"Sigh..."
Jiraiya, as a teacher, had almost forgotten.
Akihara Kagura possesses the Sage Body, and Nagato possesses the Sage Eye. Both could proudly call themselves the inheritors of the Six Paths Sage, yet they had united to overthrow the Ninja World.
Undoubtedly...
These two disciples now possess the strongest power in the Ninja World.
"Nagato."
Jiraiya shook his head, disagreeing with Pain's statement: "You only possess the power of the Six Paths Sage, but you do not understand the spirit of the Six Paths Sage. The Ninja Sect he founded in ancient times was an era where everyone could understand each other..."
"The era of the ninja has already changed."
Pain shook his head and continued coldly: "Jiraiya-sensei, ninjas in this era cannot understand each other. The only thing they can empathize with is pain. You can't keep up with the tide of the new era and will ultimately be completely forgotten here by it..."
"Are you going to kill me?"
Jiraiya squinted his eyes.
"Jiraiya-sensei."
Pain seemed a bit regretful as he spoke softly: "In the end, we are not on the same path. I will kill you here to prove that the path we walk is the correct one."
As Pain's words slowly faded...
A group of figures emerged from the depths of the Akatsuki Hideout.
Each of these figures was wearing a Cloud Black Robe. They looked different, with different hairstyles, but all had the same hair color and the same pupil in their eyes.
Rinnegan.
Without exception, all these people possessed the Rinnegan.
"Heavenly Dao!"
"Animal Path!"
"Human Path!"
"Preta Path!"
"Asura Path!"
"Hell Path!"
"The Six Paths of Pain, assembled here!"
The Six Paths of Pain.
Each of these individuals bore the same name, Pain.
Others might be frightened upon witnessing such a scene, but Jiraiya had learned the truth behind Pain ten years ago, knowing that these people were merely puppets controlled by Nagato.
"A total of six puppets..."
Jiraiya's gaze swept back and forth over the six orange-haired figures. After observing their appearances, his expression suddenly changed!
"Wait... something's not right..."
"I've seen all of these people before!"
Jiraiya's heart raced as he took a closer look at the Six Paths of Pain. Each person reminded him of an encounter.
These puppets...
In life, they were all people he had met!
Except for Yahiko, all the other Pains were people he encountered during his travels. After they died, Nagato obtained their corpses and turned them into Rinnegan puppets!
The intersection of destinies...
Jiraiya thought of the Great Toad Sage with a strange feeling in his heart.
"No..."
Jiraiya's heart began to struggle wildly, remembering the prophecy of the Great Toad Sage and pondering how he should choose: "This time, while Kagura is not present in the Akatsuki, Nagato must be dealt with. Once he and Kagura truly join forces, no one in the Ninja World could stand against them..."
However...
To deal with Nagato first...
He must first handle the obstacle of the Six Paths of Pain!
"Konan, you should leave first."
Deva Path Pain looked at the fighting spirit of Jiraiya, signaling Konan to leave the area.
"I'll go tend to your real body."
Konan's body instantly transformed into sheets of paper, flying toward the depths of the Akatsuki Hideout. Every time Nagato used the Six Paths of Pain, she worried about his body.
"Jiraiya-sensei..."
Deva Path Pain extended his hand, suddenly raising it toward Jiraiya: "Now, it's just the two of us here... Heavenly Attraction!"
A burst of gravitational force suddenly emerged from Deva Path Pain's hand!
Jiraiya's eyes narrowed, and his body involuntarily flew toward Deva Path Pain. Asura Path Pain's hand produced a Black Rod, ready to pierce through Jiraiya's body!
"Rasengan!"
Jiraiya raised his hand and unleashed a Rasengan, accelerating with the gravitational pull to try to take out the suddenly appearing Asura Path. Jiraiya grabbed Asura Path's Black Rod with one hand while aiming the Rasengan at Asura Path Pain with the other!
"Summoning Jutsu!"
Animal Path Pain instantly performed the Summoning Jutsu!
Originally about to be hit by Jiraiya's Rasengan, Asura Path Pain vanished from the spot and appeared beside Animal Path Pain!
However...
This exposed Deva Path Pain to Jiraiya's attack!
Preta Path Pain leaped into the air, directly blocking Jiraiya's path, catching the Rasengan in Jiraiya's hand and instantly absorbing its Chakra!
The Six Paths of Pain were all controlled by a single will, puppeted by one person. The coordination between the six puppets was naturally seamless!
"One can summon..."
"One can absorb Chakra..."
Jiraiya instantly identified the abilities of Animal Path Pain and Preta Path Pain, and his gaze also fell on the previous Asura Path Pain: "That was a Puppet Master I encountered before, probably skilled in offense..."
"No..."
"And..."
Jiraiya's eyes also settled on the strongest, Deva Path Pain, someone he had previously seen get blown away by Akihara Kagura: "This puppet made from Yahiko specializes in repulsive and gravitational attacks and even has other strange and powerful jutsu..."
For example, the Chibaku Tensei that Jiraiya had witnessed before...