Justice (Part One)

Looking at the familiar white-haired man, Nagato said quietly, "But you ventured in alone. Even if you dodged that last attack, you still wouldn't be my match."

"Is that so? I don't think so!" Jiraiya replied seriously.

Nagato was about to say something else when a warning suddenly rose in his heart. It seemed as though a terrifying beast had appeared behind him.

Boom!

A red blade of light, seemingly made of flame, pierced through the wall behind him and thrust straight toward his back.

Because his legs were disabled, Nagato had no way to dodge. But he did not panic in the slightest. He merely gathered chakra into his eyes and snorted coldly.

"Shinra Tensei."

Clang!

An invisible repulsive force burst from his body and collided with the crimson blade of flame thrusting in from behind.

The blade of light, which had pierced through the solid wall as easily as cutting tofu, could advance no farther after striking that invisible repulsive force. It was as though it had stabbed into an invisible, indestructible wall.

"Huh?"

Someone outside the wall was startled. Clearly, this result had been beyond his expectations.

Not only that, but the tremendously powerful force acting on the flaming blade of light made it difficult for him even to resist.

At the same time, Jiraiya seized the opportunity and launched another attack.

"Wild Lion's Mane Jutsu!"

With chakra infused into his white hair, his already waist-length hair suddenly surged outward, transforming into countless white whips that shot toward Nagato.

Konan hurriedly attacked as well. Countless sheets of paper fluttered down from her Paper Wings, transforming into shuriken that shot toward Jiraiya.

Unfortunately, Jiraiya wrapped himself tightly in some of his rapidly expanding hair. When the paper shuriken struck it, they seemed to hit an iron plate and