"He should have no heartbeat by now. Finish him off~~"
Pain's Deva Path spoke casually. Suddenly, all six puppets whipped their heads around—and saw a tall, handsome figure appear out of nowhere, standing behind Jiraiya.
It was Hao Shuai, who had just Teleported over from the Hidden Leaf Village.
"Ah?!"
Fukasaku, the toad in front of Jiraiya, jumped in fright too. Still, it stayed perfectly still, waiting for Jiraiya to finish writing down the information.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk~~ Just look at you~~~" Looking at Jiraiya's miserable state, Hao Shuai actually had the nerve to laugh at him. "Tell me, Jiraiya, what on earth did you do to deserve getting skewered by so many rods~~"
That voice~~ It sounded so familiar. Had someone come?
Jiraiya's thoughts were growing more and more indistinct, his consciousness already hazy. He could no longer make out the voice clearly, only sensing something strangely familiar about it.
The Hell Path's iron fist suddenly came crashing down from above, aimed at Fukasaku. Fukasaku had no time to figure out whether this newcomer was friend or foe. With its crucial mission to fulfill, it immediately used a Summoning Technique and escaped back to Mount Myōboku.
Rumble!
The ground where Jiraiya lay shattered instantly, sending dust billowing into the air.
By then, Hao Shuai had already carried Jiraiya to a patch of solid ground. He laid Jiraiya down, then reached out and tapped his body~~
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
The five iron rods embedded in Jiraiya shot out all at once. As if controlled, each one flew straight toward one of the Six Paths of Pain puppets.
Faced with the sudden attack, Pain's Deva Path repelled the rods with a burst of force, while the other five Paths each used their own abilities to evade them.
"Who are