Naruto: Starting with Tsunade

Chapter 504 Soloing Pain

The smoke slowly outlined a dark figure before his eyes. Jiraiya, sweating and panting, said, "Yahiko, no, Nagato, you've grown a lot over the years."

Not only did he lose Sage Mode, but his chakra was also greatly depleted, putting him in a very unfavorable situation.

To be honest, even Pain was almost no match for them, and there was also Nagato, who combined the abilities of all Pain and was even stronger. Even Jiraiya was starting to feel hopeless.

Nagato, through the voice of Pain, earnestly pleaded, "Jiraiya-sensei, you are no match for me. You should retreat quickly. I really don't want to kill you..."

Jiraiya stared at Pain, his attitude resolute: "In the past, after I taught you ninjutsu, I didn't care. This time, I can't make the same mistake again."

"Jiraiya-sensei..."

Pain's voice was tinged with emotion.

The conversation ended, and five seconds had passed exactly. Shinra Tensei's cooldown was complete.

Pain's body went out of control, his legs left his body, and as his body slowly rose, he opened his arms. Judging from this movement, it should be Shinra Tensei, but this time, a much larger amount of chakra than before gathered on his body.

If this chakra were released, something extremely terrifying would happen.

"Little Jiraiya, run!"

Fukasaku and Shima hurriedly shouted loudly, then abandoned Jiraiya and ran away in a flash.

If they were hit by this next move, they would both die instantly.

Mt. Miaomu.

"The mother of my child," said the immortal, his face contorted with anxiety.

Without his prompting, Master Shima had already taken out the scroll he had prepared beforehand, spread it out on the ground, revealing mysterious black patterns.

With no time to lose, Shima Sage pressed down with one hand while forming a hand seal with the other, unleashing the Reverse Summoning Technique.

Through this technique, she was able to summon Jiraiya back to Mount Myōboku, allowing him to temporarily avoid the enemy's attacks.

That's why the two Fukasaku and Shima sages escaped so quickly.

Soon, the reverse spirit communication technique was activated, but it had no effect.

Jiraiya had not returned for a long time, and Fukasaku asked in surprise, "The mother of the child?"

Master Shima looked even more surprised than he was: "Little Jiraiya, he refused."

"What?!"

Just as a summoned beast can refuse to be summoned by a summoning technique, a reverse summoning technique can also refuse to be summoned.

……

On the other side, Jiraiya made a desperate attempt, rapidly forming hand seals.

Hai—Xu—You—Shen—Wei

He slammed his palms down on the ground, and two black circles appeared on the ground, with black characters inside spreading outwards like a spider web.

"Bang bang bang bang..."

Four loud bangs followed, and four plumes of white smoke rose one after another. On the shattered earth, four huge doors suddenly rose up, carved with ferocious demon statues with blue faces and fangs, mocking all attackers.

Four Rashomon

This is a defensive ninjutsu technique. Each door has extremely strong defensive capabilities and different defensive effects.

The downside is that it consumes a lot of chakra, so it cannot be used by anyone who is not a chakra hog.

If Hashirama himself were to use it, he could even summon the Fivefold Rashomon.

Pain unleashed his chakra in an instant, transforming it into an extremely powerful repulsive force that emanated from his body, unleashing overwhelming power that destroyed forests and slaughtered everything in its path.

Even the mighty Fourfold Rashomon was completely destroyed in an instant. After the earth-shattering roar, a large amount of smoke slowly dissipated, leaving a huge crater on the ground, with a diameter of more than ten kilometers. It was a spectacular sight when viewed from above.

Super Shinra Tensei.

"What...what was that...?"

Those ninja forces outside the attack range were stunned and speechless upon seeing the impact of the battle; their faces were filled with shock.

What on earth is Lord Jiraiya fighting against?!

They suddenly understood the real reason why Jiraiya had told them not to approach rashly.

As for Jiraiya's clones, they had long since dissipated like smoke due to the attack on his main body.

"Nagato..."

Konan, who was dealing with the Allied Shinobi Forces, couldn't help but feel a little worried for Jiraiya when she saw this move.

Having used Shinra Tensei over such a large area, Pain's Deva Path, whose chakra consumption is extremely high, will be unable to continue using Shinra Tensei for a long time, and his physical reaction speed will drop to zero.

However, Edo Tensei can greatly reduce this side effect.

Pain slowly descended, floating to Jiraiya's side on the ground. Looking at the motionless Jiraiya, a wave of sorrow welled up in his heart.

Although the four Rashomon gates were used to defend against a large number of attacks, the power of the Super Shinra Tensei was simply too strong. Even the aftershocks of its power were enough to knock Jiraiya unconscious.

It was unclear whether Jiraiya was alive or dead at this moment. Pain's body was out of control, and he reluctantly produced a black chakra rod from his palm.

Nagato desperately tried to break free from the Edo Tensei's restraints, but the caster, Madara Uchiha, was simply too strong, and he couldn't put up any resistance.

"Goodbye, Jiraiya-sensei..."

With a mournful voice, Pain drew his black chakra rod and shoved it directly at Jiraiya's forehead, his attack ruthless.

Um?

Unexpectedly, blood splattered on the spot, and Jiraiya on the ground turned into a puddle of mud.

Suddenly, a toad crawled out of the mud and, with a croak, leaped onto Pain's lap.

At the same time, another toad opened its mouth and extended a hand, forming a hand seal.

Ninja Art: Exploding Toad

The toad's body turned red and exploded, causing Pain to stagger backward.

Taking advantage of this opening, Jiraiya jumped completely out of the toad's mouth.

Ninja Art: Toad Concealment Technique

This move is similar to Orochimaru's habit of emerging from a snake's mouth, while Jiraiya's is similar to emerging from a toad's mouth.

Jiraiya flipped his palm upwards, and a bright red chakra ball appeared in his palm. He then leaped towards Pain, and during the leap, the chakra ball in his hand became so large that it could cover his body.

Fall to this blow, Yahiko!

This is my last bit of chakra...

"Fire Release: Super Great Flame Rasengan".

Jiraiya's booming voice came from above, and a scorching Rasengan appeared before Pain's eyes. A relieved smile appeared on Pain's face: "As expected of Jiraiya-sensei..."

The fiery red Rasengan slammed into Pain, the exploding flames completely engulfing his body, burning his clothes to shreds. He then leaned back and collapsed to the ground.

Covered in sweat and panting heavily, Jiraiya was extremely exhausted, but he couldn't rest yet, just in case. He used his gloved hands to pull out all of Pain's black rods.

After completing the above actions, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and plopped down on the ground.

Jiraiya gave a wry smile. He had originally wanted to defeat Nagato himself, but now he realized that he had been too naive.

Even with all the information he had, he almost couldn't defeat the six corpses controlled by Nagato. It's hard to imagine how strong the real Nagato would be.

Just then, a white Zetsu crawled out from somewhere nearby.

Jiraiya's expression changed, and he hurriedly got up to deal with the situation, but due to the huge depletion of chakra, his knees were too weak to stand up: "Damn it, of all times..."

"Hehe, how lucky I am..."

White Zetsu, seeing Jiraiya's extreme weakness, was overjoyed and swarmed towards him, intending to take advantage of his illness and kill him.

The moment they touched Jiraiya, a chill swept over them, instantly freezing the lively White Zetsu into an ice sculpture, rendering him unable to move.

A puff of white smoke escaped from his mouth. The white-haired youth, with his hands in his pockets, strolled leisurely through the ice sculptures and stood directly next to Jiraiya.

"Aokiji..."

Jiraiya recognized the person and was slightly surprised.

"You must have had a hard time..."

Aokiji looked at Jiraiya, who was exhausted, and smiled leisurely.

Jiraiya's one-on-one battle against Pain can be considered, in a way, a protagonist's role.

Aokiji bent down, picked up the black rod, briefly sensed the location of Nagato's main body, and then said, "You can rest assured and leave Nagato to me."

(End of this chapter)