People in Demon Slayer: The Journey That Began with Demon Slayer

The cleanup just now has made everyone feel unsafe, and they are hiding at home, afraid to come out.

The Allied Shinobi Forces arrived smoothly at the tower of the Akatsuki's base.

Itachi ordered the Hyuga clan to use their Byakugan to explore the tower.

The Hyuga clan ninja's expression turned extremely grave after using the Byakugan: "The entire tower is enveloped in chakra; the Byakugan cannot see what's inside!"

Onoki speculated, "The ones we just cleared out were all Amegakure ninjas. There's a good chance that Akatsuki's trainees are hiding in this tower."

Itachi commanded, "Earth Release ninjas, use Earth Release: Earth Spear to break open the tower's gate!"

Upon receiving the order, the Earth Release ninja began forming hand seals to unleash their ninjutsu.

"Earth Release: Earth Rising Spear!"

The ground shook violently, and sharp rock spikes rose from the ground, forcefully breaking open the tower's main gate.

After the door was broken open, it was pitch black inside, and the situation was unclear.

"Wind Release Ninja, Fire Release Ninja!"

At Itachi's command, ninjas using Wind Release and Fire Release stepped forward.

"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"

A violent storm rushed in from the tower's entrance.

Then.

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

As the storm raged, the fireballs combined with the wind to form a fiery storm that swept through the tower's interior.

A mournful wail came from inside the tower.

Several Akatsuki reserve members, their bodies ablaze, rushed out of the tower in an attempt to extinguish the flames.

But it was all in vain, and in the end, he turned into a charred corpse.

After the flames died down, the Allied Shinobi Forces entered the tower.

There were a large number of corpses inside, all of whom had died in the firestorm just now.

Itachi was extremely cautious, hoping only to minimize casualties.

The ninjas of the Allied Shinobi Forces grew to admire Itachi more and more.

If previously it was because of Kage's orders that I had to obey Itachi's commands.

Now they are willingly and wholeheartedly obeying Itachi's orders.

Because the tower could only hold a limited number of people, Itachi selected a select group of elite ninjas, all of whom were Jonin from various ninja villages, to enter the tower.

The other ninja alliance surrounded the tower to prevent any from escaping.

The subsequent operations went very smoothly.

Seeing that the situation was hopeless, most of the Akatsuki's reserve members chose to surrender.

Those few ninjas who chose to resist were all eliminated.

Finally, the group arrived at the top floor of the tower, which was also the meeting place for former official members of the Akatsuki organization.

And in the main seat, there was a person sitting.

He was also the only Hidan who wasn't taken away by Nagato and Obito.

When Hidan returned from a mission, he discovered that all the other official members of Akatsuki had disappeared.

Hidan understood that by choosing to stand with Madara Uchiha, he had been abandoned.

Hidan also wanted to retreat, as the Allied Shinobi Forces had already surrounded Amegakure.

Knowing that he had no way to escape, Hidan chose to make a final stand.

Hidan gathered Akatsuki reserve members in the tower and, under the guise of Nagato, told the Amegakure ninja that the five great ninja villages planned to invade Amegakure and that they should prepare for battle.

Hidan, meanwhile, waited for everyone to arrive inside the tower.

Hidan stood up from his seat, picked up the Bloodstained Three-Moon Scythe beside him, and slashed at Itachi, who was in the lead.

Before Itachi could react, A had already launched a counterattack from behind.

"Shockingly brutal!"

A concentrated his Lightning Release in his hand and, with incredible speed, cleaved Hidan's right arm in two with a hand chop.

Facing the powerful Allied Shinobi Forces, Hidan had no chance of winning.

However, Hidan, who had lost his right arm, laughed maniacally.

Ai frowned and asked, "What are you laughing at?"

Hidan laughed loudly, "You knew this was Akatsuki's base, yet you still came in. You really have no sense of mortality! This entire tower is covered in explosive tags. Go and die with me!"

Itachi's expression turned solemn, and he heard a hissing sound in his ears.

The next second, the explosive tag detonated, and a violent explosion resounded throughout the entire Amegakure village.

Chapter 351 Destruction

The tower in Amegakure exploded from the top floor.

From the very beginning, Hidan had already intended to take everyone down with him.

The explosive tags on this tower were all left by Konan.

As the base of the Akatsuki organization, it contains many important classified documents.

Xiao Nan covered the tower with explosive tags so that if anything happened in the future, she could destroy the data immediately.

Hidan wasn't planning to die together with others out of despair, nor was he that noble.

Hidan joined the Akatsuki organization with the aim of killing people.

The reason he chose to side with Madara Uchiha was because Madara Uchiha promised that he would harvest more lives to sacrifice to the evil god.

Hidan had no loyalty to either the Akatsuki or Madara Uchiha.

Even the usually arrogant Hidan knew he was no match for the Allied Shinobi Forces of the Five Great Shinobi Villages.

Unable to leave Amegakure, yet unable to survive in Amegakure either, Hidan devised a plan to live by facing death.

That is to use his immortality and the explosive tags in the tower to perish together with the incoming Allied Shinobi Forces.

This creates the illusion that the person is already dead.

Hidan's immortality means he cannot die; even if he is blown to pieces, he can still survive.

Moreover, it can kill many ninjas, which is a win-win situation.

However, although Hidan's idea was good, there's always a chance of something going wrong.

"Susanoo!"

At the moment the tower exploded, Itachi activated his final form of Susanoo, and everyone protected him inside.

Itachi's Susanoo holds the Yata Mirror in his left hand and the Totsuka Blade in his right.

The Yata no Kagami absorbed all the shockwaves generated by the explosion.

The entire tower continued to collapse, eventually turning into a pile of ruins.

Under Itachi's Susanoo's protection, only a dozen or so people suffered minor injuries, and none died.

The survivors were all calling out the name of the weasel.

They had given up hope after the explosion, but they never expected that their ninja alliance commander would be so strong and successfully protect them.

Hidan's head is hidden beneath the rubble.

Hidan, who was at the center of the explosion, was decapitated and his body was blown to pieces.

Now all we need to do is wait for the Allied Shinobi Forces to leave, and then Madara Uchiha will come back to help him reattach his body.

However, Itachi, having deactivated Susanoo, announced: "Now is not the time to let our guard down. Hidan is immortal. Even if his body is blown to pieces, he will not die. Therefore, everyone needs to search for Hidan's body in the ruins and make sure to find his head!"

Hidan's expression changed drastically upon hearing Itachi's words, but with only one head, he was unable to move.

Hidan could only pray in his heart that he would not be found in the ruins.

"I found a severed hand!"

"I found a severed arm!"

There is a lower body here.

As Hidan's body parts were found one by one, his face grew increasingly ashen.

However, Hidan still held onto hope. As long as his most important part—his head—wasn't found, he could use a White Zetsu's body to replace his physical form.

suddenly.

The stone slab above Hidan was moved aside, and specks of light shone onto Hidan's face.

"I found it! Hidan's head!"

The ninja who found Hidan's head was extremely excited; this was a great achievement!

Itachi, along with the Kage from the five great ninja villages, gathered around.

Tsunade, a medical ninja, marveled, "It's truly amazing. His body was in such a state, yet he still managed to survive with only his head left."

A asked a question: "What should we do with Hidan's head?"

A's question immediately alerted the other four Kage, each of them wanting Hidan's head to unravel the mystery of his immortality.

However, they also knew in their hearts that no one would be willing to give up this head so easily.

The most composed Tsunade suggested, "Since it's the spoils of war of the Allied Shinobi Forces, let Itachi take it back to Kagerou Village. Each ninja village should send an analytical ninja to jointly explore the memories in Hidan's mind."

Tsunade's suggestion was approved, since no one wanted Hidan's head, which was of great research value, to be taken by another ninja village for research.

Upon hearing that they were treating him as a spoils of war, Hidan immediately launched into a tirade: "You will be punished by Lord Jashin! The Jashin Cult will inflict upon you the most terrible sanctions!"

Itachi stepped forward, looked at Hidan, and calmly replied, "Your current god is neither an incompetent evil god nor anything else, but us!"