"Leader, I need to leave first. I have urgent matters to handle, so I won't be taking part in sealing the Tailed Beast." Hyuga Kei handed the sealing box containing the Six-Tails to Deva Path Pain.
Pain accepted the sealing box, nodded, and asked, "Do you need the Akatsuki Organization to assist you?"
"No need. My own strength is already enough to handle it." Hyuga Kei inwardly exclaimed, Well, damn. When Kabuto Yakushi's message had reached him earlier, it contained only five words: Jiraiya has arrived.
And now Nagato was asking whether he needed help—was he planning to kill his teacher just like in the original story? With that thought, Hyuga Kei turned and left swiftly, his figure quickly vanishing from Pain's sight.
Pain watched the direction he had left in, his brow furrowing slightly as though deep in thought. Then, he turned his attention back to sealing the Tailed Beast.
Elsewhere, after putting some distance between himself and Pain, Hyuga Kei immediately activated Kamui and vanished from the spot. In the next instant, he returned to his headquarters.
Hyuga Kei entered the monitoring room in the Sound Village, where Kabuto Yakushi was already waiting.
"Lord Kei, you're here," Kabuto Yakushi greeted respectfully.
Hyuga Kei gave a slight nod. "Mm. Where is Jiraiya now? When will he meet with the puppet?"
"Jiraiya just arrived at the Sound Village using a false identity. As per your instructions, I allowed him to enter without incident." Kabuto Yakushi lightly tapped the keyboard a few times, bringing the surveillance footage right up to Jiraiya's face.
On the screen, Jiraiya had transformed into a wandering ninja resembling a white-haired youth, walking through the streets of the Sound Village in a cloak.
Ordinary people truly would have found no flaws, but he could not escape the