Karot Instantaneous Movement and struck the Masked Man in the abdomen with a single blow.
"Wow."
"Don't you know that when two sides are fighting, they shouldn't talk too much nonsense?"
"You..."
The Masked Man suddenly couldn't breathe.
"Oops, did I use too much force?"
The Masked Man clutched his stomach and jumped backward, landing on a tree branch.
"I can't keep up with his attacks at all, it seems I'll have to use that."
The Masked Man's crimson eyes were fixed on Karot.
"Kamui."
As time slowly passed, the Masked Man became increasingly incredulous as to why my Kamui had no effect on him.
It did have an effect, but when Karot sensed it, he used his ki to protect his body, and the Masked Man's Kamui couldn't break through Karot's ki. Therefore, it couldn't harm Karot.
The longer Kamui was used, the more blood began to flow uncontrollably from the Masked Man's eye sockets, forcing him to shut down Kamui.
"Why did you stop? If you had just persevered a little longer, you might have succeeded."
To the Masked Man, these words were nothing short of mockery.
"Damn it. Who is this person? All my attacks have been suppressed by him."
Kamui had been invincible since his debut, but he never expected to suffer such a crushing defeat here. He was already considering retreating. To continue fighting when you can't win would be foolish. However, after giving Karot a deep look, the Masked Man used Kamui to leave.
Karot had the ability to keep him, but he still wanted to leave Naruto with an asset in the end. Now that Uchiha Obito killed, who would help them deal with Madara Uchiha?
"Let's go check on Naruto!"
Karot said that he knew very few people here.
"Brush."
At this moment, Naruto was sitting cross-legged by the pond, learning to sense the power of nature. He had made great progress; there were no longer any marks from being whipped. The Child of Destiny is truly different; he learns things very quickly.
Naruto lost control and absorbed too much energy. The Toad features on his body began to appear.
"Smack."
The Shadow Clone struck with its staff, instantly dispersing the Natural Energy.
"Hiss."
"Ouch, that hurts! Could you please not hit me so hard?"
Naruto also set a precedent by having his clone beat up the original body.
Karot said, clapping his hands.
"Not bad, Naruto. You've made great progress. I believe you'll be able to master Sage Mode soon."
Naruto's temper flared the moment he heard Karot's voice.
"Karot, you bastard, do you know how I got through yesterday? You bastard who abandoned your friends."
Naruto rushed over and grabbed Karot by the collar, saying, "That bastard left without taking me with him! Are those insects even edible?" Naruto's mouth was now filled with a metallic taste.
"You're perfectly fine now! Don't be so irritable."
Knowing he was in the wrong, Karot quickly Naruto, prying Naruto's hands off his collar.
"By the way, why are you the only one cultivating here? Where are Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima?"
Karot quickly changed the subject, otherwise he wouldn't be able to stop Naruto from pestering him.
"I don't know either. The two immortals were suddenly summoned away. I can only cultivate on my own now."
Naruto looked like he'd been abandoned.
"Um?"
Fukasaku and Shima don't seem like irresponsible Toad. What happened that made them leave in such a hurry without even telling Naruto?
Karot closed his eyes and began to sense the aura of the two immortals to see what they were busy with.
"Oh, so that's where it is?"
Karot glanced at Fukasaku and Sage Shima, who were fighting Pain while embedded in Jiraiya's body. Carrot was clearly at a disadvantage; the enemy lacked sportsmanship, using numbers to bully the few. Jiraiya suffered from a lack of intelligence, unaware that the damaged Pain could revive. He had been ambushed and injured.
Do you know where they went?
Naruto asked curiously. Naruto wasn't stupid; Fukasaku and Shima, the two sages, had left without saying goodbye, something must have happened. He wanted to know too.
"It's better if you don't know."
Karot looked at Naruto had a curious expression, and said, "Jiraiya is about to be killed by his former beloved student."
"Oh."
The relationship between Jiraiya and Naruto was that of both teacher and father. In the original work, Jiraiya's death caused Naruto to become depressed. Even Kishimoto couldn't write what Naruto's expression Jiraiya.
"Sigh, I'm just destined to be a workaholic."
For Hokage fans who have accompanied Naruto's growth, let's make him suffer less!
Karot pressed his finger to his forehead, and his figure vanished instantly.
"Karot?"
Naruto looked around but couldn't find Karot anywhere.
Jiraiya knelt on the rocks by the sea, watching helplessly as Pain thrust his Chakra rod at him.
"Is this the end of my journey? Naruto, I know you are the Child of Destiny, you will surely bring peace to the Ninja World. I can't stay with you any longer. Goodbye, world."
Even in his final moments, Jiraiya was thinking of Naruto.
Just as the Chakra rod was about to pierce Jiraiya's body, a hand steadily caught the flying Chakra rod.
"Thank goodness, I dared to go for it."
The sudden turn of events took everyone on the field by surprise.
"Karot, what are you doing here?"
Jiraiya asked in astonishment. He knew Karot was in Konoha, so how did he suddenly appear here? Jiraiya Minato's Flying Thunder God wasn't this fast.
"I'll come if I want to. It's that simple!"
Jiraiya endured the torment of an unwarranted display of arrogance, and even wanted to kill the man before him.
"Who are you?"
The six Pain surrounded Karot and Jiraiya, questioning them. Pain showed no alarm at the sudden appearance of the man, assuming he was a Konoha Ninja sent to meet Jiraiya. Before his Rinnegan, all living beings were mere ants.
"I was just a passing ninja. I saw you ganging up on me and wanted to stand up for what was right."
Karot clenched his right hand and crushed the Chakra rod in his hand, saying this to Pain.
"Do you know that meddling in other people's business can kill you?"
In Pain's eyes, the two men and the two Toad were already trapped. He didn't mind wasting a little time laning against them.
"I believe I can get him out of here."
Karot pointed at Jiraiya and said to Pain.
At this moment, the atmosphere on the field was extremely tense. One against seven, not counting the injured Jiraiya, six Pain and a flying paper doll.
"Then leave your lives behind!"
All six Pain attacked together, using Ninjutsu to bombard Karot and Jiraiya. Pain didn't believe the two could survive unscathed under such circumstances; this was Pain's confidence in his own strength.
Karot placed his hand on Jiraiya's head; it was impolite, but it was the only spot that was relatively clean.
Goodbye!
Karot waved at Pain and disappeared with Jiraiya.
"Boom."
The spot where Karot and Jiraiya had just stood was instantly shattered.
Pain searched everywhere for the two people's presence, but found nothing.