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Chapter 267 Jiraiya-sensei, how will you resist the Sage of Six Paths?

Akatsuki's base.

A frog shivered as it hid in a corner.

Because Jiraiya's body, which was hiding inside a frog's belly using the Toad Concealment Technique, was trembling incessantly, the tall man felt as if he had been struck by lightning.

His own disciple, Akihara Kagura…

They've actually been colluding with the Akatsuki organization all along!

Jiraiya recalled the time when he brought Akihara Kagura to meet Nagato and Konan, and at that time Akihara Kagura had proposed joining the Akatsuki organization...

I originally thought...

That was a joke.

It turned out that the joke was actually true.

Knowing Akihara Kagura's extreme personality, it's not surprising that she colluded with the Akatsuki. Nagato, Konan, and Akihara Kagura, these three troublesome disciples, have joined forces.

Jiraiya thought about it and felt a sense of relief.

Fortunately, she arrived at the Akatsuki's base. The fact that Akihara Kagura was an Akatsuki spy had never been exposed, and even the members of the Akatsuki did not know it.

If this news hadn't gotten out, with Akihara Kagura's covert help when the Akatsuki tried to capture the Nine-Tails, who knows how much trouble Konoha would have faced...

Compared to Jiraiya…

Some members of the Akatsuki organization found it even more unbearable.

Deidara covered his head with one arm, shaking it frantically, unable to accept that Akihara Kagura, whom he had always hated, was actually a member of the same organization!

"Aaaaaah! How could that bastard be a member of Akatsuki?!"

Deidara yelled, his face full of displeasure. The victim, who utterly loathed Akihara Kagura, the perpetrator, exclaimed, "I joined Akatsuki so I could kill that guy!"

"..."

Sasori cast a sympathetic glance at Deidara.

If Deidara knew that his close companion was a puppet of Akihara Kagura, and that Akihara Kagura could even know Deidara's every word and action through him...

Deidara...

Won't he get so angry that he explodes on the spot?

"Calm down, Deidara."

Sasori sighed, trying to reassure his emotionally fragile teammate: "The truth is, nobody wanted this, but at least if Akihara Kagura is one of us, you can challenge him anytime now..."

"I am no match for him now."

Deidara's head drooped down.

"..."

The Akatsuki members were speechless.

Even Jiraiya and Orochimaru, who were hiding in the corner, felt a little suffocated.

Is Deidara an idiot?

Since you're no match for Akihara Kagura, why are you offering any opinions here?

Would the Akatsuki kick Akihara Kagura out just because of one person's opposition? Who in the entire ninja world would be willing to give up Akihara Kagura?

Even when Jiraiya learned that Akihara Kagura had joined Akatsuki, his first thought wasn't how to kill his disciple, but rather how to change her mind…

"alright."

Konan stepped forward and said in a deep voice, "Deidara, Sasori, Hidan, Kakuzu, we'll answer the question about Akihara Kagura later..."

"I heard that Konoha has mobilized a large number of people to search for information on Uchiha Itachi. In order to avoid a surprise attack by Konoha ninja, you should go to the border between the Land of Rain and the Land of Fire to monitor whether any enemies appear. Pain and I have important matters to discuss..."

"Are you worried that Konoha will send people to hunt us down?"

Payne frowned, sensing that it wasn't impossible.

After all, the Akatsuki organization had stirred up such a huge storm in the ninja world, and the four Hokage of Konoha who were resurrected by Edo Tensei were said to have long been out of control, and might actually come after them.

"Then let's go there."

Sasori of the Red Sand was the first to turn around and leave the Akatsuki base.

"Scorpion, wait for me!"

Deidara quickly followed.

"..."

Kakuzu and Hidan exchanged a glance and immediately turned and left.

"Xiao Nan".

Payne glanced at Konan with some surprise, but he roughly understood what she meant: "Why did you send them away? Is there something wrong?"

"Someone has infiltrated the base."

Konan raised her finger, her brow furrowing as she looked at the spot where the frog was hiding. The walls of the Akatsuki base slowly cracked, revealing traces of origami.

This is the divine paper-wielding technique.

Compared to the past, Xiao Nan's abilities have improved significantly.

The Akatsuki base was still filled with Konan's origami. When Jiraiya infiltrated using the Toad Concealment Technique, he still didn't notice that the frog he was hiding in was perched on an origami.

"Jiraiya-sensei."

Payne's gaze fell on the frog, and his expression turned somewhat grim: "You still haven't learned your lesson from ten years ago..."

"..."

Jiraiya was still hiding inside the frog's belly, and the frog even hopped around a few times, seemingly not being manipulated by anyone.

however…

Xiao Nan observed everything the frog did after it sneaked in, and in any case, this frog could not possibly be an ordinary little animal.

Even an ordinary frog…

It has eavesdropped on too many secrets; for our own safety, we must eliminate it!

Sheets of origami gathered in Xiao Nan's palm to form a paper spear, which she then hurled at the frog!

"!!!"

The frog was so startled that it opened its mouth wide!

A large hand emerged directly from the frog's mouth, catching the paper spear that Xiao Nan had flung at it. A sigh echoed through the base: "Xiao Nan, you used to be the most compassionate person, but I never imagined you'd become so ruthless..."

As they were talking, Jiraiya slowly emerged from the frog. He looked at Pain and Konan, intending to have a good chat with his two disciples. Because of their meeting ten years ago, Jiraiya already knew that Nagato was behind Pain.

"That Kagura guy..."

Jiraiya frowned, recalling their encounter ten years ago.

At that time, I met two disciples and originally planned to have a good talk with them to find out their purpose with the Akatsuki organization...

but…

It seems there was a slight mishap at that time.

At that time, Jiraiya didn't know the Akatsuki's true purpose, but he knew that his disciple, Akihara Kagura, was even more extreme than the Akatsuki. Furthermore, the news of Orochimaru's defection from the Akatsuki further diminished Jiraiya's motivation to continue investigating the truth about the Akatsuki…

after all…

The Akatsuki's goals are extreme...

Could anything be more extreme than what Akihara Kagura wants to do?

Over the years, Akihara Kagura had been "corrected," or rather, he thought he had been "corrected," but it turned out he had secretly colluded with the Akatsuki organization...

"It seems we can't let Jiraiya-sensei leave today."

Pain's Rinnegan fixed on Jiraiya, and he calmly said, "To prevent the secret that Kagura is a member of Akatsuki from being revealed, we have no choice but to leave our teacher here..."

"When did this happen?"

Jiraiya wanted to be a wise person.

Kagura Akihara holds an important position in Konoha, possesses immense strength, holds many of Konoha's secrets, and even rivals the Fifth Hokage, Tsunade.

The first Hokage who defected, assisting Shimura Danzo in betraying Konoha, was far less harmful than the second Hokage who assisted Akihara Kagura in betraying Konoha!

and…

Is there a problem with the position of Root Leader?

The first Root leader colluded with Orochimaru, and the second Root leader colluded with the Akatsuki organization?

"Ten years ago... or maybe even earlier..."

Pain decided to stop hiding the truth from his teacher; he had never been a good liar: "Obito Uchiha introduced him to the Akatsuki. When we met ten years ago at Yahiko's grave, Kagura had already joined the Akatsuki..."

"Even when we had our previous conflict, Kagura deliberately held back and let us go, all of which happened right under Jiraiya-sensei's nose..."

"Even earlier than that time..."

Jiraiya's expression turned even more grim.

If it were ten years ago, Jiraiya would have had some expectations; however, if it was even earlier, and if there was any collusion with Obito Uchiha, then this matter had completely slipped out of Jiraiya's control!

No wonder…

No wonder the Hokage of each generation always failed to kill Obito Uchiha!

According to information provided by Tsunade, when the successive Hokage went to hunt down Obito Uchiha and investigate the Akatsuki organization, they never made any progress. Occasionally, there were matters in the village that required the five Hokage to handle together, and they couldn't just be busy hunting down rogue ninja...

"Ten years ago, we made a promise together."

Pain looked at Jiraiya and continued softly, "The Akatsuki supported Akihara Kagura to become Hokage, and Akihara Kagura supported the Akatsuki in capturing the Tailed Beasts of the ninja world..."

"etc…"

Jiraiya quickly called out to Pain, frowning in surprise: "This feels strangely familiar..."

"..."

Payne and Konan hesitated, as if they also felt a sense of familiarity.

This…

This looks a bit like a copy of Danzo Shimura and Hanzo Sanshoku.

The Land of Rain doesn't have many sunny days throughout the year, so there's nothing new happening here!

In order to seize the position of Hokage, Shimura Danzo colluded with Hanzo of the Salamander to overthrow the Akatsuki organization; Akihara Kagura colluded with the Akatsuki organization to overthrow the ninja world in order to seize the position of Hokage.

The leaders of the Root are getting more and more outrageous with each generation…

Is each generation stronger than the last?

"but…"

"Jiraiya-sensei back then should thank Kagura."

Pain shook his head at Jiraiya and said softly, "We originally wanted to kill you, but Kagura stopped us because he needed Jiraiya-sensei's support to become Hokage..."

"Ha, should we thank him?"

Jiraiya patted his head. He didn't think it was luck at all. On the contrary, he was somewhat grateful for the arrangements made by the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, before his death. He sighed and said, "The old man was really wise not to make him Hokage..."

fortunately.

Luckily, I chose Tsunade.

Otherwise, who knows what might happen!

"Forget it, let's not talk about him for now."

Jiraiya abruptly ended the conversation about Akihara Kagura, intending to return to Konoha to discuss it with Tsunade: "Let's talk about the Akatsuki first. What is the Akatsuki's purpose in relentlessly collecting Tailed Beasts throughout the ninja world?"

"A terrifying weapon of war."

Pain did not deny his plan, and took the initiative to speak: "As long as we collect all the tailed beasts in the ninja world, we can create a war weapon that can deter the ninja world. This weapon can kill everyone in a city with a single blow and easily destroy a great nation..."

"At that time, peace will come."

"Anyone who wants to start a war will feel the pain that war brings. Tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of people will be killed. Humanity will understand the horror of war and fear the cruelty it brings. From then on, the ninja world will have a peace deterrent. People will not dare to start a war because of the deterrent effect of war weapons."

"That's an extreme idea..."

Jiraiya frowned, wanting to reject his disciple's bizarre idea: "To avoid the pain of war, preemptively kill hundreds of millions of people to threaten them into not starting a war..."

"Our plan is already quite mild."

Pain shook his head and gave a real-world example: "Comparatively speaking, wouldn't Kagura's suggestion to kill everyone in the ninja world and periodically purge the population be more likely to plunge the ninja world into despair?"

"..."

Jiraiya was unable to refute it.

Compared to the plans proposed by Akihara Kagura, the Akatsuki's plans were incredibly mild, even more humane than Akihara Kagura's.

"wrong!"

Jiraiya immediately banished the thought from his mind and hurriedly said, "Whether your plan causes 100 or 50 damage to the ninja world, it is still a huge loss. Such a plan is unacceptable..."

"This is not true peace."

Jiraiya looked at Pain and continued in a deep voice, "Nagato, this is merely a compromise built on coercion, a false peace established under the rule of power..."

"Human beings are weak and ignorant."

Payne shook his head again, seemingly having no hope of correcting Jiraiya's thinking: "God uses scars and pain to help them grow and think. So-called falsehood and compromise ultimately stem from God's guidance..."

"Jiraiya-sensei."

"You are ultimately just a weak mortal, unable to comprehend the thoughts of gods. Only powerful beings like me and Kagura would understand that this is the right thing to do."

"The weak all think our plan is too terrifying."

Pain stared at Jiraiya, whose face was contorted with rage, and continued to use the example of Akihara Kagura joining Akatsuki to illustrate his point: "On the contrary, the truly strong ones would choose to agree to join..."

"..."

Jiraiya found himself unable to refute the argument.

The tall, white-haired man sighed, a touch of sorrow welling up within him: "I truly have no idea what my own disciples have been doing behind their teacher's back, but there's no doubt that you've all gone down the wrong path..."

Jiraiya looked at Pain and earnestly continued to persuade him, "Just because you three, along with Akihara Kagura, agree to do the same thing doesn't mean it's the right thing to do..."

"Well then, Jiraiya-sensei..."

Pain's gaze fell upon Jiraiya, his expression gradually turning icy: "How can you claim to be right? How can you possibly stop us? To both me and Kagura, everyone in this world is weak..."

"Have you forgotten?"

"Jiraiya-sensei..."

"I possess the eyes of a sage, a gift from heaven, and Kagura has a sage's body that is unique in this world..."

"The Sage's Body and Sage's Eyes symbolize the Sage of Six Paths, who founded the Ninja Sect in ancient times and brought peace to the ninja world. When the Sage's Eyes and Sage's Body are combined..."

Pain looked at Jiraiya as if he were looking at a weak ant: "Jiraiya-sensei, how could you possibly defy the Sage of Six Paths?"

This is a make-up update for yesterday!

I fell asleep last night!

(End of this chapter)