The ten minutes felt both long and short.
As the lightning strikes gradually diminished, the sky slowly changed from overcast to clear.
The Multiple Thunderbolt Technique had finally ended.
Thick smoke billowed across the scene as the Kumo ninjas leaped to higher ground, quietly waiting for the smoke to clear.
"How did it go? Did we succeed?"
"Do you even need to ask? Ten minutes of continuous lightning strikes—no one could withstand that."
"Captain, did we go too far? If they died, we won't be able to find out where Lord Killer Bee and Lady Yugito are."
"If they died, so be it! Leave it to the forensic unit. With their skills, they can extract any information or clues we need."
"But what if there's nothing left of their bodies?"
"You don't have to worry about that. You've seen their defensive capabilities firsthand. Their bodies will be intact. Besides, I have a feeling they might still be alive, but they surely won't be able to stand."
"That's right, Captain! Surviving the Multiple Thunderbolt Technique itself would make them monsters. If they can still stand, they'd be monsters among monsters!"
"Speaking of monsters among monsters, aside from our Lord Raikage, there's no other candidate for that title!" The captain proudly pointed at the devastated ground below, saying, "The smoke is about to clear. Once it does, find their bodies or corpses quickly! Then... what... what is this?!"
Before he could finish his sentence, a black hand suddenly struck his chest.
In the next moment, the black hand pierced through his chest cavity, pulling out his heart.
"Remember, I am that second monster among monsters!"
Kakuzu's voice emerged from behind the Kumo ninjas.
Standing next to him was Hidan.
Hidan grinned, slinging his scythe over his shoulder, "And I'm the third one!"
"They... they're still alive!" The Kumo Jonin were stunned.
Not only were they alive, but they were also completely unscathed!
How was this possible?
With a squelching sound, Kakuzu withdrew his hand from the captain's chest, holding the still-beating heart.
"You destroyed my lightning-attribute heart, so I'll take your captain's to replace it!"
Right before everyone's eyes, Kakuzu's chest split open with numerous black threads, pulling the heart into his body.
"Mon... monsters!"
These Jonin had seen plenty of horrors, but this grotesque scene was unlike anything they had ever witnessed.
Hidan, with a crazed expression, charged at the crowd with his scythe, "Yah-hoo! Now it's my turn! The pain I felt earlier, I'll make you all experience it! Hahaha!"
Though he didn't know ninjutsu, Hidan's taijutsu was formidable.
Moreover, his incredibly resilient body made him unstoppable.
In just a second, he had already cut two unprepared ninjas in half.
"Lord Jashin! Watch me, for these people will all be sacrifices to you!"
Hidan was so ecstatic that he didn't notice the ninja sneaking up behind him.
With a crackle, a ninja thrust a lightning-imbued sword straight into Hidan's heart.
"Monster! Don't underestimate the Jonin of Kumogakure!" The ninja twisted the sword back and forth, "This time, I refuse to believe you can survive!"
Hidan yelled, "Hey! If you're gonna stab, just stab! Why twist it around? It hurts, you know!"
"?????"
Even with a shattered heart, he wouldn't die?
At this, the Kumo ninjas finally understood.
The person before them was truly an immortal being!
If these two possessed immortality, everything that had transpired suddenly made sense...