"Lord Danzo! I have avenged you!"
Yamanaka Fu cried out in his heart, activating his family's secret technique.
"Mind Transfer Jutsu!"
He knew Linto's will was extremely strong. Yamanaka Fu didn't expect to trap Linto's soul forever; he only needed to cause Linto a moment of pause at the most critical moment of the battle.
Hidan and Kakuzu would become the sharpest blades, completing his revenge for him.
Yamanaka Fu succeeded.
He did infiltrate Linto's soul.
Because of the Mind Transfer Jutsu, Linto froze for a moment, unable to dodge Kakuzu's final shot of Earth Grudge Fear.
Yamanaka Fu watched the approaching ninjutsu shockwave, about to retreat and return to his body, but at that moment, his soul felt like it was grabbed by the neck.
"Hey, you came all this way; it's not easy. How can we let you leave like this? It would make us seem impolite!"
White Snake's sly voice sounded from behind Yamanaka Fu.
Yamanaka Fu's vision went black.
He struggled to look back and met Star Platinum's sharp eyes. Beside him, White Snake had one hand on his hip and continuously poked Yamanaka Fu's temple with a spinning finger on his other hand.
It wasn't just Star Platinum and White Snake.
There was also a ball of purple vines, a small airplane hovering in the air, a pink humanoid cat squatting to the side, a rainbow mask, will-o'-the-wisps...
The Yamanaka clan were experts in soul and consciousness domains. As a leader of the family, Yamanaka Fu immediately saw that he was trapped in Linto's consciousness.
Because the flow of time in consciousness was different from the outside world, three days and three nights could pass inside while only a moment passed outside.
But ordinary consciousnesses were undefended; at most, the subconscious area was dangerous. But Linto's...
"Hey, Yamanaka, what bad ideas are you thinking about now!"
White Snake slapped Yamanaka Fu in the face: "Don't you know I can hear your thoughts in here?!"
Yamanaka Fu was knocked to the ground by the slap.
Just as he was about to get up, he heard White Snake say, "Brothers, get him!"
Star Platinum, White Snake, and Killer Queen kicked Yamanaka Fu, interspersed with the whipping of vines and the firing of bullets.
...
Hundreds of meters away, Yamanaka Fu's body tilted, and he fell off the roof with a thud.
"Killed Yamanaka Fu, gained 450 soul fragments."
Hearing the system notification, Linto was a bit confused.
He didn't know who Yamanaka Fu was, and he didn't know why this person just died and had the kill credited to him.
Kakuzu's Earth Grudge Fear ultimate shot was coming close, and Hidan behind him also swung his scythe. But Linto, freed from the Mind Transfer Jutsu, still didn't move.
He was savoring the moment.
Savoring the subtle feeling of the soul briefly detaching from the body, making precise control of the body impossible.
This might have a crucial connection to the Golden Spin training up to lesson-2: Don't let the muscles notice.
Hidan's scythe came close, its blade showing black spots, the power of death from the evil god.
The Earth Grudge Fear ninjutsu impact was also close at hand; the terrifying wind pressure suffocated everyone present.
Everyone present put themselves in his shoes; anyone facing these two attacks would definitely die without a doubt. But Linto...
He just sighed lightly.
The savoring was interrupted.
Linto raised his hand and grabbed the scythe. The black death spots on the blade quickly spread over, only to be pushed back by the Ripple flames burning on his fingertips. Hidan, who held the scythe, was frozen in mid-air by the Ripple power.
Sizzle—
The back of the Rupture Sword released golden flame jets.
Killer Queen appeared and touched the Rupture Sword.
Bomb installation complete.
Linto quietly watched the approaching "Final Shot." Behind him were Terumi Mei and the others; behind them was Kyoto city's lights in every house. So, Linto didn't want to dodge.
Of course, there was no need to dodge.
Linto flicked his wrist, and the Rupture Sword was thrown out like a missile. The golden Ripple flames burned on the blade, amplified by Daichi.
With a loud bang.
The blade collided with the final shot in mid-air.
After a brief pause, the Rupture Sword sliced through the shock wave like cutting a cucumber, continuing forward, forward...
In Kakuzu's desperate eyes, the blade touched his arm.
Crack.
Killer Queen pressed the detonation switch.
Bang!
Kakuzu's body expanded abnormally. With a roar that resonated in his soul, he exploded into countless tiny particles.
"Killed Kakuzu, gained 990 soul fragments."
"Kaku—zu—"
Hidan showed envious tears.
"Don't be jealous; you're next."
Linto manipulated Killer Queen to plant another bomb, this time targeting Hidan's scythe.
Crack.
Killer Queen pressed the switch.
The exact same expansion.
The exact same explosion into countless tiny particles.
The immortal brothers died in the same way; that was fate.
"Defeated Hidan, gained 850 soul fragments."
"Huh?"
"Defeated?"
Linto frowned slightly. He looked at the ashes flying in the wind.
He's not dead yet?!
Suddenly, countless mosquitoes and bats swooped over, either swallowing the ashes in large gulps or sticking the ashes to their wings and bodies.
Then, accompanied by quiet popping sounds, the summoned creatures disappeared before his eyes.
Linto suddenly realized.
"Star Platinum: The World! Stop time!"
Fortunately, Linto had considered that Kakuzu's attack falling into the city would cause widespread casualties, so he didn't choose to use time stop to dodge but used the Rupture Sword to forcefully cancel it out.
If it were someone else, Hidan might have really escaped. After all, exploding into tiny dust scattered by the wind made it impossible to see clearly, let alone catch him.
But under Star Platinum's absolute precision—
Every ash particle was forcibly pinched by Star Platinum. Linto took out a bag he usually used to carry snacks and threw it over.
When time stop ended, the bag was half full.
Linto sealed the bag.
Because he was caught off guard, about one-fifth of the ashes were taken away by the summoned creatures. The remaining four-fifths were all in the bag.
In the clear bag, the ashes inside could be clearly seen.
"Is this considered alive? He won't sprout roots from inside like a seed and grow a Hidan, right?
Which part is the main body, the part that flew away or the part in my hand?"
Linto couldn't understand. He planned to hand it over to the research institute to check it using Orochimaru's techniques after he returned.
When Linto looked up.
The remaining ninja and samurai on the opposite side took two steps back in fright.
T-t-too scary!
The samurai and ninja of Kyoto had seen the world; they had seen many strong people. No matter how strong Linto was, he couldn't scare a group of people willing to offer their hearts for money.
But... no one had ever seen someone who, not satisfied with blowing their opponent into ashes, insisted on collecting the ashes.
What are they going to do with them?
They thought of Linto's fierce reputation and the legends of him "raising" evil spirits. All kinds of terrible thoughts appeared in their minds.
They weren't afraid of death for money.
But if they were to suffer torment after death, that would be too terrifying.
Linto glanced at them and pursed his lips slightly, becoming a "gap," throwing the bag inside and dumping it into the ghost room.
Seeing this scene, the ninja and samurai couldn't hold back any longer. They threw down their weapons and knelt down, crying and begging Linto not to use them to create evil spirits and monsters.
Oda Ieyasu was deeply moved when he saw Linto kill three people in a row with overwhelming force.
He had seen many strong people in his life, but no one had given him this kind of suffocating pressure like Linto.
This was the "power" to shake the world.
Terumi Mei and Zabuza walked over with constipated expressions.
"Sorry, Linto, we..."
Linto waved his hand.
"There's nothing to apologize for. The other side is Akatsuki, and they have the home-field advantage. Passive defense is inherently more difficult than offense."
Because of the connection between the finance group and Linto, the information of Hidan, Kakuzu, Terumi Mei, and Zabuza was transparent to each other.
In this situation, if both sides fought head-on without any restraint or burden... it was really hard to say who would win.
Linto turned to look at Oda Ieyasu.
"Your son has been rescued, and the assassins have been dealt with. There's less than an hour left before the Water Garden Festival motorcade arrives at the Daimyo's mansion."
"How are you going to 'live'?"
If Oda Ieyasu couldn't, Linto could only use the methods he was good at.
Oda Ieyasu forced a smile.
"Leave the rest to me. But before that... I want to see my wife."
Oda Ieyasu had his own power and arrangements. If he hadn't been betrayed by his wife, he wouldn't have been so passive.
"What about after you see her?" Linto asked.
Complex emotions flashed in Oda Ieyasu's eyes.
"Kill her."
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