!"
Hidan's body stiffened abruptly, and his face turned instantly pale as paper.
His soul was ripped apart forcefully, and intense pain exploded from the depths of his soul, causing his vision to go dark and his breathing to lose its rhythm.
"It is indeed so."
Yagami Light observed Hidan's state and knew his hypothesis was correct.
Uchiha Itachi once said something correct: "Any Ninjutsu has its weaknesses."
Hidan's immortal body seems unsolvable, but that is because very few people use Natural Energy, and even fewer have the ability to attack the soul; that is even rarer.
Watching the teetering Hidan, Yagami Light gathered even more Natural Energy and attacked his soul.
"Puchi—"
Hidan could no longer hold on; he spat out a mouthful of blood, then completely lost consciousness and collapsed to the ground.
Yagami Light walked up and looked at Hidan on the ground. At this moment, the energy in his soul was continuously repairing his injuries.
"As expected, as long as this energy exists, Hidan simply cannot be killed. Even if he were shredded to pieces, he could still survive in the form of a spirit, though at that point, it would be better to be dead."
Just like in the original work where Hidan's head was buried alive by Shikamaru—it's unknown if he would truly die, but without nutrients, the body would rot. At that point, surely he couldn't be like Brook and live on with just bones, right?
Suddenly, Yagami Light seemed to think of something, touched his chin, and pondered for a while with his head lowered.
After a long while, he suddenly raised his head and revealed a bizarre smile: "It's worth a try."
Immediately, he took out a scroll, intending to seal Hidan inside it.
Theoretically, scrolls cannot seal living people, but Hidan has an immortal body; who knows if he will be dead or alive once sealed inside.
Yagami Light then spread out the scroll, and to ensure nothing went wrong, he specifically carved a seal onto Hidan's body.
His fingertips traced across Hidan's skin, branding the cursed seal into the other's flesh stroke by stroke. Each line was like a shackle, locking away the restless Jashin power within Hidan's body.
As the final stroke was completed, Hidan's body began to float uncontrollably, pulled by an invisible force, slowly moving toward the scroll.
Hidan's consciousness gradually cleared. He struggled in terror and roared, but could not make a sound, only able to watch helplessly as he was sucked into the pitch-black scroll.
Not long after, the last corner of his clothing disappeared into the scroll, and the entire scene suddenly became quiet.
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