As soon as he got off the hospital bed, a White Zetsu appeared on his shoulder.
Facing the white face so close to his, Obito disdainfully channeled Chakra into him, and soon the White Zetsu's body took shape, landing on the ground with a "thud".
"How is the situation?"
Before the White Zetsu Clone could recover, Obito's voice rang out in the room.
Seeing Obito swinging his arms to get used to his body, Zetsu didn't say a word.
"Konan has taken over the task of settling the Jinchuriki! Pain is dealing with the rats that have wandered into the village!"
"Oh? Someone actually infiltrated? Who is so powerful that Pain had to take action personally!"
As Obito did a stretching exercise, a glint of interest appeared in his single eye.
Not long ago, he was ordered to capture Rōshi, which took a lot of effort.
Although he has the ability to make his body intangible, he still needs to materialize himself in order to hit his opponent.
This ability is good for sneak attacks and assassinations, but it would be quite challenging to put a fragile assassin like him in a head-on confrontation with a battle-hardened, Perfect Jinchuriki.
With Zetsu, who only knows how to cheer, Obito's battle was not as easy as he had imagined.
If it weren't for Rōshi playing a crucial role at the end, launching a surprise attack on Rōshi, Obito would have quickly pulled him into the Kamui Dimension. Once inside the Kamui Dimension, Rōshi would have been completely at Obito's mercy.
However, things did not go as smoothly as he had imagined; what was pulled into the Kamui Dimension was only one of the Four-Tails' tails.
This was the first time Obito had witnessed the cunning of a veteran ninja. The reason why Rōshi was so cautious was because Orochimaru had messed with his mentality many years ago.
Since then, he has become much more cautious. When encountering powerful attackers, Rōshi's first thought is not to try to win, but to prepare to escape in advance.
By the time Obito and Zetsu reacted, Rōshi was already ten miles away, leaving them both somewhat bewildered.
If neither of them had possessed extraordinary skills that allowed them to catch up with Rōshi in a short time, they might have actually let him escape.
After catching up with his opponent, the two engaged in a fierce battle. After paying the price of losing an arm and having half of his body burned, he finally managed to defeat Rōshi.
After returning to Amegakure, Obito handed the matter over to Zetsu, while he himself went to his secret place to heal his wounds.
Even with the presence of Hashirama Cells, it took Obito several days to recover.
"It's Jiraiya from Konoha! And Darui from Kumogakure!"
Upon hearing that these were the two people, Obito immediately lost interest. It wasn't Kakashi who had come; otherwise, he would have really gone to see his little brother.
Noticing Obito's lack of interest, White Zetsu then said:
"Aren't you going to go check it out? There aren't many people here, but they're incredibly strong! What if Pain isn't able to handle them..."
White Zetsu's words are a bit alarmist. Let alone whether Pain could defeat them, there's still Konan.
Moreover, Obito was actually hoping to see Pain lose, as it would boost his prestige and be a great help to the Akatsuki!
"Now that you mention it, I'm intrigued!"
Obito felt he needed to go and take a look. He was just idling around anyway, and if Pain couldn't defeat him, he wouldn't mind showing him some arrogance!
Meanwhile, on the river in Amegakure, the battle between the group had reached a fever pitch.
"Immortal Technique: Sage Art: Hair Needle Senbon!"
Jiraiya's hair immediately transformed into countless hard, thin senbon Senbon, which rained down on Pain.
Faced with such a dense barrage of attacks, Pain did not dodge; instead, Jiraiya forward without retreating.
However, just as the attack was about to reach him, Pain's Rinnegan blinked slightly.
"Shinra Tensei!"
Senbon bounced back as expected, the black stick in his hand was flung out, and the hand that was stretched forward was not retracted, but instead extended towards Jiraiya.
This distance was already within his attack range, and Pain launched his attack without the slightest hesitation!
"Banshō Ten'in!"
Just Jiraiya dodged the black rod, he felt a powerful suction force acting on him while his body was still in mid-air.
Jiraiya braced his feet against the water's surface, using all his strength to resist his uncontrollable body, while his hands continued their movements.
"Sage Art: Sage Art: Goemon!"
Sage Fukasaku used Fire Style, Sage Shima used Wind Release, Jiraiya spat out a mouthful of oil.
The Ninjutsu was unleashed almost instantly, leaving Pain with no choice but to use Shinra Tensei again.
Even knowing Jiraiya's information, Pain had to admit that the other party's reserves of Ninjutsu were truly abundant, probably only Orochimaru was so versatile.
In contrast, Darui's combat performance was not as adept.
Although Darui's strength has reached the threshold of Kage Level, it is really difficult for him to defeat the Naraka Path and Asura Path without taking any damage.
During the previous battle, Darui was hit by a cannonball from the Asura Path, and shrapnel cut his arm, from which blood was now flowing.
Besides his arms, there were many other charred areas on his body, all caused by the bombs from the Asura Path.
However, his efforts were not without reward. Under his Lightning Release Chakra Mode, the Naraka Path was destroyed and had almost no power to resist.
"It seems things won't end well today, and why hasn't that guy made a move yet?"
After putting some distance between himself and the Asura Path, Darui gasped for breath, thinking of Hozuki Mangetsu.
He glanced around briefly and saw that apart from the distant battle between Jiraiya and Deva Path Pain, there was no other battlefield.
Although he had some doubts, he never questioned Hozuki Mangetsu's motives. Besides, there was river water everywhere, so who knows where that guy might be watching.
"Could there be other Akatsuki members in the shadows?"
He quickly realized this possibility and became even more vigilant.
Just as Jiraiya and Darui were locked in a fierce battle, a signal flare suddenly rose up not far from here.
Everyone present stopped what they were doing and looked at the signal flare that exploded in mid-air.
Both Pain and Zetsu, who was watching from the sidelines, were somewhat puzzled by the origin of the signal flare, but Jiraiya and Darui turned around and ran away as soon as they saw the signal flare.
"Huh? Trying to run away! No way!"
Deva Path Pain reacted quickly, Jiraiya chasing after Jiraiya while simultaneously activating Banshō Ten'in again.
The same was true for the Asura Path on the other side, and he could attack while chasing. An arm immediately grew from his shoulder, and the arm turned into Chakra laser cannon, which shot towards Darui in the blink of an eye. It was the Asura Path's Asura Attack!
"Mirage Summoning Jutsu!"
A mirage immediately enveloped the four figures. Jiraiya and Darui were prepared and, following Hozuki Mangetsu's guidance, shook off Pain behind them.
However, Asura Path Pain and Deva Path Pain were briefly trapped in Genjutsu.
"You made a terrible mistake by choosing the river as the battlefield!"
A mocking voice, sometimes near, sometimes far, suddenly rang in Pain's ears.
At the same time, a fat man appeared in front of them. This fat man was exceptionally agile and arrived in front of them in a few breaths.
Moreover, as he ran, his body swelled to more than ten meters tall, and by the time he arrived in front of Asura Path Pain, he was like a large sphere.
"Enjoy it to the fullest! Steam Impasse Danger Bomb!"