Naruto: I wrote in my diary that I exposed the Otsutsuki's arrival.

Chapter 231 Shocking Revelation: Pain is Nagato

Chapter 231 Shocking Revelation: Pain is Nagato

"It ended without even a proper confession before leaving? Thinking about it, my life has really been a failure." (39)

Jiraiya couldn't help but retort.

Especially after knowing the future, watching your own actions in the video makes you seem a little ridiculous.

"But that's fine too. A real man should have the magnanimity to write these things into a novel," Jiraiya said with a grin. "It's better not to say anything, lest we only end up heartbroken. But I've had such bad luck. Tsunade probably only won that one time in her life."

"Fool!"

Tsunade couldn't help but say the same thing while watching the video of the diary.

She has had terrible luck all her life; she loses every time she gambles, and has even become a notorious gambler's biggest victim.

As a result, he only won once in his life, and the price of winning was far too high.

"Drinking and gambling lead to disaster. I never imagined the price of drinking would be so high. If I hadn't been drinking, I would never have agreed to let him go alone to test the strength of the Akatsuki organization." Tsunade clenched her fist and said seriously. "From today onwards, I'm quitting drinking!"

At this moment, the scene shifts, and Jiraiya has already appeared in Amegakure, the village of the Land of Rain.

Many people were seeing what this small, isolated country looked like for the first time.

The Land of Rain, in particular, is shrouded in rain all year round, making it distinctly different from other places.

The climate here is almost never dry.

As Jiraiya continued his investigation, the group gradually learned about the Land of Rain.

However, his arrival also attracted the attention of Pain within the Land of Rain.

Under the curtain of rain, Pain used ninjutsu to stop the rain, while at the same time, Konan cast spells to create countless paper butterflies to search for Jiraiya's whereabouts.

"Is the rain in Amegakure controlled by Yahiko?"

Jiraiya saw the rain being stopped by Pain in the video, and he also saw himself interrogating the ninjas of Amegakure in the video.

Even though he hadn't revealed his identity, Payne seemed to have received the information. Combined with the information obtained from the interrogation, he had already formed a vague judgment.

I'm afraid there's something wrong with the rain that Payne is controlling.

Meanwhile, the ninja being interrogated in the video also revealed shocking information.

So the civil war in the Land of Rain has ended?

This news was unknown not only to Jiraiya, but even to knowledgeable ninjas like Tsunade and Kakashi Hatake.

The only person who knew all this was Itachi Uchiha, who was already in the Akatsuki organization.

The Land of Rain is too remote, and with its constant rainfall, it was chosen as one of the battlefields of the Third Shinobi World War, and now it is completely cut off from the outside world.

Moreover, Hanzo the Salamander, whose reputation rivals that of the Kage of other villages, is also stationed in Amegakure.

That being was known as a demigod.

Although not as domineering as Hashirama Senju, the God of Shinobi, he is still a top-tier powerhouse recognized in the ninja world.

He bestowed the title of the Three Legendary Sannin upon them, so none of them ever doubted that Hanzo of the Salamander could have lost.

He was defeated and taken down during the civil war.

"Oh..."

""

Tsunade said in shock, she still remembered how pathetic the Sannin looked when they faced Hanzo of the Salamander.

Even now, she wouldn't dare say she could beat Hanzo the Salamander, who's now an old man.

His strength is definitely at the level of a powerful Kage, as Kitahara Kaede said.

Someone like me, a Kage-level fighter who isn't good at combat, is definitely no match for him.

At first, she thought that the Akatsuki was taking advantage of the chaotic civil war in the Land of Rain to hide and develop their power.

This aligns with her understanding that even if she killed some people in the chaos, it wouldn't attract much attention.

However, things were not as she had imagined. Instead of using the chaos as cover, they had already defeated Hanzo the Salamander and seized power over the entire country.

This is a completely different matter.

"Tch, you old codger, you said you'd let us become stronger before challenging you, but you ended up getting killed yourself."

Tsunade recalled how Hanzo had arrogantly bestowed the title of the Three Legendary Sannin upon them, never expecting that they would be defeated.

Although Hanzo was forced to spare the three Hokage's disciples because of Konoha's strength, she still harbored resentment.

In the video, the ninja from Amegakure reveals how Pain slaughtered Hanzo's entire family, including all his relatives and friends.

Even Jiraiya was shocked. Were these the same gentle children he knew?

Although they were war orphans, they wanted to bring peace to the Land of Rain. They had their own ideals and their own principles. How could they have become so cruel?

How could Yahiko become a so-called god?

Before they could think further, they saw Jiraiya disguised as someone else and infiltrate Amegakure.

However, he did not notice that a paper butterfly had appeared behind him, and Xiao Nan was watching his figure from behind.

Somewhere in Amegakure, Konan, having gathered the information, appeared at the edge of the Animal Path in Pain's Six Paths and reported to him that the intruder this time was Jiraiya.

"Really? It's Jiraiya-sensei. How nostalgic." Animal Path said with emotion.

"What should we do, Payne?"

Xiao Nan looked at the beast in front of her and said.

"He's not going to be our ally anyway," the Beastman said calmly.

"Right?"

Xiao Nan said uncertainly.

"Then kill him," the Beast Dao said coldly. "There's nothing to regret now. I'm using this body precisely to kill the intruder. Lead the way."

"Payne, I'll deal with him before you get there."

Xiao Nan said.

"If you can kill them, then do it," the Beastman said without any politeness.

With that, he headed straight for the direction of Jiraiya mentioned in the intelligence report.

Upon seeing this, Jiraiya was dumbfounded, because he never remembered having taken on such a disciple. However, Konan didn't seem surprised that he called her "teacher."

"I have absolutely never taken on this disciple."

Jiraiya immediately realized what was happening.

"He's saying that this body is being used, which means it's not the original body, right?"

He immediately realized that the Animal Path before him was definitely not the true form of the so-called god Pain of Amegakure.

However, Payne was not among his disciples.

He has only taken on four disciples in his life so far: Nagato, Yahiko, Konan, and Minato Namikaze. Even if he takes on Naruto Uzumaki in the future, that will only make it five. There is absolutely no such thing as this one.

Combining this with what the animal had said earlier, he immediately realized that this person was probably not his disciple either.

In other words, everything is already obvious. The one who can control this body from behind and call him "teacher" must be either Nagato or Yahiko.

Although it's unclear why he changed his name to Payne.

At this point, his inclination was still towards Pain and Yahiko. After all, among the three, the one with the most ideas was not Nagato, who possessed the Rinnegan, but Yahiko.

However, he suddenly remembered something and quickly flipped through his previous diary. When Kitahara Kaede mentioned the leader of Akatsuki, he mentioned Nagato, not Yahiko.

Even though Pain is mentioned occasionally, Yahiko is never mentioned.

He gasped in shock.

Yes, the Rinnegan belongs to Nagato. I was always wondering why the Rinnegan appeared on Yahiko, but now I understand.

With so much information, how could Jiraiya possibly still not understand a basic situation?

That means Yahiko is probably just a corpse like this long-haired person. No wonder those people with the Rinnegan had all their faces covered with various nails.

They probably used these nails to manipulate the corpses.

If we treat these attempts as some kind of puppetry, everything becomes clear.

However, Jiraiya was also very upset when he came to this conclusion. In other words, if Nagato was the one behind the scenes and Yahiko was acting this way, it meant that Yahiko was probably already dead.

Only in this way can we explain why the person in charge of Akatsuki changed from Yahiko to Nagato.

After leaving Amegakure to continue participating in the Third Shinobi World War, Jiraiya had occasionally heard news about the three boys' whereabouts.

Having awakened the Rinnegan, a legendary eye possessed only by the Sage of Six Paths, the three little ones even made a name for themselves through their activities in Amegakure.

But then the news about the three boys suddenly stopped, and no one knows where it stopped, but they just disappeared.

Back then, he didn't understand it and didn't delve too deeply into it, but now that he sees this, there's nothing he doesn't understand.

Given the bond between the three children, if Yahiko hadn't died, Nagato would never have put him in such a state of being oblivious to his own mortality.

It doesn't look completely dead, nor does it look like a puppet; it seems to be alive, but it doesn't have the aura of a living person.

Only then did he finally understand why he felt something was off when he saw Pain destroy Konoha in one move. It didn't feel like a real person, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what was wrong.

Now I understand. Yahiko is dead, but his body has been turned into a puppet created by some unknown ninjutsu.

He also understood why the ninja he interrogated in the video said that Pain had wiped out Hanzo of the Salamander.

The gentle, crybaby Nagato he knew was definitely not like this, and she would never do something like this, not even sparing infants.

Unless something causes him intense pain that drastically changes his personality.

Yahiko's death may have been the trigger for this incident.

Moreover, he has a great relationship with Hanzo the Salamander, which is why he hates him so much.

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