Naruto: I, who fooled the ninja world, was hailed as a savior.

Tell me in Chapter 224!
The sky was a dazzling blue, without a single cloud, like a giant sapphire, with the scorching sun mercilessly baking the boundless sea of ​​sand.

As far as the eye could see, the air was distorted and deformed by the high temperature, and the undulating sand dunes in the distance swayed like waves, with only a deathly golden expanse and surging heat waves.

On the edge of the desert, a solitary outpost of Sunagakure stands like a forgotten fortress amidst the scorching heat.

The main body of the sentry post was built of stacked rocks, with a simple watchtower on top.

Inside the outpost, in a cramped and stuffy rest room, several exhausted Sand Village ninjas slumped in the shadows, greedily sipping water and enjoying the thin coolness of the shadows.

Sweat soaked through their clothes, dripping down their faces, and the air was thick with a dry smell.

"Junzhi, Kenta, it's your turn to change shifts!" a slightly hoarse voice urged impatiently.

"Okay, okay, I got it..."

The young ninja named Junzhi responded lazily, reluctantly stood up, and patted the shoulder of his equally listless companion.

"Come on, brother, let's go up and warm ourselves by the fire."

The two playfully pushed and shoved each other as they opened the door to the lounge. A wave of even hotter air immediately hit them, forcing them to squint and struggle up the steep steps leading to the observation deck.

Upon reaching the top of the observation deck, the blinding sunlight made the two instinctively shield their eyes with their hands.

"This awful weather, I've had enough."

Kenta complained as he put on his goggles, and the lenses instantly fogged up.

"Be content. It's better than fighting those crazy Amegakure bastards on the battlefield."

Junzhi joked, picked up the binoculars that were burning hot from the sun, and casually scanned the distant desert that was distorted by the heat wave and looked like rippling water.

Suddenly, his movements froze, the playful smile on his face instantly replaced by surprise and doubt.

"Hey, Kenta," Toshishi said quickly, "Look over there, isn't there someone over there? It's not a hallucination, is it?"

Kenta paused for a moment, picked up the binoculars, and looked in the direction Junji was pointing.

On the distant horizon, in a desert distorted like a mirage due to the intense heat, three figures were walking unhurriedly toward the outpost.

They walked on the incredibly hot sand, seemingly oblivious to the heat. Their figures appeared and disappeared amidst the rising heat, their black robes standing out starkly against the desert landscape!
"who?"

Kenta's heart skipped a beat, and a chill instantly dispelled the heat in his body. Without hesitation, he opened his mouth, ready to shout an alarm.

However, just as his voice was about to burst out of his throat...

In the distance, among the three figures, the one standing in the middle slowly raised his hands.

hum!hum!
An indescribable, terrifying suction force instantly traversed the vast distance and firmly gripped Junji and Kenta on the observation platform!

"Uh……"

The two only had time to let out a short scream before their bodies were lifted off the ground completely out of their control.

Like withered grass uprooted in a gale, it flew rapidly toward the three figures!
It moved so fast that it left two blurry afterimages in the scorching air.

Two black rods, gleaming with a cold, icy light, emerged from the wide sleeves of the orange-haired figure.

next moment.

puff!puff!
Two muffled, chilling piercing sounds rang out almost simultaneously, crisp like tearing cloth, particularly jarring in the deathly silence of the desert!
The bodies of the two Sand Village ninjas slammed precisely into the two black rods, piercing through their chests without any resistance.

Scalding hot blood gushed from the wound like a fountain, instantly staining the hot golden sand beneath his feet. The sizzling sound of evaporation accompanied the strong smell of blood that filled the air.

Their bodies convulsed violently a few times, and the fear and life in their eyes quickly faded, eventually freezing completely.

"Tsk."

Watching the clean and efficient killing before him, Miyajo En, standing beside him, smiled and remarked, "It's really easy to carry out missions with you, Boss."

Yahiko……

No, it should be said, Pain of the Deva Path.

He remained expressionless, not even lifting his eyelids.

The blood-stained black stick was pulled from the two corpses, which fell heavily onto the sand, kicking up small clouds of dust. Their empty eyes were blankly reflected in the cruel blue sky above.

"Let's do it." Pain's voice was cold and flat. "Capture the One-Tailed Beast, and then head to Konoha to capture the Nine-Tailed Beast."

As he spoke, he lifted his foot and continued walking forward without stopping, the black soles of his boots making a slight crunching sound as they stepped on the blood-soaked sand.

"Yes, yes, we definitely need to hurry."

Miyajo En shrugged with a grin, his tone still flippant: "Otherwise, that guy Shennong might really have died at the hands of the two 'Sannin' of Konoha."

As soon as he finished speaking, Miyajo En vanished from the spot, along with Hell Path Pain, leaving only a slight cloud of dust behind.

To ensure the success of this tailed beast capture plan, Nagato brought out his "Six Paths of Pain," while his main body and Konan stayed behind to guard against any unexpected events.

Meanwhile, inside the guard's rest room, the air remained stuffy and humid, with only the faint sounds of kettles and conversations.

"That kid Junzhi is complaining again." A Sand Village ninja muttered lazily, picked up his water bottle and took a big gulp, his Adam's apple bobbing laboriously.

"Probably slacking off up there again." Another ninja wiped the kunai in his hand without looking up, the blade reflecting a faint, cold light in the dim light.

Just then, the wooden door to the lounge was slowly pushed open, the hinges making a dry, harsh rubbing sound.

squeak...

A figure staggered in, his steps unsteady and unsteady, as if he were drunk, and walked toward the center of the lounge.

Several Sand Village ninja glanced at him out of the corner of their eyes, and after recognizing "Junzhi," they lowered their heads indifferently and continued with their own business.

"Why are you back, Junji?" a ninja asked casually. "Where's Kenta?"

However, he received no response.

An eerie silence instantly descended upon the lounge, with only the sound of staggering footsteps echoing hollowly in the deathly still and stuffy space.

Several Sand Village ninjas noticed the anomaly almost simultaneously.

They suddenly looked up.

Just as they looked up, Junzhi, who had been looking down with his hair covering most of his face, also suddenly raised his head.

The once familiar face was now completely devoid of color.

The whites of his eyes had turned a terrifying blood red, and the center of his pupils was a strange purple horizontal pupil, like that of a goat!

"Illusion?"

"Sharingan?!"

The two Sand Village ninja blurted out instinctively.

But they soon realized something was wrong.

Those eyes, without the tomoe, those horizontal pupils—they were definitely not Sharingan! "Attack!"

One of the fastest-reacting Sand Village ninjas shouted sharply, while simultaneously throwing out several poisoned kunai from his hands!
The kunai tore through the air, making a sharp, piercing sound!
The others reacted instantly, flipping over, drawing their swords, and forming hand seals with incredible speed, creating a whooshing sound in the sweltering air!
Whoosh!Whoosh!Whoosh!
Kunai, shuriken, wind blades...

Various attacks poured down on "Junzhi" like a torrential rain!
puff!puff!
The attack struck Junzhi's body without hindrance, with dull thuds of flesh hitting flesh echoing one after another. Blood instantly stained his clothes, and hot droplets of blood splattered onto the dry ground.

However, Junzhi's face remained expressionless as he reached out his blood-stained hand and grabbed a kunai stuck in his chest.

Then, make a powerful slash!
scoff!

A chilling tearing sound echoed clearly in the deathly silent lounge!

Junzhi actually used a kunai to forcefully cut his own chest open from the middle!

No internal organs! No bones!
What gushed out of the wound was not fresh blood, but a thick, wriggling, purplish-black substance.

It surged out wildly like a living thing, instantly enveloping "Junzhi's" entire body.

It transformed into a purplish-black sphere of flesh and blood, pounding violently like a heart.

Each heartbeat produced a dull "thump, thump" sound, striking everyone's heart.

A violent surge of chakra, like a volcano about to erupt, was frantically gathering within the sphere!

This is the ability of the bloodline limit "Blood Dragon Eye," which can turn living beings into "flesh bombs."

Upon seeing this, although they didn't know what it was, the chill ran down their spines as they sensed the violent chakra, causing the Sand Village ninjas' expressions to change.

"quick……"

A Sand Village ninja let out a scream that almost broke the sound.

However, it was too late.

boom! !

A deafening roar suddenly erupted, and the purplish-black ball of flesh, which had expanded to its limit, was like a bomb that had been detonated, instantly releasing a destructive energy shock!

Blinding light engulfed everything in the lounge, and violent explosions and shockwaves raged wildly in all directions!
The entire outpost was instantly blown away in the violent explosion, and the solid rock walls were torn to shreds as if they were pieces of paper.

The sand and gravel were swept high into the air by the violent gusts of air, forming a cloud of dust that blotted out the sun.

The Sand Village ninjas closest to the explosion's epicenter didn't even have time to scream before their bodies were torn apart by the terrifying blast, turning into a cloud of blood mist mixed in with the flying sand and dust!

Only two Sand Village ninjas, who reacted the fastest and were slightly further away, instinctively retreated just before the explosion occurred.

boom!boom!
The two were uncontrollably thrown away by the blast wave and crashed heavily onto the scorching sand dozens of meters away.

"Wow!"

"puff!"

The two men coughed up a mouthful of blood mixed with fragments of internal organs. Their bones felt as if they were breaking inch by inch. The violent explosion made their vision go black and their ears ring.

One of them struggled to lift his head and looked blankly in the direction of the sentry post.

The original sentry post had completely disappeared!
All that remained was a charred, deep crater billowing black smoke, with severed limbs and dark red bloodstains splattered all over the ground, and a strong stench of blood and a foul smell permeated the air!
What terrified him even more was that not only their outpost, but also several other outposts on the border of Sunagakure were rising with thick smoke in the distance!
"Enemy, enemy attack?!"

His voice trembled with disbelief.

"Quick! Send the signal!" Another Sand Village ninja, enduring excruciating pain, struggled to his feet, trembling as he reached into his robes and pulled out a signal flare.

His fingers trembled with pain and fear, barely able to hold the small metal tube, and he used all his strength to lift the signal flare.

However, just as he was about to send the signal...

pat!

A pair of feet wearing black ninja shoes appeared in his peripheral vision, and then the foot lifted up and stepped over.

Click!

A crisp, teeth-grinding cracking sound rang out clearly, like a withered branch being snapped!
"Ahhhh!!!"

The Sand Village ninja let out an extremely shrill scream as his wrist was crushed by that foot, and the signal flare flew out of his hand and rolled onto the sand.

Immediately afterwards, two cold but powerful hands grabbed their necks and easily lifted them off the ground.

"Ho ho!"

A feeling of suffocation instantly swept over their bodies. The two struggled in agony, kicking their legs futilely in the air, their bloodshot eyes bulging from lack of oxygen!

Before them stood the imposing Pain of the Hell Path.

Behind him, an enormous, hideous head appeared.

It is none other than the King of Hell in the "Hell Realm"!
Pain's Hell Path eyes, with their eerie and bewitching purple vortex-like Rinnegan, coldly gazed at the two people in his hands who looked like lambs to the slaughter.

"Tell me," his voice was devoid of emotion, "where is the One-Tailed Jinchuriki being held?"

Upon hearing that this guy's target was the One-Tailed Jinchuriki, the pupils of the two Sand Village ninjas involuntarily contracted.

"Huh! I...I don't know..."

One of the Sand Village ninjas, his voice hoarse, painfully squeezed out a few words from his throat.

However, the moment he uttered the lie, the King of Hell noticed it.

"vomit!"

His tongue seemed to be forcibly pulled out of his mouth by an invisible force, sticking out uncontrollably, which was eerie and terrifying!
Behind Pain, the King of Hell slowly opened his enormous maw!
Immediately afterwards, an incredibly thick, purplish-black tongue suddenly emerged from the King of Hell's massive mouth. The tip of the tongue resembled the shape of a human hand and grabbed the Sand Village ninja's protruding tongue!

"Uuuuuuuuuuu!!"

His eyes widened in terror, he let out muffled sobs, and his body began to convulse violently!
puff!

With a chilling tearing sound, the purplish-black tongue ripped it off without mercy, severing his entire tongue by the roots!
The Sand Village ninja let out a silent scream, his body convulsing violently and drooling!
The purplish-black tongue-like hand, gripping the severed tongue, slowly retracted into the giant mouth!

The King of Hell closed his mouth, his enormous head swaying slightly, emitting a teeth-grinding chewing sound, as if he were savoring something delicious.

The King of Hell and the tongue are symbols of the soul; lying will result in the removal of the tongue, which is the soul.

No one else could see this scene except the person being tried and Payne.

All we could see was that after the Sand Village ninja lied, his eyes suddenly filled with immense fear before he died.

This bizarre and terrifying scene caused another Sand Village ninja to break down.

His body trembled violently, and his face was filled with a deathly fear!
"tell me……"

Pain's icy gaze slowly turned to him, his voice, still flat, carried a chilling coldness that seemed to freeze the soul: "Where is the One-Tailed Jinchuriki being imprisoned?"

(End of this chapter)