"Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!"
No sooner had Jiraiya finished speaking than the Six Paths of Pain rapidly moved to surround him and Hawking.
The Human Path, Animal Path, and Preta Path sealed off three directions, while Deva Path Pain flew into the sky to block the airspace.
The remaining Naraka Path immediately formed hand seals to summon the King of Hell's avatar of this World, swallowing the Asura Path, which Hawking had damaged, and chewing it for a moment, after which the Asura Path reappeared completely unharmed.
"Jiraiya-sensei, I'm afraid I can't let you escape."
Deva Path Pain looked down at Jiraiya and Hawking, speaking with a cold expression.
At this moment, seeing the damaged Asura Path so easily repaired, and Deva Path Pain also able to fly in the air, Jiraiya's expression changed.
He struggled to his feet, leaning his back against Hawking, and whispered in a very low voice:
"Hawking, don't rush to act yet; stall for time. I'll tell you all the intelligence.
If we can't break through later, then when you can come back tomorrow, tell all this intelligence to Tsunade.
Tsunade will give you the Flying Thunder God Technique as promised!"
His body was already severely injured and barely holding on. Even if Hawking was strong, the probability of successfully escaping from the cautious Six Paths of Pain with him was not high.
But he knew that in less than forty minutes, Hawking's time in this World would end.
Nagato did not know this secret, so he could tell Hawking all the intelligence he had gathered. After Hawking left, when he was summoned by Naruto tomorrow, he would be able to transmit this intelligence to Tsunade.
With his intelligence, Tsunade would be able to initiate the Five Kage Summit to jointly thwart Nagato's conspiracy.
As for himself, he had already prepared for death.
"Shadow Clone Technique!"
However, after hearing this, Hawking did not answer, but instead directly formed hand seals to create a Shadow Clone, and then had the Shadow Clone carry Jiraiya and fly up.
"Jiraiya, you should go back and report the intelligence to Tsunade yourself."
His purpose in coming to save Jiraiya this time was not just for the Flying Thunder God Technique; more importantly, it was for Nagato's Rinnegan.
So, of course, he couldn't follow Jiraiya's suggestion just now.
First, he would send away Jiraiya, this troublesome fellow, and then he could freely go after Nagato to seize the Rinnegan.
"Without the permission of God, none of you can go anywhere."
Seeing Hawking's Shadow Clone fly into the air with Jiraiya, Deva Path Pain immediately spread his hands:
"Almighty..."
He was about to activate the Ninjutsu Almighty Push to pull back Hawking's Shadow Clone and Jiraiya, but he had to interrupt the Ninjutsu halfway through and turn to face behind him:
"Shinra Tensei!"
Because Hawking's main body had already appeared behind him and raised his hand.
"Twelve eyes indeed see more clearly."
Hawking, who was sent flying by Shinra Tensei, stabilized his body, smiled, and didn't mind.
The Six Paths of Pain were six puppets created by Nagato using the Rinnegan because his main body could not move.
Therefore, during battle, all six puppets were remotely controlled by Nagato, working in natural synergy, and the twelve eyes of the six puppets shared vision, so there would be no blind spots during battle.
Even the famous Byakugan could not achieve this.
If it hadn't been for the twelve eyes watching just now, his sneak attack could have crippled Deva Path Pain.
"Summoning Technique!"
Seeing Hawking's sneak attack interrupt Deva Path Pain's Ninjutsu, Nagato immediately controlled the Animal Path Pain to summon a giant Eight-Headed Bird, which pursued the Shadow Clone and Jiraiya, who had not yet flown far, like an arrow.
He didn't expect the Eight-Headed Bird to kill the Shadow Clone and Jiraiya, only to delay them for a while, so the other Pain could catch up.
"Be careful, that Summoning Beast flies extremely fast and can instantly pierce enemies with its sharp beak, and it can also release explosive eggs."
Jiraiya saw the Eight-Headed Bird coming and immediately told Hawking's Shadow Clone about the Eight-Headed Bird's intelligence.
Gamaken had been injured by this Summoning Beast before.
Therefore, in the previous battle, he had already figured out the Eight-Headed Bird's intelligence.
In battles between Ninja, as long as the difference in strength is not too great, intelligence is quite important.
Like Hidan, if one didn't know his intelligence, didn't know his Loki ritual, even Kage-level powerhouses could easily be ambushed and killed.
But if one knew his intelligence and fought him with targeted strategies, then even Shikamaru could bury him.
With Jiraiya's strength and combat experience, if he hadn't been completely unaware of Nagato's Six Paths of Pain's intelligence, and most of his own intelligence was known by Nagato, he wouldn't have ended up in this predicament.
Perhaps he couldn't win, but he could still escape.
"Kienzan!"
The Shadow Clone, seeing this, directly created a Kienzan, waiting with a grin for the Eight-Headed Bird to charge.
The Kienzan was incredibly sharp; even an enemy ten times stronger than the main body, once cut by it, would find it difficult to resist.
Its drawbacks were that it wasn't fast, easily dodged, and its energy wasn't high, making it susceptible to absorption and interception.
So he had to wait for the Eight-Headed Bird to get closer.
"The Eight-Headed Bird's beak is sturdy and sharp; how could it be so easily destroyed?"
The Shadow Clone's intention was obvious, and Nagato, controlling remotely, naturally saw it at a glance.
But he wasn't worried at all.
The Eight-Headed Bird's strongest point was its sharp beak, and its main attack method was to fly at high speed and pierce enemies through with its beak.
Therefore, the sturdiness and sharpness of its beak were simply not something ordinary Ninjutsu could destroy.
Moreover, in his eyes, Hawking was a taijutsu expert, so his Ninjutsu would certainly not be very powerful, and he didn't feel any strong energy fluctuations from that white disc.
"How is that possible!"
However, the next scene that unfolded made his eyes widen.
Seeing that the Eight-Headed Bird was less than a meter away from the Shadow Clone and Jiraiya, the Shadow Clone then threw the Kienzan.
The moment the Kienzan met the Eight-Headed Bird's beak, it was like a knife meeting tofu; without any pause, it directly split the entire Eight-Headed Bird in half, and it disappeared with a "bang."
Hawking's current combat power was around 350, so an enemy with at least 3500 combat power would definitely not be able to withstand the Kienzan's attack head-on.
So, what was a mere Eight-Headed Bird?
One should know that Nappa only had 4000 combat power and could already easily destroy some less powerful Planet civilizations.
After dealing with the Eight-Headed Bird, the Shadow Clone continued to fly towards Konoha with Jiraiya.
And Nagato, seeing the Eight-Headed Bird fail, directly had Deva Path Pain block Hawking's main body, while the other five Paths quickly pursued the Shadow Clone and Jiraiya.
His control over the Six Paths of Pain had distance limitations; if the target flew any further, he would be unable to control the Six Paths of Pain to pursue.
However, how could Hawking let Nagato have his way? He directly ascended higher, then aimed both hands downwards, encompassing all the Six Paths of Pain:
"Prince's Tactics!"
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