Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 352 The Real Leader of Akatsuki

"Let's go, it's time to retrieve the Nine-Tails!"

In Amegakure, at the tallest tower, as Pain's words fell, the Six Paths of Pain lined up, the strongest fighting force of the Akatsuki made its appearance, exuding an overwhelming sense of pressure.

Unfortunately, a series of clicking sounds followed.

Konan pushed Nagato, who was sitting in a wheelchair with tubes inserted into his back, out of the room, instantly destroying the imposing aura of Pain.

Pain stepped aside, and Konan pushed Nagato forward, standing next to Pain's Deva Path.

Konan said with concern, "Why don't we let Madara go and bring back the Nine-Tails, Nagato?"

At this moment, Nagato's face was withered, and although the amount of chakra in his body was still enormous, his bodily functions were on the verge of collapse.

If high-intensity battles continue, the deterioration of physical functions will accelerate, making the already limited lifespan even more precarious.

Konan was unwilling for Nagato to risk his life in Konoha.

"I don't trust that person!"

Despite being called Madara, he was actually some unknown Uchiha, and Nagato never trusted him.

Now all that's missing are the Eight-Tails and the Nine-Tails. The Eight-Tails has already been handed over to Sasuke's team, but he wants to personally bring back the strongest Nine-Tails.

We're just one step away from nuclear peace, and Nagato absolutely cannot allow any accidents to happen.

"Oh well."

Seeing the determination in Nagato's eyes, Konan said nothing more. In the trio, she was always the one who listened, always playing the role of the most reliable woman behind the man.

"Spiritualism!"

Among the Six Paths of Pain, the beautiful girl in the Animal Path formed hand seals and let out a delicate shout. Black summoning jutsu patterns condensed from her hands and appeared in mid-air.

Bang!

A burst of white smoke erupted, and a spirit beast with a huge, sharp bird's beak flew out of the smoke into the sky.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh... All six Pain's jumped onto the giant bird's back.

Konan also jumped onto the giant bird's back, along with Nagato's wheelchair.

Then the summoning beast, a giant bird, flew towards Konoha.

On a tall tower in Wuyin Village, Li Yaoying's clone appeared from a spatial interlayer and glanced in the direction the giant bird had left.

"Soon!"

Li Yaoying smiled as Nagato set off, and it wasn't long before Naruto returned in Sage Mode after a quick training session.

Li Yaoying's clone flew towards the place where Jiraiya died in battle. The buildings there were damaged and had not yet been repaired, making them easy to spot.

"Earth Release: Mass Technique!"

Upon arriving at Yuanhai Lake, Li Yaoying's clone immediately used the Mass Technique, granting the clone's physical body an imaginary mass of 10,000 tons, increasing the body's imaginary density countless times.

Water pressure is no problem at all.

Li Yaoying's clone immediately jumped into the water and dived downwards.

As Li Yao had guessed, Yuanhai Lake was the ground that the Sage of Six Paths had extracted when sealing Kaguya Otsutsuki; its edge depth exceeded one thousand meters.

With a water depth of one thousand meters, it would be very difficult for an ordinary person to approach this place if it weren't for the terrifying defense granted to their physical body by the technique of mass.

However, it is also possible to reach the deep sea through other means.

Putting aside other things, Li Yao can safely reach the seabed thousands of meters deep using water transformation techniques, water penetration techniques, and the ability to walk through hidden spaces.

He has too many tricks up his sleeve; places that ordinary people can't go to have little effect on him.

"Fortunately, it's still relatively intact."

Soon, Li Yaoying's clone found Jiraiya's body on the seabed.

Perhaps because this place is too close to the buildings of Amegakure and the water is too deep, there are not many large carnivorous fish, and the underwater currents are not strong, so Jiraiya's body was preserved relatively well.

Li Yaoying's clone retrieved a piece of Jiraiya's bone and returned.

Back in Amegakure, Li Yaoying's clone randomly picked a ninja with very little chakra and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport to Tsunade's house in Konoha.

Li Yaoying then used a clone to leave and head to Yunyin Village.

Li Yao suddenly remembered that Sasuke had already joined the Akatsuki organization after his battle with Itachi and was heading to Kumogakure to capture the Eight-Tails.

Obito might be by Sasuke's side right now, ready to replace Itachi's Mangekyou Sharingan for Sasuke at any time.

Using a shadow clone to go to the Hidden Cloud Village would allow them to find both of them at the same time.

"Shadow Sealing Barrier Technique!"

With a thought, Li Yao cast a barrier jutsu on Tsunade's house to shield it from chakra fluctuations. The principle was derived from the Yin Seal, which could perfectly hide the chakra fluctuations within the barrier, making it undetectable even by the Byakugan.

"Alright, now it's time to summon Jiraiya and let him see for himself the consequences of leaving behind such an incomprehensible code."

With a thought, Li Yao unleashed a sealing technique, causing black patterns of chakra to spread across the living room floor, quickly forming the Impure World Reincarnation Summoning Jutsu.

The Impure World Reincarnation Summoning Technique at this time was different from what was recorded in the Book of Seals.

Madara knew the risks of Edo Tensei, and Li Yao naturally knew them too.

Once the person resurrected by Edo Tensei knows the hand seal sequence, they can reverse the sequence and break the contract control that the user had over the resurrected ninja.

In this way, one gains endless chakra and an immortal body.

Once a powerful being resurrected through the Impure World Reincarnation technique goes out of control, especially one like Madara, the damage they cause is devastating.

Therefore, Li Yao also improved the Impure World Reincarnation technique.

In the original work, Orochimaru also improved the Impure World Reincarnation technique, which is why he was able to control the First and Second Hokage when he summoned them, and they were not able to release him.

Madara was able to undo the resurrection because of the Rinnegan's ability to sense things. At the moment he was resurrected by Edo Tensei, he had already obtained all the seals of the Edo Tensei technique performed by Kabuto Yakushi through Obito's Rinnegan.

That's why Madara was able to break the summoning contract of the Impure World Reincarnation technique.

However, the impure world resurrection techniques improved by Orochimaru and Kabuto are unstable, and some people can still break free on their own through strong willpower, allowing their souls to ascend to heaven.

Li Yao's approach was different; his improvements were more thorough than those of Orochimaru and Kabuto.

Because Li Yao doesn't need to form hand seals at all.

Using his absolute chakra control, Li Yao designed his Impure World Reincarnation technique to be even more of a replica, adding even more contractual constraints.

Therefore, his Impure World Reincarnation technique became even more powerful.

The reanimated ninjas he summoned had virtually no chance of resisting him.

"The Impure World Reincarnation Technique!"

The sealing formation of the Impure World Summoning Technique was successfully completed. Li Yao immediately placed Jiraiya's bones and a living sacrifice into the sealing formation, and then, with a thought, he channeled chakra to cast the Impure World Reincarnation Technique.

A burst of white light shone from the Impure Earth Summoning Sealing Array.

Jiraiya's body bones turned into white powder and dissipated.

The human sacrifice was covered in dense white powder, which quickly covered his entire body, and then Jiraiya's figure materialized.

"This is... Tsunade's house!"

The moment Jiraiya opened his eyes, he immediately noticed that this was Tsunade's house, showing that he had done extensive research on Tsunade's house.

Only then did he notice Li Yao standing in front of him.

(End of this chapter)