The Inverted World

The Inverted World

What... happened?

Why does something feel so strange?

Oh, right. They came to find Naruto.

But why was Sasuke here too?

And looking so... uh, miserable!

Wasn't Yasuo here to fight the leader of the Akatsuki Organization?

How did he suddenly take a liking to Sasuke and decide to accept him as a disciple?

And how did he figure out that Sasuke was fated to be connected to the Blood Moon Cult?

Jiraiya and the others were full of questions, their faces covered in question marks and their minds a complete mess. They nearly forgot what they had come here to do.

"Naruto! How could you act so recklessly?!"

Naruto, still in his Four-Tails state of Half-Tailed Beast Transformation, said anxiously, "Pervy Sage, save Sasuke first!"

Jiraiya also knew that this was no time to hold Naruto accountable for sneaking out on his own.

He first glanced at Yasuo, who had captured Sasuke, then shifted his gaze to those two familiar yet unfamiliar faces.

With a complicated expression, he said, "Nagato, Konan. Long time no see."

Facing their former teacher, Nagato and Konan both wore cold expressions.

Although Yahiko's death had nothing to do with Jiraiya, if Jiraiya had not instilled those ideals of peace in them, they would never have thought of founding the Akatsuki Organization, and Yahiko would naturally never have met with disaster.

And if Jiraiya had not left them back then, this tragedy would not have happened either.

Even if they did not hate Jiraiya, they certainly harbored resentment toward him. It was impossible for them to return to how things had been before.

Nagato and Konan said nothing, and the atmosphere immediately froze.

Having lost the Six Paths of Pain, with Nagato himself unable to move easily and an enemy as formidable