Jiraiya looked at the familiar figure and let out a soft laugh, a smile slowly appearing on his face. The moment he saw Konan, all his suspicions were confirmed!
The three leaders of the Akatsuki Organization were the three disciples he had taught—the child who possessed the Sage of Six Paths' Rinnegan, the one he had once believed to be the Child of Prophecy. At this moment, Jiraiya did not know how he was supposed to feel.
There was both joy at seeing his former disciple and an indescribable melancholy.
Why had his three disciples, those three children who longed for peace, become what they were now?
Looking at Konan, whose expression was blank and whose demeanor was cold enough to seem inhuman, Jiraiya remained silent for a long while.
"This guy is an intruder! Angel-sama, kill him!"
Having regained his freedom, the moment Jiraiya appeared, the paper wrapping around him scattered apart. The ninja whom Jiraiya had controlled with the Toad Shadow Manipulation Technique shouted. Konan did not even glance at him, merely speaking indifferently. Countless blank sheets of paper appeared out of thin air, turning into a torrent that gathered behind Konan. Gradually, a pair of paper wings resembling the wings of a legendary angel appeared behind her.
"So you call yourself an angel now?!"
Jiraiya looked at Konan, pain flashing through his eyes as he shouted loudly.
"Whether I am an angel is not important. My task now is to kill you, Teacher." A barely perceptible ripple passed through Konan's eyes as she looked at Jiraiya, but her face remained expressionless.
Her angelic wings fluttered slightly. Then countless sheets of paper, sharp as blades, became a torrent and shot toward Jiraiya. "Don't take them head-on!"
"Clang! Clang!" Jiraiya's body flashed as he dodged the storm of paper