If Jiraiya had known Pain's true identity from the start, or understood what the "Six Paths of Pain" were, then his sacrifice would never have happened.
For example, in the battles of the "original work," if Naruto had fought Deidara while Shadow Clones dealt with Sasori's poison and Hundred Puppet Performance, there would never have been such a whole series of messy complications.
Many of the hard-fought battles in the "original work" were, from Sparkle's perspective, simply caused by mismatched resources.
"How are things on Naruto's side?" Kakashi asked Sparkle again.
"Byakugan—"
Sparkle looked toward Naruko.
Naruko's battle had already reached its most intense stage.
Once Naruko developed killing intent, the situation on the battlefield began to change.
Despite using the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu four times in a row, Naruko was still brimming with energy.
The Hundred Puppet Performance might have seemed vast in number, but before Naruko's even greater number of Shadow Clones, it was hardly worth mentioning.
"Prepare yourself!"
With hot-blooded BGM playing, Naruko finally reached Sasori and threw a punch at him.
Clang—
Sasori was sent flying by Naruko's Super Strength, turning into a pile of shattered parts.
"Huh?!!! A puppet? But he clearly had a human presence!"
Naruko was startled.
"—He turned himself into a human puppet." Grandma Chiyo's voice came from behind her.
Naruko turned around and saw that Grandma Chiyo seemed to be deep in thought.
"I thought he had merely modified his body. He actually turned himself into a puppet?!"
Naruko was shocked.
Because she could sense Chakra from him, Naruko had previously assumed that he had merely carried out some insane modification on his own body.
Body modification was extremely common in the ninja world.
But completely turning oneself into a human puppet was something Naruko had never imagined.
At that