A man who hid tenderness behind indifference
In a Cave surrounded by a Forest in the Land of Rivers, amidst piles of rocks.
A sinister and terrifying atmosphere permeated the entire cave. The chill in the darkness stimulated the pores, and each hair stood on end like a silver needle.
"One-Tail has been sealed."
With a cold voice, Gaara's body fell heavily from the sky with a thud, landing Budong on the ground.
"Next up are the Three-Tails and the Four-Tails. They probably won't be able to rest for the next few days," Animal Path said expressionlessly.
"Let's go back to the Land of Rain first, it's safer there, and the Six-Tails is also Land of Rain."
Konan sensed someone approaching and secretly gave the Animal Path a look.
Animal Path's eyes narrowed, and chakra surged out, merging into the moisture in the air. Suddenly, a light drizzle began to fall from the sky outside the cave.
Rain Tiger At Will Technique!
"Hmm? This weather is changing strangely!" Ebizo had been following Gaara all the way here, paused and looked up at the sky in confusion.
Just moments before, fluffy white clouds drifted across the sky, showing no sign of rain.
Why did it suddenly start drizzling?
"Don't be so sensitive. This is the jungle area of Land of Rivers, and the climate is completely different from that of the Land of Wind. It's normal for it to rain here," Grandmother Chiyo said.
"Perhaps I'm overthinking it." Ebizo steadied himself, leaped up, and followed in Grandmother Chiyo's footsteps.
A light drizzle fell, veiling the jungle in a mysterious mist, making it appear blurred.
Chiyo and Ebizo quickly approached the cave where Pain and the others were.
Suddenly, a strange feeling welled up in her heart, Chiyo abruptly looked up through the gaps in the shade of the trees.
Suddenly, countless pieces of paper, mixed with rain, began to drift down from the sky, seemingly flying towards them with a conscious intent.
"They're here!" Grandmother Chiyo called out in a low voice, while simultaneously flicking a Scroll out of her sleeve.
Bang! Bang!
The Scroll opened with a whoosh, and white mist exploded, revealing two puppets, a man and a woman, suspended in mid-air, guided by Grandmother Chiyo's ten fingers.
Ebizo was quick as well, with two puppets floating around him, one in front of the other.
However, Ebizo's puppets were not ordinary Humanoid Puppet, but Crow and Black Ant, which were also puppets made by Sasori.
Paper Dance: Paper Shuriken!
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
The paper pieces fluttering in the air folded rapidly, transforming into high-speed spinning Paper Shuriken, which, under Konan's control, shot straight towards Chiyo and Ebizo.
"I'll do it!" Ebizo flashed forward, waving his hands to pull the Crow into the air.
With a muffled click, the mechanism in the Crow's beak opened, and a cylindrical nozzle extended from Crow mouth.
Puff puff puff!!
Countless poisoned needles shot out from the Crow's beak, their venomous glow emitting an eerie green light, a stark contrast to the snow-white Paper Shuriken.
The poisoned needles intercepted all the Paper Shuriken, causing them to fall in pairs onto the open ground in the center, forming a dense, scattered mess.
"So it's the two of you." A cold voice rang out, and the Animal Path slowly emerged from the shade of the tree, looking at Chiyo and Ebizo expressionlessly.
At the same time, Sasori, Deidara, Konan appeared one after another, standing in three other directions, blocking the two's path.
"Brother Scorpion, I think they're your grandma and grandpa... um."
When the Land of Water captured the Three-Tails, Sasori deliberately held back, leading to the Art Group's defeat. They were then pursued by Chiyo, Ebizo, and the Mizukage's Kirigakure Ninja Anbu the way into the Land of Land of Fire.
If Tōka hadn't shown up, things would have been even more embarrassing!
Deidara is still seething with anger!
"Chiyo and Ebizo, the two Advisor from Sunagakure," the Animal Path said coldly, "It's quite good that you were able to find your way here."
"This is your reward."
As soon as he finished speaking, the Animal Path raised its arm and threw Gaara's corpse to Chiyo.
At first glance, Chiyo Ebizo thought it was a technique from the other side when they saw a heavy object coming through the air. But upon closer inspection, they realized that it Gaara had already lost his life.
Was he too late? With a flick of his Ebizo released Chakra Threads Gaara pulled him into his arms.
Ebizo reached out and checked Gaara's breath, then shook his head sadly at Chiyo.
"Sasori, why did you do this?" Grandmother Chiyo looked at Sasori with complicated emotions. "Do you hate Sunagakure that much?"
The Third Kazekage, the Fourth Kazekage, and the Mirai Fifth Kazekage.
"That's their fate, you can't change it." Scorpion replied calmly. Once that guy has his eye on someone, even if he doesn't make a move, someone else will.
Since that's the case, it's better for him, as a Rogue Ninja from Sunagakure, to take action.
At least, he can move faster so that the person doesn't feel pain.
"Time is running out, let's end this small talk here." The Animal Path suddenly squatted down and slammed his hands on the ground.
Bang!
A huge cloud of smoke exploded, and an angry, evil roar came from within it. A vicious dog with three heads lunged at Ebizo.
"Multi-Headed Dog?" Is this a killer move right from the start?
No one understands Nagato better than Konan. Three-Headed Hellhound has the ability to split; the more attacks it takes, the more vicious dogs it can split into.
Overwhelm the enemy with sheer numbers, tear them apart completely, and fight to the death.
"Boss Pain's going to do it himself? I guess I'd better stay away... um."
Deidara chuckled and summoned a Clay Giant Bird, then nimbly leaped onto its back and soared into the sky.
Once he controls the air, he will be invincible!
"Brother Scorpion, let me give you a ride!... Hmm." Before the giant bird could take off, Deidara looked down at Hiruko.
"No need." Scorpion didn't even glance at her, only saying coldly, and controlled Hiruko to walk into the Tree Shadow.
The bystanders leave, and the battle begins.
With a clattering sound, the two puppets, one male and one female, gripped two Steel Sword tightly in their hands. Grandmother Chiyo put away her usual eccentricities, and her expression became unusually serious.
Get out of the way!
Chiyo and Ebizo are not only siblings, but also teammates who have fought together for many years. They can understand each other's thoughts with just a few simple hints.
Chiyo's voice rang out, and Ebizo acted almost instinctively.
Swish!
Ebizo dodged in Body Flicker Technique, Three-Headed Hellhound missed its target. Just as it was about to look up for its prey, a sharp gust of wind suddenly came from above.
"Puppet Technique: Dance of Blades!"
Crackling!
Grandmother Chiyo moved her ten fingers in rapid succession, and the two Humanoid Puppet were pressed together, their left arms intertwined, and their right hands tightly gripping the Steel Sword.
"Rise!"
As Grandmother Chiyo threw her hands upwards, the puppet, now joined together, soared into the air, then swung sideways, its Steel Sword blade aimed at Three-Headed Hellhound.
"Change!"
Buzz buzz buzz!!
With a flick of Chiyo finger, Chiyo caused the puppet standing in mid-air to spin rapidly, its speed increasing in less than three breaths, pulling the two Steel Sword along with it and generating an extremely domineering sword aura.
The Steel Sword tore through the air, creating an extremely powerful whirlwind.
No sooner said than done.
The series of actions were completed in just a few seconds. Everyone only saw a flash of white light before their eyes, and the Three-Headed Hellhound, which was as big as Small Mountain, was split in two.
Bang! Bang!
Two muffled thuds sounded, and the two Three-Headed Hellhound, having lost the support of their other half and losing their balance, immediately fell to the left and right in opposite directions.
Just as everyone was shocked that Chiyo could tear apart Three-Headed Hellhound with two ordinary puppets.
A dark shadow suddenly flew into the sky, blocking out the sun. The Animal Path immediately felt darkness above their heads, as if the world had darkened.
"Looking around when facing the enemy is a major taboo!" Ebizo's voice, sometimes near and sometimes far, reached the ears of the Animal Path at this moment.
Dark Technique: Sulfuric Acid Rain!
Ebizo's Crow look the same as the ones left by Sasori, but their internal structures have undergone multiple modifications, making them completely different in combat power from ordinary Crow!
Widespread sulfuric acid rain blocked all escape routes for the Animal Path.
The Animal Path looked up at the sky, where the torrential acid rain almost filled the entire screen. Only one thought flashed through his mind—there was no way to escape!
"Since we can't avoid it..."
Summoning Technique!
The Animal Path raised its palm high and slammed it down...
Bang!
Amidst the acid rain, a cloud of white smoke exploded, its size limited to about one person's height.
"Shinra Tensei!" A chilling voice suddenly rang out from the smoke that blurred the vision, and the world seemed to freeze, as if time itself had stopped.
The scene freezes; the torrential rain remains still, as if it will never fall.
Buzz!
A terrifying gust of air shot into the sky, and the immense chakra transformed into a terrifying Repulsive Force storm, instantly sending all the acid rain flying back.
On the Battlefield, acid rain fell indiscriminately on treetops, grass, and the ground, making a hissing sound everywhere.
Its intense acidic corrosive power turned everything in its path into scorched earth.
A figure slowly Earth Flow from the Summoning Technique. Its orange hair was bound by the Forehead Protector of Rain Ninja Rogue Ninja, and three black iron rods were stuck horizontally through its nose, ears, and mouth.
The dark figure summoned by the Animal Path was none other than the Deva Path, the head of the Pain's Six Paths!
The Deva Path, the core of Pain, possesses the ability to create Repulsive Force and Attractive Force, and serves as the controller among the Pain's Six Paths.
A pair of black and white Rinnegan coldly stared at Chiyo and Ebizo.
Time is really running out...
Without any unnecessary movements, Deva Path swiftly raised his arms, his palms forming a fist, and pointed them at Chiyo and Ebizo respectively.
"Banshō Ten'in!"
Buzz!
The chakra burst forth, transforming into an endless Attractive Force storm. Chiyo and Ebizo's figures instantly lightened, and then they soared into the air, flying straight towards the Deva Path.
"Not good!" Both of their faces changed color simultaneously, regardless of what the other's Jutsu Formula might do.
In the realm of Puppet Technique Puppet Master's Original Body is an unavoidable weakness.
Regardless of their level, Puppet Master's primary task during combat is to avoid direct confrontation between their Original Body and the enemy.
In other words, even Puppet Master of Chiyo's and Ebizo's caliber cannot avoid the fact that their Original Body is a weakness!
Whoosh!
Almost simultaneously, the two men shot out hooked iron chains from their sleeves, and with two loud thuds, the chains wrapped around the thick Big Tree several times.
The hook hung upside down, and then the bent iron chain tightened, pulling it straight.
Chiyo and Ebizo's bodies also stopped for a moment. The two of them struggled to pull closer to the iron chains in their hands, but even so, their steps continued to approach the Deva Path little by little.
"Your reaction was pretty quick!" Deva Path sneered. If he increased his chakra output, not only Chiyo and Ebizo, but even those two Big Tree several meters in circumference could be uprooted.
However, he did not do that.
The Deva Path Dao changed the movement of its hands, transforming claws into palms, and thrust them out fiercely.
Shinra Tensei!
Buzz!
The Attractive Force storm instantly transforms into Repulsive Force storm; the immense force conversion between the pull and the push poses a terrifying threat to the human body.
Especially for Puppet Master, and two elderly Puppet Master at that.
With a crisp cracking sound of bone marrow breaking, Chiyo and Ebizo were sent flying backward almost simultaneously, like two broken puppets, tracing a tragic arc in the air.
Bang!
The two men crashed heavily into the grass, spitting out mouthfuls of bright red blood that stained the lush green weeds crimson.
Swish!
Deva Path gave the two no chance to catch their breath, Body Flicker Technique appearing in front of them as they lay motionless on the ground.
Their eyes were devoid of any emotion, their gaze as cold as the dead of winter falling upon the two of them.
Ebizo glanced at Chiyo, his face pale. His sister seemed to be in even worse shape than him. It seemed that today was the day they, brother and sister, would die.
Sigh, I've lived this long, it's time to die...
Clang!
The Deva Path stopped a step away, and with a flick of its arm hanging at its side, a sharp black iron rod emerged from its wide sleeve.
His arm slowly rose, the sharp black iron rod radiating a chilling aura in the dim Tree Shadow.
Without a doubt, if this blow pierces Chiyo's heart, Chiyo will surely die!
Go in peace!
Call!!
The Deva Path suddenly thrust out, the black iron rod in its palm aimed directly at Grandmother Chiyo's heart.
"Sister!" Ebizo's pupils contracted sharply, and with his last bit of strength, he lunged towards Chiyo.
Sudden!
Sizzle...
A sudden clap of thunder sounded, and a bolt of lightning flashed by, illuminating the dim forest in an instant.
Click!
The black iron rod fell, embedding itself heavily into the thick tree trunk, its sharp point penetrating nearly a third of the trunk.
This clearly shows that Deva Path's attack was completely unrestrained.
His attack missed, because the figure flashing with lightning had rescued Chiyo and Ebizo.
"Scorpion, what do you want to do?" Deva Path didn't look at Chiyo and Ebizo, but instead turned to look in the other direction.
Hiruko slowly emerged from the Tree Shadow of the trees, the dark shadows casting a shadow over him, making it impossible for Deva Path to see Scorpion's eyes clearly.
We also don't know what he's thinking.
"It seems Brother Sasori isn't such a cold-blooded person after all... Hmm." Deidara watched everything unfolding below from the air.
A strange emotion welled up in her sparkling eyes...
The air felt heavy, as if filled with lead, and the atmosphere became eerie.
Just as everyone's eyes were on Scorpion...
A sudden change has occurred!
A violent gust of wind howled in, and a giant white bird soared into the sky, whipping up a gust of wind that crashed down onto the open ground.
The severely injured Grandmother Chiyo and Ebizo were in that open space.
The giant bird arrived extremely quickly, grabbing Chiyo and Ebizo with its two enormous claws, and then spread its wings and flapped them.
Deidara controlled the giant bird and soared away into the sky, shouting, "Brother Sasori, I'll take good care of them for you!"