Infiltration, Part Four

Jiraiya noticed a long-haired beauty standing in front of him, staring at him expressionlessly.

Jiraiya recognized her at first Jiraiya as Konan, one of the three disciples he had taken in Amegakure.

Jiraiya and said, "Long time no see, Konan. You've grown into a wonderful woman."

Boom! Without a word, Konan launched an attack. Countless pieces of paper on her back formed a pair of white wings, from which countless more pieces of paper flew out and rushed toward Jiraiya.

Jiraiya frowned, quickly Hand Seals, opened his mouth to inhale, and exhaled a large ball of flame, burning all the incoming paper scraps. However, Konan's paper scraps seemed to be endless, shooting out rapidly.

With a thunderous roar, the two sides were locked in a stalemate. However, Jiraiya's flames soon proved slightly inferior. He rolled on the ground, dodging the attack of the paper pieces. Boom! The ground shattered into pieces.

Jiraiya stood up, quickly Hand Seals and spraying out a stream of Toad Oil that stuck all the incoming paper scraps to the ground. At the same time, his white hair suddenly grew longer and wrapped around Konan.

"Konan, are you the spokesperson for God? Who exactly is Pain?" Jiraiya asked in a deep voice.

"This has nothing to do with you, teacher," Konan said, looking at the white hair that was wrapped around her neck. "It's God's command that I kill you, teacher."

"Konan, where are Nagato and Yahiko? They're dead, that's a lie, isn't it?" Jiraiya shouted at Konan again.

"What does this have to do with you?" Konan said expressionlessly.

"Jiraiya-sensei, this is not something you need to know." Suddenly, a voice came from the pillar next to him.

Jiraiya's expression changed as he looked at the person, immediately spotting those unforgettable Rinnegan.

"It's you, Nagato. You've changed a lot." Jiraiya hesitated for a moment. "Nagato, since you're here, where is Yahiko?"

"Teacher, you don't understand anything at all, so you don't need to know," Pain said.

Jiraiya looked at Pain and said in a deep voice, "Nagato, you're Pain, aren't you? Why did you join Akatsuki? It's been so many years, you've changed Nagato. What happened?"

Pain did not answer. He quickly Hand Seals and summoned a summoning beast, which sprayed a large amount of Utakata at Jiraiya, flooding the space where Jiraiya had been standing.

Jiraiya burst out of the Utakata, stood on the wall, and said in a deep voice, "As expected of my disciple, you targeted my weakness."

Bang! From the Utakata, Konan burst out and landed next to Pain.

"Konan, you go back first, I'll take care of things here," Pain said.

"Hmm." Konan spread her wings, soared into the sky, and quickly disappeared from Jiraiya's sight.

Jiraiya wanted to give chase, but with a loud bang, a summoning beast burst out of the Utakata. Jiraiya, and his hands quickly Hand Seals. He used the "Wild Lion's Mane Technique," and his hair immediately grew longer, binding the summoning beast and pulling it tight. Bang! The summoning beast turned into smoke and disappeared.

Jiraiya's long hair continued to grow, rushing towards Pain and wrapping around him completely.

Jiraiya asked again, "Pain, I'll ask you one more time, where is Yahiko?"

Pain didn't care about his hair getting tangled up Jiraiya, "Yahiko, there was indeed such a person before, but he's long dead." Pain said this very calmly, as if he were talking about a complete stranger.

"Nagato, you..." Jiraiya struggled to understand Nagato's change.

"Hmm," Pain was about to continue speaking when he seemed to notice something Jiraiya, "Jiraiya-sensei, you're not leaving here today. You can die now. After I'm done with you, there's still one more person to deal with." With that, a loud bang was heard as Pain broke free from Jiraiya's hair.

Jiraiya frowned and quickly Hand Seals, Summoning Technique. A giant Toad was summoned by Jiraiya; it was Toad Ken.

Jiraiya stood atop Toad Ken's head, looking at Pain ahead, and said in a deep voice, "It seems I've been underestimated by my own disciple."

Pain also used Summoning Technique to summon a giant three-headed dog, which Jiraiya. Almost simultaneously, Pain summoned a giant lizard to block Jiraiya's retreat. In the next instant, the giant lizard disappeared from Jiraiya's sight.

"Where did it go?" Jiraiya was a little worried, but he didn't have time to pay attention to the invisible lizard. The huge three-headed dog had already rushed in front of him.

"Toad Ken..." Jiraiya shouted.

Toad Ken understood, brandishing his weapon and thrusting it forward, pinning the oncoming three-headed dog against the wall.

The three-headed dog was stuck by the neck and couldn't move for a moment.

"Toad Ken, I'm leaving the rest to you. Don't let them bother me." With that, he clasped his hands together and began absorbing Natural Energy.

"Could it be that?" Toad Ken had worked with Jiraiya for half his life, immediately recognized the Ninjutsu that Jiraiya wanted to use.

At that moment, two of the three heads on the dog's body burst out in all directions, and the three-headed dog immediately became three.

"What is this?" Jiraiya hadn't expected his opponent to be able to transform like this.

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On the other side, Uzumaki Hane was ambushed by Jiraiya and swallowed into the belly of Toad. It took a tremendous amount of effort for him to break free. Everything around him was already submerged in Utakata.

Uzumaki Hane saw Konan spread her wings and fly away, her feet covered in Chakra, and chased after her along the wall.

Konan really didn't expect there to be someone following her. As she flew, she suddenly heard a whooshing sound behind her.

Konan was startled. It was too late to dodge. Her body stopped abruptly, and she could only barely avoid the attack from behind.

Bang! Konan saw a Rock Fist slash across her back, and her wings burst into flames, instantly turning to ashes. Without her wings, Konan immediately fell from the sky.

Boom! Halfway there, Konan reassembled her wings, flapped them, and stood in mid-air, looking at the Uzumaki Hane on the pillar in front of her.

"You are another intruder, so die." Konan said coldly. After speaking, countless pieces of paper flew out from the wings on her back and shot towards the Uzumaki Hane in front of her.

Uzumaki Hane looked at Konan in mid-air, a smile playing on her lips. Her hands quickly turned into lava, and the intense heat even caused the air to distort.

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Meanwhile, on the other side, Sasuke, along with Karin, Jūgo, and Suigetsu, were walking along a path in the forest.

Suddenly, Sasuke's expression changed. "This is... Orochimaru's aura. You guys wait for me here." Then, he flashed and rushed into the bushes on the left.

"Wait, Sasuke!" Karin, Jūgo, and Suigetsu were too late to stop him and could only watch Sasuke disappear from sight.