"Don't be nervous. I have a very important piece of information here, free for you all."
Bai Mo's gaze returned to Kurotsuchi, and he also glanced back at Ōnoki.
"What information?"
Kurotsuchi looked tense, her hands hovering in front of her, ready to form hand signs to face the enemy at any moment.
Isn't it always like this in novels and movies?
- "I want to borrow something from you?" - "What thing?" — "Your head!"
- "I have some free information." - "What information?" — "We're going to invade Iwagakure!"
Bai Mo ignored Kurotsuchi's wild thoughts and spoke directly:
"In our organization, there's a rogue ninja from the Land of Hot Water who worships the Jashin cult. His ability is called Curse Technique: Death Controlling Possessed Blood."
The effect of this jutsu is terrifying.
As long as he obtains the enemy's blood, he can activate a curse. All the damage he suffers will be reflected onto the enemy.
Moreover, Hidan himself possesses an immortal body. Piercing his heart or beheading him cannot kill him."
"There's such a jutsu?! Is that true or false?"
Kurotsuchi shivered as she listened to Bai Mo's description.
"Indeed, there was intelligence before that a serial killer appeared in the Land of Hot Water. A strange circular and triangular pattern would be found around the victims.
The people of the Land of Hot Water also sent requests for our assistance.
However, by the time our people arrived, the killer had already disappeared. Was he absorbed into your organization?"
Ōnoki's voice came from the side.
"Really?"
Kurotsuchi was astonished.
Grandpa Ōnoki's words confirmed the truth of what the other party said.
Ōnoki, however, didn't care about his granddaughter's current emotions, nor did he have the mind to continue monitoring whether Deidara in the rock cave would escape. He directly activated the Light-Weight Boulder Technique and floated beside Kurotsuchi, in front of Bai Mo.
"If it's truly as you say, this forbidden jutsu is indeed terrifying, but its most terrifying aspect should be the unknown.
Injuries are unavoidable during ninja confrontations.
Even in battles between ninja with vastly different strengths, if the stronger one is careless, he might suffer some minor injuries and bleed a little... If this forbidden jutsu were used at that moment, it would simply be... So, why? Why are you deliberately telling us this information! You must have some motive!"
Sometimes, too much combat experience isn't a good thing.
Bai Mo revealing Hidan's information was too strange and illogical, causing alarm bells to ring loudly in Ōnoki's heart, making him very uneasy.
It was as if it contained some shocking conspiracy.
"The motive is simple: deterrence."
"Deterrence?"
Ōnoki repeated the word to himself, seemingly pondering its meaning.
However, Bai Mo was very considerate and immediately explained: "That's right, deterrence. Just as I told her earlier, our organization is a peace-loving organization."
Since we love peace, we naturally don't want to achieve our goals through fighting and killing.
If we can achieve deterrence and make the opponent voluntarily give up, wouldn't that be a win-win situation?"
"You want to emulate the Yellow Flash of yesteryear?"
Hearing Bai Mo say this, Ōnoki immediately recalled the man who made other hidden villages establish a rule to voluntarily abandon missions upon encountering him.
"The Flying Thunder God is indeed terrifying, but if Minato Namikaze weren't a gentleman, and he left a mark on you, Tsuchikage, or your son, and came once every night with the Flying Thunder God, then Miss Kurotsuchi's hair would probably be blonde by now."
Bai Mo stroked his chin, deep in thought.
"&...!"
Ōnoki was so angry he couldn't speak.
"Ugh ah—"
A scream suddenly rang out, attracting everyone's attention.
Shi Chun, the Iwagakure ninja who had attacked Bai Mo earlier, was now clutching his right shoulder in pain.
His entire right arm was gone.
Judging by the commotion below, it must have suddenly broken off and fallen down.
"This is?!"
Ōnoki's eyes widened.
"I know that merely telling you won't achieve deterrence.
Since there's someone here who willingly stepped forward to kill me, I believe he must also be prepared to be killed, right?"
Bai Mo snapped his fingers at the Iwagakure ninja named Shi Chun.
Shi Chun's right leg suddenly broke off, and blood splattered, staining a section of the rock wall red.
After his leg broke, Shi Chun finally couldn't bear the intense pain and fear. The chakra at the sole of his remaining foot, which was stepping on the steep rock wall, could no longer condense, and he plummeted straight down.
Splat.
He fell to his death.
It's unclear what would happen if Hidan encountered a target who died prematurely.
"Is this what you call peace-loving?"
Kurotsuchi looked at the puddle of flesh below and glared at Bai Mo.
"Isn't this peace-loving enough? As the saying goes, 'a sharp weapon in hand breeds murderous intent.'
I merely dealt with someone who wanted to kill me. Is there a problem?
An old saying goes, 'it's better to resolve enmity than to tie it.'
It means that when you encounter an enemy, you shouldn't think about making friends; you must eliminate them.
If you feel that you can't stand it now and want to accuse me of cruelty...
Then give me a few names, or I'll randomly pick a few out, and let you..."
"No need!"
Ōnoki interrupted Bai Mo's words.
Bai Mo's dominance reminded Ōnoki of his lifelong nightmare, Uchiha Madara.
He possessed absolute power, but he didn't kill them.
All these years, he had always wanted to know why Uchiha Madara didn't kill them.
Ōnoki quickly shook his head, driving that thought away.
The other party was merely using a trick; he didn't have the capability of Uchiha Madara.
"Shi Chun, did he engage with you before, and you obtained his blood?"
Ōnoki asked.
"There's no need to probe. If we only had his blood, what kind of deterrence would that be?
Moreover, everyone in our organization is at least as strong as Deidara.
Do you think that guy, if he truly encountered us, would be able to survive with just an injury and some blood collected?"
Bai Mo chuckled.
"You mean... who else?"
Ōnoki floated there, still afraid to guess.
"For example, you, Lord Tsuchikage."
"Impossible!"
Ōnoki immediately denied it, "Not only have I never fought with you, but even if I was injured fighting other ninja, it was a very long time ago..."
"Hahahahaha! Old man, you didn't think of it, did you! You weren't injured, but you have hemorrhoids! They bleed at the slightest provocation; it's too easy to collect!"
Deidara's arrogant laughter came from the rock cave.
Hearing Deidara's laughter, Ōnoki and Kurotsuchi were both somewhat surprised.
Actually, in the scene where Bai Mo was talking to Konan just now, both of them had already assumed Deidara had escaped.
As it turned out, Deidara hadn't left yet?
However, after the laughter, they had no time to think about that.
The subsequent words caused their expressions to change drastically.
Ōnoki's face turned beet red and twisted.
It was even more twisted than when Bai Mo had just mentioned Minato Namikaze's nightly raids as a cuckolder.
Kurotsuchi, on the other hand, couldn't help but laugh out loud, but after laughing, Kurotsuchi instantly realized something was wrong.
—If the old man's hemorrhoid blood could be obtained and used to perform that Curse Technique: Death Controlling Possessed Blood, then what about her?
Oh no, no way?
Kurotsuchi looked at Bai Mo in horror.
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