Ninja World: I, Kisame Hoshigaki, am no longer human!

In front of this majestic wooden Arhat statue, the heretical demon statue that Nagato summoned only reached the former's waist and looked like a small child.

Kisame stood in the space above the wooden doll's head, arms crossed, looking down at Nagato, his face practically screaming "invincible."

"Humph."

Nagato snapped out of his daze and let out a cold snort.

Not to be outdone, he poured even more chakra into the Gedo Mazo beneath his feet, causing its body to swell again until it reached the same height as the wooden doll.

At that moment, Kisame had already charged forward on his wooden doll, striking first and launching a wooden dragon that was wrapped around the doll's arm, binding the body of the Gedo Mazo.

However, the golem controlled by Nagato is not so easy to deal with, and it is impossible for it to submit to Kisame so easily.

Shhhhhh.

The golem opened its mouth again, and chains flew out, binding the wooden Arhat opposite it and rendering it unable to move.

Moreover, these chains also have sealing abilities, which can suppress the chakra of the wooden puppet.

The two enormous figures were locked in a stalemate.

sizzle.

Suddenly, the pillar-shaped protrusion on the back of the demonic statue emitted a dazzling burst of lightning, and finally fired a huge bolt of lightning forward, which struck the wooden Arhat hard.

Click.

A large hole was punched into the wooden Arhat's body beneath Kisame's feet, and the massive body swayed precariously, on the verge of falling apart.

The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path is, after all, the body of the Ten-Tails. Even the Sage of Six Paths could not destroy it and could only seal it, which shows how powerful its life force and how strong its physique are.

Moreover, it possesses many wondrous abilities, which, under Nagato's control, were unleashed one by one, naturally giving it the upper hand in this battle.

"Roar!"

The demonic statue of the heretic let out another earth-shattering roar and pounced on the wooden Arhat, intending to tear the latter to pieces.

Just as defeat seemed imminent, a smile appeared on Kisame's lips.

He knew from the beginning that his wooden puppet technique was no match for the demonic statue of the Outer Path, so he kept feigning weakness to lure the opponent into attacking him.

At this point, Kisame can reveal his true trump card.

Boom!

As the golem tore the wooden figure apart, the wooden figure seemed to be struggling in its death throes, striking the golem's head with a palm. In its palm, a black "seat" character had quietly appeared.

Ok?

Nagato noticed the character "seat" and was startled, but it was too late.

With a snap, the wooden figure's palm landed on the golem's forehead, and a powerful sealing force immediately entered the golem's body.

Kuo'an entered the city with his hands clasped.

This technique was obtained by Kisame after he tricked Tsunade into giving him her crystal necklace, which he then crushed and absorbed. It is one of the First Hokage's strongest sealing techniques, and it can even put a berserk Nine-Tails into a deep sleep instantly.

The Gedo Mazo before us, though powerful, had all nine eyes closed, meaning it had lost the chakra of the nine tailed beasts and was ultimately just an empty shell.

Therefore, the Gedo Mazo was naturally unable to resist this technique that could seal the Nine-Tails. It instantly froze, its arms hanging down, and fell silent.

what happened?

Nagato suddenly discovered that his connection with the Gedo Mazo had been severed by an unknown force, and no matter how he tried, he could not awaken it from its slumber.

At that moment, as the wooden Arhat opposite him crumbled, Kisame leaped into the air and then descended from the sky like lightning.

To Nagato's horrified gaze, he was violently knocked away by Kisame, and the two entangled in mid-air before falling from the top of the Gedo Mazo.

It landed like a meteor, crashing into the ground with a loud bang and creating a large crater.

As the smoke and dust gradually dissipated.

Kisame appeared in the crater. He stood there straight, one hand gripping Nagato's neck, lifting the defenseless man up.

Then, Kisame reached out with his other hand toward Nagato's Rinnegan.

After some deliberation, he decided to take the Rinnegan from Nagato and control its power.

Nagato's eyes widened, his face filled with despair and terror, but he could only watch helplessly as Kisame's fingers drew closer and closer, causing his whole body to tremble violently.

Just then, something unexpected happened.

"Frog~ Frog~ Frog frog~"

A strange sound suddenly came from the other end of the street, containing a certain rhythm and melody, like a... song.

However, this song was clearly not sung by a human, because its lyrics and melody are only suitable for toads, as only their vocal range can produce such sounds.

Could that sound be...?

Kisame shuddered and abruptly turned to look at the end of the street, where he immediately saw Fukasaku and Shimajiro puffing out their cheeks and singing along on Jiraiya's shoulder.

187. The Curtain Falls

The invisible sound waves, carrying the toad's song, reached the ears of Kisame and Nagato.

Kisame suddenly felt dizzy, and the hand that was gripping Nagato's neck loosened its grip, causing the latter to fall to the ground.

Under the influence of the song, Kisame's consciousness quickly became blurred, and the surrounding space seemed to be distorted as far as his eyes could see.

What a terrifying illusion.

Yes, this is the most powerful illusion in the world—the Magical Toad's Song!

This technique is an illusionary spell that can only be activated by composing a secret musical score using syllables passed down from Mount Myoboku since ancient times, and then having two or more toads sing together.

In particular, the two immortals, Fukasaku and Shima, who had lived together for hundreds of years, achieved the greatest tacit understanding through years of persistent practice, and finally formed a wonderful duet that can be described as perfect.

This technique has been used to its fullest potential.

In the original story, Jiraiya, who infiltrated Amegakure to gather intelligence, encountered the Six Paths of Pain controlled by Nagato and used this technique to instantly kill three of the Six Paths of Pain.

Therefore, if someone is completely unaware of this technique and has no defenses, the moment the song is sung, they will surely become a prisoner of this magical sound and be trapped in a deadly predicament.

For example, Nagato.

He fell to the ground with a thud, completely unaware of the singing in his ears, and instinctively struggled to get up.

But the next second, he froze, his mind bound by an invisible force and taken to another space.

Meanwhile, Kisame...

Fortunately, he already knew about the Toad's Song technique, so he was careful.

Emergency moment.

Swish.

Before Kisame lost consciousness, his back muscles bulged, and a pair of black wings unfolded from under his skin, like an eagle taking flight.

Within seconds, Kisame soared straight up to a height of over a hundred meters, far away from the range of Toad's Song.

At this distance, although the song still affects them, its power has been greatly weakened, and they can no longer drag Kisame into the illusionary world that binds his mind.

Kisame breathed a sigh of relief, calmed himself down, and looked down again.

The streets, where the song echoed, were so distorted that even space itself seemed to be warped. Jiraiya and Nagato had vanished, and nothing could be seen.

at the same time.

Within the illusionary space created by the toad's song.

Nagato was trapped in a square barrier, seemingly floating on water, and had fallen into a coma. Around the barrier, there were four giant, imposing toads clad in armor, each holding a sword in one hand and pressing the other against the barrier, surrounding Nagato.

On their chest armor were engraved four large characters: “不” (Bu), “动” (Dong), “冥” (Ming), and “王” (Wang).

With a ripple in the space, Jiraiya entered, carrying a huge stone sword.

"We only trapped one enemy? I didn't expect the other guy to react so quickly and escape from our combined illusion."

Shima was quite surprised to see that only Nagato was inside the barrier, and Orochimaru was not.

"Jiraiya, hurry up and take action. Let's deal with the enemy with the Rinnegan first. We can't maintain this genjutsu space for long."

"Immortal Fukasaku urged, his voice sounding somewhat hoarse, and his expression showing signs of exhaustion."

That's because the Toad Song technique puts a considerable strain on the user's throat and requires a large amount of chakra to activate.

The two immortals can only activate this once in a short period of time.

Upon hearing this, Jiraiya slowly raised the stone sword in his hand. As long as he used this stone sword, a secret technique of Mount Myōboku, to pierce Nagato's heart, the latter's soul would be slowly released from the illusion space and enter the underworld.

However, at this moment, Jiraiya hesitated.

"Boss, Big Sister, Nagato is the prophesied child in the Great Toad Sage's words, a savior destined to change the ninja world and bring peace to this world. Is it really okay for me to kill him like this?"

Jiraiya asked hesitantly.

"What bullshit about being the son of prophecy! In my opinion, that old man is just too old, and he drinks heavily all day long, often getting so drunk that he's unconscious, which is why he talks nonsense in his dreams."

Master Shima snorted, his face full of disdain. Clearly, he had long harbored resentment towards Gamamaru.

"Honey, you're not allowed to talk about the master like that!"

Fukasaku grew impatient and sternly rebuked Shima, then said decisively, "The Lord's prophecies are always 100% accurate, never wrong! Little Jiraiya, have you ever considered that the Nagato before you is not actually the true child of prophecy?"

"what?!"

Jiraiya froze on the spot.

Yes, the Great Toad Sage only said that he would travel the world and write novels, and the disciples he took in during this process would become the children of prophecy.

But is that person necessarily Nagato?

Looking back now, it's clear that Nagato possessed the same Rinnegan as the Sage of Six Paths, and it was precisely this that misled Jiraiya, leading him to believe that Nagato was the child of prophecy.

Only now did he realize that Nagato was not the child of prophecy. In other words, his mission to find the child of prophecy was not yet complete.

Even so.

Jiraiya still couldn't bring himself to kill Nagato.

In the world of ninjas, the bond between master and disciple is perhaps even more important than that between family members. Just as Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn't bring himself to kill his beloved disciple Orochimaru, Jiraiya also couldn't bear to kill Nagato.