As Hidan retreated quickly, Shikamaru still gripped the dagger in his hand.
The dagger directly cut a deep wound on Hidan's neck, and blood splattered out instantly.
If the person who got cut wasn't Hidan, but some other ordinary person, this attack would have been fatal.
However, if it had been an ordinary person, they definitely wouldn't have just slashed their own neck open like that.
After Hidan broke free from the dagger, he quickly retreated a few steps, putting some distance between himself and Shikamaru.
"What's going on...".
Hidan covered his neck. The dagger had gone in pretty deep, though it hadn't completely chopped his head off.
But it had left a rather gruesome wound.
However, Hidan's recovery ability was better than most people's. Even though part of his neck was cut open, he wasn't in too bad of shape.
He didn't mind being stabbed or cut. He hadn't found a way to die yet.
Even if his head was completely cut off, it could be sewn back on, as long as it wasn't completely severed and he didn't lose the ability to move.
His pain tolerance was also far beyond that of ordinary people. Pain wasn't torture for him at all, but a kind of enjoyment.
The only thing that shocked him right now was that Shikamaru hadn't died.
Wow, was this kid immortal too?
That was impossible. Kakuzu was only immortal because he had several hearts.
Unless Shikamaru and Hidan both believed in Jashin Cult, there was no reason why he wouldn't die from being poked.
Before Hidan could retreat too far, Shikamaru used his shadow to bind him.
Even though the shadow binding wouldn't last long, it was enough.
"That drop of blood earlier wasn't mine."
Shikamaru directly cut the steel wire around him. The explosive tags and steel wire that were hanging on the surrounding trees instantly wrapped around Hidan.
All the steel wires wrapped around him one after another in a certain order, even if Hidan staggered and tried to move, he was still bound and unable to move.
Even if Hidan was slow to realize it, he pretty much understood now.
Even the possibility that he would take two steps back after being cut was within Shikamaru's calculations.
That's why he could use the steel wire to bind his body so perfectly.
But the blood was someone else's. Hidan hesitated for a moment, an animal's? Or something else?
"That's your teammate's blood. I've been planning this since before we even met you guys～."
Shikamaru showed the syringe in his other hand that Hidan hadn't seen, and threw it on the ground.
Earlier, when Kakashi used Raikiri, Kakashi had taken the opportunity to stick the syringe into Kakuzu.
He had extracted some blood from him.
Of course, they had initially equipped everyone with these syringes, the goal being to take the opportunity to let the two of them settle it themselves.
Hidan was stunned for a moment. So all of Shikamaru's painful expressions earlier were just the kid pretending.
Thinking about this, he felt a little annoyed.
And with this mistake, he didn't know what the situation was like on Kakuzu's side.
Unlike Hidan, who only had Shikamaru to deal with, Kakuzu was facing Kakashi and his group.
Although he didn't think Kakuzu would die, this was still a fatal blow.
Instead of killing the enemy, he had been used to hurt his partner.
Although the members of the Akatsuki organization didn't really have any cooperative spirit or sense of camaraderie.
But the feeling of being wrongly used naturally wasn't very good.
Hidan struggled to grip the spear in his hand, frowned hard, and勉强reached out to poke at the steel wire on his body.
These steel wires must have some kind of order, and he could break them by picking them apart.
While he was forcefully pulling the spear out of his chest, blood was dripping from his mouth.
Hidan shouted as if cursing.
"Damn it... you bastard, don't think you can defeat me like this!"
"Even if I'm just a head left, I can be resurrected!"
"Don't think about killing me completely!"
"Lord Jashin will punish you, he will definitely punish you!!!"
The effect of the shadow binding technique gradually decreased with each use. Seeing Hidan muttering to himself, he struggled to put his hand on the spear that was stuck in his chest.
Although the steel wires were wrapped around him, because Hidan was stepping on the ground, there were some loose spots that could be picked open.
As long as he picked those spots...
Shikamaru glared gloomily at Hidan, who was holding onto the spear that was stuck in his chest. Hidan was constantly roaring, anyway, he was a typical foul-mouthed person.
Regardless of whether he could actually do it or not, he had to shout it out to build momentum first.
"It doesn't matter, you won't have a chance."
Shikamaru twirled the dagger in his hand, then suddenly threw it to the side.
There was a red mark on the ground to the side, similar to a warning sign.
It wasn't too flashy, after all, it wasn't strange to have this kind of sign in the dense forest.
The moment the dagger stabbed into the red mark, a crack extended all the way back along the position where the dagger went in.
"．～Crack...".
The cracking ground made a series of cracking sounds, as if the entire ground was about to crack open because of that knife.
Shikamaru didn't need to worry about Hidan breaking free at all. He didn't originally want to use his Ninjutsu to control him. He just needed to hold him in place temporarily.
"What's going on...!?".
"What's with this ground?".
Hidan could obviously hear the sound.
Then, the repressive feeling of the shadow restraint disappeared. Shikamaru retreated two steps and leaned against the tree behind him.
He took out a lighter from his pocket and was clicking it on and off while looking down.
The lighter didn't seem to be very good. He clicked it several times but it didn't light, but Shikamaru didn't seem to care at all. He was focused on lighting the lighter.
Hidan didn't care about pulling the spear out of his chest. He could clearly feel the ground beneath his feet collapsing and moving.
Then, the moment he lifted his foot from the ground, the crack had completely extended to underneath Hidan's feet, starting from the red mark.
With a "boom", Hidan couldn't leave even if he wanted to.
The ground completely caved in, and a huge hole opened up in the ground.
And Hidan's body was wrapped in all the steel wires, and he was suspended in mid-air, firmly and securely.
Originally, only the steel wire under his feet was not very strong, but now his entire feet were empty.
His whole body was suspended in mid-air by the force of the steel wires.
"Damn it... I'm going to kill you, you bastard!".
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