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

Chapter 272 Kakashi: Let me see your ugly face!

At this moment, on a street in the residential area.

Pain, dressed in a black robe with red clouds, stepped into the room expressionlessly.

Some Konoha ninja noticed his appearance and rushed towards him without hesitation, forming hand seals and using various ninjutsu...

"Shenra Tianzheng."

Pain simply raised his hand slowly, uttering casual words.

An absolute repulsive force erupted instantly, centered on him!
boom! !

All the ninjas rushing in, all the ninjutsu attacking, and even everything around him—the buildings, trees, and ground—were squeezed and crushed by this tyrannical and unreasonable force!
When the smoke cleared, all the houses, shops, and trees had disappeared, leaving only crushed brick and wood chips and a neatly shaped circular depression!

The entire street seemed to have been flattened by an invisible hand with absolute force.

Those Konoha ninjas didn't even have time to utter a scream before they were completely buried under the ruins, along with their ninjutsu and the surrounding streets.

In the center of this flat ruin, Pain stood quietly, lowering his hands. His Rinnegan eyes turned slightly, his gaze locking onto a distant area that had also been reduced to ruins.

Based on the information he gathered along the way, that should be the residence of the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

Now, only rubble remains, and there is no one there.

The dust behind Pain's Deva Path slowly dissipated, and Pain's Hell Path, with his hands gripping the necks of two Konoha ninjas who had miraculously escaped being crushed, lifted them up in front of him.

The two ninjas' eyes rolled back, they foamed at the mouth, their bodies convulsed violently, their faces filled with pain and indescribable fear. Their bodies suddenly stiffened and went completely limp.

thump.

Like discarding trash, Hell Path Payne casually tossed the two still-warm corpses onto the ground.

"Have they already been moved to some underground shelter?" Pain muttered to himself emotionlessly. "As expected, it would be more efficient to just ask that woman directly."

Having said that, just as he was about to take a step towards the Hokage Building.

Seemingly seeing something through the shared vision of the Hell Path, Pain suddenly tilted his head without warning...

Whoosh!
A sharp, piercing sound suddenly came from behind him, and a kunai wrapped in blinding lightning flew past his cheek at a speed beyond visual perception!

The sharp wind pressure it generated severed several strands of his hair and embedded them deeply into the scorched ground not far in front of him.

"..."

Pain slowly turned around, his cold Rinnegan looking in the direction from which the kunai had been shot.

In the distance, on a relatively intact patch of broken walls and ruins, a figure had appeared out of nowhere.

She had short, silver-white hair and wore a black mask that covered most of her face, with her eyes slightly narrowed.

It was Hatake Kakashi.

His right hand remained in the throwing posture of a kunai, with faint sparks of lightning seemingly dancing and dissipating at his fingertips.

Kakashi stared intently at Pain, his face filled with vigilance and seriousness. He clearly couldn't understand how Pain had dodged his attack, even though he was in Pain's blind spot...

“Whoever you are,” he said with unwavering resolve, “it seems your plans have backfired.”

Based on Hyuga Kumokawa's "prophecy," they had already guessed that the invaders' target was most likely the Tailed Beasts.

After he and Hiruzen Sarutobi returned, unsure of the situation, they went to the Hokage Building and Naruto Uzumaki's residence respectively, just in case. It now appears that the enemy's target was indeed the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. Fortunately, Jiraiya-senpai was reliable enough to know to transfer the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki immediately.

"Kakashi Hatake." Pain spoke slowly, calling out his name, his voice still calm and even, "It is indeed unexpected that you were able to return in time."

"However, it makes no sense."

Upon hearing this, Kakashi's pupils contracted slightly, confirming his suspicions once again.

The fact that the other party chose to strike during their absence clearly indicates that it was a pre-planned operation.

The opponent's target is probably not just Konoha's Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

Rather, it's all the tailed beasts!

The other four major ninja villages must have also been invaded and attacked.

And the power the opponent possesses...

Kakashi's gaze swept over the streets that had been forcibly smoothed out, and a bead of cold sweat seeped from his forehead.

"This is getting a bit tricky," he thought to himself, his grip on the hilt of the wakizashi at his waist tightening unconsciously.

Just as his muscles tensed, about to draw his sword.

"The Seven Deadly Sins?"

"Although I don't know what ability it is, I won't give you the chance to use that ninja tool."

As if seeing through his intentions, Pain suddenly raised his arm, pointing his palm at Kakashi, and said coldly, "Universal Pull!"

An irresistible and powerful suction force instantly acted on Kakashi's entire body!

"Varied……"

Kakashi only had time to utter a short, surprised sound before his body was forcibly pulled off the broken wall and sent flying rapidly toward Pain!
At the same time, from Pain's other hand, a sharp black rod emerged, which he firmly grasped and thrust towards Kakashi's chest as he flew towards him!
puff! !
A dull thud rang out as a sharp blade pierced through flesh!

All of this happened in the blink of an eye; the black rod pierced Kakashi's chest without any resistance!

However, Kakashi, who was pierced, did not show any pain on his face. Instead, his entire body suddenly erupted with blindingly violent lightning.

Zizizi!
Kakashi's entire body transformed into a flashing bolt of lightning, enveloping Pain's entire arm and even most of his body.

Without a doubt, this is Kakashi's Lightning Release Shadow Clone.

The raging lightning chakra surged and impacted, causing Pain's body to stiffen for an extremely brief moment!
At the same time that the "Lightning Release: Shadow Clone Technique" was unleashed, not far away, in the shadow of another ruin, the real Kakashi Hatake emerged!
The instant he appeared, Kakashi lowered his body slightly, his right hand firmly gripping the 'Jealousy' wakizashi at his waist!
"Let me see your ugly face." Kakashi stared intently at Pain, who was temporarily paralyzed by lightning in the distance, and drew his blade before Pain charged at him.

Swish!
The dark blade suddenly flashed, and the chakra that had been mostly consumed by the "Lightning Release: Shadow Clone Technique" surged forth at this moment.

Jealousy: A Counterfeit Mirror Image!

Accompanied by an unsettling, chilling aura, the air in front of Kakashi rippled like water, and a figure slowly materialized and appeared out of thin air.

The moment that figure appeared, Pain, who was rushing towards Kakashi Hatake, froze in place, his Rinnegan trembling with shock.

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(End of this chapter)