Chapter 29: Cursed Tool Transformation

Shinsuke threw forcefully, directly tossing Haku to Zabuza.

Then, a blood rope immediately shot out, precisely tying up the Executioner's Blade in midair and bringing it back.

At the moment it was in hand, the system's prompt sounded.

[Detected special weapon in the current world, consuming five thousand cursed soul points for cursed tool conversion]

[Current cursed soul points insufficient, unable to convert]

Shinsuke felt his mood was like a roller coaster, with ups and downs!

Unexpectedly, the system actually had a cursed tool conversion function?!

But it's too expensive!

He had only accumulated 1500 cursed soul points so far, originally planning to save more for a ten-consecutive draw to test his luck.

Now, he learned another use for cursed soul points. What to do in the future?

Should he first go for a ten-consecutive draw or convert the cursed tool?

Oh, neither is enough, so it's fine!

Shinsuke took the blade and immediately moved away, showing his non-participation attitude with his actions.

Since Hidan didn't want him to interfere, he was happy to stay idle.

More importantly, without the Executioner's Blade, Zabuza's threat level instantly dropped by two levels.

Moreover, given the current state of these two guys, Hidan, with his immortal body and fearless attitude of trading injury for injury, had a great advantage.

If he couldn't win, Shinsuke was ready to throw Hidan into the sea to feed the sharks.

With no one to get in the way, Zabuza gently placed Haku down, then held a kunai in his mouth, and drew two samurai swords from the pile of corpses on the ground.

Even Zoro next door would shout "expert" at this sight!

Meanwhile, Hidan picked up his watermelon cleaver again. During the duel, the black spear didn't have much advantage and wasn't as handy as the sword.

In this short time, multiple wounds on Hidan's body had begun to heal.

Of course, the severed arm remained empty.

It's just strong self-healing, not super-fast regeneration, don't get it wrong!

When the two locked eyes filled with killing intent, they moved simultaneously, charging at each other.

Kill!

Clang clang clang!

That's the sound of weapons clashing fiercely.

Swish!

Slick!

That's the sound of blades cutting into flesh.

Puff!

That's the sound of blood spurting out.

On the surface, Zabuza, using three weapons for a frenzied attack, seemed to have the upper hand.

In just a few moments, he had cut numerous wounds on Hidan.

But for Hidan, who had an immortal body, such injuries were trivial and didn't affect his actions at all.

Even if it cost three times the effort to wound the enemy once, it was worth it!

Zabuza also noticed Hidan's peculiarity.

Logically, he should immediately stop this injury-for-injury tactic and seek a fatal blow.

But the severe injuries and blood loss made him feel dizzy, his vision blurry.

If he delayed any longer, he might collapse without the opponent's help.

He was fighting with sheer willpower against Hidan!

So he couldn't retreat or afford to wait!

He had to kill the enemy as quickly as possible to take Haku and leave.

He started luring Hidan step by step towards a specific direction.

Splash!

Familiar splashes rose.

A water clone emerged from the puddle... this was all too familiar!

"The same trick won't work on me twice!" Hidan sneered, cutting it down with a swing, having been prepared.

But Zabuza suddenly dropped the samurai sword in his left hand and formed a single-handed seal.

Water Style: Water Prison Jutsu!

The next moment, the shattered water clone turned into a large water sphere, trapping the unprepared Hidan inside.

Hidan was trapped!

Seeing this, Zabuza dropped the other samurai sword, maintaining the Water Prison Jutsu with one hand and summoning another water clone with the other.

The water clone immediately picked up the samurai sword and slashed at Hidan trapped in the water prison.

At that moment, a glowing explosive tag was floating in the water prison.

Boom!

The explosion's smoke engulfed them both.

Hidan carried explosive tags thanks to Shinsuke.

Because Shinsuke often talked about strange ideas, including the concept of a 'human bomb.'

Hidan initially found it ridiculous, worrying about not being able to reassemble or missing parts after the explosion.

But after thinking it over, he felt it could break a stalemate in special situations, so he secretly carried a few tags.

Unexpectedly, they came in handy.

"Cough...cough..."

Hidan, blown away, was a bit disheveled with a few burns.

Luckily, he only used one tag; otherwise, he might have been blown to pieces.

Puff!

A kunai pierced straight through Hidan's chest!

Zabuza had used the explosion's smoke to execute his Silent Killing Technique!

However, the explosion had affected him too, causing a slight tremor in his final strike, missing the heart by a few centimeters.

But the next moment, Zabuza's pupils shrank, blood gushing from his throat.

Looking down, his chest was also bleeding from an identical wound!

During Zabuza's Silent Killing Technique in the smoke, Hidan had positioned himself back within the ritual circle!

The ritual, reactivated!

This time, Zabuza missed this crucial detail.

His beast-like keen intuition dulled by excessive blood loss.

It's over...

His vision blurred as he fell backward.

Thud!

Hidan gripped the kunai in his chest, ready to twist it into his heart, but sensed someone rushing from behind.

He sidestepped, letting the figure stumble past him onto Zabuza.

"Zabuza-sama, I wish we could go to the same place..."

With that, Haku closed his eyes.

Hidan frowned, noticing both had no heartbeat.

With both dead, the ritual ended.

He threw the kunai aside and lay on the ground, clearly satisfied by the intense battle.

However, no one noticed the missing senbon from Haku's hand.