The rain disappeared, and the sound of wind and rain came overwhelmingly.

The village surrounded by a huge inland lake is like a city floating on the water.

Looking through the layers of rain, even the lights shining down from the tower seemed to be hazy and slightly distorted in the rain.

At dusk, this village seems to know no difference between night and day. As long as it's a rainy day and a place where even the sun can't shine, it doesn't matter.

At this time, the water waves on the embankment suddenly trembled, and a black shadow the size of a palm rushed out of the water, and then landed firmly on the water, making a croaking sound.

Toad widened his eyes and stared at the ninja village on the water in front of him. There were no walls around it. As long as he crossed the first line of defense, he could easily enter Yugakure.

After watching for a long time, the toad opened its mouth wide and suddenly stretched out a human hand from its mouth. Then, the whole person came out of the toad's mouth and landed on the water.

It was Jiraiya.

As soon as he came out, he cast his sights on the Amegakure Village not far away. He specifically asked the toad of Miaomu Mountain to choose a relatively remote entry point in Amegakure, so that he could successfully avoid the eyes and ears of Amegakure ninjas and reach Amegakure directly.

The central tower.

"Sorry to trouble you, I can do the rest by myself."

Jiraiya waved to the toad next to him, and then rushed towards Amegakure despite the oncoming wind and rain. The toad croaked twice and disappeared in a puff of smoke.

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"Huh? This feeling of chakra."

Nagato, who is located at the bottom of the tower and in front of the base of the golem, has his legs crossed and his hands in seals, constantly allowing his chakra to resonate with the golem.

Perhaps he noticed something. Nagato, who was concentrating on communicating with the demon, suddenly opened his eyes. A bright metallic luster flashed through his originally emotionless Rinnegan eyes.

There have been ninjas trying to infiltrate the interior of Amegakure for a while. Nagato already knew this clearly through the rain falling over Amegakure.

But basically, these infiltrators were all dealt with by Bai Jue, or if they were lucky enough to break through Bai Jue's level, they would be quietly killed by Xiaonan in the village, without the need for him to personally send Payne to take action.

But the intruder he sensed this time had extraordinary chakra and was a ninja with considerable strength. Moreover, the aura of chakra made a trace of nostalgia emerge in his calm heart.

Immediately, this feeling of nostalgia was extinguished by him in an instant, leaving no trace of residue.

"You came at the wrong time. Since Jiraiya-sensei is like this, I can only end it with you here."

In the morgue deep on the top floor of the tower.

The six corpses, which were originally lying on the stone platform like dead bodies, opened their eyes at the same moment. In the darkness, they showed their hunting eyes staring at the prey. They came down from the stone platform and stood firmly on the ground.

??

Jiraiya walked into a labyrinth of steel pipes. This is Amegakure's pipe system for dredging rainwater. Because the amount of rainfall in Amegakure is very heavy, the pipes for dredging rainwater are specially built to be very large. If it is not done in advance,

If you investigate, you will easily get lost here and wait for rescue.

And this pipeline system, which even most people in Yuyin may not be able to fully understand, has been investigated clearly by Toad who sneaked in long ago.

Although there will be a lot of long detours, this place is better than being safe and hidden. People in Yuyin Village would never imagine that he would invade from here and directly reach the drainage pipe of the tower to reach his destination. After all, outsiders come from here.

If you sneak in, you will most likely be confused, completely lose your sense of direction, and spin in circles.

But now he only needs half an hour to complete the infiltration operation perfectly. Therefore, Jiraiya's nervous mood from the beginning can't help but relax a lot now.

If he sneaks in here, he will basically be safe.

The next thing to do is to pass here, go straight to the tower, and face the "god" directly.

However, just as he came to a

Halfway through the journey, a sharp sound of breaking wind suddenly sounded in the air. A shuriken made of white paper quickly cut through the air and fired from behind.

Without thinking, Jiraiya ducked to the side, causing the paper shuriken to be inserted into the steel pipe and fixed on it motionless.

Jiraiya was shocked that a thin piece of paper, with chakra attached to it, could actually cut iron like clay.

He looked up and saw that his eyes were covered with countless pieces of white paper flying towards his face, intending to cover his face and make him suffocate to death.

"Fire Escape Flame Bullet!"

Jiraiya did not hesitate, jumped back, and sprayed a huge fireball from his mouth, instantly swallowing the flying paper into the fireball.

The burning of countless pieces of paper intensified the momentum of the fireball, and the crackling sound continued.

Just when Jiraiya thought that the enemy's momentum would be suppressed by him, more pieces of paper were suspended in the air and folded into short swords with two edges. They rained down like heavy rain, breaking through the suppression of the fireball in an instant.

, tearing the fireball into countless flames from the middle.

Boom boom boom boom!

The paper sword landing on the steel pipe was like a cannonball bombardment, kicking up thick dust and spreading out.

Jiraiya rolled out of the dust-covered area in a somewhat embarrassed state, choking on the dust and coughing violently.

He stared at the countless paper swords stuck diagonally on the steel pipe with solemn eyes.

These paper creations were not only sharp, but also had such a tough texture, which was beyond his expectation. The thick dust was dispersed by the strong winds of a pair of paper wing pioneers.

A woman with short blue hair whose upper body was condensed only from pieces of paper was revealed. Her whole body was suspended in the moist air, and her lower body disappeared.

Not only that, her condensed upper body showed neat signs of fragmentation. If she encountered a powerful attack, she could probably turn into shreds of paper and scatter at any time to dodge the attack.

"I originally wanted to go directly to your lair to have a conversation, but I didn't expect you to come to me so eagerly, Konan. Your techniques have become more delicate and dangerous than before, and your whole person has also become more...

It’s more feminine.”

Jiraiya patted the dust on his body and looked at Konan who appeared in mid-air, with a smile on his face.

Although the other person's appearance has changed a lot and he looks much more mature than before, there are still many things that have not changed, so Jiraiya recognized the other person right away.

"At this point, what's the point of coming here? You're not welcome here."

There was no fluctuation in Konan's eyes, she just raised her hands, white pieces of paper gathered around her, folded into sharp blades, and occupied Jiraiya's field of vision.

When Jiraiya saw this, the smile on his face became even bigger, and he quietly gathered chakra on his hands.

"After all, we are still masters and disciples, so you won't entertain me in a place like this, right? I have as many things as a mountain to tell you. Seeing that you are fine, I guess Yahiko and Nagato are still alive.

Amegakure's "god", is it Yahiko or Nagato? It's probably Yahiko. Nagato is a person with no independent opinions and will only serve you silently from behind."

Jiraiya started to speculate on his own.

"It has nothing to do with you, don't meddle in other people's business!"

"How can you be nosy? Do you know what serious consequences will be caused if you take away the tailed beasts from other villages? I don't know what your purpose is in taking away the tailed beasts, but by doing this, you are going down the wrong path.

There is a way of no return! Listen to my advice, let go of the captured tailed beasts, and then explain it clearly to the villages, and I can negotiate for you."

Jiraiya argued with reason.

"Because of your naive thoughts, those companions died in front of us one by one! Sacrifice is very important for peace, but Amegakure's past sacrifices were worthless, and we don't want to make any more meaningless sacrifices!

"

Konan's voice turned cold, interrupting Jiraiya's words. The paper swords floating in the air around him immediately shot down like a heavy rain, and murderous intent spread around.

Bang bang bang bang!

Jiraiya slapped the ground with both hands, and the thick earth wall rose in response, and the paper sword

Block.

However, faced with the continuous fire from paper swords, the earth wall, which was two to three times thicker than ordinary earth escape, was on the verge of collapse.

The ability of the paper sword to attack difficult situations frightened Jiraiya.

Not only the frontal suppression of the Fire Release, but also the defensive Earth Release could no longer be sustained so quickly. Jiraiya believed that this ninjutsu had evolved into the Blood Succession Limit.

Jiraiya thought for a moment and immediately retreated, preparing to evacuate temporarily and think about countermeasures. After all, Konan's strength exceeded his imagination. The idea of ​​catching the other party as a hostage was simply unrealistic. He might even fall over.

risk.

Just when he was about to evacuate, there was a sound from behind, which made his expression change. "Water Release: Water Shark Bullet Technique!"

The huge water-made shark opened its huge mouth and swallowed Jiraiya's body.

Ahead, the earthen wall collapsed with a roar, turning into rubble and flying everywhere. The paper sword broke through the earthen wall's defense, and the sharks attacked Jiraiya from front to back.

Boom! Click!

The violent explosion caused dents and tears to appear on the surrounding steel pipe walls.

When the smoke dispersed, only a pool of blood appeared on the ground, but Jiraiya's entire body seemed to have evaporated and disappeared.

"Escaped."

Kisame, who came carrying the sword Samehada on his back, glanced at the blood on the ground and grinned, revealing a pair of sharp teeth.

He turned his attention to the crack in the pipe on one side, which should be an emergency passage punched out by someone, and successfully escaped through another pipe.

"He is injured, and there are a large number of our people around him. He can't escape far." Xiaonan was not worried that Jiraiya could escape from here.

It was easy to get in and hard to get out. There was no need to dispatch Pain. A few of them were enough to hunt this Sannin like a mouse.

"But please note that he is evacuating at this time, probably because he wants to use his magic to summon the two immortals from Miaomu Mountain. We must find his trace before then, otherwise things will be a little tricky."

Xiaonan thought of something.

Not surprisingly, this was probably what Jiraiya had in mind.
To be continued...