Iam not grasping at straws actually . I've given enough proof on how it's the same type of rods . Not trying to start an argument but manga facts and showings dont lie .
Also you say they were beaten down but I also wanna know how ...... with kakuzu's elements ? What kind of special jutsu do they've in thier arsenal to beat a bijuu itself ? They're not pain nagato . Or kisame with the chakra absorption. They got literally nothing to beat a bijuu which has almost 100 times thier chakra and power . That rod as my analysis goes is the only way .
Or give me a reason why hidan gave his prayers after piercing yugito ?
If they had beaten the bijuu to submission , why pierce it with a rod ? They werent going to kill it any ways like asuma . Why was such a scene necessary ?
Black rods like that suppress chakra and power stated several times .
Okay one more evidence , kakuzu and hidan were off to the leaf to capture nine tails kyuubi .
How do you think they'd possibly do that ? With thier jounin-level arsenal ? If pain didnt believe they couldnt capture nine tails , he wouldnt have send them to the leaf to capture naruto .
You are lol. I'll try to explain this as simple as possible my man.
1. You've given no proof as to how Hidan's immortality which is a Kinjutsu, is linked to the black rods. If his rod was in relation to the black rods, such would've been stated canonically.
2. They defeated Yugito the same way all the other Jin are capable of being beaten, through force, through harm, through pain. They used their jutsu. Yugito was no perfect Jin, she entered partial transformation, and she was beaten out of it like Naruto did Gaara.
3. The reason for the ritual was because Hidan played a major factor in subduing her. This is how it went: Kakuzu pressures Yugito enough to draw blood -> Hidan prepares circle & takes blood -> stabs himself -> subdued Yugito. Her being pinned up was byproduct of their altercation, and Hidan is known for praying to Jashin as he's done multiple times in the manga.
4. You do realize that at that current stage, they could've captured Naruto correct? Especially when their abilities were unknown at the time. That's what makes them so OP (mainly thanks to Hidan, because without his ability killing/capturing Jin would be much more difficult). If they'd confronted Naruto in that arc, Kakuzu, or Hidan would've pressured Naruto, and drawn blood before he entered his enraged, Kyubi state, and then Hidan would've stabbed himself stupid to subdue Naruto. Hidan's immortality jutsu is what allows the duo to capture Jin so accurately, because no matter what state they are in, even if Hidan cannot pierce through them with direct attacks, due to being connected through his ritual, whatever he feels, they feel.
So if he were to pierce his heart, the Jin would die, no matter the form. Or if he were to pierce his thigh, or whatever else, the Jin would be handicapped etc. You saying they didn't possess the abilities to capture a Jin strictly goes against the manga's portrayal of the Akatsuki. After all why would Pain recruit members unable to capture/harm Jin? He wouldn't. Clearly.
So in the end, no, Hidan's rods aren't connected to the black rods. End of story man.