Why are all of us who transmigrated at the same time demons?

"There, the Great Toad Sage told me that he could no longer fully see the direction of fate. Countless tributaries had merged together, and the Child of Prophecy was no more."

At this point, Jiraiya's expression seemed to have lifted a heavy burden.

“Old man, as you know, I’ve spent most of my life working on the matter of the Child of Prophecy.”

"I have imagined countless times how the Child of Prophecy would bring peace to the entire ninja world, and I often worry that I might not be able to teach the Child of Prophecy well. After all, I myself do not know how to achieve peace, let alone how to teach the other party."

Jiraiya laughed again as he spoke.

"Among the three legendary ninjas, I am the most useless, yet I have to shoulder such a huge responsibility. When I learned that the Child of Prophecy no longer existed, I thought I would be angry and panicked."

"In the end, I felt a great sense of relief."

Jiraiya turned his head and looked solemnly at the Third Hokage.

"Since the Child of Prophecy no longer exists, I will witness the future in my own way."

“Regardless of whether Nagato is the Child of Prophecy or not, one thing is certain: he is my disciple. He possesses the Sage of Six Paths’ Eyes, which are powerful enough to change the world, so I must meet him in person.”

Sensing Jiraiya's conviction, Hiruzen Sarutobi fell silent. As Hokage, he should stop Jiraiya. But as a teacher, he couldn't bear to stop him.

After a moment of silence, Hiruzen Sarutobi spoke.

"You will infiltrate the Konoha delegation during the Chunin Exams. Members of the accompanying barrier team will help you seal your chakra fluctuations. Konoha will only be responsible for getting you in. They will not be involved in anything afterward. You will have to bear all the consequences if anything happens to you. The village can at most redeem you, but they will not take any responsibility for it."

Finally, before Jiraiya left, Hiruzen Sarutobi added a meaningful remark.

"Jiraiya, even if you are one of the legendary Sannin with outstanding achievements, if this happens, it will cause huge damage to the reputation and interests of the village... The example of Sakumo is a good warning!"

Jiraiya remained silent. He knew very well that the Will of Fire had long since begun to turn into something that devoured people.

The idea that "ninjas voluntarily sacrifice for the collective and the elderly voluntarily sacrifice for the next generation" has been replaced by forcing others to sacrifice for the interests of "their own people."

Even Jiraiya, one of the Legendary Sannin, couldn't gain any advantage against this monster who grew up in the darkness of the First Hokage.

In fact, the older ninjas were not surprised at all by the changes in the so-called "Will of Fire".

Because isn't this so-called "Will of Fire" just a variant of the so-called "Will of the Thousand Hands" from the Warring States period?

Changing the name to "Uchiha Will" or "Hyuga Will" is the same thing; it's just a change of allegiance from the clan to the ninja village. It's the same thing in a different guise.

Back in the Warring States period, ninjas were capable of committing heinous acts against their own clansmen in order to ensure the continuation of their families. The Uchiha clan's treatment of Uchiha Hikaru is a good example of this.

If this kind of crazy ideology does not fundamentally change its material basis, even if the system is changed, it is just a change of subject.

As long as ninjas retain their fundamental nature of killing and plunder, and as long as they remain disconnected from the normal production system of society, changing their "will" is nothing more than replacing one type of killing machine with another.

Hashirama Senju's creation of the ninja village system was less about pursuing peace and more about better organizing the power of ninjas, making the ninja group a more efficient and powerful killing machine.

Ninjas are, in essence, a group of mercenaries. If there were no conflict in the world, how would mercenaries survive?

To be honest, the five great ninja villages in Boruto represent the development direction that ninjas aspire to. Ninjas have begun to fully participate in social production, and even industrial groups founded by ninjas, such as the Raigaku Group, have emerged. Naruto, the Hokage, is no longer limited to missions and wars, but is busy participating in various commercial and political activities.

If it weren't for the invasion of the Otsutsuki clan, Naruto, the prophesied son, might have actually brought peace to the ninja world.

Chapter 121 Naruto: Jiraiya's Infiltration

Jiraiya used the Toad Shadow Technique to attach himself to the back of a Konoha ninja, allowing him to enter the VIP passage openly. With a skilled barrier expert maintaining the sensory barrier for him, Jiraiya successfully infiltrated Amegakure, the village he had always wanted to enter.

Even during the Second Shinobi World War, no ninja force had ever managed to infiltrate Amegakure due to Hanzo's intimidation. Furthermore, given Amegakure's closed system, Jiraiya was one of the few who had ever seen anything inside Amegakure.

As expected, Rain Village had a large number of thick drainage pipes, but small tower-like devices were installed on top of these pipes, the contents of which were unknown. Furthermore, numerous covered bridges were built between the pipe areas for convenient transportation.

The atmosphere in Amegakure has changed quite a bit. Even inside the houses, Amegakure used to maintain a dark and gloomy decor. But now, the houses are spacious and bright, and people are smiling more often.

Four island-like building complexes have been built on the inland lake of Rain Village. The Rain Ninjas say that this is the new urban area of ​​Rain Village, which is divided into four major districts: Azure Dragon, Vermilion Bird, White Tiger, and Black Tortoise.

The Azure Dragon District is the political district, the White Tiger District is the military district, the Black Tortoise District is the commercial district, the Vermilion Bird District is the industrial district, and the Old District is the residential area of ​​a large number of Amegakure villagers. There are many bridges and tunnels connecting the five districts, and Jiraiya also saw many trams traveling between the districts along the tunnels.

The delegations from various ninja villages were accommodated in a guesthouse in the Seiryu district, where Seiryu received Mitokado Homura, who led the delegation.

Jiraiya was somewhat puzzled as he watched Seiryu chatting animatedly with Mitokado Homura.

"He claims to be the Right Minister of the Land of Rain, temporarily acting as the head of state. Temporarily? Isn't Nagato the regent of the Land of Rain? Is he not in the Land of Rain at this crucial time?"

Jiraiya secretly observed the Azure Dragon, trying to glean some useful information from him.

Suddenly, the Azure Dragon's gaze fell directly upon him, startling Jiraiya so much that he instantly snapped back to reality.

"Lord Daizo?" Mitomon Homura asked in confusion, looking at Seiryu who had suddenly turned his head.

“It’s nothing, Lord Mitomon. I just felt like someone was watching me,” Seiryu smiled. “It seems it was just my imagination.”

Jiraiya breathed a sigh of relief: "Such keen awareness, I was almost discovered. It seems that even without Nagato, there are extremely powerful ninjas in Amegakure. I must be careful."

Meanwhile, in a private room in the Sound Village, Orochimaru, the leader of the Sound Village, was secretly meeting with a person dressed in a black cloak who was completely covered up.

"A good design. What material is this cloak made of? How could it suppress my chakra perception to such an extent?" Orochimaru asked in his unique, hoarse, snake-like voice.

The other person's voice was slightly distorted. He said, "I initially discovered its peculiar properties in the old skin shed by the giant serpent in the Dragon Cave. After analyzing its material composition, I fused it with Kidomaru's spider silk to create this cloak of invisibility."

"Should I say that this is truly me?" Orochimaru smirked coldly.

"Hmph, I am you from another timeline, and I know very well how suspicious the existence called 'Orochimaru' can be. Even if I present enough evidence, I cannot completely gain your trust. I don't care whether you trust me completely or not; I just want to know if you accept my conditions?" The mysterious man in black robes, who resembled "Orochimaru," also sneered.

Orochimaru stroked his chin and asked with interest, "Whether what you said is true or not is another matter, but for such an important event, you wouldn't be the only one who came, would you?"

The black-robed Orochimaru replied, "Of course it's not just me. The calamity of the world affects everyone living in the world. It's just that I've come for you, while the others have other targets."

Jiraiya used the Toad Shadow Technique to subdue a Rain Ninja and began wandering around the old district. Many Rain Ninja's families and villagers lived here, making it the easiest place to gather information about the Rain Ninja Village.

As he walked past a huge drainpipe, he glanced over and saw two people standing inside. They were two people he knew very well: a young man with the Rinnegan and short orange-red hair, and a slender woman with long purple-blue hair and paper flowers. Both of them were wearing long robes with black backgrounds and red clouds.

Jiraiya's controlled Rain Ninja was stunned, his heart filled with utter shock.

Pain, dressed in the Akatsuki's black robe with red clouds, spoke in his inorganic voice: "Jiraiya-sensei, it's been a long time."

Seeing that he had been recognized, Jiraiya released his ninjutsu, transformed from a two-dimensional form into a physical entity, and leaped out of the shadows.

"Yahiko, Konan, you're still alive. Wait, Yahiko, how did you get the Rinnegan? Where's Nagato?"

Konan spoke up: "Jiraiya-sensei, Yahiko is dead. He was killed by Hanzo of the Salamander."

“Ah, but I also took down Hanzo the Salamander,” Pain interjected. “Let’s not talk about that, Jiraiya-sensei. Come with me, I have something more important to tell you, something concerning the safety of the world.”

With that, the two prepared to leave.

Just as Jiraiya was about to catch up, the Rain Ninja, who should have remained unconscious, suddenly woke up.

"Intruder, die!"

Jiraiya was shocked and quickly prepared to knock the other person unconscious again, while Amegakure took advantage of the moment to press a button on a bracelet on his wrist.

As a chakra signal was sent, the mysterious tower on the nearby drainage pipe suddenly began to move.

A powerful surge of chakra emanated from the area, and mechanical sounds began to echo throughout the old Rain Village.

"Old District - Area 023, unidentified intruders detected. 'Defender' automated infantry unit, activate."

The nearby towers opened one after another, and a large number of automated soldiers jumped out of the towers. They surrounded Jiraiya and his companions in a professional siege formation.

"Automatic puppets?" Jiraiya was somewhat surprised. When did the Rain Ninja develop puppetry techniques that were more advanced than those of the Sand Ninja?

At this moment, in a huge monitoring room in the Suzaku district, a tall woman with bright red short hair, also dressed in a black robe with red clouds from the Akatsuki organization, sat on her thick chair with her long, straight legs propped up on the control panel. She watched the monitoring while making sarcastic remarks.

"I even went out of my way to suppress the alarm from the Skynet automatic identification system. What kind of Sannin are they? How pathetic. If I hadn't been thinking of following the clues and catching them all in one fell swoop, they would have been discovered the moment the concealment barrier was lifted."

The woman was Suzaku of the Akatsuki organization, whose real name was Uzumaki Ookumo. She was an orphan of the Uzumaki clan who was scattered throughout the ninja world and was found by Loran during an outing.

After being taken in by the Rain Village, she swore allegiance to Loran and eventually became Suzaku of the Akatsuki organization after undergoing numerous trials.

"Well, it's good to see what kind of people these are."

Suzaku stared intently at the two monitors. One screen showed Pain, while the other screen showed Nagato, who was sitting on a large vehicle, hidden in a pipe and looking emaciated.

"Let me see who this guy is, who has such a mysterious resemblance to the boss and the same puppet and eyes?"

Chapter 122 Naruto: The Grand Show Begins (Part 1)

Jiraiya intended to capture the Rain Ninja as a hostage, but the Automaton's reaction was faster than expected.

Several automatons at the forefront fired lasers, narrowly avoiding being hit by Jiraiya. Meanwhile, the Rain Ninja hurriedly moved away from Jiraiya and his companions.

"Ninja ID 007301, please leave this battlefield immediately, assist in the evacuation of residents, and provide guidance to the reinforcements."

The mechanical voice of the automaton rang out in front of the Rain Ninja.

Young Amegakure ninja Ushimaru wiped his sweat; today had been a close call. If he hadn't used his accumulated merits to exchange for a chakra pill yesterday, and his cells were currently in a high-activity state after taking the pill, he wouldn't have been able to wake up from his coma so quickly.

Upon hearing the voice of the automaton, Ushimaru quickly nodded.

"I understand. You should also be careful. The other party should be Jiraiya, one of the three legendary ninja of Konoha."

The automated soldiers' intelligent program was somewhat beyond the scope of its logical reasoning to realize that humans would show concern for these machines, so it reacted a beat late.

“I understand that the other side’s intelligence is also in our database.”

"Then good luck to you guys!" Ushimaru gave a thumbs up, then used his Body Flicker Technique to rush towards the nearby residential area.

The automated soldiers completely surrounded the area.

"Intruder 1, Jiraiya, one of the three legendary ninjas of Konoha, male, suspected of espionage, with the goal of capturing him alive, and can be killed if he resists fiercely."

"Intruder number two, Konan? Female, lacks chakra comparison data, suspected of being an imposter or reanimation. More information is needed for analysis. The goal is to capture and seal her. If there is fierce resistance, she can be forcibly destroyed."

"Intruder Three, Pain? The appearance is the same, but the chakra is different, so it is suspected to be a disguise. More information is needed for analysis. The goal is to capture and seal him. If there is fierce resistance, he can be forcibly destroyed."

As the mechanical announcement sounded, Jiraiya and the other two looked somewhat serious. The intelligence of these automated soldiers was too strong; it was a technology that even the five great ninja villages could not achieve.

Jiraiya was also puzzled. It wasn't surprising that his information was recorded, but why did Yahiko call Pain the Deva Path? And what did it mean by "different chakra"? And what did it mean by Konan being "suspected of being disguised or reanimated"? How could a living person be reanimated?

The automated soldiers raised their wrists and fired high-energy laser beams, sealing off the entire area. However, because the soldiers were designed to capture, the lasers did not target the three people's vital organs.

Just as Jiraiya was forming hand seals to use Earth Release for defense, a voice sounded from behind him.

"Shenra Tianzheng"

Pain and Konan stood beside him. Pain raised his right hand, and a powerful repulsive field spread out from the three of them.

Numerous laser beams were distorted and deflected by this force field, perfectly avoiding Jiraiya and his companions.

"The Dance of Shikigami"

Following Pain, Konan immediately activated her ninjutsu.

A large number of explosive tags swarmed towards the automatons like a swarm of butterflies.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Explosions rang out one after another, but as the smoke cleared, rows of automatons were seen raising chakra shields, firmly protecting them from the blasts' power. The automatons remained unharmed.

"The other party strongly resisted arrest, so we switched our attack mode and reduced the proportion of our intention to capture them alive."

This time, the mechs took turns firing, unleashing a more intense and continuous barrage of laser bullets. Pain, whose spellcasting intervals were limited, was helpless; his "Shinra Tensei" was unsuitable for dealing with such relentless attacks, so it was time to switch.

The towering Hell Path descended from the sky, stretching out his hands to block the three of them. Countless chakra lasers were directly absorbed by the Hungry Ghost Path's "Sealing Technique Absorption Seal".

"An absorption ability has been detected, suspected to be the Hungry Ghost Path's 'Sealing Technique Absorption Seal'. Now switching to physical attack."

The automated mechs launched a spinning Gatling gun, and two or three of them unleashed a metal storm at Hell Path, while the remaining mechs continued to suppress Heaven Path with firepower.

"Hahaha, you cold-blooded puppets, don't forget that your enemy is me, the Legendary Sannin of Konoha, the Toad Spirit of Mount Myōboku, and the Mad Demon Jiraiya."

Fire Release: Great Flame Bullet

Jiraiya unleashed a massive fireball at the group of automatons.

"Earth Escape·Earth Flow Wall"

Jiraiya then formed hand seals and raised an earthen wall, dividing the Automaton into two parts.

"Konan, use all your strength to take down those puppets that are besieging Yahiko. It's not a good place to linger in battle."

Konan nodded and fully cooperated with Yahiko to repel the automatons, while Jiraiya helped the newly appeared Hell Path escape.

The one alive and two dead men didn't linger in the fight and ran away.

The automatons seemed to be stunned by the attack, and were a beat too slow to catch up with the group.

Inside the monitoring room of the Vermilion Bird District, the tail cloud of the Vermilion Bird Vortex was leisurely eating potato chips.

"The mark has already been laid during the chaos, so you can't escape now. Come on, let me see what your plans are."

"You mustn't let my hard work in releasing water go to waste!"