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Chapter 271 Jiraiya's Tactics! The former Frog Squad reunites!

"Tsunade isn't here."

Orochimaru calmly reminded Jiraiya.

Did Jiraiya overlook the injuries on his body?

Although the two of them considered themselves to be quite strong, Tsunade was an important part of the Legendary Sannin of Konoha, and they could only form the battle formation of the Legendary Sannin when Tsunade was present.

"It doesn't matter..."

Jiraiya grinned, his gaze sweeping over the Six Paths of Pain present. His voice lowered subtly: "Hey, Orochimaru, let me tell you a secret. When I arrived here, I made a bet with Tsunade. If I can get back alive…"

"You made a bet with her?"

Orochimaru interrupted Jiraiya, his expression unusually grim: "Tsunade has never had any luck... You're the one who'll get back alive, but am I supposed to die here?"

and…

Orochimaru didn't need Jiraiya to say anything more; he already knew what kind of bet Jiraiya and Tsunade had made. That bastard really deserves to die!

"Try to think more positively..."

Jiraiya raised a finger and shook his head, saying softly, "Perhaps we can survive? You continue to cover me..."

"Idiot, hurry up and take care of your disciple first!"

Orochimaru glanced at Jiraiya, then at Konan floating in the air and the constantly flying explosive tags: "If this continues, my Second Generation Manda will be blown to bits... Jiraiya, my summoning beast is dead, you'll have to die with it..."

"Okay, okay..."

Jiraiya held up his finger, looking in Konan's direction: "Fukasaku the Sage, Shima the Sage, they're about to attack!"

"But it seems like there's something..."

Fukasaku frowned and looked towards an empty space.

"Take care of Konan first!"

Jiraiya abruptly interrupted Fukasaku.

"knew!"

Shima-sensei suddenly opened his mouth and stuck out a long tongue, which directly bound Konan's body!

"..."

Xiao Nan's body immediately transformed into pieces of origami and floated away!

"Charge!"

Jiraiya was the first to leap off Manda's body, shouting, "Orochimaru, continue to cover me with Wind Release!"

"Celestial Art: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!"

Jiraiya immediately opened his mouth and spewed out a ball of flame!

"That idiot..."

Orochimaru could only helplessly raise his fingers and quickly form a hand seal: "Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"

Fire borrows the power of the wind!

A fire dragon spread along the path of the wind release towards the direction of Pain's Six Paths. The Preta Path Pain quickly stepped forward and reached out to absorb the ninjutsu!

However, the moment the Fire Dragon Flame Bullet was absorbed, Jiraiya's figure was hidden behind the flames. Under the cover of the flames, the other Pains did not see him!

Jiraiya reached out and grabbed Pain, the Preta Path, pressing one hand against Pain's face and slamming the puppet to the ground, breaking his neck!

"Water Release·Water Formation Wall!"

Orochimaru appeared behind Jiraiya, conjuring a water barrier in front of them, seemingly doing something futile…

"Shinra Tensei!"

However, just a second after Orochimaru formed hand seals to cast his spell, Pain raised his hand and released a repulsive force, attempting to defeat Jiraiya!

The water barrier that Orochimaru had released in advance was instantly turned into a wave by the repulsive force, and the two of them were still thrown away by this repulsive force!

Orochimaru, perhaps already accustomed to it, instantly transformed into a long snake, which then spat out Orochimaru again as it flew backward!

Jiraiya's arms were crossed in front of his chest, and he was instantly sent flying by the repulsive force, spitting out a mouthful of blood. Even Fukasaku and Shima, who were standing next to him, felt the troublesome nature of this repulsive force!

"Is this the power of the Rinnegan?"

Fukasaku looked at Pain with some shock.

"That repulsive force..."

Master Shima frowned.

It combines both offensive and defensive capabilities.

Jiraiya had anticipated this. He wiped his mouth and provided more detailed information: "However, that ability to release repulsive force cannot be used continuously; each use requires some time, and this is still uncertain..."

"We just took care of that puppet that could absorb ninjutsu, I think it was called the Preta Path? The Animal Path puppet, which was good at summoning, has lost its greatest use, since Orochimaru's summoning beasts have all been dealt with, but its fighting power is still considerable..."

"Saying all that nonsense is useless..."

Orochimaru snorted coldly, interrupting Jiraiya: "If we can't deal with this guy, it's pointless to take down the rest of Pain..."

"Charge!"

Jiraiya raised his hand and shouted, "We've dealt with the puppet that could absorb ninjutsu! We can use powerful ninjutsu now! Fukasaku, Shima, use Goemon simultaneously!"

"good!"

The two toads sitting on Jiraiya's shoulders nodded quickly.

"Sage Art: Goemon!"

Jiraiya opened his mouth and spat out a ball of condensed chakra oil!

As the oil in Jiraiya's mouth flew out, Shima opened his mouth and spat out a ball of flame, while Fukasaku opened his mouth and spat out a hurricane!

The three spells of wind, fire, and oil instantly combined to form a wave of flames that surged and swept directly towards the other Pain members!

"Now, we need to find out some other information..."

Jiraiya stared at Goemon's fiery aura, his eyes scanning the surroundings, and said loudly, "Nagato, if you have no other way to rescue these Pain members, you'll have to use the Summoning Jutsu to summon them away, right? Now I need to find your true form!"

"Little Jiraiya, I've already..."

The hermit Fukasaku seemed to want to say something.

"Become a sage, no rush..."

Jiraiya hastily interrupted Fukasaku, glancing subtly at Orochimaru beside him, then gently raised the corners of his mouth and blinked.

"snort…"

Orochimaru grinned, seemingly having caught Jiraiya's signal. Using Goemon's fire wave as cover, his body instantly transformed into countless small snakes and vanished.

"Celestial arts, huh..."

Pain narrowed his eyes.

Goemon's flames surged over like a tidal wave!

Jiraiya had discovered most of Pain's information, and at this time, Shinra Tensei was also cooling down, seemingly without any means to resist the rolling wave of fire!

At this time...

Payne seems to have been pushed to his limit by this move!

As Jiraiya said, if Pain had no other means, he would either have allowed several Pain to be burned by Goemon's fire wave, or he would have exposed the location of his hidden main body, allowing Nagato to summon the puppets away directly.

"Spiritual communication!"

At this critical juncture, the animal realm finally proved useful once again!

A gigantic hell crab stood directly in front of the many Pains, spitting out countless bubbles that instantly blocked the oncoming wave of fire!

This is Water Release: Bubble Wave, which is especially effective against oil and fire!

Although the Hell Crab's turbulent foam waves couldn't completely extinguish Goemon's flames, they were still able to block the raging fire. However, the Hell Crab looked like it was being roasted, its body gradually turning charred black. But the little time it bought was enough for Pain to make his move!

"We were almost about to expose our location..."

Pain stared at Jiraiya and coldly continued, "I knew all along that Jiraiya-sensei was skilled with oil, so how could I not have left behind a technique specifically for you..."

"Now…"

"It's my turn."

"Let's just use the Heavenly Dao to deal with you..."

Pain realized the trouble his teacher was causing. If Pain learned of his teacher's abilities, he could suffer heavy losses if he was even slightly careless. So he decided to stop pursuing him.

Pain's hands instantly closed, and the surrounding Pains immediately collapsed to the ground. All of Pain's chakra was gathered into the strongest Pain!

"..."

Konan, who was floating in the sky, frowned and could only turn into countless origami and disappear. She did not want to delay Pain's casting of his spell here.

"Then let's go."

Jiraiya smiled, seemingly unafraid of Pain's attack; in fact, he might even wish Pain's power were stronger!

"Goodbye, Jiraiya-sensei..."

Pain extended his palm, determined to use his strongest attack, Shinra Tensei, to finish off Jiraiya, who had entered Sage Mode!

After other Pain's information was discovered, he believed that he could continue to entangle with Jiraiya using only this method, and he did not think that he had more combat experience than his teacher.

If that's the case...

Then let's crush them with sheer force!

Just as a terrifying surge of chakra appeared within Pain's body, and he was about to unleash a powerful technique on Jiraiya that would be enough to kill him completely, Pain's expression suddenly changed!

"Oh no, the real body..."

Pain suddenly turned around and looked in one direction!

There was originally an invisible chameleon there, carrying Nagato's body to avoid being discovered. Suddenly, an enormous Kusanagi sword appeared and cleaved the chameleon in two!

Orochimaru!

Pain suddenly understood something!

This is Jiraiya's tactic!

This teacher had somehow already found the invisible chameleon and had been drawing Pain's attention here, but secretly informed Orochimaru about the chameleon, so that Orochimaru could launch a sneak attack on the real Nagato!

"Sage Mode's sensory abilities are quite powerful..."

Jiraiya looked at Pain and finally felt that he had a chance of victory: "After I entered Sage Mode, Fukasaku helped me find the summoning beast that could turn invisible, located its position, and also found Nagato's position..."

the other side.

As the cloaked chameleon was killed, Nagato's body was instantly exposed. He fell directly off the chameleon's corpse, looking somewhat disheveled.

"Nagato!"

Konan's painful cries echoed from the sky as countless origami sheets flew toward Nagato!

"Xiao Nan, I'm fine."

Nagato's hands swiftly closed, and with a flick of his wrist, he unleashed a Shinra Tensei, sending Orochimaru flying as he tried to attack him: "So what if you find my true form? As the embodiment of the Rinnegan, I can use all the abilities of the Six Paths of Pain..."

"Spiritual communication!"

Nagato summoned Pain, the Deva Path, directly to his side!

The origami paper in the sky also fell down between Nagato and Pain, and the origami paper instantly folded together, transforming into the shape of Konan!

"Yahiko, Nagato, Konan..."

Jiraiya looked at the three figures gathered together, a hint of bewilderment in his eyes. The three were clearly separated by life and death, and even Yahiko's corpse had been turned into the puppet Pain, yet they seemed to stubbornly remain together.

The Frog Squad trio.

Memories from the past flashed before Jiraiya's eyes.

Konan's gaze also held a hint of nostalgia. She glanced at Pain and Nagato beside her, and felt a strange sense of familiarity that she hadn't felt in a long time.

Since Nagato transformed Yahiko's corpse into Pain, he has remained hidden behind the scenes and has almost never appeared in front of others again.

This companion, who possessed the Rinnegan, had been trying to make Pain, the puppet of Deva Path, a different person, and had been trying to maintain their past. Konan even believed for a time that Yahiko was still alive, and that all three of them were still together...

Xiao Nan wasn't the only one who thought so.

Even Orochimaru and Jiraiya had a misconception.

After Orochimaru and Jiraiya reunited, they looked at the three people standing together and snorted coldly, "I almost thought that orange-haired kid was still alive..."

This feeling…

That's pretty strange.

All three of the legendary Sannin of Konoha are alive, while only Orochimaru and Jiraiya are here; those kids, even though one of them is dead, are all gathered together.

"Yahiko is their pillar..."

Jiraiya sighed, then slowly shook his head, saying, "But no matter how Nagato tries to put the three of them together, he can't change the fact that Yahiko is dead. It's all just an illusion he's created..."

"Jiraiya-sensei..."

Pain walked towards Jiraiya and Orochimaru.

Nagato's body also floated up and followed behind Pain; Konan's legs turned into countless origami, and paper wings grew from her back, flying beside Nagato.

"Let everything from the past end here!"

Pain raised one finger, making a gesture of opposition: "Since you insist on attacking my true form and causing it to appear, then let us disciples send you and your companions on their way!"

"call…"

Jiraiya took a deep breath, slowly raised his finger, and looked at the three familiar figures opposite him. A bitter smile appeared on his lips: "Ha, the Frog Squad has finally reunited. Are they going to challenge their teacher again?"

"Jiraiya, I'm leaving now."

Orochimaru took a few steps back, seemingly intending to leave immediately, and said with a light laugh, "That brat with the Rinnegan has too strange abilities. I've done my best to help you, so I won't participate in the rest of the battle..."

After Nagato violently thwarted Orochimaru's tactic of attacking Pain but actually Nagato, Orochimaru lost all desire to fight.

and…

Orochimaru's chakra was almost depleted in this battle, and he couldn't have someone help him replenish his Sage Chakra like Jiraiya did.

"I see."

Jiraiya nodded, not objecting to Orochimaru's idea of ​​escaping. He knew that his former best friend had already done his best to help him, which was more than enough.

however…

Jiraiya seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly called out to Orochimaru, "Wait, Orochimaru, do me one more favor before you leave..."

"Don't go too far."

Orochimaru glared at him coldly.

First update!

Bonds, oh bonds...

(End of this chapter)