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Chapter 272 Senior Brother Nagato, I Need Your Sage's Eye

"Please pass on this message to Tsunade..."

Jiraiya looked at Orochimaru, unconcerned by the dissatisfaction in Orochimaru's words, and still wore a calm smile: "This time, she finally won her gamble."

"I see."

Orochimaru nodded.

For Orochimaru, an S-rank rogue ninja who had been resurrected, infiltrating Konoha to see Tsunade was a dangerous undertaking, yet he still chose to risk the danger to meet her.

Thank you.

Jiraiya's smile immediately brightened, and he added another request: "By the way, I know you must have heard all the information, remember to tell her all the information for me, including Pain's information and Kagura's..."

"Jiraiya, don't push your luck..."

Orochimaru's face revealed a sinister smile.

Orochimaru was still unsure whether Akihara Kagura's plan was the same as his own, but Akihara Kagura had not yet appeared.

Jiraiya had entered Sage Mode, and with the addition of the two Sages from Mount Myōboku, whose sensory abilities were very strong, they still couldn't find any trace of Akihara Kagura.

perhaps…

Is Akihara Kagura really not here?

Orochimaru gave Jiraiya a deep look.

It wouldn't be in my best interest to die here with Jiraiya.

Orochimaru believed he had done enough for his old friend Jiraiya. In the face of Nagato and Pain, Orochimaru did not think that he and Jiraiya could defeat them, nor did he think that he could take Jiraiya away from their pursuit.

next second.

Pain suddenly charged towards Jiraiya!

A mechanical arm grew out from behind Nagato, and in an instant the arm transformed into a gleaming laser weapon, with light rapidly gathering on the weapon!

Although he was cooperating with his own puppet, it felt as if he were cooperating with Yahiko many years ago, covering Yahiko's attack!

Konan's figure also floated in the air, just like when she fought with her teacher many years ago. One after another, the explosive talismans turned into paper airplanes and floated towards Jiraiya's direction!

All of this…

It all felt like going back to many years ago…

However, this scene was quite different from many years ago…

The last time they fought, they were teacher and student. The three young Akatsuki members were still a bit green when they fought Jiraiya, and they didn't even have a trace of killing intent. This time, however, every move they made was full of killing intent, as if they wanted to leave their teacher here forever!

"The little ones..."

Jiraiya smiled, then suddenly collapsed to the ground: "This crude opening method is far from enough... Sage Art: Thousand Needles!"

Jiraiya's thick hair instantly hardened, and countless strands of hair transformed into thousands of long needles, shooting rapidly towards the trio!

The needle-like sticks pierced through Xiao Nan's explosive talisman paper in an instant, pinning the talisman paper to the ground, and the explosions of the talisman paper rose and fell!

This isn't over yet...

The densely packed needles were about to pierce through Pain's body!

"Ninja Art: Summoning Technique!"

Nagato swiftly stopped his attack, raised his hand to form a summoning hand seal, and a panda descended from the sky, landing in front of Pain and blocking the attack of the Thousand Needles!

Pain leaped up, stepping on the panda, and swung his black rod at Jiraiya, his face cold and ruthless!

"Immortal Technique·Super Large Jade Rasengan!"

Jiraiya raised his hand and condensed a giant Rasengan, intending to take down Pain in front of him first. However, Pain's body instantly moved aside, revealing Nagato behind him!

"The realm of hungry ghosts!"

Nagato raised his palm and directly absorbed the chakra within the Super Giant Rasengan!

If it were natural energy, absorbing this would cause problems for Nagato's body; however, since it was refined Sage Chakra, it actually gave Nagato a mental boost!

"The Path of Asura!"

Another mechanical arm grew from Nagato's back, and the arm split open to reveal a string of missiles that shot towards Jiraiya!

"Get out of the way!"

Jiraiya and Orochimaru simultaneously jumped to the left and right!

Rumble!

A series of explosions followed!

"Universal Guidance!"

Nagato raised his hand directly towards Orochimaru!

A gravitational force instantly pulled Orochimaru's body towards it. He needed to eliminate Orochimaru, who was most likely to escape, first—Orochimaru, whom even Shinra Tensei couldn't kill…

"You want to kill me first?"

Orochimaru chuckled and suddenly opened his mouth. Taking advantage of being pulled closer to Nagato by gravity, he spat out a Kusanagi sword towards Nagato!

Nagato frowned slightly, and the mechanical arm behind him transformed again, revealing a strange mechanical hand that directly locked onto the Kusanagi sword and dragged Orochimaru over!

Two robotic arms reappeared!

One arm grabbed Orochimaru's neck, and the other arm gripped Orochimaru's arm, actually managing to capture Orochimaru directly!

"The Way of Humanity!"

Nagato raised his hand and placed it on Orochimaru's chest!

The Human Path ability, which had never shown any power to Jiraiya and Orochimaru, finally appeared before them. The Human Path can extract the soul from a person's body!

"wrong!"

Orochimaru suddenly felt his soul about to leave his body!

This feeling…

It felt vaguely familiar?

Orochimaru even remembered why it felt familiar: it was the feeling when he fought his teacher, the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Hiruzen used the Reaper Death Seal to capture his soul!

This won't do!

If one's body is damaged, there may still be hope for remedy; but if one's soul is extracted by Nagato, then death is surely not far off!

"Jiraiya!"

Orochimaru's gaze immediately fell upon Jiraiya!

While Jiraiya was fighting Pain, he noticed Orochimaru's predicament and could only pin his hopes on Fukasaku, the sage beside him: "Quickly save Orochimaru! I can't leave here; only Orochimaru can escape!"

"good…"

Fukasaku opened his mouth and exhaled a gust of wind towards Nagato, saving Orochimaru from Nagato's grasp. However, he saw Orochimaru land and then flee into the distance!

"Little Jiraiya..."

Having witnessed Nagato's terrifying power firsthand, seeing him easily capture Orochimaru and even nearly kill him, the sage sensed that the battle would be extremely fierce, and couldn't help but show a hint of sympathy in his eyes.

"Don't just sit around, honey..."

While cooperating with Jiraiya in the battle, Shima was also interfering with Konan's attacks from the sidelines, keeping him extremely busy!

"Konan, go after Orochimaru."

Pain glanced at Orochimaru in the distance and coldly gave an order.

"I see!"

Konan unfurled her wings and sped off in the direction Orochimaru had fled: "Orochimaru, don't even think about escaping..."

"Wild Lion's Hair!"

Jiraiya suddenly clenched his fists, and his white hair grew longer, binding Konan's body and stopping her from chasing Orochimaru!

"Water Release: Water Slash!"

Without allowing a hair's breadth, the immortal Fukasaku unleashed a high-pressure water jet, instantly cleaving Konan's body in two. Konan's body immediately transformed into pieces of origami and floated away!

"Universal Guidance!"

Nagato also extended his palm towards the fleeing Orochimaru!

A sudden gravitational pull struck, and Orochimaru's fleeing body was involuntarily sent flying backward. This was the terrifying aspect of Nagato; no one could escape from him!

"Celestial Art: Great Fireball!"

Jiraiya opened his mouth and spat out a ball of flame at Nagato, forcing Nagato to give up using gravity to chase Orochimaru. This was all he could do!

"Can we use illusion magic to stop them?"

Jiraiya immediately instructed the two sages, saying in a deep voice, "This matter is of utmost importance, even concerning the survival of the ninja world. Orochimaru must take the information back!"

"I see."

The immortal master nodded solemnly.

"Do we really need to use that technique?"

Master Shima seemed somewhat helpless, but he eventually nodded.

"Celestial Art: Frog Croak!"

The two toads sitting on Jiraiya's shoulders suddenly widened their mouths and began to utter strange melodies. This was a unique illusion technique of Mount Myōboku, called "Magic Toad Song," which would utter these strange tunes to trap opponents in auditory illusions.

The only problem is…

This illusion requires a certain amount of time to take effect.

In combat, it may not be possible to do all of this in time.

"Shinra Tensei!"

Nagato frowned slightly and raised his hand towards Jiraiya!

"Immortal Technique: Earth Current Wall!"

Jiraiya only hoped that he could deploy a strong defensive wall in time!

With the enhancement of Sage Chakra, this Earth Release technique, already known for its defensive capabilities, became even more terrifying, and two rows of walls instantly appeared in front of Jiraiya!

However, an even stronger repulsive force than that used by Pain suddenly expanded, and the ground was gradually lifted up by this repulsive force!

The city wall that Jiraiya had just set up was instantly pushed down by this repulsive force. Countless pebbles hit Jiraiya and the two sages, interrupting their illusion. This attack even directly broke Jiraiya's Sage Mode state!

"Cough cough cough..."

Jiraiya felt as if his internal organs had been violently shaken!

The two immortals were also feeling very unwell, and some even coughed up blood!

"We must stop them..."

Jiraiya clenched his fists and forced himself to stand up again. He knew he might not have the strength to fight again, but he still stubbornly wanted to fulfill his promise: "I must cover Orochimaru and let that guy escape..."

however…

Jiraiya's chakra was exhausted.

Without the help of the two sages, his chakra was finally exhausted.

"Jiraiya-sensei..."

"You should no longer have the strength to resist."

Pain, sensing that Jiraiya's chakra was depleted, raised his voice again, becoming arrogant: "The most difficult thing in this world is getting one person to understand another's thoughts. You've been persisting in believing that perhaps the ninja world can be built into a place where everyone understands each other..."

"Nagato, that's the right path..."

Jiraiya, coughing up blood, stubbornly continued to argue.

"but…"

"That's the hardest thing in the world."

"In comparison, using absolute power to force others to submit and accept peace is the right choice for the ninja world. What mortals need to do is accept their fate."

Pain slowly walked up to Jiraiya, raised his hand, and a black rod condensed in his palm: "Even if you let Orochimaru escape, it won't change anything. The combined power of the Sage's Eyes and Sage Body is something no one can withstand..."

"Bye now."

"Jiraiya-sensei."

After saying that.

Pain raised the black rod in his hand.

The black rod suddenly stabbed down into Jiraiya's body!

Nagato floated beside Pain, gently closing his eyes, as if he didn't want to witness the moment his teacher died.

Jiraiya closed his eyes calmly.

Not far away.

Orochimaru, who was on the run, involuntarily stopped in his tracks.

Orochimaru glanced at Konan, who was chasing him from the sky, and his body instantly transformed into countless small white snakes, giving Konan a headache!

However, strangely enough...

The little white snakes immediately scattered, all looking in the same direction!

That was the direction Jiraiya and Pain were heading. Perhaps they foresaw that Jiraiya was about to reach the end of his life and wanted to witness the death of his dearest friend.

Konan frowned slightly as she looked at the group of white snakes watching. Following their gaze, she turned around and saw Pain raising his black rod, about to pierce Jiraiya's body!

but…

Xiao Nan saw something different!

"wrong!"

Konan had a wider field of vision; she saw a golden light rushing towards Pain. Her expression changed drastically, and she flew back, shouting a warning, "Pain, watch out!"

That beam of light was moving so fast…

Before Konan could even utter a sound, the beam of light struck Pain, the strongest puppet of the Deva Path, shattering him!

Bang!

Pain's body rolled and fell to the ground, motionless!

The newcomer moved swiftly, grabbing Nagato by the throat. His sudden intrusion into the battle caused the tide of the war to turn abruptly!

"Shinra Tensei!"

A powerful force erupted from Nagato's emaciated body, and a repulsive force burst forth around him, desperately trying to blast the newcomer away!

however…

The one who flew away was himself?

The person who came was very strong, and directly deflected the repulsive force!

Nagato's body was thrown back by the opposing force and crashed into the muddy puddle in the rain, looking extremely disheveled!

Ignoring his disheveled state, Nagato shakily raised his head and, upon seeing the newcomer, a look of shock appeared in his Rinnegan eyes!

"Akihara... Kagura?"

Nagato stared at the newcomer in disbelief.

Jiraiya stared in disbelief at the departing figure of the newcomer.

Everyone present stared in shock at the sudden appearance of Akihara Kagura, while the group of small white snakes hissed and seemed extremely angry.

"Senior Brother Changmen, you're right."

Akihara Kagura raised her palm, looking down at Nagato in the mud: "Since the combination of the Sage's Body and the Sage's Eyes is invincible, why can't we combine the two powers of the Sage of Six Paths into one person?"

Second update!

Everyone, go to bed early...

I reckon I'll fall asleep again...

(End of this chapter)