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Chapter 196 Jiraiya Severely Injured (Please Subscribe)

"Damn it, where did Yahiko and the others go?"

Jiraiya spent two days investigating, but he found absolutely no information about the Akatsuki organization. Even if he encountered civilians who might know about the Akatsuki, he would never tell them.

He wasn't very good at illusion techniques, and interrogating civilians would violate ninja regulations—something he would never do.

"Damn it, why are these people so stubborn? They clearly know information about the Akatsuki, and I'm not a bad person, so what's wrong with telling me?"

Jiraiya crouched outside a civilian's house. The people inside definitely knew the Akatsuki members, but no matter how he asked, he couldn't get any information out of them, so he could only wait and wait.

What he didn't know was that even though the Akatsuki had disbanded, most civilians had still benefited from their kindness; so when Jiraiya, an outsider, wanted to inquire about the Akatsuki, they would never betray their kindness by revealing anything.

Just as Jiraiya was about to use a foolish method to lie in wait, a shuriken suddenly came flying at him.

"Who?"

Jiraiya formed hand seals, and his hair instantly hardened, directly blocking the shuriken.

Jiraiya then saw a figure flash by, but didn't see the face clearly. However, the person who attacked him with a shurikens was obviously trying to lure him away.

"That doesn't seem like the style of Amegakure. It must be Yahiko's Akatsuki. This guy's style is not bad; he knows how to protect civilians."

Jiraiya gave chase, but the person who threw the shuriken at him was also quite fast.

The two of them left the town quickly, one after the other.

They then arrived at a deserted area on the outskirts of the city. The surrounding area was a desolate clearing with some forests nearby, but Jiraiya lost track of the person.

However, before Jiraiya could even begin to search his surroundings, a figure emerged from the nearby forest.

With red hair and the Rinnegan, although his face had become much thinner and there were unknown white objects on his body, Jiraiya immediately recognized him as Nagato.

He asked in surprise, "Nagato, was that you just now? You brat, you actually threw a shuriken at the teacher!"

"Jiraiya-sensei, what do you want with the Akatsuki?"

Jiraiya was taken aback by these words, but then, seeing Nagato's indifferent expression, he immediately guessed that the information might be genuine. He was heartbroken for a moment, and then asked, "I came to see you all. Where are Nagato, Konan, and Yahiko?"

"Yahiko is dead. He was assassinated by a combined force of Hanzo and Danzo. After killing Yahiko, they also destroyed the Akatsuki organization."

Nagato said in a calm voice, then looked coldly at Jiraiya and continued, "Jiraiya-sensei, if you came to see Yahiko, you can go back now."

"Nagato, there must be some misunderstanding about this. I will investigate and find out."

When Jiraiya saw Nagato like this, he knew that Nagato had come to hate Konoha; but Nagato was the chosen one in the prophecy of Mount Myōboku, and with his Rinnegan, he had the hope of changing the fate of the ninja world, so he did not want Nagato to hold a grudge against Konoha.

"Nagato, I promise you, if Danzo really did it..."

"Jiraiya-sensei is Danzo-kun's man."

Nagato interrupted Jiraiya, then pointed to his Rinnegan and said, "One of the Rinnegan's abilities is the ability to directly search for information within the soul. A person's words can lie, but their soul's memories cannot. Danzo was behind Yahiko's death!"

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Upon hearing this, Jiraiya frowned. He hadn't expected the Rinnegan to have such an ability. Since Nagato said so, he had no choice but to either believe Nagato or continue to deny it.

If you trust Nagato, you must fulfill what you just said and go back to Danzo to demand an explanation from Yahiko; if you don't trust Nagato, then their master-disciple relationship may be over.

"Nagato, I hope you'll believe me this once."

"We always believed in Jiraiya-sensei, which is why Yahiko went to find you, and then was forced to his death by the Konoha ninja."

Nagato had already seen through Jiraiya's choice, which was why he was so angry. His parents had died at the hands of the Konoha ninjas, and Yahiko, because of his belief in Jiraiya's teacher, had ultimately died under pressure from the Konoha ninjas and Hanzo.

However, remembering that Jiraiya had taken care of them for three years, Nagato was unwilling to attack Jiraiya.

"You can leave now, Jiraiya-sensei. There will be no more Akatsuki."

"Nagato!"

When Jiraiya saw that Nagato was about to leave, he rushed over to him, wanting to stop him and have a proper talk.

But Nagato suddenly turned around, raised his hand to Jiraiya, and said, "Shinra Tensei!"

Then a powerful repulsive force spread outwards from Mount Nagato, lifting the hard ground and creating a deep, protruding crater.

It even knocked Jiraiya away, sending him tumbling dozens of meters before he fell among the rocks.

"I told you, don't come looking for us again, Jiraiya-sensei! Yahiko's dream and the old Akatsuki organization are gone."

After saying that, Nagato prepared to leave. Facing Jiraiya, who had taken care of them, Nagato still found it difficult to do anything.

However, after Jiraiya got up, he coughed up blood twice and said, "Nagato, you bastard, how dare you lay a hand on our teacher! Well then, let me see just how powerful you've become lately!"

"Earth Release·Yellow Spring Marsh!"

Jiraiya swiftly formed hand seals and unleashed his ninjutsu, transforming the ground in front of him into a massive swamp. He knew that if Nagato were allowed to leave, he might become hostile towards Konoha, so it was best to stop him and clear up the misunderstanding.

Upon noticing this, Nagato jumped up and turned around in mid-air, only to find that Jiraiya was attacking him with hair ninjutsu.

"Shinra Tensei!"

The immense repulsive force reappeared, this time even the hard, iron-like hair was flung away by this powerful force.

"Hmm? The hair in front and the mud on the ground were bounced away? And judging from the shape, it seems to be a sphere. Did it bounce out in all directions from Nagato as the center? And it didn't even require hand seals."

Jiraiya was not disappointed when his move failed; he probed out some information about the move he had just used.

"If I can be knocked back at both close and long range, then let's try something else!"

"Fire Release: Great Flame Bullet!"

A ball of blazing flame mixed with toad oil rushed towards Nagato. This fire jutsu was no ordinary fire jutsu because it contained toad oil, making it difficult to extinguish even with water jutsu.

"The Guiding Force of All Things".

Nagato reached out and grabbed the soil. Under the suction force, Yomi Swamp was instantly lifted up into the air, and Jiraiya's Great Fireball was extinguished.

"There's another trick up your sleeve?"

Jiraiya looked surprised. Unlike the repulsive force, the soil in Yomi Swamp seemed to be sucked up.

However, he had no time to be surprised. He immediately saw Nagato's body change. His arm was detached, and then many missiles spewing flames appeared and attacked him instantly.

"Is this also a power of the Rinnegan!?"

The missiles were used, and Jiraiya was shocked again. He quickly dodged and even used his Needle Jizo to take the hit. The explosion made Jiraiya's chest ache. He didn't care about the missiles, but he also had to track them.

Just as Jiraiya untied the needles from Jizo, he found that Nagato had already arrived in front of him.

"not good."

"Shinra Tensei!"

Bang!

The powerful repulsive force pushed out in all directions, even squeezing out a spherical crater tens of meters wide in the hard ground. Jiraiya was directly blasted away by this irresistible repulsive force.

After falling to the ground, it rolled around for a long time and then fell silent.

"The Guiding Force of All Things".

Nagato raised his hand to Jiraiya again, using the Rinnegan's eye technique, and then pulled Jiraiya towards him.

Jiraiya, who was pretending to be unconscious, felt the suction force and immediately tried to block it with ninjutsu.

But it was too late. He was quickly pulled in front of Nagato, who then grabbed his neck and slammed him to the ground.

boom!

Jiraiya coughed up a mouthful of blood; he felt like his whole body was about to fall apart after being hit like that.

Having been possessed by Tobi, Nagato's chakra and strength have increased significantly; that last attack was almost superhuman.

The next second, a black rod extended from Nagato's left hand, but a hint of hesitation flashed across his face; while Jiraiya, lying on the ground, opened his squinted eyes and slowly uttered, "Nagato."

boom!

Nagato gripped the black rod and slammed it into the ground beside Jiraiya. Then, he took a deep breath and said to him, "Jiraiya-sensei, please don't come looking for us again. This is our final bond as master and disciple."

After saying that, Nagato turned and left. After this battle, he had nothing to do with Jiraiya anymore.

After Nagato left, Jiraiya, who was lying on the ground, immediately fainted. He had been hit by Shinra Tensei twice, a missile, and finally, he was thrown by a force that was almost superhuman, which caused internal injuries and left his body feeling like it was about to fall apart.

After Nagato left, Obito emerged from the Kamui dimension, and White Zetsu slowly crawled out from underground.

"The Rinnegan's power is truly formidable; it defeated one of the Legendary Sannin in such a short time."

Obito calmly said, "Those are, after all, the eyes of a sage."

The instantaneous ninjutsu without hand seals, the mechanical power that alters the body, the amplification that Tobi brought to Nagato, and the issue of intelligence; Obito himself had been possessed by Tobi and knew how much power Tobi could bring to the possessed.

So it's not surprising that Jiraiya was beaten like this. This is because Nagato hadn't fully mastered the Rinnegan yet, otherwise he could have defeated Jiraiya even faster.

White Zetsu asked, "What about Jiraiya? Should we kill him?"

"No need, he definitely won't give up on Nagato, let's leave him."

When Obito saw Jiraiya, it was unclear whether he was thinking of Nagato or of himself.

"Only after Nagato kills Jiraiya will he firmly stand on our side."

After saying that, Obito used Kamui to leave.

"Killing a master, huh? Obito, that's probably what you think too, isn't it?"

After White Zetsu and Black Zetsu finished speaking, they also disappeared underground.

A short while later, a heavy rain began to fall, and the torrential rain brought Jiraiya back to his senses.

When he woke up, he found that he was all alone. Nagato had left long ago, and there was a black stick stuck in the ground next to him.

"That bastard Nagato, how could he hit our teacher so hard?"

Jiraiya grimaced as he said that he felt several of his bones were broken, making it difficult for him to walk. He then extracted a little chakra, stained it with some blood, and used the summoning technique by forming hand seals.

Bang!

A cloud of smoke appeared, and Jiraiya found himself standing atop the head of a giant, purplish-red toad.

The toad, carrying a shield and a pitchfork, looked around after emerging and, finding no enemies, asked, "Jiraiya, where are the enemies?"

Jiraiya said, "I'm sorry, Gamaken, the enemy has left. I'm seriously injured now. Could you please take me back to Konoha?"

"Okay, no problem then, you can just go into my mouth."

Gamaken said that since he was seriously injured, he definitely couldn't stand on its head anymore, and Jiraiya didn't object; so Gamaken put Jiraiya in its soft mouth and jumped directly towards Konoha.

Given his current condition, returning to Konoha for treatment is the best option. Although he could also recuperate at Mount Myōboku, there are no medical ninjas there, and he would only be able to eat insects.

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"Well done, Lin."

After realizing that his vision had been blocked, Uchiha Yoichi praised him without reservation: "Being able to learn an A-rank genjutsu in just a few days is enough to demonstrate your talent. Do you want to take a break?"

"I'm fine, but is Professor Yang Yi tired?"

After Nohara Rin dispelled the illusion, she came to Uchiha Yoichi's side and asked him with a sweet and youthful smile. These past few days, Yoichi had been so dedicated to guiding her training and had gently comforted her. Nohara Rin's feelings for Yoichi had increased considerably.

"Let's take a break. There's no rush to cultivate. By the way, Lin, the ninja game I brought is newly developed. You can try it out when you're bored and give me your feedback."

"Yes, Teacher Yangyi."

Nohara Rin nodded and then stood obediently beside Uchiha Yoichi, asking again, "Yoichi-sensei, is there anything I can do for you?"

"That"

After thinking for a moment, Uchiha Yoichi seriously used his ability to listen to Nohara Rin's thoughts.

"I really want to do something for Teacher Yangyi. She's so kind and has helped me so much. I'd feel so bad if I didn't do something for her."

"In that case, Lin, could you give me a massage?"

"A massage?"

Nohara Rin was taken aback for a moment after hearing this, but as a medical ninja, she easily accepted it.

He nodded quickly and said, "Okay, Teacher Yangyi."

After saying that, Nohara Rin shifted her youthful body, wanting to get a little closer.

However, Uchiha Yoichi suddenly received a memory from his wood clone, which made him smile. He then raised his hand to stroke Nohara Rin's reddish-brown hair and said apologetically.

"Lin, I suddenly have something to take care of. Let my clone accompany you in making medicine. We can do the massage later."

"Oh? Okay then, Mr. Yangyi."

Nohara Rin felt a little disappointed, but when she heard that Yoichi-sensei had left a clone to keep her company, she smiled happily.

After leaving a wooden clone in the alchemy room, Uchiha Yoichi left and headed towards the Hokage Building.

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