Bang!
Before Nagato could relax, Jiraiya, who had been pierced through in midair, turned into smoke.
A Shadow Clone? Then the real body—
The thought had only just crossed Nagato's mind when his body suddenly tightened, leaving him completely unable to move!
Toad Flat Shadow Manipulation Technique? When?
As if Jiraiya had heard Nagato's thoughts, he slowly rose to his feet and Responded softly, "When you were absorbing Goemon."
Jiraiya pondered for a moment, then made a decision. "Nagato."
"Teacher, you don't need to say it. It's impossible." Just as Jiraiya understood Nagato, Nagato understood Jiraiya as well, so there were some things that did not need to be said. And besides—
"Teacher Jiraiya, do you really think you've won like this?"
Crack, crack!
Pfft!
A hole suddenly opened in the back of Nagato's head, and several flying needles shot out from within, piercing through Jiraiya just as he was about to seize him.
Bang!
As expected, this "Jiraiya" also turned into smoke and dispersed. Though Nagato was somewhat surprised, his exceptional combat instincts made him react at once, and he directly activated the Preta Path.
"Absorption Soul Technique!"
Sure enough, in the next instant, a massive, glowing blue Chakra sphere appeared above Nagato!
"Sage Art: Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan!"
"It's useless, Teacher Jiraiya. You know far too little about the Rinnegan."
"Is that so?"
The moment Jiraiya's voice rang out, Nagato's expression changed, because Jiraiya's voice had come from in front of him, while the Rasengan was a close-range ninjutsu. In that case, the one above—
Sure enough, the thought had only just fallen when the "Jiraiya" above, just like the one before, turned into a cloud of smoke and dispersed. It was still a shadow clone.
However, Nagato's expression soon eased. After absorbing the Rasengan, he lowered both hands