Jiraiya looked at the two immobilized men, then at the black shadows linking both sides on the ground. He turned a slightly surprised gaze toward Naruto. "I didn't expect you to have mastered even the Nara Clan's shadow secret techniques so proficiently. Does Shikaku know?"
"He doesn't, and I have no intention of passing it on." Naruto replied flatly, then looked at the two Amegakure ninja still trying to break free. His voice sank. "Don't waste your strength. This is the Shadow Possession Jutsu. You can't break out of it. If you keep struggling, I can't guarantee what I'll do to you next."
Feeling the chill in his words, the two Amegakure ninja immediately stopped struggling and froze where they stood.
Seeing that they had quieted down, Naruto eased his control slightly.
After hesitating for a moment, one of the Amegakure ninja asked tentatively, "You... who are you? Were you sent by Pain?"
As he spoke, he finally examined Naruto and Jiraiya closely. Naruto wore no ninja village forehead protector, while Jiraiya's bore a strange "oil" character, making it impossible to determine where they came from.
"I'm here to investigate Pain," Jiraiya said, taking over the conversation. At the same time, he pointed out the contradiction in the man's words. "Your forehead protectors show that you're Amegakure ninja. Isn't Pain your leader? Why do you call him by name so directly, and in such a... disrespectful tone?"
Naruto had told him that Nagato had defeated Hanzo and become Amegakure's leader. According to the intelligence, Amegakure's ninja should have respectfully called him "God."
"We're not Pain's subordinates!" The Amegakure ninja became agitated, his anger impossible to suppress. "We serve Lord Hanzo! In the previous war, Lord Hanzo was unfortunately defeated and killed by Pain. That was how Amegakure fell into his