No matter how unwilling Shinji was, he still set off with Hidan.
And just like cult leader Takiki said, it seemed that no one was sent to follow them, as if he was very confident that the two of them would be able to complete the mission smoothly and return safely.
But unless Shinji was really out of his mind, he would never believe it.
It was more likely that the Jashin Sect had sent people to protect and monitor them in secret.
"What are you looking at?"
Hidan asked impatiently. Obviously, if he had a choice, he wouldn't want to go on a mission with this Shinji guy either.
"Nothing, let's go."
Shinji withdrew his gaze, explained nothing, and walked straight ahead.
Hidan clicked his tongue and followed.
According to the map, they needed to pass through the Land of Fire and then take a boat to the Land of Waves.
Although the journey was long, it would only take a few days for ninjas to travel at full speed.
Of course, this mission wasn't so urgent.
So they didn't need to rush so much.
So they walked and stopped, and it took them three days to enter the Land of Fire.
After entering the Land of Fire, Shinji's behavior obviously became a little strange.
It wasn't that he wanted to get rid of Hidan and escape, and he didn't want to join Konoha either.
He just found that he was getting closer and closer to the location marked on the [Cursed Treasure Map].
"Should I go over and take a look?"
He hesitated, afraid of exposing his biggest secret because of this.
But then he thought that if he didn't seize the opportunity this time, he didn't know when he would be able to come out again and come near here.
And he really wanted to know what could be dug out from this [Cursed Treasure Map]!
"Damn it, what's the point of being so cautious and hesitant! If I really dig something out, I'll just say that I used to hide it there, it shouldn't be a big problem!"
Shinji wasn't blindly confident, but the Jashin Sect had put so much effort into him and Hidan, as long as he didn't rebel, no matter how he thought about it, the other party wouldn't be so short-sighted as to steal his things.
Another thing was, with the unreliability of this system, plus the words 'cursed'...
He was also worried that something might go wrong in the process. Don't dig out a 'zombie' at that time, good fellow, the fanfiction would turn into a tomb raiding novel!
Looking up at the sky, night was about to fall.
Shinji immediately pretended to say unintentionally: "It's getting dark, I saw on the map that there is a small village nearby, we can go over to buy some food and stay for the night."
"What a hassle."
Hidan muttered, but he didn't object.
After all, he had been eating dry food and sleeping in the wild to feed mosquitoes these days, and he was also a little annoyed.
If he could eat a hot meal and get a good night's sleep, he had no reason to object.
Of course, he still had to mock him!
"You can't stand it after just a few days, some people are really spoiled!"
Shinji didn't indulge Hidan and directly retorted: "Then you can continue to stay here and feed the mosquitoes, I'll go over there and see, maybe there's fried pork cutlet to eat."
After saying that, he left without hesitation!
Leaving only Hidan in place, who was very conflicted!
If he followed, it would be a bit of a slap in the face.
But if he didn't go...
What if there really was fried pork cutlet to eat?!
As a natural carnivore, Hidan hated all vegetarian vegetables, and his favorite food was fried pork cutlet.
And why should he stay here to eat dry food and feed the mosquitoes, and let that Shinji bastard enjoy himself?
So Hidan put on a straight face and immediately chased after him.
Seeing Shinji cast his gaze over, he immediately took the lead and said: "There's really no way to deal with you, Hidan-sama will reluctantly accommodate you this time. But there won't be a next time, you hear me!"
A tsundere guy, saying one thing but doing another.
Shinji clicked his tongue twice and didn't continue to expose him.
After all, most of his mind was now on that treasure map.
Teasing Hidan was a long-term job, it couldn't be done overnight, so he wasn't in a hurry, he could take his time.
"Keep up, we need to speed up."
Finding the right direction, Shinji put away the map and immediately began to accelerate.
In the original story, Hidan was the slowest member of the Akatsuki, but that was compared to the monsters in the Akatsuki.
But compared to ordinary ninjas, Hidan's speed was not slow at all.
So the two of them quickly deviated from their original route and headed north.
They ran for a full hour before they finally saw the shadow of the village, and it was completely dark.
After stopping, Hidan immediately couldn't help but complain: "This is the small village you said was nearby? Where did we run to!"
That's right, how could a journey that took ninjas like them an hour at full speed be called 'nearby'?
Hidan felt that he had been tricked!
That fried pork cutlet was just something that Shinji bastard deliberately said to lure him in!
He was so stupid to be fooled and ran so far.
If he had known, he would rather stay in place and fight with the mosquitoes!
Shinji also knew that his reason was somewhat outrageous, but he didn't have any other good ways.
After all, he was also sensing the location according to the treasure map.
So even if the excuse was bad, he had to take a detour to take a look.
"Then you leave?"
"Leave my ass! If I don't get to eat fried pork cutlet today, I'll sacrifice all these people to Lord Jashin as offerings!"
Hidan said angrily and rushed in directly.
Shinji immediately felt a headache.
He had no doubt that Hidan could do this kind of thing in anger, but that was not the result he wanted to see.
"So I still have to think of a way to fool this guy later..."
Fortunately, his [Blood Manipulation] completely countered Hidan's ability, so he wouldn't be unable to control this guy.
"Young men, are you here to find someone?"
Just as they were wandering around the village in a very conspicuous manner, an elderly elder appeared in front of them and asked.
Shinji was about to speak when Hidan interrupted him.
"Hey, old man! Quickly bring out whatever you have that's good to eat and drink, otherwise Hidan-sama will burn your village down later, um um um!"
Shinji quickly stepped forward and grabbed Hidan's mouth, then put on a smiling face and said: "Don't misunderstand, old man, my brother had water in his head when he was a child, and he often talks nonsense."
"Actually, we're not here to find someone, we just happened to pass by here and wanted to buy something to eat, and preferably a place where we can rest for the night."
Hearing this, the elder's tense expression eased a little.
"Oh, I was wondering, your brother seems to have something wrong with his head."
Hearing this, Hidan's eyes widened and he began to struggle again.
"Um um um um, um um!" (I'll kill you, old man!)
Shinji spent a lot of effort to prevent Hidan from killing the old man on the spot.
Then he heard the old man say: "It's fate to meet guests from afar. How about this, don't mention anything about money, if you two don't mind, follow me home first, eat something, and spend the night, what do you think?"
"Thank you so much, we'll leave after staying one night and won't cause trouble."
"Speaking of trouble..."
"What's wrong, old man?"
"Uh, you have to watch your brother. There are many women and children in the village, don't scare people!"
"Hehe, definitely not! Don't worry, although my brother's head doesn't work well, his words are not pleasing to the ear, and he's arrogant and has a lot of shortcomings. But he has one advantage, that is, he doesn't like women. He gets annoyed when he sees women and children, and can't wait to hide, how could he go forward."
"That's good. Alas, what a waste of this physique, it's a pity he's a fool. A fool doesn't understand the goodness of women~"
The old man seemed to be a person with a lot of stories, sighing and leading the way with his hands behind his back.
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