"Deidara, step back."
A cold, aloof voice came from behind.
Takumi, his face dark, silently stepped forward.
The atmosphere on the scene instantly became extremely tense.
Naruto, Sakura, and the others didn't dare breathe loudly.
They also hadn't expected things to escalate so quickly!
One second, it seemed like a touching master-disciple reunion.
The next second, the other side wanted to kill them!
From heaven straight to hell!
"Hidan, is it."
Takumi walked forward unhurriedly.
His gloomy eyes swept over Hidan's face.
"Hey! You brat! What kind of look is that!"
Hidan was extremely pissed off after being looked down upon.
"Keep staring?"
"Keep staring and I'll send you to meet Jashin-sama next second!"
Hidan, holding his triple-bladed scythe, his face dark, walked over murderously.
"I'll chop you into pieces~"
"I'm not joking with you~"
"I'll even cut your intestines in half~~"
Hidan threatened as he walked.
But the next second.
Hum…
A massive stream of memories instantly flooded into his mind.
In that instant, countless images, countless fragments, began to swirl in Hidan's mind like a roller coaster!
Gold-rimmed glasses, suit, basement, chains, candles...
Cutting open the body slice by slice...
Sewing it up stitch by stitch...
All sorts of bizarre torture instruments, foul-smelling blood...
A broken body, bones exposed...
Day after day, year after year...
An extremely brutal, abusive life flooded into Hidan's mind in just a few seconds!
In that instant, Hidan's spirit suffered a severe shock!
His entire demeanor changed drastically, his heart raced wildly, every pore on his body was sweating, he couldn't even stand steadily!
"Th-this! What is this thing!"
"What are these memories! What are they!"
Hidan clutched his head in terror, looking at Takumi as if he'd seen a ghost! His face was full of fear!
"Impossible! This! Y-you, don't come any closer!"
"Don't come closer! I'm begging you! Stop torturing me!"
"Ah! It hurts! My leg's been cut off!"
Hidan was so scared he kept backing away, his feet frantically pedaling on the ground!
Witnessing this scene, the entire scene first fell deathly silent for a few seconds, as if frozen.
Then everyone present exploded! Their faces showing utter shock and horror!
"Wh-what's happening!?"
"What's wrong with that guy? Has he gone crazy?!"
"Why is he suddenly so scared!"
"Whoa! What happened to that guy Hidan! Did he have a mental breakdown?!"
The group of rookies stared dumbfounded!
Sasori beside them, Deidara opposite, and Konan in the sky also had expressions of seeing a ghost!
'What was going on?'
'Genjutsu?'
'But, impossible!'
'He wasn't an Uchiha, didn't have the Sharingan. How could he cast Genjutsu without even forming hand seals!'
'And was there even Genjutsu that powerful in this world?'
A single glance scared Hidan, a murderous, extremely perverted and crazy individual, so much he couldn't even stand steadily!
"Hidan! What's wrong with you! What are you afraid of!?"
Sasori roared loudly.
But how could Hidan's mind possibly remain clear?
You need to understand.
What Takumi just sent him wasn't some pleasant memory.
It was a terrifying memory of bloodshed, cruelty, and brutality!
The strongest damaging Genjutsu, Tsukuyomi, only made the victim endure persecution for three days and three nights in the illusion.
Even if Tsukuyomi could stretch the victim's sense of time, it would be at most a few months.
But Takumi's memory was different.
It was a painful memory spanning several decades.
In that memory, Hidan was constantly tied up in Takumi's basement, subjected to all kinds of severe torture every day, being savagely trampled and broken.
His body was cut and stitched, stitched and cut.
Finally, he was utterly drained and tortured to death!
Such a memory, now directly loaded into Hidan's mind… it was impossible not to break down!
The fact that Hidan didn't go insane on the spot was only because he had an immortal ability, and he was a pervert himself who had killed many people, so his endurance was relatively stronger.
"I'm begging you!"
"Don't come any closer!"
Hidan trembled all over, sweating profusely.
He couldn't even hold his triple-bladed scythe steadily!
Gag…
The massive psychological impact caused a strong physical discomfort.
He actually started vomiting on the ground!
"Holy shit..."
Seeing this, everyone on the scene was dumbstruck...
Deidara, Sasori, Konan, Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke...
Everyone's mouths were wide open in extreme shock.
Their minds were full of question marks!
'Takumi just took two steps forward, and this scythe-wielding guy was scared to the point of vomiting!'
'What in the world was going on!'
"This useless piece of trash... what a waste!"
Sasori cursed viciously.
He simply couldn't understand what this Hidan had experienced.
To be stared down by a brat with just a glance, collapsing to the ground and even vomiting!
He was really disgracing the Akatsuki!
Sasori twisted his head.
Then, his spine writhed, a row of sharp blades tearing through the cloud-patterned coat, revealing themselves.
"Brat, it seems you have some skill."
"Enough playing around. Die in agony under my poison needles!"
Click, click, click!
After a series of rapid mechanical tremors, Hiruko, the scorpion-shaped puppet Sasori was currently using, fully exposed its body to Takumi and the others.
Its hands were sharp bladed tools, its back bore a strange human face, and segmented iron scorpion tails swayed in the air, occasionally dripping droplets.
Those droplets sizzled upon hitting the ground, then emitted a choking white smoke.
It was clearly carrying some kind of potent poison.
"Sasori! You bastard! Are you serious!?"
A trace of cold sweat seeped from Deidara's forehead.
This was no joke.
If Sasori truly intended to go for the kill, he alone couldn't stop him!
"Nonsense, this brat must be eliminated immediately."
"Get out of my way if you don't want to die!"
As he spoke, Sasori manipulated the puppet, its long tail raised high.
Then…
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
Countless fine, hair-like poison needles shot out from the tail.
"Naruto! All of you, get further away!"
Boom!
Takumi raised his fist, the violent fist wind sweeping all the poison needles away!
"This!?"
Seeing Takumi suddenly use Taijutsu, and such powerful Taijutsu at that, not only Sasori and Deidara, but even Konan in the sky was slightly stunned.
"This kid... is indeed dangerous!"
Sasori's attacks became increasingly vicious.
The openings on the puppet's body opened.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
A large number of poison needles shot from its body, assaulting Takumi!
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Takumi nimbly twisted his body, continuously throwing punches!
Under the power of the Fist Emperor, these poison needles were like paper origami, and a single punch blasted them away, some even bent directly by the shockwave!
Sasori changed mechanisms. Shuriken began to eject from the pincers on his hands, and his body jumped around, launching poisoned projectiles from all directions!
Takumi dodged while looking for an opportunity.
He wanted to seize the chance to deliver a fatal blow!
However, right then…
Thwip!
A sharp poison needle pierced through the fist wind and stabbed into Takumi's thigh.
Sasori opposite him immediately stopped his attack.
"It's over, brat."
Hearing this, Deidara's face changed drastically!
Konan in the sky also closed her eyes regretfully.
Because…
Sasori's poison was the most potent in the entire Shinobi World, even surpassing Chiyo of the Land of Wind!
If injured by his projectiles, the target would be paralyzed instantly, unable to move.
Then, they could only wait to be harvested in immense pain.
"Damn, it came from here? That's a blind spot."
Takumi pulled out the needle and threw it aside.
Then, he continued holding his fists up, ready to attack.
"This... what's going on?"
Sasori was a bit confused.
"What happened? Didn't it hit him just now? But why hasn't this guy fallen?"
Sasori frowned, wondering if he had stabbed too shallowly last time.
So he launched another attack.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
A few seconds later, another poison needle pierced Takumi's body.
This time, it was his waist.
"Heh heh heh... that should do it, right?"
Sasori stopped attacking, drew the sword hidden in his pincer, and swaggered towards Takumi.
He was preparing to harvest.
However...
"Ugh, stop shooting other places randomly! It hurts!"
Takumi frowned, pulling out the poison needle with a look of complaint and throwing it on the ground.
In that instant…
The three Akatsuki's members were all dumbfounded.
"Hey! What is this!?"
"Brat! Y-you have no reaction?"
Sasori shouted frantically!
His poison needles were the most potent poisoned weapons in the world.
Ordinary Medical-nin couldn't even cure them!
Forget a child, even an elephant would be paralyzed instantly if hit by his poison needles!
But he had already shot two needles, and this brat was completely unaffected!
'Has my poison lost its effectiveness?'
Sasori's face darkened. He instantly shot one towards the crowd nearby.
"Ah!!!"
A scream quickly sounded, and then Sasuke fell to the ground.
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