"Sasuke, Mr. Itachi Uchiha lived his life for you and the village. If he were revived and knew that his resurrection came at the cost of lives from the village, do you think he would be happy?"
Naruto said earnestly.
Sasuke's expression turned grim upon hearing this.
Lin Nan let out a faint sigh.
Why is this Naruto so annoying?
However, what he said was indeed the truth.
Later in the story, there was the Edo Tensei which allowed one to see their loved ones, and Kabuto Yakushi had also repented, yet it was never used again.
The reason was that the Edo Tensei required sacrifices, which was contrary to Naruto's ideals.
There was nothing more to say!
Let's fight!
Lin Nan said expressionlessly, "I'm only giving you this one chance. Seize it well. I truly don't want to kill you, Naruto!"
With that, Lin Nan turned and left, leaving Naruto and Sasuke behind.
Of course, Lin Nan would also keep an eye on Naruto and Sasuke to prevent them from dispelling the Infinite Tsukuyomi prematurely.
Lin Nan's purpose in casting the Infinite Tsukuyomi was twofold: firstly, to recover his chakra, and secondly, to use the God Tree's birth to envelop all individuals on the battlefield, thereby draining the chakra of most of the Shinobi Alliance and killing them.
Reducing the number of shinobi was merely the first step in Lin Nan's path.
Furthermore, he now possessed a great weapon. With the chakra from the Infinite Tsukuyomi, the outcome of this battle was already decided.
It was just that after using that move, Lin Nan wouldn't be able to control the force, and if he accidentally killed both of them, there would be nothing he could do.
Then he would have to wait for the ten-year cooldown of Kotoamatsukami.
Not long after, a vast surge of chakra erupted.
Lin Nan looked back and saw Naruto and Sasuke united once more, with Susanoo enshrouding Kurama, with Naruto as the core.
Naruto's Sage Mode recovery ability was faster than Lin Nan had imagined.
The two seemed to have regained their resolve and were preparing to fight Lin Nan to the death.
Honestly, Lin Nan didn't think the conditions he offered were bad, but who could he blame when he was facing Naruto!
Little did they know, even Naruto and Sasuke had their own hidden agendas.
Naruto, perhaps being more pure-hearted, simply wanted to defeat Lin Nan. Naruto had never killed anyone, so he held no killing intent towards Lin Nan.
Sasuke, on the other hand, fully intended to use Naruto's strength to defeat Lin Nan, and then take down Naruto himself, have a heart-to-heart talk with him, and then seize control.
However, regarding how to defeat Lin Nan, their thoughts were surprisingly aligned.
They would use Yin and Yang chakra to cast the Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei, sealing Lin Nan just as they sealed Kaguya.
The reason was simple: even if Lin Nan could be killed, it would pose a great risk to them, as he might revive again someday.
After all, Lin Nan in his Edo Tensei state was like a perpetual motion machine.
But Lin Nan could use Kamui's intangibility, which alone put him in an invincible position.
Therefore, their strategy was unified.
If Lin Nan wanted to draw Naruto into the Kamui dimension, Naruto would have to put himself at risk. Sasuke, having recently emerged from the Kamui dimension, had left his chakra there, so he could also enter at any time, though it might take a while.
This way, Lin Nan in the Kamui dimension would become tangible, and their chances of sealing him would greatly increase.
With the strategy formulated, they began their confrontation with Lin Nan.
But the next moment, they saw Lin Nan actually dispel his Susanoo.
"What is he doing?" Naruto was slightly surprised.
But then, he saw a figure suddenly dart towards them.
"Is that?" Sasuke frowned slightly.
A red cloud cloak and a pompadour hairstyle – who else could it be but Hidan?
That's right, this was Lin Nan's ultimate weapon.
Hidan, with his immortal evil jutsu, might not have strong vitality and be unable to perform Shinsuusenju, but the ability to maintain an eternally immortal body was indeed formidable.
Lin Nan had copied Hidan's evil jutsu during his lifetime but hadn't had many opportunities to use it.
Moreover, Lin Nan simply wasn't in the mood to use it.
In essence, Hidan's techniques were curses from the Jashin religion, one being the "Jutsu of Immortality" and the other "Blood Ritual."
The Jutsu of Immortality was the secret to Hidan's immortality; it was a curse he had placed upon himself, or rather, that his evil god had placed upon him.
The Blood Ritual was simpler: it involved licking the opponent's blood to cast a curse, then drawing a circle on the ground, and transferring the damage inflicted upon himself to the person whose blood he had licked.
The Jutsu of Immortality was not something Lin Nan had had a chance to use because each application consumed "life force" rather than chakra!
And life force required long-term accumulation, meaning sacrifices to the "evil god."
It was like Hidan pinning his target high up, as the target could not move and could not die. Blood after death was not acceptable, so it was best for the target to be in a semi-conscious state of near death.
Then, using the target's blood, he would draw cursed patterns, the so-called evil god totem being that circle.
Finally, he would lie within it, while also putting himself in a state of profuse bleeding, thus absorbing the target's life force.
Of course, life force could also be obtained through consumption, though in smaller amounts.
Killing also yielded life force, but not as abundantly as sacrifices.
As long as there was sufficient life force within his body, Hidan would remain immortal, unless his brain was completely destroyed and he lost all consciousness, in which case his life force would gradually deplete over time.
Otherwise, even if only a head remained, as long as the life force was not depleted, he would not die.
Lin Nan had wanted to try it before, but the first time this curse was cast upon himself, it required a sacrifice, meaning lying in the circle in a state of profuse bleeding to absorb life force.
Lin Nan couldn't bring himself to do it.
He was afraid that if he bled too much, he might not absorb enough life force and would die from blood loss.
Perhaps this was why the Jashin religion had only produced Hidan as its follower.
This was the secret of Hidan, the curse techniques of the Jashin religion.
But curses were curses; this did not mean Hidan's vitality was necessarily strong.
After all, each time he was injured, it was only his life force that was lost.
But since it was life force, it was definitely related to blood.
So Lin Nan conceived a bold idea, which he had confirmed in an experiment just now.
This was an unexpected joy for Lin Nan.
"Is that Hidan of the Akatsuki?" Naruto exclaimed in surprise.
Sasuke said coldly, "No matter who it is, kill them all!"
Naruto, however, shook his head. "Hidan cannot be killed, and we must be careful not to let them obtain our blood, otherwise, we will be cursed."
"Blood?" Sasuke wiped a trickle of blood from his eye and looked at the blood in his hand, falling into thought.
Suddenly, an astonishing surge of chakra erupted, and then they saw a flash of red light.
Following that, a muffled shout was heard.
"Eight Inner Gates Formation, the Eighth Gate: Death, Open!"