Just as Jiraiya was about to turn around, he felt a heavy punch land on his body. He crashed through the wall and flew out onto the water's surface, rolling several times before he could stabilize himself. This punch was incredibly powerful, almost as strong as one of Tsunade's normal punches.
When Jiraiya finally steadied himself, he realized that his right sleeve was empty, and blood was continuously flowing down.
"Kid, your arm?"
Shima said in disbelief.
"I know."
Jiraiya replied, but now was not the time to deal with his arm.
"What on earth is going on?"
Fukasaku Sage asked anxiously. Everything had happened so fast that they didn't even have time to react.
"I don't know. They don't look like the three people from before. They must have been summoned using a summoning technique."
Jiraiya said with a pained expression. The intense pain from his broken arm was constantly tormenting him.
At that moment, six figures suddenly flew out from the hole in the wall where Jiraiya had been sent flying.
"The Six Paths of Pain have arrived."
Tendo Pain, the Pain created from Yahiko's body, spoke. Even the three Pains that Jiraiya had killed earlier were now fully revived.
"Six people? There are actually six of them?"
Fukasaku said in disbelief.
"Look, look, the three people who were killed earlier are here too."
Shima said in the same tone.
"Pain, who exactly are you?"
Jiraiya asked gravely, clutching his broken arm.
"Pain is the collective name for the six of us."
Tendo Pain said.
However, when Jiraiya saw Tendo Pain's appearance, his expression involuntarily changed, and even his pupils couldn't help but tremble. This person was too familiar to him. Even after decades, Jiraiya could recognize him at a glance.
"You, are you Yahiko?"
Jiraiya asked with a trembling voice.
"What is going on? Isn't Yahiko already dead? And those eyes..."
Jiraiya was confused. Why did Yahiko have the Rinnegan?
"Did you see Yahiko's shadow in me? As expected of my former teacher. But Yahiko has long been dead. The one standing here is Pain."
Just as Jiraiya's question remained unanswered, three figures suddenly appeared beside him: Minato, Tsunade, and Satoru.
"Jiraiya, your arm."
Seeing Jiraiya's condition, Tsunade immediately asked with concern.
"Jiraiya-sensei."
Minato also asked with concern.
"Why are you here?"
Jiraiya asked nervously.
"We couldn't wait any longer, so we asked Minato to bring us here. If we had been a step later, the consequences would have been unimaginable, Jiraiya."
Seeing Jiraiya's severed arm, Tsunade couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache.
"Jiraiya-sensei, are they the leaders of the Akatsuki organization?"
Minato looked at the six Pains in front of him, his eyes serious. He felt a sense of threat from these six people.
"Yes, they are Pain."
With Tsunade's medical Ninjutsu treatment, Jiraiya immediately felt the pain in his arm ease a lot.
"Pain are six people?"
"Hmph, they're just six puppets. Maybe they're just six dead people."
At this moment, Hatake Satoru said disdainfully from the side. Even the ancestor of the Rinnegan, Hatake Satoru, could solve them, let alone six puppets controlled by the Rinnegan.
"What did you say? You said they're all dead? Could it be that Yahiko is really dead?"
Jiraiya stared blankly at the puppet created by Yahiko.
"That's right, the black rods on them are what control them. You could say they're chakra receivers. If you pull out the black rods inserted in them, they will immediately lose their ability to move."
While Minato and the others were discussing Pain, the six Pains were also looking at Minato and the others with serious expressions.
"The Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato, Tsunade of the Sannin like Jiraiya-sensei, and the White Demon, Hatake Satoru?"
Each one of them are very troublesome.
"Minato, please retrieve Jiraiya's severed arm first."
Suddenly, Tsunade spoke. The arm hadn't been severed for long, and with Tsunade's current medical skills, she could completely reattach Jiraiya's arm.
"Alright."
With a response, Minato's figure disappeared in front of everyone. The six Pains glanced back, but in the next second, Minato reappeared in front of them, holding Jiraiya's severed arm.
Seeing the severed arm, even Minato's good-natured personality began to turn angry, and the chakra of the Nine-Tails began to emanate from him.
"Minato, calm down."
At this moment, Jiraiya spoke from the side.
"Shouldn't we take them all down here, Jiraiya-sensei?"
Minato asked.
"With our strength, we can easily take down these six people."
As he spoke, Minato glanced at Satoru. With Satoru here, what he said could be easily achieved.
"No, we must return to the village now. Jiraiya's arm can't wait."
As soon as Minato finished speaking, Tsunade immediately said.
"Alright, I understand."
"Hey, have you had contact with the Otsutsuki clan?"
At this moment, the silent Hatake Satoru suddenly spoke.
The moment he stepped in here, Hatake Satoru felt a familiar aura, the same aura as the Otsutsuki clan he had once eradicated.
Minato and Jiraiya also looked at Hatake Satoru with shocked expressions. They had witnessed the power of the Otsutsuki clan.
"I don't know what you're talking about."
Tendo Pain frowned and said.
"Hmph, if you don't know, then let me tell you. If you are cooperating with the Otsutsuki clan, a friendly reminder: you are playing with fire. The Rinnegan you trust so much is nothing in the Otsutsuki clan; everyone has it.
And the Ten-Tails you are painstakingly trying to merge the Tailed Beasts into is nothing but fodder to enhance their power in the eyes of the Otsutsuki clan. Think about it carefully."
Then, Satoru placed his arm on Minato's shoulder, looked at Minato, and along with Tsunade and Jiraiya, their figures disappeared from in front of the Six Paths of Pain.
(End of Chapter)