Six-Tails, Pain's Six Paths

Mount Katsuragi, territory of the Tsuchigumo Clan.

"Where Tōka Nagato around and couldn't help but admire Konan's Paper Dance Disguise Technique.

"Is Utakata definitely hiding around here?"

Tōka muttered to himself, seemingly not expecting Black Zetsu to answer him.

The two walked slowly through the woods and came to a wide open Plain, Plain lush green grass grew.

"By the way, isn't that En no Gyōja, up there?" Tōka asked, gazing into the distance at the fortress in the middle of the Plain.

"We haven't received any news of En no Gyōja's departure, and it seems the Six-Tails Jinchuriki had contact with En no Gyōja," Black Zetsu replied.

The En no Gyōja has mastered a Forbidden Jutsu that explodes outward from himself, destroying an area spanning hundreds of kilometers in radius.

The Basic Energy Storage, which is also the chakra of nature, or Senjutsu Chakra, lasts for approximately 1800 seconds.

The longer the gas is stored, the greater the area of destruction. If the storage time is long enough, it can destroy an area with a radius of millions of kilometers.

Powerful and wide-range Ninjutsu posed little threat to Tōka.

Despite not being afraid, Tōka was wary of trouble. To minimize trouble, it was best not to make a move in the vicinity...

"The reconnaissance is complete, let's leave now." Tōka memorized the surrounding terrain, turned around, and headed back into the depths of the Forest the way she came.

Black Zetsu looked at Tōka's back with a strange expression; in previous battles, there was no such thing as timing the battles.

What on earth is this kid up to?!

A stream meanders through the river, and sparse sunlight filters across the land, creating a dappled black and white landscape through the shade of the trees.

A handsome young man with long bangs, wearing a sky-blue robe and carrying a soap bubble blower, strolled leisurely through the woods, appearing detached from worldly affairs.

This person is none other than Utakata, the Six-Tails Jinchuriki.

Utakata enjoyed the tranquil forest walk, quietly walking alone along the stream.

Sparse sunlight filtered through layers of leaves, casting dappled shadows on the ground, like a few stars in the darkness.

The chirping of insects and birds occasionally filled the air, making the atmosphere exceptionally peaceful.

Under the sunlight streaming through the trees, Utakata sat down against the massive, intertwined roots, closing his eyes to take a nap.

The comfortable, free air filled his nostrils and entered his chest and abdomen, making him feel completely relaxed.

Suddenly, a shadow loomed over us like a black curtain, blocking our view.

Sensing an unsettling presence approaching, Utakata frowned and slowly opened his eyes, only to see Six Paths figures of varying builds and heights appearing in the Forest.

His black and white pupils revealed an endless coldness, not a deliberately created coldness, but a coldness that emanated from his very bones.

"The Six-Tails Jinchuriki."

"Red Clouds on a Black Background Coat, Rinnegan... You really did show up." Utakata slowly stood up, staring at the Six People with a solemn expression.

This was the feeling of a strong person. The Six-Tails Saiken inside him reacted strongly to the guys in front of him, becoming restless and agitated within him.

Deva Path slowly took a step forward, his cold eyes fixed on Utakata.

"I will recreate the world, and you are indispensable for it, the Tailed Beast within you." The deep, soft voice instilled fear, and the unyielding tone foreshadowed the person's immense power.

"Heh, a very confident guy." Utakata remained outwardly calm, but secretly he was on high alert.

The enemies before them, in terms of both quality and quantity, were far superior to the Anbu from Kirigakure in the past.

And then there were those legendary Sage Eye. Although Utakata was prepared, he was still incredibly shocked when he actually saw the Rinnegan.

Without wasting any more words, the Deva Path slowly raised his right hand, his palm loosely clenched, his index finger aimed at the Six-Tails Jinchuriki, Utakata.

The indifferent voice rang out again, arrogant and confident!

"Six-Tails, you're mine now."

Wrist Rocket!

Asura Path flashed to the front of the crowd, suddenly extended his right arm, and cleanly severed it at the wrist. Chakra concentrated at the cut, and a small-scale explosive shock was transformed into propulsive force.

With a deafening roar, the powerful impact sent it flying in a straight line, the rocket streaking through the air amidst a shower of Kakkō.

Without giving it another thought, Utakata turned around and sprinted away with all his might.

A cloud of dust suddenly erupted in the Forest, and broken branches mixed with soil spread in all directions. The dust obscured visibility but could not block out the aura of the Six-Tails.

Swish swish swish!!

Several dark figures swiftly swept through the Forest, stirring up a gust of wind that rustled the leaves...

"Huh? They've finally started fighting. Let's find a good spot to watch the show!"

Hearing the explosion, Tōka sat up on the tree branch, gazing at the gray-white Mushroom Cloud in the distance.

This powerful Jutsu Formula must be an ability of the Asura Path.

"Won't we be discovered if we get too close?" Half of Black Zetsu's body grew out of the tree trunk, hovering in mid-air beside Tōka.

"You're actually worried about being discovered?" Tōka scoffed. Black Zetsu had slipped right under Six Paths's nose.

"As long as you're confident, that's fine." Black Zetsu wasn't worried about himself, but rather about Tōka being discovered.

Even outside Amegakure and without the Rain Tiger At Will Technique, Konan's sensory abilities are still very strong, and her Paper Dance is omnipresent.

For Nagato 'Original Body safety, Konan will definitely use Secret Technique to investigate the surrounding area.

Upon hearing this, Tōka smiled but remained silent. A mysterious spatial and temporal force enveloped his body, gradually fading... fading...

Seeing this, Black Zetsu's figure also sank into the tree trunk.

Beneath the layers of Tree Shadow, Utakata sprinted past, desperately trying to create distance, because his ability was for ranged attacks, and close combat would only be detrimental to him.

The Pain's Six Paths's abilities complement each other, allowing them to fight at both long and short ranges, regardless of the enemy's fighting style.

However, suppressing the enemy's advantages will bring us one step closer to victory.

Realizing Utakata's intentions, the powerful Asura Path lifted the Animal Path up and hurled it over his shoulder.

The figure of the Animal Path soared into the air like an arrow shot from a bow, and in the blink of an eye, the Animal Path appeared directly in front of Utakata.

Hai, Xu, You, Shen, Wei!

"Summoning Technique!"

The Animal Path spread his five fingers and pressed them down in the air, and rows of strange Black Runes crawled out, spreading out in all directions like a spider web.

Bang!

High in the sky, a huge cloud of white smoke exploded.

Immediately afterwards, a giant, three-legged bird burst through the thick smoke and shot out, with the Animal Path taking the opportunity to stand behind Yatagarasu.

A row of strange and enormous bird eggs fell from the sky, landing directly on where Utakata was.

"Was it the Asura Path before, and now it's the Animal Path?" Black Zetsu revealed Pain's information to Utakata, Utakata was wary but not flustered.

He then took out an Utakata blowing device hidden in his chest...

Utakata took a deep breath, concentrated his chakra, and blew out several transparent soap Utakata.

Ninja Technique·Exploding Bubbles!

The seemingly harmless soap Utakata actually contain Utakata's chakra, vary in size, and can be remotely controlled.

A transparent bubble floated into the air and headed straight for the rapidly falling bird eggs.

Two people collide...

Bang bang bang!!

A series of explosions rang out in the sky above the Forest, and the powerful blasts stirred up a strong wind that forced the proud Big Tree to bow their heads.

The Tree Shadow swayed, and fallen leaves danced in the air.

Summoning Technique!

Bang!

Another cloud of white mist exploded behind Yatagarasu. This time it wasn't a summoning Summoning Technique, but a person dressed in Red Cloud Black Cloak — Deva Path!

The Deva Path suddenly stretched out a palm, and a pitch-black Vortex appeared in the palm, indistinct like Black Hole, possessing a powerful attraction force.

"Banshō Ten'in!"

It can forcibly attract designated objects within a certain range or arbitrarily manipulate the affected objects, and the affected objects cannot resist.

With a low shout from the Deva Path, Utakata immediately felt his body fly into the sky as if out of control.

"The Way of Deva Path? The ability to control force, Repulsive Force and Attractive Force." Utakata's eyes darkened, and he quickly raised the Utakata container to his mouth.

Under Utakata's control, the Utakata gradually expanded until it completely engulfed him.

Utakata can control the Utakata to fly anywhere, but at this moment he can only go wherever the Deva Path Dao attracts him.

However, this is just a smokescreen.

Suddenly, a drop of ink-like black liquid seeped out from inside the huge transparent Utakata containing Utakata's figure, and soon it dyed the entire huge Utakata black.

Inside the Utakata, Utakata's figure was completely obscured by the blackness.

The Deva Path Dao stared indifferently at the approaching Utakata, and the attraction in his hand involuntarily loosened, because he noticed that this black Utakata actually contained a huge amount of chakra.

The chakra surged and churned erratically, like boiling water.

"Boom!" A whisper rang out from a clump of grass in the Forest. Utakata's eyes narrowed slightly, and he raised his Sword Hand Seal to activate the Jutsu Formula.

The Deva Path Dao's expression darkened; he had actually been tricked!

Shinra Tensei!!

The use of Repulsive Force is a technique that can repel Ninjutsu, attacks, and objects within a certain range. The greater the force used, the longer the cooldown before the next use of the technique will be; generally, the cooldown for Shinra Tensei is five seconds.

The black bubbles that burst open in the air were immediately suppressed.

The powerful airflow transformed into a gale, blowing towards the Yatagarasu in the sky, causing the robes of the Deva Path and Animal Path to flutter wildly in the wind.

"He perfectly dodged my attacks three times in a row..." Nagato coldly stared at Utakata below, who was completely unharmed, through the gaze of the Pain's Six Paths.

A hint of hesitation flashed in his eyes; the Six-Tails Jinchuriki had been clearly analyzed in the intelligence reports.

Theoretically speaking, the gap between the two sides is too large, and the battle could not have lasted for such a long time.

"What's wrong?" Konan, who was responsible for protecting Nagato, noticed the slight change in his expression. "The Six-Tails was successfully captured?"

Upon hearing this, Nagato slowly shook her head, took a deep breath and then exhaled, her tense nerves relaxing slightly.

Immediately afterward, Nagato's eyes darkened, and he increased his chakra output.

"Nagato, your body won't be able to handle this!" Konan was slightly startled and quickly stepped forward to get closer, saying worriedly.

"I'll be careful." Nagato's firm tone left Konan with no choice but to back down.

The Pain's Six Paths are puppets, or rather, clones, created by Nagato. The Deva Path possesses the ability to control power.

The Asura Path's Original Body is like a high-tech mechanical puppet, possessing various advanced combat ninja tools.

The Human Path, which controls the soul, allows one to read another's memories through the soul. The Jutsu Formula may seem simple, but they are incredibly cruel.

The Animal Path is an advanced Summoning Technique that allows one to summon Summoning Beast without signing a blood pact, and it also allows one to control these Summoning Beast using Dojutsu.

The Preta Path reverses the chakra cycle within the body, absorbing the Ninjutsu of the opponent in front of it. In other words, Ninjutsu is ineffective against the Preta Path.

The Hell Path summons Yama, who can determine whether a person is lying and can also repair the damaged Pain's Six Paths.

In the Woods, although Utakata knew the abilities of the Pain's Six Paths, he was also clear about the level of power of the enemy he was facing.

But he was still in an unprecedented crisis.

The Deva Path and the Animal Path blocked their path ahead, while the Asura Path led the way from behind, followed closely by the Human Path, the Preta Path, and the Hell Path, relentlessly pursuing them.

Most importantly, these are just puppets; defeating one will not cause any damage to the enemy.

"We must find the Original Body." Utakata loves nature and the tranquility of the wilderness; he enjoys all this peace and serenity.

The prerequisite for obtaining all of this is to live, which is why Utakata cherishes his life.

The Six-Tails within him provided the support of his immense chakra; once he located the enemy, Utakata was confident he could create chaos and escape.

Because the dark figure told him that the enemy's Original Body was a cripple with difficulty walking.

"I refuse to believe you won't summon these monstrous things back!"

Utakata dodged a rocket by sidestepping, put the Utakata container in his hand to his mouth, and gurgled... a string of shimmering, transparent bubbles came out.

The Perception Bubbles can detect areas within its range.

Once an enemy is located, the bubble will automatically explode, transmitting all the information back to the caster.

"I hope it will be soon..." Utakata pursed his lips, watching the bubbles fly away with a heavy heart. What he lacked most right now was time.

Will these six monsters kill him first, or will the perception bubble locate the enemy's Original Body first?

A chase against time, I wonder if I can keep going...

The thought flashed through his mind, and Utakata once again took off running to the side, the dense Forest providing him with the best cover.

Rumble!!

In an instant, a series of rapid and dense explosions rang out in the forest, with Yatagarasu dropping bombs in the sky and Asura Path tracking missiles below.

Utakata's situation can only be described in four words: perilous.

"Hey, hey, hey, this kid won't last long if this keeps up!" Black Zetsu's tone was full of worry, but there was no emotion in his eyes.

Black Zetsu could see it, Tōka could naturally see it too.

"It seems I overestimated the strength of the Six-Tails Jinchuriki." Tōka frowned slightly. He had thought that by leaking information about the Pain's Six Paths to Utakata, he could at least cause some trouble for Nagato.

I can't believe how useless he is...