"This road is blocked. You two aren't human, so just go back to where you came from."
Tsunade crossed her arms, standing imposingly against the immortals, blocking their path to the Hidden Waterfall Village.
At the same time, she was recalling the information about the Akatsuki members that the Third Hokage had given her.
Just thinking about the two in front of her—one with five hearts and the other who worshipped an evil god and had an immortal body—Tsunade couldn't help but think they were freaks.
As a member of the Senju family, a medical ninja, and a ninja with the Strength of a Hundred Seal, she considered herself to be quite "tough."
She had always thought that, aside from her grandfather, no one in the entire ninja world could be tougher than her. But then, she didn't expect to run into someone like this.
Hmm, she was talking about Hidan, not Kakuzu.
Kakuzu's five hearts were indeed strange, almost like a monster.
However, once you destroyed his five hearts, Kakuzu would die.
Hidan was different.
From the information the Third Hokage had provided, this guy could no longer be considered human.
Even if you cut off his head, he wouldn't die—was that even human?
Even her grandfather, Hashirama Senju, was not that ridiculous.
"Kakuzu-san, it's rare to find such a high-quality sacrifice. Let me have her," Hidan said.
"I don't mind. I just need her head," Kakuzu replied.
Clearly, neither of them took Tsunade's words seriously.
Looking at Tsunade in the distance, Hidan was practically drooling.
Just as he said, such high-quality sacrifices were extremely rare.
And Kakuzu?
He only needed to trade his head for the bounty. Whether he did it himself or Hidan did it, it didn't matter.
He just wanted the money.
"Tch~ So, it really can't be reasoned with, huh?"
Tsunade, who had already anticipated this, felt furious when the two rejected her proposal and didn't take her seriously.
"The people at the casino said I'm a big fat sheep, and now you really think I'm one, huh?"
With an angry shout, Tsunade didn't give the Zombie Duo any time to prepare and charged straight in.
"Hidan, it's up to you."
Seeing Tsunade coming, Kakuzu immediately jumped aside, giving Hidan the space.
"Don't worry, Kakuzu-san, I'll deal with her quickly."
Hidan stood his ground, laughing arrogantly, showing no intention of dodging Tsunade's attack.
"Foolish woman, let me show you what immortality really is."
"Is that so?"
Hearing Hidan's arrogant words, Tsunade smiled slightly, and her right hand, which had been ready to strike, transformed into a palm as chakra suddenly appeared, gathering at her palm.
It was her Chakra Scalpel.
"Swish~"
With a single strike of the Chakra Scalpel, Tsunade directly decapitated Hidan.
Before Hidan's head even hit the ground, Tsunade kicked it away with a powerful kick, sending it far off.
Over there, Shizune had been waiting for a while.
Hidan: "Damn woman, I'll be back!"
"Hm?"
Meanwhile, Kakuzu raised an eyebrow when he saw Tsunade easily take care of Hidan in a single blow.
It wasn't surprising to Kakuzu that Hidan had been decapitated with one strike.
Having partnered with Hidan for so long, Kakuzu naturally knew that Hidan had some particularly bad quirks.
For example, showing off his immortal body during a fight against the enemy.
Because of this quirk, Hidan had no idea how many times his head had been chopped off in past battles. Every time, he had to stitch it back with his jutsu, and Kakuzu had long gotten used to it.
What was strange, though, was that Tsunade seemed to know about Hidan's ability, and after cutting off his head, she even kicked it away toward the distance.
Would a normal person kick someone's head away after decapitating them?
Tsunade wasn't some kind of weirdo with special fetishes.
Rather than having strange fetishes, it was more like she was trying to prevent Hidan from stitching his head back on.
Realizing this, Kakuzu's gaze toward Tsunade shifted.
He had realized that this battle might not go as smoothly as he thought.
So, should he continue fighting, kill Tsunade, collect the bounty, and rescue Hidan in the process?
Or should he just abandon the fool, Hidan, and escape?
For Kakuzu, it didn't seem like there was much of a choice.
"An immortal head worth at least fifty million ryo... Wouldn't it be a waste to abandon it?"
Tsunade had no idea what Kakuzu was thinking at this moment.
From the perspective of a normal person, seeing his teammate killed as soon as they met, although there was a bit of carelessness involved, it shouldn't be underestimated.
Adding to Tsunade's famous reputation, a normal person would mostly be thinking about how to retreat at this point.
With that in mind, Tsunade glanced at Hidan's blood-soaked body, and her hands began to tremble slightly. She forced herself to steady her mind and looked at Kakuzu, saying:
"The last chance I'm giving you."
"Either you die with your useless teammate, or..."
"Leave the Land of the Waterfalls right now."
Kakuzu looked at Tsunade with some confusion.
Even though Tsunade tried her best to steady herself, Kakuzu could still tell something was off.
A few years ago, he had overheard from Zetsu that the famous Tsunade-hime seemed to have a fear of blood.
At the time, he had mocked Zetsu, wondering how a medical ninja could possibly suffer from such a condition.
But now, seeing Tsunade's slightly trembling hands and the way she was trying to suppress herself, Kakuzu finally understood that Zetsu's information had been correct.
"Hahaha, this is hilarious! The legendary Tsunade-hime, one of the Legendary Sannins, actually has hemophobia! I almost got fooled."
Upon hearing this, Tsunade's pupils instantly contracted, and the trembling grew stronger, her gaze beginning to dull.
At this moment, Kakuzu finally believed that the woman in front of him truly had hemophobia.
"So, it looks like today is my lucky day," Kakuzu thought.
Earlier, he had only wanted Tsunade's head, but now, he wanted her entire body.
For a famous ninja like her, the price of the full body was much higher than just the head.
"Heh, decades ago, the First Hokage of Konoha couldn't kill me, but now, I'm about to kill his granddaughter. Truly, life is full of surprises."
Kakuzu slowly walked up to Tsunade and raised his right hand, aiming for her neck.
"Go down and say hi to the First Hokage for me."
"I think it would be better if you personally went down and said hi to him."
Kakuzu, who had been relaxed just moments before, suddenly realized the danger when he heard Tsunade's words. He cursed under his breath and immediately tried to retreat.
But it was too late.
In the blink of an eye, Tsunade delivered a powerful punch to Kakuzu's body, crushing his left half with a single blow.
"What's going on? You don't have hemophobia?"
A powerful force sent Kakuzu flying more than ten meters, crashing into a large tree.
Looking at his left side, it was completely destroyed by Tsunade's attack.
At the same time, the Earth-style heart on the top left and the Lightning-style heart on the bottom left were also completely damaged.
Kakuzu couldn't accept the result for a moment.
"I do have hemophobia, but I've been cured for a long time."
After saying that, Tsunade lost interest in chatting and immediately kicked Kakuzu with a painful heavenly kick.
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