Chapter 409

【“Just pretend. When you come back this time, I won’t let you pretend even if you want to.”】

[“Tsunade, the big fat sheep, finally won a bet, and the result is fulfilled on Jiraiya.”]

[“It is said that you should not regard Tsunade’s gambling luck as some kind of causal ability. Be objective. No matter what she did here, it can’t change the fact that Jiraiya is carrying out a mission that is almost certain to die.”]

[“Ah~ Tsunade’s last sentence is a bit meaningful.”]

[“Ha, that should be what I thought it meant! Jiraiya suffered a great loss. If he can come back alive, he will get what he wants.”]

[“Tsk, two old guys in their fifties...”]

[“It feels like I took a bite of expired candy, so choking...”]

Oonoki looked at Tsunade and Jiraiya teasingly, but this time he didn’t make any jokes, just laughed meaningfully.

"Tsunade..." Jiraiya, who was experienced, naturally heard the subtext of Tsunade's words in the sky, and for a moment, his originally heavy mood was diluted. He looked at Tsunade with a pig-like expression involuntarily, and then she stabbed his eyes and fell to the ground and rolled in pain.

Tsunade's face was flushed, and the veins on her forehead were bulging. She closed her eyes shyly and embarrassedly, and did not dare to look at other people's eyes at all. For a while, only Jiraiya's screams of pain echoed in the conference room.

In fact, except for Ohnoki, an old guy who likes to watch the fun, Rasa, who is married and has become a widower, and the Raikage who focuses on training blocks, have no interest in this.

Only Mei Terumi, who is eager to get married, looks at Tsunade and Jiraiya with a little envy. At least she has an ambiguous object, unlike her, who can't even find a man who catches her eye in the Hidden Mist Village.

[The Animal Path was dragged into the water, and found himself in a trance in a barrier full of acid. Before he could figure out the situation, he was hit by Jiraiya who had prepared in advance, and the whole person fell directly into the acid. ]

[I thought that this would solve the enemy, but I never thought that the opponent had fallen into the acid and still had the strength to attack. The Animal Path broke through the water surface and pierced Jiraiya's arm and shoulder with a sharp black stick. After completing this last attack, the Animal Path completely lost its movement. ]

[Jiraiya leaned against a stone pillar with a little powerlessness. After breaking the black stick that penetrated his arm and shoulder, Jiraiya suddenly saw a pair of reincarnation eyes staring at him. At the same time, his body began to spasm and his chakra became disordered. Fortunately, Fukasaku Sage reacted quickly and pulled out the black stick on his shoulder in time to calm the situation. 】

["Is this extraordinary endurance also Pein's ability? He was hit by a fatal attack, so why can't he die?"]

["This extraordinary vitality is very similar to the Uzumaki clan, and with Nagato's red hair, could this guy be..."]

["Well, it's probably true, and judging from the color of his hair, Nagato's Uzumaki bloodline may be deeper than Naruto's."]

["What is the Rinnegan after being hit by Pein's black rod? Kakashi had the same experience before."]

["Chakra disorder... Could it be a contact-type illusion?"]

["Not only the body, but also the weapon used is so weird!" Fukasaku Sage sighed, and Shima Sage bluntly said that the other party was not human. 】

【Jiraiya endured the pain and recalled the information he had obtained from the captured Rain Ninja, and analyzed it quickly in his mind: 'That face, that guy is undoubtedly Yahiko, but he has Nagato's Samsara Eye. Did Yahiko steal it from Nagato for some reason? But...what about the other Samsara Eyes? And...'】

【Jiraiya recalled the conversation with Nagato in the past, "Humans grow because of pain", this view was indeed taught to him, and the Animal Path said the same thing not long ago. ]

[‘So, this guy is Nagato...’]

[“It turns out that the ideas that support Pain’s actions were taught by Jiraiya!”]

[“That’s not wrong in essence, it’s just that Pain expanded the scope without authorization.”]

[“Both sides have supporting clues, is Pain Nagato or Yahiko?”]

[At this time, the forehead bandage of the Animal Path dissolved and fell off due to the acid, revealing a horizontal scar on the forehead. Jiraiya’s face suddenly changed, because he recognized that this was a ninja from the Fuma clan that he had encountered when he was young. ]

[“Yes, I remember, this guyIt's definitely not Nagato!" Jiraiya explained to the two sages, Fukasaku and Shima: "I have fought with this man in front of me before. Just when I was following the prophecy of the Great Toad Sage and just embarked on a journey, this man from the Fuma clan attacked me. The scar on his forehead was left by me!"]

[Fukasaku and Shima were even more confused after hearing this. At this time, Jiraiya once again remembered the prophecy of the Great Toad Sage: 'If it is true as the prophecy says...']

["Hey, what's going on? Among Pain's clones, there are people Jiraiya knows?"]

["The Fuma clan, the small ninja clan that focuses on studying the use of Fuma shuriken, this has nothing to do with the Six Paths Sage, right?"]

["Well...Yahiko, who was dead in Pain's mouth, and the man from the Fuma clan, these two unrelated people became Pain and possessed the Samsara Eye. Putting these clues together, the so-called Six Paths of Pain, wouldn't it refer to six corpses? ”]

[“Controlling corpses, puppeteer? Does that mean Nagato has another real body hiding in the dark?”]

[“But why do they all have the Samsara Eye... Oh, those summoned beasts also have the Samsara Eye, it should be the same situation.”]

[“So even if you defeat all six Pains, you still have to face Nagato’s real body. According to Jiraiya, Nagato’s real body must have the ability of all systems. This... I feel desperate just thinking about it!”]

[“There are some things I need to confirm in front of those guys. Please go back first.” Jiraiya said in a hoarse voice.]

[Fukasaku Sennin immediately objected when he heard it: “How can that be! If you go out again, you will definitely die! Not only has the number of people on the opposite side increased, but the barrier trap cannot let the opponent fall into it again. Now those guys haven’t discovered this place yet. If you want to escape, you can only do it now!”]

(To be continued)