Minato's Discovery

"Yahiko, is that you?"

Jiraiya couldn't believe that the disciple he had trained was the culprit who attacked his village.

"Jiraiya- sensei, I never expected we'd meet like this."

Although the two masters were catching up, their hands were anything but idle. Pain's attacks were Jiraiya deadly, while Pain showed no mercy. He couldn't understand why his kind-hearted disciple had turned out this way.

The adage "what is guarded against for too long will inevitably fail" perfectly describes Jiraiya's situation. Pain seized an opportunity, and Pain's black rod was about to pierce through Jiraiya's body. However, when it did pierce through, Jiraiya left behind a blurry image.

"Brush."

Minato appeared not far away with Jiraiya.

"Jiraiya- sensei, cheer up! Don't forget he's the enemy now!"

Minato didn't want Jiraiya to lose his life here by carelessness. Minato clearly saw that the enemy in front of Byakugan was there to kill.

"Clap, clap."

Jiraiya slapped his face to try and focus.

"Go, Minato!"

Jiraiya knew that to figure out why Yahiko had become like this, he needed to defeat him first.

"Um."

Minato activated the Flying Thunder God, instantly appearing behind Pain. A Rasengan was already formed in his hand, ready to strike Pain from behind.

"Bang!"

Minato's body flew backward uncontrollably. Pain, who had been waiting for a long time, grabbed him and caught Minato.

"Um?"

Minato felt his Chakra constantly disappearing.

What's going on?

Minato looked down at Pain and noticed that he had a device in Pain's hand that could absorb other people's Chakra.

"Minato."

Jiraiya shouted and tried to rush forward to help, but was stopped by Pain.

"Jiraiya- sensei, you should worry about yourself!"

"Snort."

Jiraiya, blocked by the Heavenly Path, naturally wouldn't give him a friendly look. However, Jiraiya also knew that he couldn't help Minato at the moment.

The two instantly clashed. Jiraiya was somewhat wary of the black rod in Pain's hand.

But this is Konoha, and even if Jiraiya couldn't save them, there were others. Tsunade and used her monstrous strength to rescue Minato from the clutches of the Preta Path.

Because Tsunade's superhuman strength wasn't Ninjutsu, the Preta Path couldn't absorb it. And since he was no match for Tsunade in terms of sheer strength, Minato regained his freedom.

"Tsunade-sama, I need a little time."

Tsunade nodded. She knew what Minato needed to do. After all, as heirs of the Three Great Sage Regions, Tsunade knew that Minato wanted to activate Sage Mode.

"Monkey King Transformation"

The Third Hokage gave the order to his summoned beast. The ape Enma transformed into a giant club and landed in the Third Hokage's hand.

"Get longer."

The stick grew larger and longer rapidly in the hands of the Third Hokage.

"Get out of the way."

The Third Hokage shouted at the Konoha ninja. Upon receiving the Third Hokage's order, the Konoha ninja quickly left.

The Third Hokage swung his giant club and spun it around, sending the summoned beast flying.

"Sealing Squad."

The Sealing Squad, who had been waiting nearby, immediately stepped forward to seal the summoned beasts. They couldn't kill these beasts, so they could only seal them.

But before they could rejoice, the Animal Path unleashed its Summoning Technique once more.

"Summoning Technique."

"Bang, bang, bang."

Three more spirit beasts appeared.

They are a bull, a centipede, and Yatagarasu.

"Damn it."

The Third Hokage cursed, "We haven't even finished dealing with these two, and you've summoned three more. You're a real dog!"

The three-headed summoning beast rampaged across the battlefield, giving the Konoha ninja a major headache. The destructive power of these giant summoning beasts was immense. Konoha's buildings crumbled at the slightest touch and collapsed with a single impact.

"Expansion Jutsu"

"Shadow Imitation Technique."

"The Mind Transfer Jutsu"

The Ino-Shika-Cho trio unleashed their signature Ninjutsu, coordinating perfectly. They used the Shadow Imitation Technique to bind the enemy, the Mind Control Technique to restrain his body, and finally had the Akimichi Clan explode him with a cone.

However, they underestimated these summoned beasts. They were scattered by them in an instant.

"How is that possible?"

This result surprised all three families. When did their Ninjutsu become so useless?

"The Gate of Limit opens, the Gate of Death opens."

"Chakra Round Slash"

Kakashi and Might Guy finally arrived. Might Guy immediately launched a flurry of kicks at the rampaging bull, sending it staggering backward. He eventually kicked the summoning beast right in front of the Animal Path. Kakashi's side was even simpler: he simply sliced the centipede in two. This result was even more surprising than Might Guy's, because after all that effort, they hadn't managed to harm the summoning beasts, while Kakashi killed one so easily. Didn't that make them seem rather weak?

Pain glanced at Kakashi again. This ninja had killed his summoned beast so easily. This was the first time Pain had ever seen anything like it. If he knew that someone could blast another summoned beast to smithereens with a single punch, he wondered what his expression would be.

"Jiraiya- sensei, please call me here!"

Minato, now in Sage Mode, joined the battle. Jiraiya was at a huge disadvantage against Pain; if it weren't for Tsunade's occasional help, he might have been the Jiraiya died.

"All right."

Jiraiya knew that his current situation would only Minato back.

"Brush."

Minato and Deva Path Pain clashed instantly. Minato was now in perfect Sage Mode, practically on par with Pain. Keep in mind that Jiraiya's imperfect Sage Mode could handle two or three Pain.

With a single pull from the Deva Path, Minato's body was uncontrollably drawn towards Pain. Pain, holding the Yakuza, was waiting for him to fall into his trap. Minato immediately activated the Flying Thunder God Technique and vanished before Pain's eyes. Pain's suction force lost its target. Before engaging Pain in battle, Minato had already left the Flying Thunder God seals around the area, precisely to counter Pain's abilities. The Flying Thunder God Technique was simply the best way to break through the Deva Path's gravitational and repulsive forces.

Minato knew that Pain's techniques had cooldown periods. But Minato activated the Flying Thunder God and appeared before Pain in the blink of an eye. This was the first time Pain had ever seen someone counter his technique; this was because so few people mastered Space-Time Ninjutsu.

No matter what Minato attacked, Pain could easily dodge and counterattack. This puzzled Minato. After all, Minato used the Flying Thunder God Technique to sneak up on Pain, so it was impossible that he failed every time.

Suddenly, a thought flashed through Minato's mind. Their eyes were all identical. Logically, one could only have one pair of Rinnegan, but here there were six pairs. Minato acted immediately. He had Tsunade and Jiraiya block one of Pain's lines of sight while he launched his attack. This time, Pain didn't react even a fraction of a second slower, perfectly confirming Minato's theory: all of Pain shared vision.