Naruto: I'm really not an evil scientist!

"Hey Nagato, even if we're the closest of friends, you don't have to give me such a warm welcome right away, do you?"

"Won't we talk first?"

As Hiruko spoke flippantly, six strange ninjas dressed in black robes with red cloud patterns appeared before him.

These are the Six Paths Clone Forms, combat units meticulously developed by Nagato. In the last battle, Hiruko, relying on her scientific ingenuity, inflicted considerable damage on the Six Paths Clone Forms.

However, so much time has passed now, Nagato has long since healed all the injuries on his clones, and even replaced those damaged clones with more powerful ones.

Although the Six Paths clones are essentially just corpses, we can see from the case of Pain that if the deceased was powerful enough in life and Nagato also put in enough effort to adjust them, their combat power will always be much stronger than clones that are randomly created.

Pain almost single-handedly beat Naruto to a pulp.

"……Shut up."

Perhaps feeling that both sides had already revealed a lot of their trump cards in the previous battle, there was no need to continue pretending. Pain spoke directly, but his tone was not friendly.

"Hey, hey, hey, you don't have to be so fierce."

Hiruko said with a grin, "If you don't speak, I can still keep a good impression of you in my heart."

"Tsk..." Pain was clearly unimpressed by Hiruko's teasing.

Hiruko gripped the hilt of the Data Core Sword once more. It was the culmination of his latest scientific research, and its materials and design were impeccable.

He charged toward Pain, and Pain, without hesitation, collided directly with Hiruko.

The first thing Hiruko wanted to cut off was, of course, the Hell Path of the Wet Nurse.

No matter what, cutting off the wet nurse first and then releasing the breastfeeding mother is always a good idea; this is a valuable lesson he learned from his scientific research experience.

However, Nagato clearly understood the strengths and weaknesses of his Six Paths clones better than Hiruko, and he directly used Deva Path Pain to withstand Hiruko's attack.

Clang! Pain and Hiruko drew their swords simultaneously, the Heavenly Blade and the Data Core Sword colliding heavily.

Visibly, the blade of the Sky-Slaying Blade trembled, while the thick-skinned Data Core Sword remained unchanged.

It wasn't that there was anything wrong with their techniques; Pain's physical skills were also very strong. It was simply that Pain suffered a great loss due to the type of weapon they used.

It would be strange if Pain, with his relatively thin katana, could gain the upper hand in a head-on clash with the heavy European greatsword.

However, Hiruko was not happy at all. He had known all along that in terms of pure strength, Pain could not stop him.

but……

"Hey, watch out! That's my family heirloom knife, specially modified by me!"

"You abandoned your own dreams, and now you want me to be careful?"

"Hey, don't say things that outsiders won't understand, or you'll get criticized!"

However...giving up the fight just because the enemy is strong is not Nagato's style.

"Shinra Tensei." Pain raised his hand and flicked Hiruko away.

Hiruko had known about this guy's move for a long time and was prepared when the fight started.

Just as Nagato raised his hand, Hiruko had already retreated.

He has recently invested a lot in physical skills. Although he has not yet achieved the unparalleled burst power of the Eight Gates, his strong and stable base stats allow him to better utilize his strength and the effects of his research equipment.

The powerful repulsive force swept across everything around it, but failed to harm even a single hem of Hiruko's clothing.

Pain had anticipated this, and his expression remained unchanged—from the very beginning, he had no intention of using this move to harm Hiruko.

What he really wanted to do was to have the hell realm and the asura realm rush forward and isolate Biruhu from the animal realm, the human realm, and the hell realm.

The roles of the six avatars are quite clear: the Heavenly Dao is the strongest and serves as the ballast.

The Hungry Ghost Realm is the tankiest, capable of withstanding all damage, including magical attacks, head-on.

The Asura Path attacks are extremely ferocious, and they even use various technological weapons—including laser cannons, a field that Hiruko has always wanted to research but has failed to succeed in.

Animals can summon miscellaneous soldiers, and at crucial moments they can use summoning magic to snatch other clones to their side, preventing them from dying on the spot.

The Hell Path is the standard healer, responsible for recovery and support.

Relatively speaking, the Human Path's attacks are the weakest, but when fighting the Human Path, the margin for error is the lowest. If he seizes an opportunity to capture your soul, you will die instantly.

Hiruko's medical ninjutsu can only be described as tragic, and Nagato would never let him kill a healer so easily.

If things get bogged down in a tug-of-war, it will be quite disadvantageous for him.

Therefore... we must kill the Asura and Hungry Ghost realms first!

Blood Demon, this is the latest secret technique developed by Hiruko.

When this secret technique was activated, everything in front of Hiruko turned bright red.

Even though he hadn't activated the demon-slaying technique, his consciousness was still momentarily dazed.

But it doesn't matter.

As Hiruko exerted tremendous pressure on his heart, more blood and more energy began to flow through his body.

His strength surged dramatically, instantly reaching an unprecedented level.

It is difficult for a normal person to use Blood Demon for an extended period of time, because Blood Demon essentially overloads the heart, placing an enormous burden on the body.

Even a powerful martial artist like the Magnetic Field God has one of his absolute weaknesses: his heart.

But Biluhu didn't care about any of that, because his physical condition was constantly improving through scientific research.

Chapter 445

Even the most powerful bloodline ninjas have a physical limit, making it difficult for them to develop a second or even third time.

No matter how good your training is, your body will eventually have its limits.

But Beiliuhu did not.

Furthermore, Hiruko's bloodline meant that he was completely unconcerned about damage to his internal organs.

If he feels his heart is about to give out, he can simply squeeze out a regenerative ability; this is the regenerative ability he achieved through scientific research.

Then have a decent medical ninja put it on him. Although it sounds a bit shocking, it is indeed effective.

As Hiruko's physique became increasingly abnormal, his compatibility with the forbidden technique, Blood Demon, improved.

Even when using it, it really gave him the feeling of being possessed by a god—being possessed by a god is the Blood Demon!

Unfortunately, the problem of exorcising demons remains unsolved; otherwise... he couldn't possibly replace his own brain, could he?

Then you'll really become a different person.

The violent power invigorated Hiruko, and before the other five Paths could intervene, he had already slammed a punch into the chest of the Preta Path.

The hungry ghost instinctively placed his hands in front of his chest, blocking Hiruko's punches.

But it didn't work.

—Eat!

Hiruko punched through the opponent's arm and chest, even knocking away all the black rods stuck in the Hungry Ghost's body.

Severely injured, even the hungry ghosts could not withstand it. Before they could even let out a cry of pain, they collapsed to the ground and stopped moving.

Hiruko had previously defeated the Hungry Ghost Realm once, and this time, he destroyed it with a single blow as well.

No… Nagato keenly perceived the difference.

"You've gotten stronger again... a lot stronger!"

The Hungry Ghost Realm was created from the very beginning to protect against harm.

Nagato's development of him can be said to be quite successful; no ninjutsu or genjutsu is effective against the Preta Path.

If there aren't enough of them, even the magic might be absorbed by the hungry ghosts.

Only when facing pure physical techniques... In the last battle, the Preta Path was completely destroyed by Hiruko's pure brute force.

After the battle, Nagato, having learned his lesson, specifically enhanced the Preta Path's resilience.

Who would have thought that this meeting still couldn't stop it...

"After all, we only meet once in such a long time."

If there aren't any new ideas, you'll be very disappointed, won't you?

The remaining five Six Paths clones did not continue their attack but instead chose to retreat temporarily.

However, during their retreat, they also took the corpses of the Hungry Ghosts who had been knocked down with them, clearly intending to go back and study Hiruko's attack methods.

Hiruko did not stop them. Both sides knew very well that this was only the first round, and the real battle was yet to come.

Pain tilted his head, as if he had discovered something.

You are very tired.

"Ah."

Even so, will you continue fighting?

Hiruko knew that Nagato had never used his full strength from beginning to end—in the Six Paths system, the truly strongest was always him, the outsider.

Even if Pain's Deva Path is destroyed, as long as Nagato's original body still exists, he has not lost.

However... isn't Hiruko the same?

It is not yet in its complete state of being.

He took out a sealing scroll from his ninja tool pouch at his waist and poured out a jar the size of a watermelon.

Nagato immediately sensed something was wrong.

“This is all dark chakra!” But Hiruko ignored all that and directly plunged his hand into the jar, channeling all the massive amount of chakra stored inside into his body.

It's true that these chakras are all dark chakras, but Hiruko knows their origin even more clearly—the Zero-Tails.

This is a special energy source that he discovered during his scientific research.

In essence, this jar is no different from the sealing jars currently used by the three-wheeled vehicles in the Land of Fire.

It's simply that the jar Hiruko is currently using can hold a larger quantity and higher purity of dark chakra.

However, due to his unique fighting style over the years, his demand for chakra is not very high, so there is no major problem.