I'm doing Jujutsu Kaisen in the ninja world.

If they had arrived any later, they might have only found a corpse.

"Hey, old man, wake up!" Hidan pushed the old man hard.

Seeing that Hidan's actions were a bit too rough, Shinji quickly called for a stop, fearing that Hidan might accidentally kill the old man.

Give me the water.

After taking the water from Hidan, Shinji carefully moistened the old man's dry lips before pouring it in drop by drop.

Finally, a minute later, the old man slowly woke up.

"Am I already dead? You are... Soul Reapers? So Soul Reapers don't have eyebrows..."

Although the old man's voice was hoarse, his meaning was very clear.

Strangely enough, ever since the arson incident that burned off Hidan's hair and eyebrows, his hair has gradually grown back, but his bald eyebrows have remained unchanged.

So when his sore spot was touched, Hidan's temper flared up immediately, and he really wanted to send the old man straight to meet the Grim Reaper.

Fortunately, Shinji can still keep him in check at this stage.

After pinning Hidan down, Shinji explained that he was a traveler passing through and had heard that there were good things to sell here, so he came here specifically.

Then, without caring whether the old man believed her or not, she went straight to the question that concerned him most: "Where did everyone else go? What exactly happened here?"

Upon hearing this, the old man subconsciously shuddered, as if recalling something terrifying.

"Monster! There's a monster! So many people have been killed!"

Shinji and Hidan exchanged a glance; sure enough, something was wrong.

"No rush, tell me slowly. What kind of monster is it, and why are you hiding here all alone?"

The old man's face was filled with fear, and his body began to tremble violently. "Monsters, man-eating monsters... they've all been eaten. The survivors only dare to hide in the cellars... I'm old and useless, so I was driven out to avoid wasting food. If the monsters are full, they won't bother them for a while..."

The old man's speech was unclear, and coupled with extreme fear, his words became incoherent.

However, Shinji still managed to understand the gist of it.

The gist is that one day, a man-eating monster suddenly appeared, and the people here, unable to defeat it, had no choice but to hide.

However, resources are limited, so some people who are no longer considered valuable are abandoned.

The old man in front of us was thrown out as bait to be eaten by the monster.

Unexpectedly, the old man was not destined to die, and by sheer chance, he managed to escape into this cellar and survive.

But without Shinji and Hidan's arrival, even if the old man wasn't eaten by the monster, he would just be hiding here waiting to die.

[Chapter 40: The Curse of the World's Will]

After realizing he couldn't get any more information from him, Shinji left the water and some food he had with him, and then left with Hidan.

Hidan just pursed his lips and said nothing.

He's just an old geezer; there's no need for him to say anything more and risk getting beaten up.

It must be said that Shinji's modifications to Hidan have already shown initial results.

"Do you believe what that old man said?"

"I don't completely believe it, but my intuition tells me that the disappearance of the sacrifices is very likely related to this so-called monster."

Hidan couldn't help but nod upon hearing this.

Without considering whether it was true or false, the group from the Land of Grass, carrying a considerable number of 'offerings,' plunged headlong into the lair of a man-eating monster. It's easy to imagine what the outcome would be.

"Let's go, let's go and meet this monster."

"Do you know where that monster is?"

Hidan was somewhat surprised.

"I don't know, but if that monster really likes to eat people, then there's no reason why it wouldn't eat meat that's offered to it."

"What do you mean?"

"It means that the monster will come looking for us."

Clearly, the dilapidated town beneath their feet had long since become the monster's hunting ground, and the two of them had not only barged in but were also swaggering around aimlessly.

If such arrogant behavior can't provoke the other party, then Shinji has nothing more to say.

However, it is unclear whether his judgment was wrong, whether the monster was just resting, or whether the monster had already left.

In short, they waited for several hours, until the sun went down, but they didn't see anything.

Not a single trace of the monster could be seen.

"If you ask me, that old geezer is definitely talking nonsense. He thinks he can scare us by making up a story about a monster eating people. The disappearance of the sacrifice is definitely related to him."

Unable to sit still, Hidan leaped off the roof.

Where are you going?

"I'm going to kill that old bastard! How dare he lie to Grandpa Fei Duan? He's got a death wish."

Shinji was speechless, but he didn't stop this idiot.

Maybe letting this guy cause a ruckus will actually create some unexpected excitement.

Not long after, Shinji saw Hidan walk back alone, cursing and swearing.

"what happened?"

"When I got back, I found that the old man had already run away! He must have made up a story and then felt guilty."

Shinji was both amused and exasperated upon hearing this, never expecting that the other party was such a seasoned actor who had managed to fool him.

But could that kind of fear, which came from the inside out, really be acted out?

"Forget it, I'll settle this score with him next time I run into him. Let's find a place to rest for now, and ask other people tomorrow."

Although this is the only way for now, Hidan kept muttering to himself, probably implying that the old man's ancestors for nineteen generations hadn't been spared.

Before we knew it, the night had deepened.

Shinji and Hidan found a relatively intact dilapidated house, lit a fire, and simply leaned against the wall to doze off.

A cold wind whistled outside, and the firelight flickered and dwindled.

Suddenly, a dark shadow flashed by.

Shinji and Hidan showed no reaction.

But if they looked up, they would see a giant centipede with a human face, several meters long, coiled on the beam.

Moreover, the face didn't seem to be any special pattern, because the eyes on the face kept moving, as if sizing up the two people below, and soon even drool started flowing from it.

grumble!

Finally, the centipede with the human face could no longer restrain itself and sprang up, opening its ferocious mouth and heading straight for the two people below.

With just one bite, it can crush its opponent's body and fully enjoy the delicious meat juices.

But just as it launched its attack, Shinji and Hidan opened their eyes almost simultaneously and reached out to grab the weapons that were placed beside them.

The next moment, the two of them suddenly sprang into action!

The decapitation blade and the blood-red three-month scythe struck the human-faced centipede one after the other, shattering it in just two or three breaths!

"What the hell is this thing? It's disgusting."

Hidan shook his weapon, which was stained with green juice, with a look of disgust.

Shinji was the same, except that his mind was no longer on this matter at this moment.

Just as he had killed the strange centipede, the system sent him a new message.

[Exorcise a level 3 cursed spirit and gain 200 Cursed Soul Points]

This message reveals far too much!

It turns out that besides completing system tasks, there are other ways to obtain Curse Soul Points.

So that centipede with a human face must have been a so-called [Level 3 Cursed Spirit].

Such a weakling must be one of the worst among the cursed spirits. It's understandable that killing one would only give one-fifth of the cursed soul points needed for a lottery draw.

Presumably, the rewards after exorcising a more powerful cursed spirit will be even greater.

only...

"How did something like a cursed spirit suddenly appear in the otherwise perfect Naruto world?!"

Shinji was incredibly stressed.

Then I suddenly remembered that [curse of the world's will]!

The Curse of the World's Will

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P.S.: Your unexpected arrival has brought about some changes in this world.

. . . . . .

Different changes...

Could this be what you're referring to?!

To be honest, Shinji had already sensed something was wrong back when he was treasure hunting, but since he was the one who dug up that 'strange thing', he could still explain it to himself.

However, the appearance of the cursed spirit this time clearly told him that this was a different Naruto world!

As the name suggests, a curse, or a cursed spirit, is a monster born from the accumulation of negative emotions that living beings have towards anything.

That is, the overflow of negative emotions in humans.

In other words, as long as humans are afraid and have all sorts of negative emotions, then the evil spirits will continue to be born.

More importantly, the old man wasn't lying; he really did see the 'monster'.

Although I don't know why, if all the cursed spirits born in this world are visible to ordinary people, then as these ghostly things increase in number, the society that has finally managed to stabilize will inevitably fall into chaos once again!

Of course, there are good aspects as well.