This kind of battle had never been seen before. Even ninjas who were unskilled in Ninjutsu and specialized in Taijutsu had Chakra flowing through their bodies.
A fighting style like Han Yu's was truly the first of its kind in all of history.
Hearing Deva Path Pain's words, Han Yu instead stopped attacking, a thoughtful look on his face.
Seeing that Han Yu seemed to have been persuaded by Deva Path Pain, Tsunade's expression grew increasingly grave. The little Chakra she had left gathered frantically as she prepared for Han Yu to turn against her at any moment.
After thinking for a moment, Han Yu looked at Deva Path Pain and spoke.
"Then give me the goods. I want your Shinra Tensei and Outer Path: Rinne Rebirth!"
"This..."
Deva Path Pain was taken aback. He had thought Han Yu would demand a large sum of money, and even if he asked for Ninjutsu, Pain had prepared several A-rank and S-rank techniques. But he had never expected Han Yu to ask for Shinra Tensei and Outer Path: Rinne Rebirth the moment he opened his mouth.
Of these two Ninjutsu, the first was peerless in both destructive and defensive power.
Outer Path: Rinne Rebirth, meanwhile, was a transcendent Ninjutsu capable of bringing people back to life. Neither was something an ordinary person could obtain.
"What, you don't want to hand them over?"
Han Yu narrowed his eyes, his words thick with menace. His lips moved slightly, and words so quiet that only Deva Path Pain could hear reached his ears, bringing a look of shock to his ever-poker-faced expression.
"You're just a puppet, aren't you? I know where your real body is. If you don't want to die so soon, be good and hand them over!" Han Yu lifted his chin and indicated a direction before speaking.
He actually knows where my real body is? How is that possible!
Nagato, controlling Pain from far outside Konoha, looked astonished. Han Yu actually knew that Pain was just a puppet?
Where had he gotten that information?
Deva Path Pain looked around. The people nearby still wore blank expressions, and it seemed they had not heard what Han Yu had said. This manner of speaking made Deva Path Pain's fear of Han Yu rise considerably.
"All right, I'll give them to you!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Deva Path Pain raised a hand to his eye socket and dug out the Rinnegan from his right eye, protecting it from harm with a stream of Chakra.
The sight of him removing his eye made even Han Yu suck in a cold breath. He's one tough customer.
Deva Path Pain took out a scroll and tossed it to Han Yu along with the eye.
Han Yu caught the two things and smiled faintly. The general store did not care whether what it collected was the original object itself. As long as a particular ability had been used through it, it could serve as a medium for that ability to be recorded in the general store system.
That was why Han Yu had not gone looking for Nagato.
A pale white ring visible to the naked eye radiated from Hyorinmaru in his hand, spreading outward with Han Yu at its center. Deva Path Pain, who was closest, was instantly turned into an ice sculpture.
The other four Pains did not escape this calamity either. They were caught in it before they could even think of fleeing.
"Ding! Mission [Collect special Ninjutsu: Shinra Tensei] complete. Awaiting settlement!"
Hearing the system's words ring out in his mind, Han Yu nodded in satisfaction and spoke softly to Deva Path Pain, who had become an ice sculpture.
"I've taken the goods, so I won't take your real body's life. But I can't let this puppet off."
With that, Han Yu tapped Deva Path Pain's ice sculpture lightly. Starting with him, the other Pains' ice sculptures burst apart as well, turning into a skyful of icy mist.
Everything had happened so quickly that the entire process had taken less than ten minutes.
The villagers of Konoha, Tsunade included, were all like geese with their throats gripped shut. They had things they wanted to say, but could not get a word out.
This swift and decisive battle made Tsunade and the others feel that the hard-fought battle they had just waged had all been a joke.
"Th-this is impossible!"
Tsunade's slightly pale lips parted as she murmured, staring at the figure before her, who was even somewhat slender.
Han Yu's fighting style completely overturned the worldview of everyone present. Even among the Hokage of past generations, they had never seen anyone coat a weapon directly in Chakra to give it an elemental attack.
She looked carefully and, after confirming that the Six Paths of Pain had indeed fallen, her body went limp beyond her control. She finally could not hold on any longer.
The Chakra she had expended protecting the entire village could be said to have been drawn on beyond her limits. Without its protection, her skin, once smooth as congealed cream, shriveled.
Tsunade was around fifty years old. The reason she could still maintain a young girl's skin and appearance was her S-rank Ninjutsu, the Yin Seal.
This was also the Ninjutsu required to activate another S-rank Ninjutsu, the Strength of a Hundred Technique.
As Tsunade fell, an invisible force supported her, letting her float gently to the ground. Han Yu's figure also appeared beside her in an instant.
Looking at her rapidly aging face, Han Yu could not help marveling at the power of the S-rank Ninjutsu, the Yin Seal. If he got his hands on it and put it up for sale, how popular would it be among women?
Unfortunately, only powerful ninjas could make good use of it.
An Anbu Ninja leaped over from nearby. Seeing Han Yu holding Tsunade in his arms, he suppressed his doubts about Han Yu's identity and turned to Tsunade instead.
"How is Lord Hokage?"
"The medical team! I'll go get them here right now!"
The Anbu Ninja was about to call for a medical-nin when he saw Han Yu wave a hand, crouch down, and help Tsunade up.
"From the look of her, her stamina and Chakra have been severely overdrawn. Conventional treatment would probably take a long time, so let me handle it."
"You? What are you planning to do?"
The Anbu Ninja stopped where he was. The reason he had not immediately gone to call the medical team was that Han Yu's performance just now had been so astonishing that he had instinctively obeyed him.
Han Yu freed one hand and brought his index finger and thumb together. A golden broad bean appeared between them.
The moment the broad bean appeared, a strange fragrance wafted out. Those nearby who caught even a whiff of it were quite surprised.
That was because, after inhaling the golden broad bean's fragrance, the injuries inside and outside their bodies were visibly healing.
"This is good stuff. I refined this Senzu Bean again. Not only can it heal injuries, it can also enhance your beauty and complexion. Eat this Senzu Bean, and if you're bedridden now, you'll be up dancing at a club in no time!"
Han Yu chuckled. Paying no attention to the Anbu Ninjas exchanging looks, he gently parted Tsunade's slightly pale lips and tucked the Senzu Bean inside.
The moment the Senzu Bean entered her mouth, it turned into a warm current that surged into Tsunade's internal organs. Her complexion rapidly recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye, and her shriveled, pale lips instantly became rosy and supple again.
Tsunade's eyelids fluttered. When she opened her eyes, she saw a handsome, smiling face, and she was currently in its owner's arms.
"Ah, I, this... what happened to me just now?"
Tsunade awkwardly struggled out of Han Yu's arms and hurried to her feet, a maiden-like blush unexpectedly coloring her face.
"You fainted from exhaustion just now, but I gave you a divine bean. Feel it for yourself. How does your body feel now?"
Only then did Tsunade notice that the Chakra she had overexerted in the earlier battle had actually returned to its peak.
Even more shocking was that she was not using the S-rank Ninjutsu Yin Seal, yet she still looked like an eighteen-year-old girl. Could it be because of the Senzu Bean Han Yu had given her earlier?
Looking at Han Yu's handsome face and faint smile, Tsunade was momentarily unsure where to place her gaze. She coughed twice and spoke.
"Where are the Anbu?"
As soon as she spoke, several figures darted out of the ruins. They all wore white masks depicting various animals. They were Konoha's Anbu, a force under the Hokage's direct command.
"What are your orders, Lady Tsunade?"
Seeing Tsunade's current appearance, the Anbu Ninjas all looked at her in amazement.
This was completely different from what she usually achieved with the Yin Seal. It was as though she had really grown twenty or thirty years younger.
With a youthful face that could be called childlike and a figure that set the blood pumping, even women might not be able to resist her, to say nothing of men.
"Help the injured villagers evacuate immediately. Search Konoha thoroughly and count the casualties."
The uncertainty Tsunade had shown before Han Yu vanished when she faced these Anbu members. She resumed the bearing of the Fifth Hokage and issued order after order in the blink of an eye.
The Anbu members answered and dispersed, darting off in every direction around Konoha to carry out Tsunade's orders.
"You've been a great help to us. We in Konoha will remember this."
Tsunade spoke earnestly. It had to be said that, looking decades younger, she had a presence in every smile and frown that made it impossible to look away.