Witty Naruto Life

Chapter 233 Payne: This isn't my sweat, it's a drop of water (4K)

"How long until Payne catches up... two minutes, three minutes, five minutes?"

At this moment, Sakura herself was at a fork in the pipe, facing left and right. She simply stopped and did not continue forward.

Intuition told her that the direction she would choose next would determine her fate.

Or perhaps Naruto will arrive in time to help her make the choice.

Sakura leaned against the wall, her body slightly hunched, her hands resting on her knees, panting as she began to regain her strength.

Let's wait for those two clones to send us a message.

But Sakura couldn't stay still; she couldn't help but start thinking about Naruto's situation.

Itachi Uchiha, Obito, Deidara, Orochimaru, the mastermind behind it all...

"Thinking about it that way, the power dynamics on your side are far more complex than mine..."

Sakura took out the Flying Thunder God kunai, examined it for a moment, and wiped away the small clots of blood that had formed on the blade.

A cold glint flashed across the blade, revealing her face.

His face was covered in sweat, his pink hair clung to his scalp, his lips were slightly bluish from the high-speed movement, and there were black lines on his face after activating the Hundred Healing Technique.

Half a minute later.

Sakura's pupils contracted sharply as she received messages from her two water clones almost simultaneously.

……

Inside the pipe before the clone dissipates.

Sakura's clones hurried downwards along the pipe opening, avoiding the use of superhuman strength and ninjutsu to minimize the disturbance and buy more time.

beep, beep...

The footsteps were amplified again inside the ground pipes. At that moment, a cold glint flashed in Sakura's eyes, and she instantly summoned a water whip in her hand!
Throw it backward in an instant!
"Snapped!"

The water whip instantly extended backward, completely enveloping the massive object following behind her!

"It's a chameleon... Did the Animal Path hide itself inside a chameleon?"

Sakura formed hand seals, causing the living water in the Water Whip to begin to change shape!
"Water Style: Boiling Flow Technique!"

The originally slender water whip suddenly began to grow thicker and thicker, like a python swallowing its prey, and bubbles kept rising from it!

"Zizzizi!!"

The sound of boiling water made the chameleon howl, followed by a loud "bang"!

"No, that's a shadow clone!"

Sakura's eyelids twitched, and she summoned the Water Whip again, flicking it in front of her. This time, the chameleon in front of her suddenly spat out the Hungry Ghost Path, raised its hand to grab Sakura's Water Whip, and instantly absorbed it completely!
This was a coordinated attack to intercept Sakura's escape route. First, shadow clones were placed in ambush behind her to deliberately create a disturbance.

After Sakura made her move, the main body circled around to the front, and the Animal Path commanded the chameleon to spit out the Hungry Ghost Path, neutralizing Sakura's attack and blocking the way forward.

Without any hesitation, Sakura rushed towards the direction of the Hungry Ghost Path and took out a kunai.

Immediately afterwards, Sakura threw the kunai at the Preta Path. Upon closer inspection, one could see that a thin steel wire was attached to the back of the kunai.

Sakura is skilled in shurikenjutsu, a technique she mastered after joining the Anbu.

At this moment, she took out several kunai and used the bouncing motion between them to instantly cover all the vital points of the two people's bodies with her attack!
The Hungry Ghost Path ignored Sakura's kunai and instead stretched out a hand towards her, which instantly extended into an enormous iron rod!

Sakura's eyelids twitched, and she slightly turned her body to avoid vital areas, but the iron rod still pierced through her left shoulder!
Then, the Animal Path summoned a giant panda with the Rinnegan, blocking all the kunai in front of the two.

"Buzzing—"

Unlike before, this time when the iron rod was inserted, Sakura instantly became disoriented and experienced severe tinnitus.

She immediately chopped the iron bar with a chop of her hand and pulled the remaining iron bar from her shoulder. Her whole body began to sway precariously, as if she were about to turn back into living water.

Sakura, the clone, gritted her teeth and forcefully used the Hundred Healings Technique to hold on, preventing the clone from dissipating.

Then, the panda that had been blocking the kunai suddenly released the summoning spell with a "bang".

The moment the white smoke dissipated, the Hungry Ghost Path saw that Sakura had already walked up to him and raised his hand to throw a punch!
This scene was captured by the Animal Path behind them, so the Preta Path dodged the punch without hesitation. Sakura did not stop, and continued to throw punches, forcing the Preta Path to retreat repeatedly.

After several rounds of close combat, Pain learned of Sakura's superhuman strength, and this reminded him of someone.

"Interesting, this medical technique and superhuman strength... Could you be Tsunade's disciple?" the Preta Path asked while dodging Sakura's heavy punches.

Sakura remained silent, making her punch even faster, but the next moment, she heard a loud bang, and then saw countless hellhounds splitting into countless ones rushing towards her!
She hesitated for only a moment, then stepped on the pipe, almost crushing it completely. The Hungry Ghost Path hurriedly retreated, and in that instant, Sakura formed hand seals:
"Water Release·Water Breaking Wave!"

The high-pressure water gun cut the three most recent vicious dogs in half!

In an instant, blood splattered everywhere!

Before the Hungry Ghost Path could react, it saw Sakura, bathed in blood, charging towards it and coming right up to it!

"Psychic art!"

"Bang!!"

The hell crab, wielding a giant shrimp claw, lunged straight at Sakura!

A flicker of hesitation crossed Sakura's eyes, but it was this momentary hesitation that made the Preta Path raise its hand and grab her neck!
In an instant, Sakura felt her power rapidly disappearing.

The Preta Path not only ignores all ninjutsu, but also absorbs the enemy's chakra, as long as he makes physical contact with the opponent.

Right at this crucial juncture,

The Hungry Ghost Path met Sakura's gaze.

He couldn't see any panic in her eyes; besides determination, there was a chilling coldness that went deep into her bones.

This is the look that comes from enduring countless hardships.

"Shhh!!"

The hungry ghost in disbelief released his grip, clutching his neck as he realized it could no longer support his head.

That cut almost severed his cervical spine!

Then, looking at the Flying Thunder God kunai in Sakura's hand, she gave him a chilling smile:
"How would it feel to be beheaded by his kunai?"

"Ho ho ho..."

The hungry ghost was unable to utter a word; his carotid artery and trachea were severed, and blood gushed from his mouth.

The animal realm, standing behind the hungry ghost realm, stepped forward, gazed at Sakura, and murmured softly:

"he?"

Who exactly is this "he"?

Could he be the one who told Sakura the information?

If she is Tsunade's apprentice, then she is undoubtedly a member of Konoha.

The only person willing to share such important information would undoubtedly be her colleagues in Konoha.

So here's the question: putting aside Tsunade, who has been staying at Konoha's headquarters for a long time, who else has the ability to obtain his information without being noticed?

In that instant, countless thoughts arose in the mind of the Animal Path—no, Nagato.

These ideas, intertwined with all the intelligence he currently possessed, gradually formed a torrent of thoughts.

But, for some reason,

These torrents of ideas eventually began to converge in a unified direction.

The convergence was directed towards that figure who had gained prominence in recent years and wielded dominant influence within Konoha.

"Could it be that……"

The Beast Path watched as Sakura's clone, which could no longer be maintained, gradually transformed into living water, and asked:

"Is it Naruto Uzumaki?" Sakura, the clone, remained silent, only giving him a cold smile.

It was precisely this cold smile that made the name Naruto Uzumaki seem heavy.

Starting with Gaara, that man who hovered above the Akatsuki organization like a dark cloud once again appeared in front of the Akatsuki leader.

Why?
How could he possibly know my abilities?
This question began to swirl in Payne's mind like a whirlpool, until...

……

"Drip...tap...drip...tap..."

"I... I'm sweating?"

Amegakure Village, located at a high point in the residential area.

Hell Path watched as another clone, Sakura, ran through the alley, and suddenly felt a drop of water appear on his forehead.

"Drip...tap..."

He looked up and saw drops of water falling from the eaves. Some were blown away by the wind, while others dripped onto his forehead.

"It was just a water droplet..."

Hell Path looked at Sakura in the distance and murmured, "That's right, it's water droplets, not sweat."

"I'm very relaxed now; there's no way I'd be sweating buckets because of Naruto Uzumaki,"

"She's the same; she's just Tsunade's student. The legendary Sannin each have their own special abilities, and their disciples are no exception. There's nothing strange about that."

"Naruto Uzumaki is Jiraiya's student, and this woman is Tsunade's student. I was just fighting their students..."

"Not worth a penny."

Having said that, Hell Path chased straight after Sakura.

at the same time,

Sakura, the clone, looked around.

She saw water continuously flowing down the rooftops, bridges, and pipe surfaces, converging along grooves set into the surfaces towards the vicinity of the central tower.

"I see. That's how residents collect their water on a daily basis. They deliberately set it up near the center, probably because a filtration system is installed here."

"Then by fighting them near the tower, I can make better use of the environment,"

"Or rather, I can try it right now..."

After saying that, Sakura suddenly formed hand seals with lightning speed, and the water droplets around her began to vibrate slightly in response!

She had noticed the Hell Path's pursuit from behind, and therefore, she wanted to eliminate this troublemaker who could keep resurrecting Pain once and for all.

But before they could react...

"boom!!"

Pain appeared directly in front of her, raised his hand, and shouted:
"Shinra Tenzheng!"

"boom!!"

In an instant, countless mud and sand mixed with water droplets, pebbles and hurricanes rushed towards Sakura with the force of thunder!
"So you two are now in pairs, while two others are still chasing my main body..."

Sakura, the clone, narrowed her eyes and instantly understood Pain's tactics.

"Water escape……"

"boom!!"

A flying stone hit Sakura on the head, preventing her from releasing her ninjutsu in time, and she instantly felt dizzy.

The next moment, as she was about to fall, she braced herself with her hands to prevent her face from hitting the ground, but as soon as she got up, Hell Path grabbed her by the neck.

“Speak…” Hell Path began calmly.

"Was the person who gave you the information Naruto Uzumaki?"

"Buzz-"

Sakura, the clone, felt a sudden dizziness, and then a terrifying face suddenly rose from the ground, with the character 'King' carved on its head, and a pair of ferocious, huge Rinnegan eyes staring straight at Sakura.

The Spirit Communicator, the King of Hell, can "judge" whether a captured person is lying. If they are lying, their tongue will automatically stick out and be taken out and eaten by the King of Hell.

Another ability is the ability to be reborn as Yama, which is the key to reviving Pain.

Sakura's clone stuck out her long tongue and hovered in the air. Hell Path coldly said:

"I'll ask you one more time, was the person who gave you the information...?"

As the interrogation was underway, the Hell Realm suddenly fell silent.

Why did he need to confirm this with the woman in front of him?
Judging from her abilities, if Shi Chui is Tsunade's disciple, then it can be assumed that Konoha already knows about Pain's information.

In that case, whether it's confirmed or not is no longer important.

Moreover, confirming this gave him a sense of déjà vu that he valued Naruto Uzumaki very much.

It's really unreasonable for someone as powerful as a god to repeatedly confirm something when it's just a jinchūriki.

So, the hell realm changed its problem.

Where is Naruto Uzumaki now?

But Sakura caught Hell Path's micro-expressions, and with difficulty, she managed to project a mocking smile onto her face, saying:
"That's right, your information was leaked by Naruto Uzumaki,"

Upon hearing this, Pain, the Deva Path, felt a surge of violent emotion and wanted to immediately crush the woman in front of him into mincemeat.

Sakura: "So here's the question: who told Naruto Uzumaki your information?"

Almost instantly, Yama reached out his purple hand and grabbed Sakura's tongue, causing her to immediately show a pained expression.

However, the clone Sakura was not executed immediately.

"Where is Naruto Uzumaki now?" Hell Path asked again.

Regardless, Pain was determined to take down Naruto Uzumaki.

But more importantly, he needs to take the initiative from now on.

Gaara's actions were intercepted by Naruto, and Hidan Kakuzu was also killed by someone who resembled Naruto Uzumaki. Pain's patience gradually wore thin during this process.

Therefore, we must start by finding out Naruto's whereabouts, regain the initiative, and allow our divine status to be manifested.

"This question... is really stupid..."

Sakura mumbled something, but the mockery on her face became increasingly obvious.

next moment,
She slowly stretched out a hand toward the hell realm, and the latter raised an eyebrow. Was it about to start struggling because it couldn't take it anymore?
However, Sakura then pointed that hand at the Hell Path.

And made the international friendship gesture—

A middle finger.

The next moment, her body suddenly swelled up two sizes, unleashing a tremendous impact and making a 'sizzling' sound!
The Hell Path made Yama extend the purple hand back, and the Heaven Path rushed over and immediately launched the Divine Rasengan, deflecting all the Water Release: Boiling Stream Techniques!

……

Almost at the same moment.

The animal realm.

Inside a closed pipe.

At the same time that the Hungry Ghost Path was beheaded by Sakura's clone, the Animal Path suddenly found that its vision blurred.

A figure emerged from Sakura, who was about to completely detach her water clones and transform into a pool of living water.

(End of this chapter)