Hidan: "......"
"You lie down for a while, I'll go check on that guy."
"I'm already in such a miserable state, I refuse to believe I can make things easy for him! Damn it, what kind of ninjutsu is this? How can it be so powerful?"
Hidan muttered a few words, but Shinji pretended not to hear them.
"Speed up!" Shinji figured that if Pain's Deva Path really did get into trouble, then the main body would be arriving soon.
Even if the main Pain doesn't show up, the other Pains will definitely show up.
This is troublesome...
In the blink of an eye, Shinji saw Pain again on the bare ground.
Just as he had predicted, he lay there dead.
Shinji walked over and flipped it over so that its face was up.
"Tsk tsk, that's pretty pitiful~"
Indeed, almost all of its 'black bars' have been destroyed.
Without the chakra receiver controller, Pain and Deva Path are nothing but corpses.
However, to be fair, Pain's Deva Path's destructive power is simply inhuman.
However, he was completely unaware of Hidan's abilities, and Hidan's curse actually worked on corpses (with blood as a medium), so he used a powerful attack to instantly kill himself.
Otherwise, who knows what the outcome would be.
This encounter with Pain served as a wake-up call for Shinji, as his recent growth in strength has reached a bottleneck.
To break through, you either need to build a domain as soon as possible or unlock new spells.
However, the 150 bond points that the former lacks are too difficult to obtain, and now ordinary 'interactions (PUA)' are no longer effective.
The last performance was so moving that I barely managed to get an extra 50 points.
Therefore, it seems unlikely that building a domain based solely on bond value rewards will be possible in the short term.
Then we'll have to put more effort into developing new spells.
He currently only has 4 [Randomly Generated Spell Fragments], and he needs 6 more fragments to synthesize a complete Generated Spell.
Assuming a guaranteed drop of two pieces every ten consecutive drops, he would need 30,000 Spell Souls to obtain the new spell.
This is a bit awkward...
If he hadn't transformed into the [Snake Skin Sword], he would be about the same.
But he only has 14400 curse soul points, which is about half short.
"It seems we need to find a way to kill more cursed spirits as soon as possible." Shinji frowned slightly.
Searching for them one by one would be too troublesome...
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"It seems the person has already left."
When Konan and Nagato arrived at the barren battlefield, Shinji had already disappeared with Hidan.
Shinji didn't have any objection to the Akatsuki organization established by Nagato; he simply didn't want to work for someone else for free.
There are no benefits whatsoever; you expect people to work hard for you just by making empty promises. There's no such thing as a free lunch!
Even when Kakuzu joined the Akatsuki, he probably cursed the other party as an idiot in his heart. If Kakuzu had seen even the slightest hope of escaping from Pain back then, he would never have joined the Akatsuki organization.
Looking at the others, Konan and Nagato are childhood friends, and everyone knows what kind of person Zetsu is. As for Tobi's true identity, there's no need to even mention it.
Kisame was completely fooled by Obito, and Itachi was simply a double agent whose true nature remained unclear.
After Scorpion defected, he basically stopped being human and didn't care where he went. He only wanted to delve into his eternal art.
Deidara was even more ridiculous. He was attacked by three people at his door. He tried to fight back but was instantly killed by Itachi's look. If he didn't join, he would die. What would you choose?
And Orochimaru, why did he choose to defect even though he knew the strength of the Akatsuki organization, even if it meant being constantly hunted down?
Being stunned by Itachi was one thing, but Orochimaru was also fed up with being taken advantage of. So when he realized that obtaining the Sharingan or Rinnegan was hopeless, he decisively broke away to cut his losses.
Looking at it this way, have you noticed any problems?
None of these Akatsuki members joined because they felt there was a future in the organization.
They're all just working-class people who get ripped off!
Moreover, it's a forced recruitment process where they beat you if you don't join.
To be honest, Shinji didn't care at all about Akatsuki's ideology or Nagato's chuunibyou ideals.
They didn't care about Black Zetsu's ridiculous plot to revive Kaguya.
Getting him to join any organization is actually quite simple; just make sure his contributions and rewards are commensurate.
He can't work hard every day to earn money, then hand it all over to the organization, only to be on the front lines at the slightest danger...
What the hell is that if not stupid?
Are you doing charity here?
Selfless dedication?
Don't talk to me about ideals of peace in the ninja world, that's just being a scoundrel!
So unless Nagato can promise Shinji some irresistible benefits, even if someone points a Chibaku Tensei at his head, he'd rather not join!
This is the real reason why Shinji refused.
Nagato glanced down at Yahiko's corpse, frowned slightly, and then said as if talking to himself, "Did you see how the Heavenly Way was destroyed?"
No sooner had he finished speaking than a pitcher plant emerged from the ground beside him, inside which was Jue.
"I really don't know."
"Ok?"
"At first, I used the Mayfly Technique to hide and watch the battle from the sidelines, but when Pain used Super Shinra Tensei, I quickly ran away. I have no idea what happened after that, nor do I know what Pain was doing. But then I saw a very interesting scene..."
This explanation makes perfect sense; Nagato himself knew just how powerful his Super Shinra Tensei truly was.
"Tell me what happened next."
Under Nagato's questioning, Zetsu was able to recount in detail everything he had seen after reappearing.
Nagato and Konan grew increasingly surprised and frowned as they listened.
They were stunned when they heard that the other party (Shinji) had not only survived the power of the Super Shinra Tensei, but was also completely unharmed, and they doubted that this was impossible!
"Oh right, that guy seems to have written something under Tiandao's corpse."
Upon hearing this, Nagato immediately instructed Konan to gently dissect Yahiko's body, whereupon he saw a message someone had left for him... or rather, for the Akatsuki organization.
"Hello, are you here to pass on the fire... Uh, wrong scene, let's start over."
"Job Ad: If your organization goes under, or if someone else wants to switch to our Evil God Cult, I guarantee that the benefits will be maximized, the salary will be doubled, and we will give gifts and arrange trips during holidays."
"Let your team leaders learn from this; that's what you call recruiting employees and poaching talent."
"If you don't have the ability, don't go out and cause trouble."
After reading these words expressionlessly, Nagato immediately destroyed them with a small-scale Shinra Tensei.
I'm so angry!
Not only did he fail to show off, but he was also mocked in return.
Which way did they go?
Nagato adopted a terrifying expression that warned others to stay away.
Jue pointed in a direction, "Over there."
"I need to continue confirming their whereabouts. I need to go back and repair the Heavenly Dao first."
"Nagato, you..."
"Don't worry, I haven't lost my mind with anger. But next time I'll take Pain with me to have a proper talk with them about 'benefits'."
Clearly, Nagato could not forget this inexplicable setback.
Moreover, according to Zetsu, the opponent was completely unharmed after taking his Super Shinra Tensei at point-blank range, which greatly intrigued him.
Even if he didn't unleash the full power of Super Shinra Tensei, he couldn't possibly be completely unharmed. Could that guy be a Tailed Beast?
More importantly, the standard for passing the test set by Nagato before he took action was 'not dying'.
This means that both Shinji and Hidan actually passed his initial assessment, and at least in terms of strength, they met the Akatsuki organization's recruitment requirements.
The problem now is that they look down on his Akatsuki organization!
Moreover, the sarcasm was very direct: expecting someone to work for you without giving you any benefits is a bit too unrealistic.
This made Nagato feel somewhat insecure.
This is how we used to recruit Kakuzu and the others, so why is it suddenly not working anymore?
But upon further reflection, it seems that what the other person said makes some sense...
"Nagato? Are you alright?"
Seeing Konan's worried expression, Nagato shook his head: "I'm fine, I just used up a lot of chakra at the end. Let's go back."
Konan hummed in agreement, completely unaware that Nagato had been affected by the enemy's persuasive talk and was lost in thought.
The two took Tiandao's corpse and left quickly.
Jue also used the mayfly technique to shrink back into the ground.
But at this moment, he wasn't thinking about Shinji and Hidan, those two insignificant minor characters.
Even if we don't know what methods they used, they were able to disrupt the natural order.
His mind was now filled with information about the cursed spirits and the potential problems that might arise.
He has been planning this all along, and he certainly won't allow anyone... or any monstrous cursed spirit, to ruin his plans.
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