"Xiao Nan!"
Looking at his companion's shattered body, it was as if everything was repeating itself. Endless nightmares and regret surged into Nagato's heart. His eyes turned bloodshot, and he couldn't help but cry out in shock.
Although he knew that Konan was a clone, Nagato couldn't help but worry. The scene of Yahiko's sacrifice back then even appeared before his eyes, and endless anger burned in his chest.
"Wood Release: Advent of the Tree World"
Water Release: Hard Vortex Water Blade
Seizing the moment when Nagato was distracted, Hiruzen Sarutobi, manipulating the reanimated forms of his two teachers, launched another attack. Countless trees rose from the scorched and broken ground, ghostly coiling towards Pain and Konan. At the same time, a sharp water spear struck like lightning, arriving before Pain in the blink of an eye.
The cooldown period for Shinra Tensei was not yet over, and Hiruzen Sarutobi, confident of victory, couldn't help but take a few steps forward.
Unexpectedly, even in his rage, Nagato hadn't completely lost his mind. He aimed his right hand at the Preta Path of Pain and sucked him in. As the Preta Path of Pain absorbed him, it also charged towards that spot, its arms already outstretched in preparation.
So, before Hiruzen Sarutobi's smile could fully bloom, it froze on his face again, and he could only stare blankly as the water gun vanished into the enemy's grasp. The seemingly towering trees proved no match for the enemy's missiles, and were quickly swept away, leaving only wood chips and flying debris scattered everywhere.
After this delay, when Pain looked again, Danzo had completely vanished without a trace.
"Zhi, Cun, Tuan, Zang!"
Pain, the Deva Path, gritted his teeth and muttered Danzo's name word by word before turning to stare fiercely at Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Finding a powerful individual with numerous bases deliberately hiding in the vast village of Konoha is an extremely troublesome matter!
Stared at by the group of Pain, Hiruzen Sarutobi felt his heart pounding, cursing the despicable Danzo incessantly. Danzo could escape, but he was the Hokage; he couldn't retreat at a time like this!
"Attack! The enemy has been heavily weakened; if we attack together, we can definitely wipe them out!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi, who had become Danzo's scapegoat, gave orders while subtly retreating behind the Konoha ninja, further demoralizing them.
They were unwilling to risk their lives for the fleeing Shimura Danzo and the death-sent Hiruzen Sarutobi. If their families weren't right behind them, they would have turned around and run away right now.
For a moment, apart from those ninjas completely controlled by Danzo and Hiruzen Sarutobi, all the other Konoha ninjas tacitly reduced the frequency of their attacks, conserving more chakra. Only those assassins who had been cursed by Hiruzen Sarutobi continued to fight desperately.
"Planetary Devastation!"
The impure body, immortal and indestructible, continued to hinder his steps. Enraged, Nagato stopped conserving his chakra and immediately began to unleash Planetary Devastation.
He clasped his hands together, and a mysterious black sphere appeared between them, then floated up to his body on its own. Then, when the black sphere rose to a height of tens of meters, it suddenly generated a strong gravitational pull, and the reanimated bodies of Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju were absorbed into the black sphere with almost no resistance.
Immediately afterwards, the surrounding trees broke, the ground collapsed, and rocks, soil, severed finger remains, and other debris within a radius of tens of meters were all attracted by the black sphere and gathered into a huge floating sphere.
The Impure World Reincarnation technique, which Hiruzen Sarutobi considered an invincible trump card, was thus broken, leaving only the impure bodies of Shinku Yuhi and Hayama Shirakumo to put up a futile resistance.
"Since Danzo has escaped, then we'll interrogate you to find out the whereabouts of the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki!"
Although Konan had recovered, Nagato was now completely out of control. After sealing the Senju brothers, he disregarded the fact that his chakra was greatly depleted and charged directly towards Hiruzen Sarutobi.
"Five Elements: Great Continuous Bullet Technique!"
When Pain used Planetary Devastation to seal his two teachers, Hiruzen Sarutobi tried to control them to escape, but the incredibly strong suction made all his efforts futile.
The cunning old fox used the cover of the Konoha ninjas to create four shadow clones and use his strongest move to try to break the seal of Chibaku Tensei.
Anyway, since the impure bodies are immortal and indestructible, they will be fine even if they are hit by a barrage of bullets.
"hehe!"
Pain's eyes are numerous and his vision is wide. Although Hiruzen Sarutobi tried hard to conceal it, he had already noticed his opponent's movements. Therefore, when faced with Hiruzen Sarutobi's strongest attack, he simply smiled and formed hand seals, causing the Planetary Devastation Sphere to fly upwards for dozens of meters. Then he watched as the destructive ninjutsu flew past the sphere from below and disappeared completely.
Sarutobi Hizaru's attack missed, and the Konoha ninja's interception proved utterly ineffective against Konan and Pain's attacks. Despite their various ninjutsu techniques used to block the attack, they were either absorbed by the Preta Path or deflected by Shinra Tensei.
Faced with the fierce Nagato, the Konoha ninjas were completely routed.
"Who can save you now?"
Pain watched with a mocking expression as Hiruzen Sarutobi approached step by step.
Konan's paper doll also flew over and followed behind Pain, speaking to persuade him to surrender, "Stop resisting! All we want is the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, not to cause more bloodshed!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi remained unmoved by Konan's words, saying, "You have already committed far too many killings, and the entire village of Konoha is united as one, and would never betray its comrades to the enemy!"
"The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki is at Mount Myōboku!"
Almost simultaneously with Hiruzen Sarutobi's words, a Root ninja who had flown far away suddenly ran back and spoke with a cold face.
The moment the Root ninja spoke, it was as if a pause had been pressed. The Konoha ninjas and Pain and Konan stopped fighting, and even the commotion throughout Konoha seemed to cease.
Only those ninjas who remained loyal to Hiruzen Sarutobi, along with Kurenai Yuhi, the reanimated bodies of Hayama Shirakumo, and Pain's summoned beasts, continued to fight.
"So that's why there's no Jinchuriki aura in Konoha."
Pain, observing from the air, couldn't find Danzo's hiding place. He coldly addressed Hiruzen Sarutobi, "Your Konoha is still as despicable as ever, but our objective has been achieved. Remember to tell Shimura Danzo that his sins will be dealt with by Akatsuki next time!"
Pain, the Deva Path, gave Konan a wink, then withdrew his attack and turned to leave. Meanwhile, the Asura Path, Loli Path, Preta Path, and the previously hidden Human Path also began leaping towards the outskirts of Konoha.
As he turned to leave, Pain didn't forget to promote his peace ideals.
"The reason you don't understand the value of peace is because you haven't experienced what real suffering is!"
Hopefully, Konoha has learned from this lesson and will cherish peace.
You won't be so lucky next time!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
