Wave Country.
"Ah~ no… I have a lot of money."
Sizzle!
Zabuza was expressionless, the Kunai in his mouth slashed across Gato's neck.
Clang! Clang!
It was at this moment that he weakly released the Kunai from his teeth, letting it fall onto the bridge with a clatter.
He slowly turned and walked towards Haku.
"To think that after just a few setbacks, you'd consider hiring Ninja a waste of money.
You truly underestimate a Ninja, Gato… Well, a top-ranked billionaire in the world, dying by my hand like this,
Your life wasn't entirely insignificant."
Zabuza muttered.
The men responsible for guarding Gato were all intimidated by his killing intent, not daring to move.
Not until he lay down beside Haku.
"What does he mean?" Naruto heard Zabuza's words, confused.
Kakashi said, "I told you, Gato is one of the world's top billionaires. He once had countless Ninja under his command.
He hired Ninja to wipe out many forces, including the Hogoromo Clan, who joined Konoha many years ago.
He also fought against Ninja forces from the Land of Hot springs when competing for the Wave Country's port.
There were also many clashes of power in corporate operations.
As time went on, Gato gradually began to feel that hiring Ninja was a wasteful endeavor.
So he turned to hiring ordinary people and thugs from gangs.
He would only hire assassin Ninja when he needed to deal with enemies.
This 'use and discard' approach to Ninja led to his current guards being mostly thugs and gang members.
Otherwise, given his old style, even if we and Zabuza went all out together, we would have been killed."
"Seriously, don't boost their morale! We're very strong too!
We played a crucial role against Haku and Zabuza, didn't we!"
Naruto clenched his fists upon hearing this. Another guy who started wars, making so many people orphans, he deserved to die.
Sasuke and Sakura both smiled.
"Well, your performance was indeed unexpected.
It seems the Satoru's training really helped you find a good mindset.
Keep it up."
Kakashi scratched his head.
Indeed, as they said, in the previous battles with Haku and Zabuza, all three of them played crucial roles.
Whether it was the reckless Naruto, the genius Sasuke, or even just the young girl Sakura.
During the battles, they all displayed combat strategies that were uncharacteristic of Genin.
They always managed to come up with unexpected tactics.
That's why he taught Naruto and the others knowledge in other areas. He had originally planned to tell them these things after they had grown more.
Missions involving billionaires like Gato aren't just about fighting.
He was afraid the three would become arrogant, otherwise Kakashi wouldn't have discouraged them.
"Then… that… could you bury me with Haku…?"
Zabuza lay beside Haku, his eyes wide for a long time. Realizing they still hadn't noticed him, he finally spoke… Whoosh~
Sizzle~
"Heretics who do not believe in the Evil God Cult, only by offering your blood to the evil god,
Can you achieve salvation."
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In the assembled village, war was raging.
The ones who started the war were a group of black-clad Evil God Cult followers.
At this moment, they were ending the lives of villagers with their blades, while offering prayers for them.
A large amount of blood was used by them to draw a ritual, and they prayed to the evil god.
Of course, there were also those who resisted, but their attacks, falling on the Evil God Cult followers, healed rapidly.
Satoru watched this scene from the shadows.
"The body isn't immortal; it merely increases the healing speed.
Is it through some special ritual that the body is activated, maintaining its self-healing ability?"
He had been staking out this Evil God Cult squad for quite some time.
After dealing with Itachi's matter, he began his stakeout.
This also led him to discover something interesting.
The current Evil God Cult members cannot be decapitated; decapitation means certain death. But if a hand is severed, as long as it's reattached, the body's self-healing ability can reattach it.
In other words, the Evil God Cult has already mastered a partial method for replicating immortality.
Combined with their sect's unique secret techniques, they are truly a terrifying cult.
He also noticed the flaw in the Reaper Death Seal: the enemy must be present during the ritual.
It's not like what fans in his previous life said, where you could pick up someone's sanitary napkin and kill the enemy remotely.
The Evil God Cult uses this method, obtaining fresh blood through group attacks, and then using their body's high self-healing ability to attack enemies.
Others then use this to execute kills.
This means that their current bodies, except for the head and heart, cannot be severed without dying. Otherwise, they won't die.
But this ability is already terrifying.
You must know that Tsunade's self-healing ability requires the use of the Yin Seal, which stores Chakra, to achieve that abnormal healing power.
And the Evil God Cult has it without Chakra.
"Forget it, it's almost enough. I'll just read their memories directly."
Satoru had also gathered enough information; it was time to go back.
Presumably, his wife and child had been waiting for a long time, missing him as a husband and father.
Then he dispelled the illusion in front of him and greeted them: "Hi!"
Swish!
All the Evil God Cult members turned their gaze to him.
"A straggler?"
"Is he a Ninja?"
"Are they those useless Ninja from Hidden Hot springs Village?"
"Never mind him, let his blood please the evil god."
The Evil God Cult followers laughed maniacally, licking their lips as they looked at Satoru.
Then everyone rushed towards Satoru.
Their Evil God Cult believes in group attacks.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Their taijutsu was good; most were at Chunin level, and one was at Jonin level.
They went all out against Satoru.
Clang! Clang!
Bang!
The taijutsu clash was simple and unadorned.
Scythes and Kunai collided.
And Satoru was like dancing on the edge of a blade, almost being grazed by their blade tips every time.
Tear!
A follower's blade tip grazed his body, and a spray of fresh blood shot out.
"Heh heh, go meet the evil god, little Ninja."
The follower licked the blade tip, a mask-like expression appearing on his face.
He drew a formation on the ground, then stabbed his own legs and feet several times.
Ah! Ah!
Ugh!
Satoru immediately let out screams of agony.
But the screams seemed a little off.
As the follower continued to stab himself, he noticed Satoru showing a look of pain, yet the voice was so familiar.
"Hmm, for those who aren't prepared, sensory manipulation is truly a bug!"
Satoru stood at the edge of the battlefield, watching the opposing Evil God Cult squad attack each other.
Unlike a prepared Ninja like Itachi, Ninja who have no information about him and no special defenses against genjutsu are basically doomed if they face him.
He increasingly marveled at his current ability; it was truly a bug.
Sensory manipulation is a genjutsu that controls senses such as sound, touch, sight, form, shape, and mass.
In other words, once caught in it, it's basically impossible to dispel it on your own unless someone else releases you.
Because after being caught, the enemy's actions to dispel the genjutsu are only what Satoru makes the enemy believe.
Whatever Satoru wants the enemy to feel, the enemy feels.
What they thought was forming hand signs, might actually have been something else entirely; it all depended on his thoughts.