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Chapter 267 Uehara Naraku is a rather innocent person

Chapter 267 Uehara Naraku is quite an innocent person (Fourth update)

When Nagato arrived in Animal Path: Pain, he already knew that these people were chatting there, and he was a little unhappy.

Nagato believed that talking too much would make one's heart soften.

Nagato's mood improved slightly now, because judging from Jiraiya and Konan's expressions, they probably didn't have a very pleasant conversation.

Only Uehara Naraku still had a faint smile on his face.

Because Uehara Naraku used the opportunity of venting his emotions to leak information to Jiraiya, Jiraiya's goal was almost achieved. Now that he has the information he wanted, Jiraiya should be thinking about how to retreat, not how to deal with Pain, right?

Unfortunately, the Animal Path of Pain arrived.

Jiraiya originally just wanted to see if he could find out any information about Pain. If he could, he would try to find out Pain's abilities. If not, he would leave immediately and take all the information about Uehara Naraku back with him.

After all, Uehara Naraku's existence is, in some ways, more dangerous.

Even though Pain possessed the Rinnegan, he was not as dangerous as Uehara Naraku, a spy lurking within the Alliance.

Jiraiya slightly raised his head to look at the Animal Path of Pain in the sky, and silently began to formulate his battle plan.

The primary objective is to bring all the intelligence back with us.

The second objective was to attempt to kill Uehara Naraku, the spy.

The third objective was to tentatively explore whether any information about Payne could be obtained.

If Uehara Naraku knew this, he would probably be cursing in his heart.

Uehara was trying his best to save Jiraiya's life so that he could return and provide strength when Pain attacked Konoha in the future; however, Jiraiya was only thinking about killing Uehara, this spy.

Therefore, if you want to be good to someone, you must find a way to let them know, rather than silently protecting them from the sidelines.

"Is that Nagato?"

Jiraiya stared at the Animal Path Pain, a slight look of confusion on his face, because this person's appearance was quite different from Nagato's, but he also looked somewhat familiar.

But since he looks familiar and has the Rinnegan, he must be Nagato, right?

However, Jiraiya found the Animal Path Pain familiar because it was someone he had met on his journey. That person had died and Nagato had taken his body and turned him into the Animal Path.

Not only that.

All six of Pain were people Jiraiya had met before.

Because of their extraordinary abilities, these people's corpses entered Nagato's hands through various means, where they were turned into puppets and formed the Six Paths of Pain.

Jiraiya was still unaware of all this. He simply looked up at the Animal Path of Pain above him and frowned. "The person depicted on the intelligence scroll sent by Kirigakure is indeed Yahiko... So is this Nagato? What's going on here?"

So, what about the other disciple who is still alive...?

Is it Nagato or Yahiko?

Based on what Uehara Naraku just said and Konan's reaction, the one who survived at that time should be Nagato, who has the Rinnegan, right?

After all, Jiraiya once believed that Nagato was also a chosen one.

Thinking this, Jiraiya blurted out, "The person still alive is Nagato, right? Did you turn Yahiko's corpse into a puppet?"

"..."

Animal Path Pain frowned slightly. By a twist of fate, he assumed Jiraiya had discovered the truth and murmured, "As expected of Jiraiya-sensei, he even guessed something like this?"

"Is that really true..."

Jiraiya sighed, raised his head, and said, "Have you been manipulating Akatsuki from behind the scenes all along, collecting the Tailed Beasts to attack the various ninja villages? You didn't do all this out of hatred, did you, Nagato?"

After saying that, Jiraiya glanced at Uehara Naraku again: "After all, those who hurt you back then have all been avenged by this brat Uehara."

"Hatred?"

Animal Path Pain looked down at Jiraiya and sighed, "Master, after all this time, your vision is still so narrow... In this world, it is not only hatred that causes war. It can also be for a greater purpose, such as putting an end to this war-torn world and bringing true peace."

Animal Path Pain slowly opened his palm and said softly, "But that's normal. There will always be many mortals in the world. Not everyone can rise to become a god... I also became a god after experiencing infinite suffering."

Animal Path Pain looked down at Jiraiya, his voice calm and unwavering: "Once you become a god, everything you say and think will be considered from a divine perspective. Teacher, you are just a mortal, so naturally you cannot understand my considerations."

"..."

Uehara Naraku was slightly embarrassed.

It's unexpected that after all these years, Nagato, who had finally become a bit more down-to-earth, would revert to his chuunibyou (delusional) self once he met other people.

神…

Jiraiya's expression changed slightly upon hearing this.

Because he realized that his disciple had chosen a different, wrong path, it had become a war between ninja beliefs, which meant that Nagato would not be easy to persuade!

When Orochimaru defected, Jiraiya failed to persuade him to stay. He then realized that when two ninjas have conflicting ideologies, it is very difficult to persuade the other party.

Unless, they can understand each other.

Unfortunately, it's easier said than done!

Jiraiya's expression gradually lost its previous composure, even showing some frustration and sadness: "I never imagined that Yahiko's misfortune would make you so obsessed..."

"teacher."

The Beast Path of Payne shook his head slightly and sighed softly, "Things that mortals cannot see are easily understood only by gods; because I have become a god, I must do what mortals cannot."

"So what exactly do you want to do now?"

Jiraiya slowly clenched his fingers, his knuckles cracking, and asked in a deep voice, "Collecting the Tailed Beasts and manipulating them to destroy major ninja villages—your purpose doesn't seem to be bringing peace to the ninja world at all, but rather war and destruction."

"teacher."

The Animal Path of Pain sighed softly, "Since you're destined to die here anyway, telling you now might as well..."

Animal Path Pain slowly closed his eyes, then slowly reopened them: "By using those sealed tailed beasts, we can create powerful techniques that can destroy a great nation with a single strike."

"Is this your method?"

Jiraiya's expression changed, and he said in a deep voice, "How could something like that possibly bring peace to the ninja world? It will only bring greater war!"

After saying this, Jiraiya frowned and looked at Uehara Naraku beside him: "Besides, haven't you already done it? This brat has already destroyed three major ninja villages in succession using Akatsuki's power!"

"..."

An awkward silence suddenly filled the air.

To be honest, Jiraiya seems to have raised a good question.

Animal Path Pain shook his head and said softly, "The power of Uehara is always easy to break, but the power of the Tailed Beasts is different. No one can withstand it, and its power is much greater. It can directly destroy a great nation, and those people can only passively endure the pain they are supposed to suffer."

Animal Path Pain looked down at Jiraiya and spread out his palms: "When hundreds of millions of people die before your eyes, people will fear the pain of war and naturally realize the value of peace, and war will naturally disappear."

Animal Path Pain glanced at Uehara Naraku and Konan, and said softly, "This world is still too young and needs the help of God to make them realize the truth."

"..."

Uehara Naraku nodded to himself from the side.

To be honest, if the Ten-Tails' role is truly as a deterrent like a nuclear weapon, it could indeed greatly reduce the possibility of war in this world due to people's fear of it.

At least the probability of a Fourth Shinobi World War breaking out will become very low.

Unfortunately, the Ten-Tails' role is to eliminate war in another way: by directly destroying all of humanity, which is rather absurd.

"How ridiculous, Nagato!"

Jiraiya lowered his head, his face grim: "Didn't expect that after experiencing such pain, you would come to such a ridiculous understanding?"

After Jiraiya finished reprimanding Nagato, he noticed Uehara Naraku nodding to himself and asked, "What are you nodding for? Nagato, did this brat lead you to do this?"

Xiao Nan: "..."

Payne: "..."

Uehara: "..."

What the hell does this have to do with him?!

Uehara Naraku was speechless.

All he did was deceive Konoha.

Why does Jiraiya have such a bad temper?

No matter how you look at it, he seems like a harmless person, right?

"Jiraiya-sensei, is your vision becoming increasingly narrow, even hindering your thinking?"

Animal Path Pain shook his head and sighed, saying softly, "Uehara met us when he was twelve years old and chose to follow us because we were his seniors. His father was one of the members who were murdered by Shimura Danzo and Hanzo of the Salamander."

"..."

Jiraiya's expression suddenly turned somewhat unpleasant.

In that sense, Uehara Naraku seems quite innocent. Was he led astray by his two disciples?

This guy's spy identity is really dangerous!

Jiraiya couldn't help but think of another person, and coldly looked at them, saying, "Wait, where's Obito Uchiha? I remember he was the leader of Akatsuki, wasn't he?"

"Obito Uchiha was never the leader of Akatsuki..."

The Animal Path, Pain, calmly stated, "Because he attempted to harm Uehara Naraku back then, we expelled him from Akatsuki long ago. There can only be two people in this world who can become the leader of Akatsuki. The next leader was Uehara, and the current leader is Pain!"

After the words were spoken…

One after another, figures in black robes adorned with auspicious clouds leaped out of a passage at high speed. The Six Paths of Pain filed out and surrounded Jiraiya in the blink of an eye!

"Uehara, Konan."

Pain slowly stepped forward and said softly, "You all leave first. Leave this to me."

"..."

Uehara Naraku shook his head and took a few steps back, observing the gradually increasing aura emanating from the Six Paths of Pain, especially the Asura Path, which had been transformed into a devilish being.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the Asura Path Pain should be the most modern weapon of war in the ninja world. In addition to its nuclear-level self-destruction, it is equipped with laser weapons, cruise tracking missiles, machine guns, and can even transform into a defensive shield when necessary.

These weapons are quite deadly to ninjas…

This lineup is stronger than the historical Pain Six Paths.

Jiraiya probably wouldn't choose to fight to the death, but would choose to run away, right?

If all else fails, then we'll have to send Obito Uchiha to take Jiraiya away. After all, Obito has taken the blame so many times already...

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