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

Chapter 237 6 Payne, Part 1

Chapter 237 Six Paths of Pain, Reporting for Duty

Jiraiya continued running through the pipes. At this point, he didn't have many options left. Faced with such a perilous situation, Jiraiya didn't have any good solutions.

The only thing to do is for the two immortals to quickly dispel the summoning spell and leave when they are in danger.

Soon, the two immortals used the sound of frogs to release an illusion, interfering with Pain's judgment.

Jiraiya also absorbed his Fire Release again through the Preta Path, confirming one thing completely.

"That big guy really did go to absorb ninjutsu. At first, that guy could only use summoning jutsu, and it was always that big guy absorbing the ninjutsu. Just as expected, each of these guys only possesses one system ability!"

Jiraiya's judgment was exactly the same as the judgment of everyone who read the diary, so why did these people have to appear in a group?

Is it because one person's combat strength is only one aspect of it?

"Now the big guy's eyes are looking in the direction of the ninjutsu, and there's another person with their eyes closed. So, looking at it this way, there's only one pair of eyes looking this way."

On the other side, Jiraiya's true form used a Fire Release technique to force the two against the ceiling, but they immediately realized they couldn't move, having been hit by Jiraiya's ninjutsu—Yomi Swamp.

This allowed them to control two of them, creating a brief one-on-one situation, and even using illusion magic to trap all three of them at the same time.

"Were we tricked?"

The animal realm quickly realized what was happening.

"A brilliant tactic."

"Itachi Uchiha said with emotion."

Jiraiya was, after all, a top-tier ninja who had dominated the ninja world for decades, and his combat skills were clearly far superior to those of ordinary ninjas.

Even when outnumbered and outmatched, they were still able to achieve this level of success in a short period of time using tactics, which is quite impressive.

It was necessary and reasonable for Kitahara Kaede to be particularly cautious during his return to Asagiri.

Facing such a powerful opponent, especially given his obvious physical problems, engaging in a war of attrition would likely result in him being killed by Jiraiya.

If there is any weakness in his combat skills, it is that his physical fitness is really too poor.

In small-scale battles, it's not obvious, and you can heal afterwards. But if you encounter a powerful opponent like Jiraiya, and he puts you into Sage Mode, you'll only be able to die on the spot.

However, everyone's expression was solemn, because knowing that Jiraiya would also die in battle, any brilliant moves Jiraiya made now were just a struggle.

After all, only three of the six Pain's have appeared so far.

Jiraiya has already done his best, but Nagato hasn't.

That's the biggest difference.

Especially since Pain, the strongest being who once destroyed the entire Hidden Leaf Village with a single move, has not yet appeared, everyone is in a state of constant tension.

"You are now under the illusionary binding spell that can bind your minds, so your bodies and true forms are unable to move."

In the video, Jiraiya says...

Within this illusion, the three beings—the animal realm, the hungry ghost realm, and the human realm—are surrounded by a group of toads.

"Jiraiya-sensei, I never knew you had such illusion techniques."

Payne said in a flat tone.

"I should have taught you that you must never let your guard down, no matter who your opponent is."

Jiraiya looked at his former disciple and said with deep sorrow.

"Nagato, you have misunderstood your mission. Rather than guiding the world with pain, I would prefer you to use your power that transcends pain to fulfill this mission."

Farewell.

After Jiraiya finished speaking, he had already pierced through the bodies of three Pain members outside.

"It's over."

Jiraiya breathed a sigh of relief, thinking the battle was over.

Fukasaku and Shima, the two immortals, had already reached their limit by this point.

Just when Jiraiya thought he had made his decision and could finally relax, someone suddenly appeared behind him.

It is the hell realm among the six realms!

"You taught me not to let my guard down, didn't you, Jiraiya-sensei?"

The next second, Jiraiya was blasted away, blood flowing down his face.

In just a moment, his left hand was broken.

Jiraiya stared intently at the person who emerged; clearly, this person was not one of the three he had killed earlier.

Its face is different from the previous person's, which means it was summoned using a necromancy technique.

This sudden turn of events put everyone on edge.

Everyone knew that if things continued like this, it would be the end for Jiraiya. After having one arm broken, Jiraiya would likely have difficulty even forming hand seals, and his fighting power would naturally decline sharply.

This is why ninja intelligence is so important.

If Jiraiya had known from the beginning that there were six Pains, he wouldn't have been so easily careless.

Just when you think you've eliminated all of Pain and there's no danger left, real danger strikes.

"So this is how I lost?"

Jiraiya seemed to understand why he still died after using Sage Mode.

What's even more terrifying is that those clones that were originally sealed by Jiraiya with a special sword actually came back to life after the sealing sword was removed, completely unaffected.

This time, all six Paths of Pain were present.

The Heavenly Path and the Asura Path, which had not appeared before, also appeared at the same time.

In this situation, leaving would be extremely difficult.

"That guy."

Tsunade's body trembled slightly, and her eyes reddened.

Although I was prepared, now, am I finally going to witness his death?

Although it was something that hadn't happened yet on this particular timeline, she couldn't bear to look at it.

The feeling of watching Dan and Nawaki die right in front of me back then resurfaced.

As comrades-in-arms for decades, even setting aside the question of whether there was romantic love, their decades-long camaraderie alone was enough to cause her immense pain.

"Pain, the Six Paths of Pain, pays his respects."

"Six people? There are actually six people?"

Fukasaku looked at the six people who had appeared in their complete forms with shock. At that moment, everyone realized that something was wrong.

"Quick, look! The three we just took care of are here too!" Master Shima exclaimed in shock.

"Perhaps the newly summoned beings resurrected them in some way."

The immortal Fukasaku made the same guess.

"How could there possibly be a ninjutsu that could revive three completely dead people?" Shima Sage was already drenched in cold sweat. "Are these guys even human?"

This scene was truly bizarre.

"Pain, who exactly are you?" Jiraiya was equally shocked, drenched in cold sweat.

"Pain is the collective name for the six of us," Tendo explained.

For those watching from the sidelines, it was a moment of exhilaration, for a simple reason: the most terrifying scene in their memories—the monster that destroyed Konoha in a single blow—had finally appeared.

Jiraiya in the scene wore an expression of disbelief, because he was all too familiar with the appearance of the leader, Tendo.

"You—you are—that face, is it Yahiko?"

The image of Yahiko appeared in his mind almost instantly.

This is why Jiraiya was able to recognize Tendo as Yahiko immediately when reading the diary. It's not just because the Rinnegan makes the connection, but also because his face hasn't changed much.

It's just grown out.

"What exactly happened? Wasn't Yahiko dead? And what about those eyes?" Jiraiya asked in shock.

"Do you see Yahiko's shadow in me? No wonder you were my former teacher. But Yahiko is long dead. Standing here is Pain." Pain looked coldly at his teacher Jiraiya.

"I've heard enough of that. Why do you have the Rinnegan?" Jiraiya clutched his injured arm, staring in shock at Yahiko.

"What's going on? Little Jiraiya?" Fukasaku asked.

"One of my former disciples, among them, only that child didn't have those eyes!" Jiraiya replied in shock. "No, after seeing the Rinnegan, I assumed that the original one was Nagato."

But he felt different from the Nagato I knew, and upon closer inspection, none of the six people looked like Nagato!

"Even so, there are people among them who look like Yahiko and possess Nagato's Rinnegan. Is it Yahiko or Nagato?" Jiraiya couldn't tell anymore and could only roar angrily, "What's going on with you guys?!"

When Jiraiya questioned him, Pain simply replied coldly, "We are Pain, we are gods!"

After saying that, the six Pain figures leaped down and launched a fierce attack on Jiraiya.

"You actually claim to be a god?" Jiraiya slammed his fist into Pain, demanding, "Yahiko, why do you have Nagato's eyes?"

"Even if you know this, you still can't defeat us," Tendo said coldly, throwing Jiraiya away in an instant. Immediately after, Hell Path unleashed countless miniature missiles from its hand, hurtling towards Jiraiya.

Faced with such an attack, Jiraiya could only flee desperately, daring not to linger.

"I must find a way to exploit this weakness, even if it means mutual destruction." Jiraiya had already made up his mind to perish together with his opponent. However, before he could make any move, the Heavenly Path suddenly used gravity to smash the wall behind him down.

"Idiot, come back alive! How can you die in a place like Amegakure? You absolutely cannot die! You absolutely cannot die before me!" Tsunade muttered to herself, her eyes red as she looked at the video in her diary.

Although she was somewhat prepared, seeing this scene reminded her of Nawaki and Dan's deaths in front of her, and Tsunade suddenly had a stress reaction.

My whole body was trembling slightly!