"Outer Path—Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique?!"
Pain's Rinnegan eyes widened in shock and fury. "Who exactly are you?! How do you know of that jutsu?!"
"Who I am doesn't matter in the slightest!" Aoi Ren smiled and shrugged, then pointed toward the barrier outside.
"Those guys from Konoha are already here. You'd better make up your mind quickly!"
"Zetsu!"
Pain gritted his teeth and ordered Zetsu to bring over the scroll containing the technique. As soon as he received it, Aoi Ren smiled and leaped back onto the finger of the Demonic Statue, cooperating with the others to forcefully extract the One-Tail completely from Gaara's body.
The moment the extraction was complete, Pain roared furiously, "Deidara! Sasori! Kill this boy for me right now!"
"Sigh... is three jutsu really too much to ask? Why are you being so stingy?" Aoi Ren shook his head in resignation.
He summoned an earthen wall to block Deidara's exploding clay bird, sending clouds of dust and debris flying everywhere...
But just at that moment, the Five-Seal Barrier was suddenly broken open!
Just like in the original story, Naruto, Kakashi, and Sakura charged inside together. The only difference was... Chiyo was nowhere to be seen.
"Damn you! Give me back Gaara!"
Naruto shouted and lunged forward. Deidara, hoping to capture another Tailed Beast later, tried to grab Gaara's body and fly away with it. But before he could...
"Thunder Blade: Severing Fang!"
A blade of pale white lightning sliced the clay bird cleanly in half. A small figure snatched Gaara's body from mid-air and then vanished instantly, reappearing elsewhere.
Seeing this, Naruto was about to attack, but Kakashi quickly pulled him back...
"Wait! Look, that's a ninja from Konoha!"
The standard grey flak jacket and the white fox mask covering his entire face left no room for doubt. This was definitely an ANBU operative.
"When we first arrived, they were all attacking him," Sakura observed carefully, confirming the situation immediately...
"I left markers for you all along the way. Why did you take so long to get here?" Aoi Ren frowned, taking the initiative to speak first. "I couldn't stop them all by myself!"
Hearing this, Naruto immediately lowered his head in shame. Using the Big Ball Rasengan to defeat the clone of Itachi had drained a tremendous amount of energy, forcing them to stop and rest for a while...
If they hadn't stopped to rest, if they had just pushed on a little faster... maybe they could have saved Gaara in time?
Naruto felt an overwhelming sense of guilt.
"This is no time for feeling guilty! Right now, we need to capture those two members of Akatsuki immediately!" Aoi Ren scolded them firmly. "If you want to make up for it, then move!"
Fueled by these words, Naruto gritted his teeth and charged straight out of the cave after Deidara. However, Kakashi was still slightly suspicious.
He frowned and asked, "That technique you used just now... what was it?"
"It's called the Thunder Blade: Severing Fang," Aoi Ren answered openly and honestly. "I developed it by modifying the original Chidori technique that you recorded, Sensei."
Upon hearing this, Kakaxi's doubts vanished completely...
Chidori was a jutsu he had created himself; it was unique to Konoha. And while the equipment looked a little worn, it was definitely standard ANBU issue.
All the details fit perfectly with the profile of an ANBU spy who had been undercover in Sunagakure for many years...
"I'll leave this place to you. I'm going after Naruto!" Kakashi said, worried that Naruto might act too recklessly without supervision.
"Leave it to me."
Aoi Ren nodded confidently. "With only one opponent left, I can handle this easily!"
Kakashi leaped out of the cave, leaving Aoi Ren and Sakura behind to face Sasori of the Red Sand, who remained standing inside...
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