The Unlucky Hydrangea, Amegakure Clears Out the Invaders, Konan Makes a Cold Entrance

"You really know him?" Jiraiya.

"Okay, let it go." Naruto nodded, and seeing the relieved look on Hydrangea's face, he added, "Let me do it."

This is like escaping from one wolf's den only to fall into another!

Just as the Hydrangea was preparing to fight to the death, Naruto suddenly asked a question.

"Did you accept an S-rank mission?"

Upon hearing this, Hydrangea trembled, her expression subtly changing as she was pressed into the puddle, her pupils dilating slightly. Naruto noticed this and already knew the answer.

"I guessed right?"

Guess? Hydrangea felt a pang of regret. Her reaction had probably been seen through by that person. It was all her fault for being too naive and revealing herself too early.

But how did he know about the S-class mission?

Jiraiya stopped what he was doing and stood to the side with his hands behind his back, looking like he was watching a show. The two had Jiraiya planned to sneak in quietly, but they were lucky enough to catch someone red-handed.

"Since I guessed right, stop struggling." Naruto glanced at her, his grip tightening. "You dared to take on a suicide mission? Are you waiting to be turned into a puppet?"

"What... what did you say?"

"Isn't it clear enough? The S-rank mission is just a smokescreen; they're just sending you to your death."

"You're talking nonsense! Your Highness the Angel... She!! She!"

"Stop calling me an angel. There are no angels these days, just ninjas." Naruto had already let go of her and gave her a gentle push.

Jiraiya noticed that Naruto seemed to have done something to the impulsive young ninja, and although he was curious, he didn't ask directly.

Having been separated for so long, even Jiraiya, as his master, didn't fully understand the methods of his eccentric and genius disciple.

The Hydrangea nearly suffocated, then collapsed into the mud pit, gasping for breath. A pair of cold, hateful eyes stared at him, as if harboring a deep-seated grudge.

Naruto was quite satisfied with this. This was how a normal person would behave; it would be truly terrifying if a naive and innocent ninja suddenly turned against him.

"What you said!! Impossible! It's not true!"

"Yeah, just believe it yourself." Naruto withdrew his wet hand, raindrops dripping from his fingertips, looking completely unconcerned.

"Damn it!" Hydrangea felt her faith had been desecrated, but she was helpless against the old man and the young man, who could crush her with a mere wave of their hand.

"You can kill me, but you mustn't slander the angel!" Hydrangea reached out to Hand Seals, but before she could complete it, it was suddenly interrupted by a large hand with a snap.

Naruto, wearing a raincoat, casually interrupted her Hand Seals, reached out and picked her up, then threw her away.

With a thud, the Hydrangea fell heavily into the puddle.

She got up again and Hand Seals.

With a loud bang, he was sent flying again. Even Jiraiya couldn't stand it anymore. Why bully a Genin? He should just knock him out.

The Hydrangea struggled to its feet again, only to be swatted away once more. Completely drained of strength, it collapsed heavily into the puddle.

"What angel? They're all just pretending to be gods and ghosts, probably hiding something dirty behind the scenes." Naruto clapped his hands, looked down at the Hydrangea, and didn't forget to stomp on it a couple of times before leaving.

He and Jiraiya whispered to each other and turned to leave. Hydrangea looked back at the hydrangea in the puddle Jiraiya a bit of a soreness and asked in a low voice.

"Do you have a grudge against her, kid?"

"No, this should be considered our first meeting."

"First time meeting? Why are you tormenting me like this for no reason? Do you have some strange fetish?" Jiraiya glanced at him and asked.

"What do you know, Pervy Sage? This is love."

Accompanied by words like "You're outdated," the two figures disappeared into the heavy rain. The Hydrangea struggled to lift its head, its entire body trembling.

The rain obscured most of the view, but it was possible to roughly determine that the two were heading towards Amegakure.

"I must inform the angel." She gasped, enduring the pain from the bruises all over her body, and got up to rush back to the village.

Even though the S-class mission has failed, she must return to the village now.

Rain curtain.

Jiraiya and Naruto crouched on a high point outside the village, gazing at another group of people who were also planning to enter Amegakure.

"Did you do something to that woman just now?"

"You actually found out." Naruto pretended to be surprised, leaving the old man completely bewildered.

"Of course, do you think your little tricks can fool me?" Jiraiya said smugly, but quickly lowered his voice, "You think they're for self-defense? Are they reliable?"

"Of course it's reliable." His gaze never left the group of people in the misty rain in the distance, and he was thinking about how to make those cannon fodder draw more fire.

He had deliberately beaten up Hydrangea earlier, pretending that the two of them were about to enter the village. He was waiting for Hydrangea to tip him off, so that the other group would first draw their hatred.

It was indeed somewhat underhanded, but it was also a case of making the best use of resources.

"As long as he's reliable." Jiraiya reached out and patted him on the shoulder. "According to your intelligence, dealing with that Six Paths of Pain will probably be a bit tricky."

"When it really comes down to a life-or-death situation, you need to be careful, because I might be too busy to take care of myself."

"Vegetable!"

"Huh? What did you say?" Jiraiya somewhat displeased. "How dare you talk to the teacher like that? You insisted on coming along, saying that Amegakure has great fortune."

"But what does 'luck' mean?"

"It means creation."

"What do you mean by 'creation'? You're just spouting nonsense, have you lost your mind?" Jiraiya asked, frowning.

"Fortune means having a good deal to take advantage of, being able to get a great deal!" Naruto replied casually.

"Oto, are you really going in?" Red Sparrow tugged at the hem of Tayuya's clothes.

"Hmm." Tayuya ignored her, gave a cold reply, and walked towards the main group, leaving muddy footprints with each step.

She wasn't stupid. In this hastily assembled group of wandering ninjas, there was no real friendship. The men who approached her mostly wanted to sleep with her; if they were women, they certainly wouldn't want to be sisters.

The group continued inwards, entering the village along Amegakure edge. Before them lay a steel jungle, with abandoned High Tower and buildings everywhere, and wet, potholed streets.

The team consisted of twenty or thirty people, divided into eight groups of four. Red Sparrow continued to cling to Tayuya, forming a small team with two other male ninjas.

The four entered the village through Amegakure sewer system and emerged from another part of the village. The rain had stopped overhead. The shimmering puddles on the ground reflected the surrounding High Tower, and the dark, imposing buildings created a sense of oppression.

Towering utility poles are everywhere, with tangled wires stretching across the gray sky. The sky Amegakure is divided by power lines and buildings, appearing both chaotic and square.

The gaps between the buildings seem to be filled with hidden gazes, but upon closer inspection, it appears to be an illusion.

"Why do I feel like someone is watching us?" the male ninja in the group of four whispered.

"An illusion," Tayuya said, unusually speaking up.

"I think there might really be someone watching us," Red Sparrow said with a smile.

"Hmm." Tayuya ignored her and continued on her way.

Even though she sensed the danger, she chose to remain calm and continue forward. Retreating was too late; she was being watched anyway, so advancing was the better option.

She didn't quite trust the other three members of the group. The damp air around her was a bit stuffy, Tayuya looked up at the tallest tower in Kumogakure.

The High Tower stands tall in the clouds, surrounded by swirling mist.

Inside the High Tower, Pain's Deva Path, one of the Six Deva Path of Six Paths of Pain, stood before a huge floor-to-ceiling window, overlooking the entire Amegakure. He formed a hand seal, and the previously gray sky instantly darkened.

Rain Tiger Justu is one of Pain's Ninjutsu. It utilizes the massive amount of Chakra within Nagato's body to condense rain clouds and mix the Chakra into the rainwater.

As the rain fell, it established a connection with Pain's Chakra. Whenever an outsider appeared in the village, indicating abnormal Chakra, Pain could detect it immediately, making it comparable to a fully-covering third eye.

"Intruders. Ten, nineteen, thirty-four," Pain muttered to himself.

"It would be good if they were all eliminated. We can't know their true purpose in approaching Amegakure for the time being." Konan stood aside with a cold expression.

The rain poured down, reflected in her indifferent pupils. From beginning to end, Konan didn't look at Pain once, like a heartless dead person.

Raindrops drifted like silk threads across the sky, and a cold wind blew in from outside the window.

"I'm going to deal with the invaders from the west," Konan said, her face peeling off like paper, her whole body turning into countless pieces of paper that drifted out the window.

"Then let's get rid of these annoying bugs first," Pain said coldly. "These bugs all have to die!"

The first group to enter Amegakure ran into Konan. Seeing the paper scraps flying everywhere and the cold, beautiful woman with light blue hair gradually taking shape, the group was immediately startled.

"What is that?!"

"A piece of paper! Ah!! Watch out for that piece of paper!"

Countless pieces of paper flew like arrows through the wind and rain, piercing heavily into one's chest and abdomen, causing blood to burst open as if it were exploding.

The man's chest and abdomen exploded, and he died instantly.

The others retreated hastily, trying to dodge the rain of paper scraps raining down on them. Some frantically Hand Seals, unleashing powerful Fire Release from their mouths.

The blazing Kakkō pierced through the rain, sending up a cloud of white mist. Unfortunately, the fire went out the instant it touched the paper, failing to ignite the paper figure of Konan.

Fire Release are ineffective against her! Run!

The person who used Fire Release heard his companion's warning and turned to run, but it was too late. The fluttering pieces of paper, like butterflies, drifted before his eyes for a moment before slicing his throat.

The remaining pieces of paper kept bombarding the other people, and with a loud bang, the other two exploded and died!

Besides.