A person is writing a diary in an American comic book, and Iron Man collapses at the beginning.

Jiraiya did not reject Minato's kindness.

Even if he wasn't afraid of death, there was no need for him to sacrifice himself so easily, was there?

Since they had Minato as a trump card that could save their lives, Jiraiya had no reason not to use it.

"Alright, Minato, wait for my message!"

Jiraiya exchanged a few more words with Minato Namikaze before setting off for Amegakure.

Just like in the anime, Jiraiya hid inside a toad's mouth and silently infiltrated Amegakure.

Logically speaking, it should have been done quietly and without anyone noticing.

Unfortunately, Pain's sensory ninjutsu was just too amazing, making the rain that covered the entire village his eyes!

Jiraiya was unaware that his supposedly flawless intrusion was actually detected immediately.

Needless to say, Jiraiya and Pain engaged in an extremely fierce battle.

Jiraiya used all his skills and, at the cost of losing an arm, managed to kill three Pain members.

It has to be said that Jiraiya's strength was indeed incredibly overpowered.

Unfortunately...

Whoosh whoosh!

Just as Jiraiya finally managed to escape to a body of water, he was stopped by Pain.

"What happened?"

"What's going on?!"

Having almost exhausted all his chakra and suffering severe injuries, Jiraiya was completely dumbfounded.

Those three guys he fought before were clearly killed by him.

How did it come back to life in the blink of an eye?

Are you kidding me!

There are techniques for reviving the dead in the ninja world, but such techniques are undoubtedly forbidden and require a huge price to achieve.

How could someone be brought back to life in an instant?

This is absolutely astonishing.

Not only Jiraiya, but even the two sages, Fukasaku and Shima, who were standing on Jiraiya's shoulders, were greatly shocked.

They all felt a kind of pressure, a despairing pressure.

The previous three Pain were already beyond their ability to deal with, and now three more have appeared!

They had absolutely no chance of winning against such a force, and they couldn't even escape.

"Minato, thank goodness you thought things through."

Thinking of this, Jiraiya secretly felt a sense of relief.

The Flying Thunder God Kunai that Minato gave him is his only chance of survival.

However, now is not the best time for Minato to appear. Although Jiraiya is no match for Pain, he still wants to continue to gather relevant information.

"Pain, who exactly are you?!"

Jiraiya stared wide-eyed at Pain, the Deva Path, and asked.

"Payne is the full name of all six of us!"

Perhaps believing that Jiraiya was doomed, Pain did not hide the truth from him and told him the truth.

"Why do all six of you have the Rinnegan?"

Jiraiya continued to ask.

Before Pain and the others could answer, Jiraiya's expression immediately changed.

Because he suddenly recognized that Pain was one of his students, Yahiko!

Pain, the founder of Pain, also acknowledged this.

This left Jiraiya even more bewildered; Yahiko was already dead.

Furthermore, Yahiko doesn't possess the Rinnegan at all.

Jiraiya wanted to continue trying to extract information from the Pain brothers, but they weren't going to waste any more words with him and started attacking him.

"Jiraiya, retreat now!"

Shima immediately called out to Jiraiya.

If the fight continues, Jiraiya will definitely die; there is no other possible outcome.

Jiraiya knew what was important, and during his escape, he quickly summoned part of the stomach wall of the Giant Toad and temporarily hid inside the stomach wall barrier.

They even successfully used this barrier to kill the Beast Path Pain.

Although he was injured by Pain in the Animal Path once again, he also discovered Pain's suspicious points and had a guess in his mind.

The guess was so astonishing that Jiraiya couldn't be sure for a moment. He needed to observe the actions of the other five Pains before he could be certain.

In the original anime, Jiraiya died because of this.

But now...

"It's time."

Jiraiya chose not to take any more risks.

Given his current physical condition, if he were to show his true colors, he would undoubtedly die, with no other chance of survival.

Furthermore, the investigation into Pain has made a major breakthrough, and it's just one step away from success. If we don't summon Minato now, when will we?

Swish swish!

boom!

Jiraiya quickly summoned a toad from Mount Myōboku, the kind of toad used specifically for relaying messages.

Tell the other party to quickly notify Minato Namikaze to come.

boom!

The toad liaison made a reverse telepathic call, and the person burst out in a puff of smoke and disappeared, returning to Mount Myōboku.

Mount Myōboku and Konoha have long maintained a friendly "cooperative" relationship and have established corresponding channels for communication.

The other toad liaison quickly obeyed the order, using reverse teleportation to return to Konoha and tell Minato about what had happened in Amegakure.

"Teacher, wait for me!"

Minato Namikaze dared not delay for even a moment, and with a Flying Thunder God Technique, he vanished.

He appeared directly in front of Jiraiya, who was inside the barrier.

"Teacher, how are you!"

Minato Namikaze was shocked to see Jiraiya's miserable state.

"Now is not the time to talk about these things!"

Jiraiya grabbed Minato Namikaze and said in a deep voice, "Listen, I've made a major discovery."

Jiraiya then told Minato Namikaze his guess, leaving Minato completely stunned.

"Now there's one last step left for us to confirm."

Jiraiya continued to instruct Minato Namikaze, "Ahem, if they can truly share a field of vision, then it proves my speculation was correct."

At this point, even without conducting a final verification, Jiraiya felt that it was pretty close to the truth.

After all, Minato Namikaze had already told him that Nagato was Pain.

Of the current six Pain, Nagato is not among them!

This perfectly matches Jiraiya's prediction.

However, this matter was so important that Jiraiya couldn't rest easy until it was finally confirmed.

"I understand, teacher. You can leave it to me."

Minato Namikaze nodded, then urged Jiraiya with great concern, "Sensei, you should go back now."

"Minato, be careful!"

Jiraiya did not refuse. He knew that if he stayed, he would only be a burden and would not serve any purpose.

With Minato Namikaze's abilities, even if he couldn't defeat Pain, retreating wouldn't be a problem.

After all, Minato Namikaze's Flying Thunder God Technique is indeed overpowered.

"I will!"

Minato Namikaze nodded.

This wasn't actually that difficult for him; what he needed to do wasn't to defeat Payne, but to conduct the final verification.

Let's see if the Six Paths of Pain can share the same field of vision.

That's all.

"Jiraiya, leave everything to Minato. Hurry up and come back to Mount Myōboku with us."

"Your injuries are really bad!"

The two hermits, Fukasaku and Shima, also kept trying to persuade him.

Jiraiya didn't linger any longer; he quickly performed a reverse summoning and disappeared.

The barrier around the stomach wall of the rock toad also disappeared.

Whoosh!

The next moment, a splash erupted on the calm water outside, and Minato Namikaze appeared.

Meanwhile, the other five members of the Six Paths of Pain were deployed around the area, conducting reconnaissance with utmost vigilance.

Minato Namikaze's appearance immediately caught their attention.

"The Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze? What, it's you?!"

Pain's voice was devoid of any emotional fluctuation, but Nagato, who was remotely controlling the situation from a high tower, was still somewhat surprised.

He hadn't noticed anything before!

As expected of Konoha's Yellow Flash, Minato Namikaze.

But even if it's Konoha's Yellow Flash, so what?

Nagato is now a god!

"You shouldn't have come, Konoha Hokage."

Pain's cold voice rang out, ruthlessly delivering a death sentence to Minato.

"You are Jiraiya-sensei's student, yet you did such a thing to him. Why?"

Minato Namikaze glared angrily at Pain. "Why have you become like this?"

"There are no students of Jiraiya here, only gods!"

As soon as Pain finished speaking, he soared into the air and flew towards Minato Namikaze.

The same applies to the other Payne's.

Minato Namikaze pulled out a Flying Thunder God kunai and flicked it towards the Pain members.

There is no doubt that it would be impossible to cause any harm to those Payne.

However, Minato Namikaze's purpose was not to harm anyone, but simply to spread his Thunder God Technique ahead of time.

Swish!

By the time several Pain members reached Minato Namikaze, Minato had already vanished.

"Wow, that's fast!"

"As expected of the yellow flash."

Pain calmly landed on the ground, slowly turned around, and raised his hand towards Minato Namikaze.

"Universal Guidance!"

As Pain spoke those words, an immense suction force immediately acted upon Minato Namikaze.

Minato Namikaze found himself uncontrollably flying towards Pain!

What?! What kind of technique is this?

This is simply unheard of.

However, this is not a big problem for Minato Namikaze.

He immediately used the Flying Thunder God Technique, instantly breaking free from Pain's Universal Pull, and in the blink of an eye appeared beside another Pain.

Even Obito's Kamui and Minato's Flying Thunder God Technique could be broken, let alone mere gravity.

"Did you get rid of it?"

Nagato, standing behind him, was surprised once again.

In all this time, he has never seen anyone who has been able to escape his Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Guidance.

Minato Namikaze truly lives up to his reputation!

Whoosh whoosh!

However, before Minato Namikaze could make a move against the other Pain, the Asura Path Pain reached out and launched several missiles at Minato Namikaze from mid-air.

They directly blocked Minato Namikaze's path.

Minato Namikaze easily dodged it again using the Flying Thunder God Technique, which goes without saying.

Boom boom boom!

With a few explosions and smoke, Minato Namikaze reappeared elsewhere.

And so, a great battle broke out between Minato Namikaze and Pain.

For the time being, neither side can do anything about the other.

Minato Namikaze was indeed powerful, but the Six Paths of Pain were no pushovers either. Not only did each of the Six Paths possess extraordinary abilities, but they could also share vision with each other.

How can it be so easy to defeat?

For Pain, Minato's single Flying Thunder God Technique was also quite troublesome.

If both sides want to truly determine a winner, they'll probably have to have a really good fight.

But this was not Minato Namikaze's goal.

He was only there to find out if the Six Paths of Pain could share their vision of each other, nothing more!

After the two sides had been fighting for a while, Minato Namikaze had figured out the problem!

Then what's the point of delaying any longer?

Swish!

Minato Namikaze used the Flying Thunder God Technique, and he completely disappeared without a trace.

Nagato, who was in charge behind the scenes, immediately knew that Minato Namikaze had successfully evacuated right under his nose.

Including his teacher, Jiraiya.

Although he didn't want to admit it, Nagato had to admit that he had suffered a defeat.

"You're really something else, Minato Namikaze."

Nagato couldn't help but sigh.

"What's wrong, Nagato?"

Xiao Nan, who was standing next to her, couldn't help but ask.

"The teacher escaped successfully, and the Fourth Hokage appeared and also escaped successfully."

Nagato simply told Konan what had happened.

Konan didn't say much, nor did she take it to heart; she was still very confident in Nagato's strength.

This setback doesn't prove anything, since Nagato didn't even use his full strength.

"Pain's secret has probably been exposed."

But Nagato's next words made Konan pause in surprise.

No one knew Pain's secret except for these two insiders, not even the Akatsuki organization. And now, it's been exposed?

"That doesn't matter anymore, since our plan has already begun."

Xiao Nan quickly returned to normal.

Even if Minato Namikaze and Jiraiya knew Pain's secret, so what?

Anyway, the Akatsuki organization has already started causing trouble, so it's only a matter of time before Pain's secret is exposed.

However, now that we've been exposed ahead of time and have been suppressed in our confrontation with Konoha, let's make Konoha our next target!

Nagato made this decision very quickly.

Of course, Minato Namikaze was unaware of all this, or rather, he hadn't had time to consider it yet.

Right now, he and his son Naruto Uzumaki are visiting Jiraiya at Konoha Hospital.

Seeing Jiraiya wrapped up like a mummy, Naruto was furious.

"Damn it, that Nagato bastard actually beat the Perverted Sage into this state! I'll never let him get away with this!"

Naruto clenched his fists tightly and roared fiercely.

"What do you mean 'beaten up like this'? Naruto, I'm perfectly fine..."

Although Jiraiya looked weak, his spirits were quite good. He even managed to flirt with the nurse next to him, saying, "Nurse, I'm still a little sore here. Could you check me over again?"

Minato Namikaze: "..."

This teacher is hopeless! (End of Chapter)