Chapter 225: Evil God, Captured

Chapter 225: Evil God, Captured

The doctrine of the Jashin Cult is simple: kill.

Endless killing.

Kill your relatives, kill your friends, kill your neighbors, kill anyone you want.

The sufferings of the world, it's better to end them early.

Cult members of Jashin are to empathize with others' pain and transfer it to themselves, thus relieving others of suffering. In this way, they are saved.

Therefore, killing is salvation.

Hidan enthusiastically explained his unwavering belief in the teachings of the Jashin Cult.

That's what he did.

After the experiment with immortality succeeded, he wielded his scythe and slaughtered all the members of the Jashin Cult present, to practice the teachings of the cult.

Every time he killed an enemy thereafter, he would lie in the cursed ritual circle for half an hour, performing elaborate prayers.

Even though Kakuzu had told him many times to skip some steps and end it quickly, Hidan never agreed, as it would be blasphemy against the god.

Hagoromo Gengetsu listened to Hidan's exposition of the cult's teachings, but it went in one ear and out the other.

The so-called "killing as salvation" was merely a cover for the cult's blood sacrifices to Jashin.

He told Hidan to cut the nonsense and get straight to the point about joining the cult and absorbing Jashin's power.

Hidan, feeling a bit aggrieved, still complied when he saw Hagoromo Gengetsu's impassive expression.

Soon, following Hidan's instructions, Hagoromo Gengetsu used Earth Release to create a statue of Jashin.

"Now we need sacrificial offerings," Hidan eagerly said, looking at Hagoromo Gengetsu.

Without hesitation, Hagoromo Gengetsu stabbed Hidan in the chest, where his head and body had been stitched together.

A large amount of blood instantly splattered onto the Jashin statue.

"Is that enough?" Hagoromo Gengetsu indicated he could do it again if necessary.

"It's enough!! Enough!"

Hidan, knowing he couldn't afford to offend Hagoromo Gengetsu, quickly started the summoning ritual.

After a ritual dance that Hagoromo Gengetsu couldn't understand, Hidan raised the Jashin cult necklace around his neck and loudly declared:

"God! Please descend into this world and guide the new convert!"

To be honest, Hidan was a latecomer to the cult. The true experts in the cult's rituals and prayers were all killed by him, and no one had taught him more.

Although the rituals and prayers were filled with his own ideas, Hidan, as the only one to achieve immortality, was still quite favored by Jashin.

Indeed.

Under his sincere prayer, the originally ordinary Jashin statue suddenly emitted an ominous light.

"The god has descended!"

At this moment, Hidan stood taller and felt relieved. He instinctively looked at Hagoromo Gengetsu, ready to bask in glory.

Suddenly.

He felt a pain in the back of his head and his head tilted.

"I haven't introduced you to the god yet!!"

With a strong sense of confusion and resentment, Hidan passed out.

Hagoromo Gengetsu's clone appeared behind Hidan. The Rinnegan could clearly sense that from the Jashin statue, a dimensional rift was slowly opening, and Jashin's aura was rapidly pouring into the statue.

Jashin also seemed to sense something was wrong and began descending more slowly.

Knowing that waiting any longer would jeopardize everything, Hagoromo Gengetsu decisively made the clone appear, knocked out the obstructive Hidan, and extended his right hand towards the dimensional rift:

"Universal Pull!"

A powerful gravitational force exploded from the palm of Hagoromo Gengetsu's clone.

With such a high-level ocular jutsu from the Rinnegan, any existence with an open rift, even beings from other dimensions, could not escape.

"Roar!!"

The being known as Jashin sensed something was wrong and tried desperately to break free from Universal Pull.

But it was futile.

As Hagoromo Gengetsu transferred chakra to the clone, the power of Universal Pull grew even stronger.

Soon.

With an unwilling roar, Jashin fell out of the dimensional rift and descended into the Shinobi World.

Hagoromo Gengetsu observed Jashin closely. The appearance was almost identical to the statue he had just sculpted, except that Jashin had no physical body.

Having seen the Grim Reaper before, Hagoromo Gengetsu was not surprised.

After all, the supernatural creatures of the Shinobi World were numerous.

After being cleaned up by the Sage of the Six Paths, most physical entities that couldn't reincarnate like the tailed beasts were eliminated.

The few that could survive to this day were mostly like Jashin, existing in another dimension as spiritual entities.

At this moment.

Originally enjoying offerings from his followers, Jashin was yanked violently and, after a world-turning moment, found himself in the Shinobi World. He looked furiously at the culprit responsible for all this.

"How dare you offend a god!"

Jashin could still speak.

Hagoromo Gengetsu's response was two words:

"Idiot!"

Having played the role of a god for too long, Jashin really believed he was a deity.

Without waiting for Jashin to act, Hagoromo Gengetsu clapped his hands.

Instantly.

Within a ten-meter radius centered on Jashin, numerous sealing symbols lit up.

Jashin, who was preparing to tear Hagoromo Gengetsu apart, was suddenly anxious and frantically tried to escape, but it was futile.

The black tadpole-shaped sealing symbols rapidly rose, forming an impenetrable sealing barrier, firmly trapping Jashin inside.

Under Hagoromo Gengetsu's command, the sealing symbols continued to contract, forcing Jashin to curl up and compress inward.

Finally, the sealing symbols condensed into a small ball the size of a fist, sealing the now minimized Jashin inside.

Hagoromo Gengetsu stepped forward, holding the sealing ball, and smiled faintly at the futilely struggling Jashin inside:

"Jashin, captured."

Of course, Hagoromo Gengetsu had made preparations for summoning Jashin through Hidan.

This place was his stronghold, already equipped with various sealing arrays. At full strength, even tailed beasts could be sealed, let alone a supernatural entity like Jashin.

"Now, I can study it properly."

As the Jashin inside the sealing ball displayed the same uneasy expression as Hidan, Hagoromo Gengetsu began his research.

It was unclear how much time had passed.

When Hidan woke up again, he felt a chill all over.

That was the result of lying on the floor for too long.

"Damn it, they couldn't even put me in a better place."

Hidan muttered complaints as he slowly got up, rubbing the back of his head while looking around.

Soon, he saw Hagoromo Gengetsu and the god, who was being twisted and tormented in Hagoromo Gengetsu's hands, crying out for mercy.

"Huh? Am I seeing things?"

Hidan rubbed his eyes vigorously and looked again.

"Maybe my brain hasn't fully woken up yet."

Hidan waited a little longer, then looked a third time with a serious expression.

Then...

"It's really the god!"

At that moment, Hidan's faith crumbled.