"Kakuzu, you are too loyal. I really didn't expect you to save me." In a relatively remote place, a man who was frozen with only his head left spoke to a man who was gasping for breath beside him.
"Noisy, I saved you because your body is quite valuable. If I sell it to the black market, it worth tens of millions. It will be a pity if you die and your body is destroyed by them." Kakuzu snorted coldly. As for whether he thought of this in his heart, no one else knew.
"Kakuzu, sometimes I really want to throw a tantrum at you." Hidan, who had been saved once again, burst into tears, but now that he was frozen, he couldn't even run to the side and curse Kakuzu.
"Fortunately, Sasori gave me this scroll that can store my hearts. I also prepared a few backup hearts. Otherwise, it would be dangerous." Most of Kakuzu's strength came from his heart. His strength would be reduced if one of his heart got destroyed.
However, when he thought of the dead Sasori, he couldn't help but sigh. He didn't expect that one of his friends would die so quickly. However, he could roughly guess why Sasori had fought to the death without retreating back then. Perhaps Sasori didn't want to live anymore.
Byakko thought that Kakuzu would feel distressed by the destruction of his four hearts. Now it seemed that it was obvious that it was not the case. Kakuzu, who had a good relationship with Sasori, had obtained a scroll that stored the important parts of the puppet when he created his puppets. He could seal the internal organs inside the scroll. As long as the seal didn't fail, no matter how long the seal was sealed, the condition of the item sealed inside would be the same as before it was sealed.
However, this scroll was very precious. Even Sasori didn't have many, so Kakuzu only had four. He wanted to store four hearts as a backup. This was troublesome. The Akatsuki had such a big butterfly effect. Kakuzu was forced to prepare backup hearts, and it was unknown how many more variables would appear in future battles.
The self-explosion just now also destroyed a lot of his Earth Grudge Fear. Fortunately, his Earth Grudge Fear recovered very quickly. It didn't take long for him to grow a new one. After putting four new hearts into his body to get supplies, Kakuzu's weak appearance suddenly disappeared.
"Hey, Kakuzu, don't worry about your recovery. Get rid of the ice on my body first." Hidan felt as if his soul was about to be frozen. It was really too cold. This didn't seem to be the usual cold.
"It's hard. This ice is not as simple as the ice that she used to freeze me. Even if I put in a lot of effort to suppress it, I can't leave any marks on it. It's difficult to remove."
Kakuzu shook his head. This was not an easy thing to do. It was no wonder that Byakko said that the ice that Haku had frozen on Hidan and Zetsu was enough to give them a headache.
"No way, then I definitely won't die from suffocation." Hidan turned to look at Zetsu who was even more miserable than himself. He still had a head that could still breathe, while Zetsu had it worse.
"I only said that it was difficult to remove. I didn't say that I couldn't remove them. It's still a ninjutsu, after all. Let's say we have a Fire Release jutsu with massive firepower. I mean, if the fire was as strong as Amaterasu's flames, wouldn't there be a way to remove this cursed ice? Ice escape is also a type of technique, and of course, death is certain if you are frozen in a frontal battle. But now that we are able to escape, We didn't need to fight head-on. We could just use this technique to remove the ice."
Kakuzu took out a scroll from somewhere and quickly wrote some incomprehensible tadpole-like characters on it. However, if someone had seen Jiraya seal the fire of Amaterasu, they would definitely say that this was so similar to the seal. Yes, this was the same technique as Jiraiya's. It was useless in battle, but it could be used when no one was around.
If he was frozen in battle, would he still have the chance to use this seal to seal the ice on his body? And even if he had the chance to seal them, the time it took to seal them was not short. Seeing that it took a while for Jiraya to seal Amaterasu's flames, it would took a lot of time in battle to do the same thing.
"Seal of Ice." The Seal of Fire was used to seal some fire that was hard to extinguish. Similarly, the Seal of Ice was used to seal some ice that was difficult to melt. This was a technique that was specially developed by the higher-ups of other ninja villages when they were trying to save those who were frozen by the Yuki clan but were unable to melt the ice on those people.
It could be said that it was a trick specially designed to treat people who had been frozen in ice for a short time and could still survive after unraveling the ice, just like how someone specially developed the Fire Seal to seal the powerful flames that could not be extinguished.
The ice on Zetsu's body slowly dissolved into a white light and was slowly sucked into the sea. After about three minutes, the ice on Zetsu's body had already disappeared. However, the side effect of Haku's ice was not completely removed. Zetsu had been frozen for some time. Although he was still breathing, there were many places on his body that had frostbite. Even if he had Hashirama's cells and the strength of his body was very high, he was still on the verge of death.
Looking at the side, Hidan knew that even if he had an immortal body, half of his body had been frozen and only his head was left. Even if he could still breathe, with his immortal body, he could actually say that he could not endure it at all. It was as if he could not support it at any time. It could be seen just how terrifying Haku's ice was.
"Fortunately, I have an immortal body. Otherwise, I might be even more miserable than Zetsu." Hidan was very glad that he had accepted the transformation and become a believer in Jashinism. Otherwise, with his current strength, he would have already died.
"Don't talk so much nonsense. If you still have the strength, you should come and warm your stomach. Seal of Ice!" Kakuzu punched Hidan on the head, making Hidan bite his tongue and immediately shut up. He wanted Kakuzu to save him now. If he angered Kakuzu, he would be unable to endure being frozen for a while.
"Those two weirdos, it's better not to provoke them." Hidan did not want to fight with Haku anymore. He would rather be slapped by Byakko than be frozen into an ice sculpture.
"The problem is that we have already provoked them a long time ago. And from the looks of it, they are obviously deliberately obstructing us from capturing the tailed beasts." Kakuzu said snappily. He also did not want to provoke these weirdos, but there was no other way. Things had already settled down, so he could only continue to provoke them.
"Don't be afraid. At most, we will give up on the Two-tails. Anyway, we failed to capture the Two-tails this time. It will definitely make Kumogakure vigilant, and it will be very difficult to have another chance. This place is not far from the Land of Fire. Let's go and see if we have the chance to catch the Nine-tails. Anyway, the Land of Fire seems to have the Twelve Guardian Ninja. Their corpse could be exchanged for some money." It was rare for Hidan to say such serious words that were so good to Kakuzu's liking, and Kakuzu could not help but look at him.