Jiraiya was dumbfounded.
How the hell was he supposed to fight this?!
"Can that Pain revive the other Pains? It looks like that's the only possibility we can consider."
Jiraiya gritted his teeth, his mind racing as he searched for a countermeasure.
"Little Jiraiya," Sage Fukasaku said quietly, "you don't have much Chakra left. You've already bought enough time."
"These six really do form a perfect combat system..."
"Hand Naruto over," Pain said. "And do you really think you can stop me?"
"—!!!" Jiraiya's expression changed drastically. "Damn it!"
The Animal Path had vanished without anyone noticing!
"Summoning Jutsu!"
A massive Summoned Beast appeared in Konoha some distance away.
At the same time, countless sheets of paper drifted down from the sky and bombarded Konoha.
"Damn it, what the hell is going on?!"
Shikamaru looked around frantically.
The Chunin Exam had only just ended. He had finally gotten some time off to rest, only for Konoha's alarms to suddenly blare.
And they were the highest-level alarms.
The very next moment, enemies appeared out of nowhere. Massive Summoned Beasts rampaged through the village, while countless things resembling Explosive Tags fell from the sky.
Konoha was instantly transformed into a sea of flames.
[Li Mei BBQ, huh.]
[Holy shit, seeing this hellish Danmaku made me forget what I wanted to say.]
[No, isn't the question where Lady Sparkle is?]
[Yeah, where's Lady Sparkle?]
[Lady Sparkle, hurry up and save the day!]
The viewers called for Lady Sparkle, and Lady Sparkle did indeed appear on-screen.
Except it was not Konoha's Lady Sparkle, but "Fire Sparkle," created by Lady Sparkle using a skill.
In other words, Otohime.
There was not much for her to do here.
"Who... exactly... are... you people?!"
The one cornered by the two of them was the Eight-Tails' Jinchuriki, the