Double-transformation: I, Sakura Haruno! Will crush the pirates!

"The Uchiha clan's complete idiot!"

Sakura muttered a curse about the Uchiha clan in her mind, then looked down and saw Jiraiya being chased by a group of ninjas.

"Sakura! Help...help...help!"

Hearing the incoherent man's shouts approaching from afar, the girl raised her hand to her forehead, not wanting to face this shitty reality anymore.

but....

I do not turn to the mountain, but the mountain turns to me.

The massive chakra source that had been sensed earlier finally crashed down in front of Sakura after a long flight.

Thunder and lightning raged, suppressing the light between heaven and earth!

Amidst the howling winds, a man dressed in a black robe with red clouds floated in front of Sakura.

His gaze, as cold as a corpse, locked onto Sakura in front of him, or more precisely, onto the lingering aura emanating from her.

"So it's you, the one who just attacked the village!"

The orange-haired man opened his mouth, and as he spoke, the iron bars on his body clanged together, adding a chilling sound to his tone.

"You are... Yahiko!!!"

Jiraiya ran straight up the tower and stood next to Sakura, staring wide-eyed at the man in front of him.

"What happened? I heard that you, Konan, and Nagato sacrificed yourselves!"

"And...your eyes! Aren't those Nagato's eyes?"

Faced with Jiraiya's questioning, the orange-haired man mechanically twisted his neck and turned his gaze toward him.

"Jiraiya-sensei, I did die, but I was reborn and became Kamui of Amekage!"

"Now please call me by my new name—Payne!"

Beneath a long black robe with red clouds, a hand holding a nail was raised and aimed at Sakura and Jiraiya.

"Moreover, this is the second time your Konoha has destroyed my hometown. Can you please die here, teacher?"

Amidst the resounding roar, the two nails in Payne's hands suddenly exploded, the black nails tearing through the air with a high-pitched cry, and piercing towards the two men with ripples of air.

"Wait, it's not us!"

Jiraiya waved his arms, about to explain.

Sakura smiled, brandishing her greatsword of ice, and clashed violently with the nail.

"Well done!"

boom!

The moment the nail and the greatsword collided, a surge of chakra flowed from Pain into the nail, and then a second repulsive force erupted at the point where the blades met, shattering Sakura's ice sword.

"This is troublesome, Jiraiya-sensei!"

Holding the broken half of the blade in her hand, Sakura's gaze turned serious.

"With such power, did you intend to kill?"

"Sakura, buy me some time!"

Seeing that his opponent had used such a powerful technique, Jiraiya gave up on trying to communicate.

But he also knew that the Rinnegan was not easy to deal with, so he used the Summoning Jutsu to slap the ground and summon Gamaken, one of the three toads.

"Jiraiya, do you really think someone as useless as me can be of any help to you?"

"Of course! Gamaken, please help Sakura hold him off!"

Jiraiya called out, then took out some face paint from his pocket, applied it to his face, and clasped his hands together.

A large amount of chakra flowed, and the transparent barrier spread out, changing like mercury to form a sphere.

The natural energy enveloping the barrier continuously entered Jiraiya's body through the compression of his hand seals, combining with his chakra to create Sage Chakra.

"Ok?"

Pain sensed an unusual energy converging on Jiraiya and turned the black nail in his hand toward him.

Sakura and Gamaken, who were standing nearby, were also ready. One of them threw a Flying Thunder God kunai, while the other slammed the iron rod in her hand down at him.

Amidst a deafening crash, large plumes of smoke, along with earth and rocks, shot into the sky.

Payne's figure burst through the smoke and floated in the sky.

Nearby, amidst the dirt, rocks, and dust, a kunai bearing the mark of a cherry blossom gleamed with a cold light.

--call out!

Amidst the tremors and vibrations of time and space, the raging heat waves, concealed within the blazing sword light, burst forth in a triumphant song!

Clang!

The sharp blades whirled and transformed into dazzling rainbow ribbons in the wind, deadly yet beautiful enough!

Pain clasped his hands together, and burning chakra surged into his body from the iron rod: "Shinra Tensei!"

The repulsive force erupted, chasing away the soil, rocks, and dust floating in mid-air inch by inch, colliding with the blade light and producing intense friction.

"Got it!"

Gamaken leaped high into the air and slammed his iron bar down during the brief interval between Pain's Shinra Tensei attacks.

However, on the ground below the battlefield, a man with long orange hair quickly formed hand seals and slammed his hands on the ground.

"Psychic art!"

With a loud bang, the smoke screen exploded.

Pain, who should have been under Gamaken's attack, was summoned to his side, along with four other ninjas whose bodies were covered in iron rods.

The toad in the sky swung its staff but missed, tumbling several times in the air before crashing heavily into the water.

"Tch, this is troublesome. Someone of this level is beyond my current capabilities."

Sakura's gaze grew increasingly serious, but the smile on her delicate face was one of unrestrained arrogance.

"Hey, Jiraiya-sensei, we might not be able to beat these guys!"

"Idiot, you're already giving up before you've even started? How much do you underestimate me!"

Jiraiya, still with his hands clasped together, used chakra to stick himself to the outside of a building and angrily rebuked Sakura.

However, while watching Sakura's battle, he was also secretly gathering information about her, and seeing so many double Rinnegan eyes truly shocked him.

"Haha, then you'll be the main player!"

Sakura laughed and retreated to Jiraiya's side along with Gamabunta, who had jumped out of the water.

This arrangement, with elements aligned from both ends, prevented Jiraiya from being attacked while he was gathering strength to enter Sage Mode.

"Jiraiya-sensei, listen up!"

Sakura whispers to Jiraiya to pass on the information.

"This guy has six clones, all controlled by the same person, each with different abilities. Be careful, as their line of sight is shared!"

!!!

Jiraiya and the Human Path who was gathering information above both widened their eyes.

"Shut up, brat!"

The animal roared, bit its finger, and slammed it hard on the ground.

After a massive cloud of smoke exploded, a huge shadow suddenly burst forth, and a three-headed dog with wings flew towards Sakura at full speed.

"Jiraiya-sensei, be careful of those summoned beasts too!"

"Didn't you hear me tell you to shut up, you brat!"

Amidst the raging storm, the howling giant dog bared its brutal teeth and tore at the enemy.

Bang!

Sakura's figure, along with a building in front of her, was pulverized in the raging attack, sending up clouds of dust.

"Sakura!"

Jiraiya's pupils shrank.

But beneath the smoke and dust, Sakura's hands were seen bracing against the upper and lower rows of teeth of the three-headed dog.

At first glance, it seems like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, but she did indeed block it.

"Their line of sight is also connected, so please be careful!"

Sakura slowly turned her gaze to Jiraiya and winked at him playfully.

"This guy!"

The animal spirit standing on the back of the three-headed dog's expression changed, and he formed hand seals, trying to summon more ninja beasts.

But struck by a sudden impact, it lost its balance and fell onto the head of the three-headed dog.

The animal being looked down and saw the girl below, who was clutching the three-headed dog's teeth, was now boiling with excitement.

It seemed as if an overwhelming force was roaring.

The three-headed dog howled incessantly, cracking and bursting apart under Sakura's tearing.

It was forcibly torn in half, spilling blood and internal organs all over the ground.

"Boiling Release: Unparalleled Strength!!!"

Chapter 57 Let's be enemies again sometime!

"Naive, Split-dogs don't have..."

Just as the long-haired beast was about to speak, he discovered that the shattered parts of the split dog's body had been frozen solid with ice.

"Who are you, and how did you obtain our information?!"

The Asura realm, the Human realm, the Hungry Ghost realm, the Hell realm, and the Heavenly realm all stood up together.

The synchronized voices coming from the six people added to the eerie atmosphere.

Hehe, guess what I mean~

Sakura flicked a kunai from the summoning scroll in her hand and rolled the scroll, which was engraved with a cherry blossom mark, onto the kunai.

Facing a complex and collaborative ninja group like Pain, the Flying Thunder God Technique must be prepared at all times to prevent any unexpected incidents.

"No need, I will get what I want from your memories!"

The animal's fingernail scratched his palm, and the supernatural power was restored.

A strange bird with an oval-shaped, sharp beak cried out and, in the blink of an eye, scattered a large pile of light green sticky balls.

Orange light emanated from the sticky ball, and the ever-increasing heat caused it to collapse towards the center, after which the sticky ball expanded.

"Yes! Mr. Toad Ken!"

"okay!"

Sakura took a step back, and a large bowl-shaped shield crashed down in front of them.

boom! boom! boom!

The continuous explosions covered the entire area, and five figures rushed into the smoke one after another.

Sakura looked up and her Observation Haki detected several blades slashing rapidly toward her head.

Shura Road!

She slumped down, revealing numerous surgical marks on both sides.

——Ninja Technique·Water Formation Wall!

The rapidly rotating water created an iron wall-like defense. In the Land of Rain, using Water Release was very economical with chakra, so Sakura simply expanded the defense, wrapping up Gamaken as well.

Just as the water curtain rose, a clanging sound came from outside, along with several explosions that were also cut off.

However, outside the water array walls.