Jashin

"Jashin? Are you sure?"

"Mhm... I read their lips."

Jiraiya thought for a moment... He knew these people… They were an extremely secretive, religious group from the land of hot water.

Konoha had been tracking them down for ages, but never came up with anything solid.

"She's right. I saw them in the castle lord's memories… They're a group that's led by a man called Onigetsu... They somehow managed to convince the Wagarashi family that they would bring them eternal prosperity, if they handed them sacrifices…"

Hearing Jun's words, Jiraiya got a headache.

"If that's true… Then this mission is at least A-rank… Normally, I'd order a retreat, but…"

Seeing his students' angry expressions, Jiraiya gave up. Even he couldn't let a bunch of little girls get massacred in front of him.

"Alright… We're going in, but listen to me first…"

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Onigetsu.

A devoted follower of Jashin, he traveled all the way to the land of tea, taking advantage of their weak strength to horde sacrifices.

'I can feel us getting closer… The main branch will definitely benefit from all the experimentation I've been doing here! Soon enough, we'll create the perfect follower…'

Raising the chin of one of the new girls, Onigetsu licked his lips, enjoying the sight of her despairing expression. Slowly moving his hand to her neck, he raised her up in the air as she struggled to breathe.

"You… Consider yourself lucky! Soon, you'll be sacrificed to lord Jashin, isn't that amazing?!"

"Mph...Mmph!"

Seeing her struggle, he became furious as his voice thundered throughout the cave.

"NOD YOUR HEAD! I SAID TO BE THANKFUL!!!!"

Throwing her back into the pile of girls, Onigetsu massaged his forehead in frustration… These girls really didn't understand how lucky they were.

"All of you! Ready the sacrifice!"

The hooded men obeyed him as they raised their hands, chanting eerie curses. As if awoken by them, the symbol on the ground glowed once again.

Just as they were about to finish, three figures appeared out of the shadows. Minato and Nozomi started knocking out every follower one by one, whilst Jiraiya ran directly towards Onigetsu.

"Who dares?!"

Onigetsu furiously screamed as he took out his scythe, preparing to fight Jiraiya head-on. Getting close, Jiraiya moved swiftly and started attacking him, frog-kata style.

Onigetsu immediately got pushed back, unable to keep up with Jiraiya's strength, speed, and precision. Inevitably, Jiraiya hit him with a perfect punch in the stomach, sending him flying.

Before he got sent back though, Onigetsu swung his scythe and drew a tiny bit of blood.

Jiraiya hit him with so much strength that it had crushed some of his organs and incrusted him into the nearby wall. Landing on the ground, Onigetsu struggled to even breathe.

Jiraiya didn't speak, as he walked towards him, preparing to knock him out completely.

Seeing this, Onigetsu smiled viciously and drew his scythe closer to his mouth, in an attempt to lick Jiraiya's blood off of it.

Just as his tongue was about to come into contact with the blood, Jun emerged from the ground and quickly took the scythe, throwing it a distance away.

With his Sharingan, he had detected Onigetsu's chakra flaring up the closer he got to the blood, so he decided to take action.

"NO!"

Onigetsu's scream was futile, as Jiraiya arrived and slammed his hand on the ground.

"Kuchiyose no jutsu: Gama Kōsoku Shita!" (Summoning Technique: Toad-binding tongue!)

With a puff of smoke, a man-sized toad appeared and wrapped Onigetsu up with its tongue. Struggling, he tried to move but found that his limbs were not responding.

"It's useless… This one's tongue secretes a potent, paralyzing poison... There's no way that you'll be able to get out, or even use your chakra for that matter."

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