Konoha: I have a clone in One Piece.

Chapter 205 Pain of the Six Paths Appears!

"Perhaps...it has something to do with Nagato and the others?"

The strange occurrences that appeared in a place, or even at almost the same time, instantly made Jiraiya connect them.

The news of Nagato and the others' deaths came almost exactly at the time when Hanzo of the Salamander was gradually fading into obscurity.

"Looks like the water's deep here!"

Jiraiya's expression turned serious as he looked at the deep puddles on the dilapidated street ahead.

To be on the safe side, he summoned a toad, crawled into its mouth, and soon began his exploration of the Land of Rain.

……

……

the other side.

Akatsuki's base.

Pain looked at the many figures below the steps, a satisfied look in his eyes:

"Very good, you're all here."

"..."

Kakuzu glanced at the figures present.

On the steps stood a man with the Rinnegan who called himself Pain, and next to him stood a blue-haired woman.

Below the steps were eight people, including his companion Sasori of the Red Sand, Mifune, the great swordsman of the Land of Iron, En Miyajo, the head of the Blood Pond Clan, Kaguya Takehara, the head of the Kaguya Clan, and even En no Yuki of the Tsuchigumo Clan and Hyou of the Snow Clan.

If it weren't for the guy who looked like a half-human, half-fish, they would almost all be members of Ark Maxim.

"Let's talk about self-introductions and getting to know each other later."

Pain, with his imposing presence and indifferent voice, looked at the crowd below and said in a deep voice:

"I've already given you the rings in advance. I called you here today for two reasons: first, to let you get to know your teammates, and second, to inform you that the organization's mission is about to begin."

"Our organization is called the Akatsuki..."

Listening to Pain's speech on the steps, Kakuzu secretly curled his lip.

Please, I didn't come here for your dream of world peace!

If it weren't for the legendary Rinnegan, who would even bother with you? Once they steal your eyes and give them to the boss, wouldn't this Akatsuki organization be finished?

Kisame, standing at the bottom of the steps, was equally uninterested in listening.

What kind of peace can be achieved by creating massive weapons to deter other powers? It's all a pipe dream!

This world is full of lies, so how can there be any peace?

Although the ninja world has changed, Kisame still experienced betrayal from his superior, stealing the great sword Samehada from his boss, Suigetsu Fubuki.

Obito Uchiha, who had taken control of Kirigakure, naturally noticed this extraordinary ninja early on and recruited him as his subordinate.

Even though Kisame knew Obito's true identity at this moment, he still believed in him without a doubt.

On the steps, Pain's speech continued.

"Therefore, in order to achieve ultimate peace, we must create a weapon so powerful that no one can stop it. When that time comes, anyone who dares to make a move will be dealt with directly..."

Bang! ! !

The mountain suddenly exploded with a loud bang.

"Yahiko, what nonsense are you spouting?!"

Jiraiya, who was hiding in the toad's mouth, couldn't listen anymore.

His apprentice's dangerous thoughts sent a chill down his spine.

Manufacturing terrorist weapons and eliminating any region that dares to act rashly? How many innocent people would die that way!

Jiraiya looked at Pain on the steps, his face full of confusion, and said:

"How did you end up like this, Yahiko?"

"You uttered such dangerous words, and Nagato's eyes inexplicably fell on you. What on earth happened?"

"Xiao Nan, I remember you used to be very gentle, why didn't you stop him?"

As he spoke, Jiraiya glanced at the group gathered by Pain and said with a look of apprehension:

"Gathering so many dangerous ninjas just to create a terrifying weapon capable of killing countless people and achieve so-called peace—this is utterly absurd!"

"Jiraiya-sensei..."

Pain and Konan both looked at Jiraiya, who had suddenly appeared.

To be honest, even though he managed to hide it from Pain's perception, Pain was still quite surprised by the appearance of this teacher.

Immediately afterwards, he waved to Konan beside him, then looked at Jiraiya and said in a deep voice:

"Jiraiya-sensei, you've come with ill intentions."

"I……"

Just as Jiraiya was about to speak, Pain interrupted him.

"No need to say too much, teacher. I know your personality very well, and I can roughly guess what you want to say."

"In that case, let's see who's the real deal!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than Pain suddenly reached out his hand to Jiraiya and activated the Rinnegan.

"Universal Guidance!"

An invisible, powerful suction force erupted instantly, and Jiraiya suddenly realized that he could not control his body and was being sent flying up the steps along with the pieces of the ground.

"Fine, then I guess I'll have to wake you up!"

Jiraiya gritted his teeth, instantly abandoning all restraint, and a torrent of exquisite fire-style techniques erupted from his mouth.

Chakra gradually began to gather in his hands, preparing to attack with the Giant Rasengan when he was pulled to Yahiko's side.

"Shinra Tensei!"

Pain immediately realized his master's intentions and decisively used Shinra Tensei.

A powerful and invisible repulsive force instantly pushed Jiraiya away from mid-air.

Bang! ! !

The cave walls were suddenly shattered.

A large hole appeared, and Jiraiya flew backwards for nearly a thousand meters through the hole. Pain's figure also quickly left through the hole and headed out into the outside world.

Jiraiya, one of the Legendary Sannin...

Kakuzu narrowed his eyes, then exchanged a glance with the others from Ark Proverbs before quickly going to watch the battle.

Kisame, who remained where he was, glanced at Konan, who was still on the stage, and silently left the cave as well.

"Jiraiya-sensei..."

A fleeting look of worry crossed Xiao Nan's eyes, but her expression quickly hardened.

In any case, Nagato's dream must be realized!

Seeing that the newly recruited Akatsuki members who had gone outside only wanted to watch the battle and had no intention of helping, Konan didn't pay much attention to them.

She could guess some of Nagato's thoughts; he simply wanted to establish his authority in front of these people. Coincidentally, Jiraiya, as one of the Legendary Sannin, was famous in the ninja world and possessed great strength. Although his arrival was sudden, he was the perfect target for establishing his authority.

Hearing the loud noises coming from outside the cave, Xiao Nan frowned slightly, but ultimately decided to go and take a look.

……

Bang! ! !

Jiraiya was blasted away again.

In an instant, gravel flew everywhere and dust billowed up!

Even though Jiraiya's physical condition has always been excellent, and he has become far superior to ordinary people after practicing Sage Mode, he couldn't help but feel excruciating pain all over his body at this moment.

The power of Shinra Tensei struck him, comparable to Tsunade's iron fist, yet its range was extremely wide, making it impossible to dodge. Jiraiya endured the excruciating pain as he got up, glaring at Pain, who was swooping down from the sky, and gritted his teeth as he questioned:

"You...you're not Yahiko, are you?"

"You're Nagato!"

"Tell me, what happened to Yahiko?"

Jiraiya, who had been fighting Pain for a long time, noticed something was wrong.

He had spent three years with his three disciples, and he even taught them their fighting styles and details.

At this moment, Pain's appearance during the battle was not like Yahiko at all; rather, it resembled Nagato with Yahiko's face.

The first thought that popped into Jiraiya's mind was that Yahiko had been turned into a puppet, and it was also the main reason why he was glaring angrily at Pain!

however……

You've mistaken me for someone else.

"Yahiko is dead, Nagato is dead, I am Pain, the only god in this world!"

Pain ignored Jiraiya's questioning and continued his attack.

With Shinra Tensei and Bansho Ten'in released in succession, Pain, relying on his ability to float in the void, almost completely overwhelmed his teacher, leaving him powerless to fight back.

Bang!Bang!Bang!

Mountains and forests within a radius of several thousand meters were wantonly crushed.

Countless pebbles and vegetation sometimes floated in the air, and sometimes fell suddenly like raindrops as gravity disappeared.

"Cough cough..."

Jiraiya, who was once again sent flying, spat out a mouthful of blood.

However, before he could recover, Pain's attack came down again.

"Universal Guidance!"

The ground was pulled up by a powerful suction force, and the rocks and soil under Jiraiya's feet in the deep pit began to tremble.

Feeling the vibration beneath his feet, a resolute glint flashed in Jiraiya's eyes.

Nagato...

Since that's the case, then don't blame the teacher!

boom!

The rock that Jiraiya was standing on floated up, and at the same time, he instantly cast a summoning jutsu.

As a wisp of white mist appeared, two old-looking, small toads stood on Jiraiya's shoulders, one on each side.

"Boss, Big Sister."

"This time, my enemy is a former disciple of mine; he possesses the Rinnegan!"

"Please help me enter Sage Mode."

Knowing there was little time to waste, Jiraiya's words were simple yet profound.

Shima and Fukasaku looked up at Pain in the sky and immediately frowned.

"Little Jiraiya, you really are... sigh..."

"Alright, stop sighing. Didn't you see that guy is already preparing to attack?"

Immediately, Shima made a decisive move and began helping Jiraiya enter Sage Mode. Seeing this, Fukasaku quickly followed suit.

"Um?"

In the sky, Pain looked down at Jiraiya, who suddenly had two toads on his shoulders. After a moment's thought, he remembered what his teacher was about to do.

Sage Mode!

This is something that Jiraiya had told them before, and even Mount Myōboku had mentioned it to them.

However, perhaps due to the short timeframe or some other considerations, Jiraiya did not teach them this summoning technique back then.

Of course, Pain didn't care.

How could a mere Sage Mode possibly compare to myself, who possesses the Rinnegan and is practically a reincarnation of the Sage of Six Paths?

Pain, with an indifferent expression, stretched out his hand and pointed it downwards.

"Shinra Tensei!"

A terrifying repulsive force struck instantly, and countless clods of earth and rocks that had just been floating in the air fell like meteorites in an instant!

Bang!Bang!Bang!

Countless craters were smashed out, and dust instantly filled the air.

however……

"Nagato... don't underestimate your teacher!"

With the help of Sage Mode, Jiraiya managed to withstand the Shinra Tensei, and did not suffer much injury under such a terrifying attack.

Inside the pit.

"Boss, Big Sister, let's go!"

"good!"

"Let's go!"

A white-haired figure leaped into the air, spewing oil and flames simultaneously toward Pain in the sky.

The raging fire, fueled by the toad oil unique to Mount Myoboku, now engulfed the sky for hundreds of meters around, leaving no gaps.

Pain frowned slightly, then quickly flew upwards.

However, at that moment, a magical noise suddenly rang out, causing his body to pause involuntarily.

This is a combined illusion technique by Shima and Fukasaku!

The raging flames instantly engulfed Pain, engulfing him in a sea of ​​fire.

"Hmph! Shinra Tensei!"

Even the invisible flames were easily pushed away by the repulsive force without any doubt.

Pain looked at Jiraiya, who was running rapidly on the ground below, and his eyes instantly filled with killing intent.

Having learned from their recent encounters that it would be difficult to capture their master Nagato with just the Heavenly Puppet, they decisively summoned five other puppets.

In an instant.

The Animal Path can summon giant ninja beasts; the Preta Path can absorb chakra; the Human Path can extract souls; the Asura Path can fire various weapons like a humanoid weapon; and the Hell Path can summon Yama to resurrect other puppets...

And Pain, the Deva Path, standing tall in the air.

At this moment, Pain of the Six Paths arrives!

Upon seeing this, Jiraiya's expression immediately turned serious.

"Boss, Big Sister."

"It seems this battle will be difficult."

next second.

As the six Paths of Pain attacked simultaneously, Jiraiya exhaled and stared intently at their rapidly approaching figures with a serious expression.

……

How is that possible? That guy is a puppet?!

How is that possible? That guy actually has five more identical puppets?!

Not far away, Kakuzu, who was watching the battle, suddenly had his pupils shrink.

He had originally planned to call on the members of the base to attack Pain and steal the Rinnegan, but seeing the current scene, Kakuzu suddenly became uncertain.

……

The battle between Jiraiya and Pain continued, with both sides fighting all the way to the location of Amegakure (the Hidden Rain Village).

however.

Compared to Jiraiya's cautiousness during the attack, worrying about accidentally harming civilians, Nagato didn't care about the people of Amegakure below at all. To Nagato, Amegakure was Hanzo's property, and as long as the Land of Rain wasn't in too much trouble, that was fine.

Bang!Bang!Bang!

The missiles from the Asura Path were bombarding indiscriminately.

"ah--"

"Help!"

"Run!"

"No, help me! Thud!"

"Lord Hanzo, Lord Hanzo—"

"Waaaaah... Wasn't it said that our Rain Village was protected by demigods? Why did this happen?"

The people of Amegakure suffered countless deaths and injuries under the massive attack of Pain.

For a time, screams and wails continued unabated!

"That brat...that brat..."

Hearing the villagers' cries for help and seeing the horrific scene outside the window, Hanzo the Salamander was instantly consumed by an uncontrollable rage.

He had assumed that Akatsuki members, who were also from the Land of Rain, would not pose any threat to the ordinary ninjas and civilians of Amegakure, even if they hated him to the core, since he remembered Akatsuki's previous code of conduct very clearly.

But now, the horrific scenes caused by the Six Paths of Pain have made Hanzo of the Salamander instantly abandon his original idea of ​​waiting to die.

The demigod of the ninja world clenched his fists, glaring angrily at the Six Paths of Pain as he streaked across the sky.

That's too strong... that's too strong...

Since that's the case, we have no choice but to give it a shot!

With a fierce expression, Hanzo the Salamander suddenly moved to the table next to him, grabbed a "treasure" and took a bite!

(End of this chapter)