Sasuke gazed at the swirling vortex, then watched as the Animal Path Pain emerged.
He furrowed his brow. It seemed Nagato was serious about fighting him.
The moment the Animal Path Pain appeared, the Deva Path Pain seemed to deliberately shield him.
And in the next second, the Animal Path Pain slammed his hand hard onto the ground!
"Summoning Technique!"
Boom, boom, boom...
In an instant, white smoke erupted, and all six Paths of Pain were summoned.
A summoning technique like this? Summoning people?
The Five Kage were completely stunned.
This wasn't how summoning techniques were supposed to work!
People! How could they be summoned so easily and effortlessly?
It absolutely couldn't be this simple! This easy!
"So that's how it is. No wonder this guy was able to gather his comrades so quickly last time. He used a summoning technique!"
The Fourth Raikage seemed to understand something now, but what puzzled him was how people could be summoned so easily.
These were living, breathing humans!
How could they be summoned so effortlessly?
Even with a contract, reverse summoning between humans and summoning animals required extensive preparation.
Let alone summoning between humans this was simply impossible!
The Five Kage fell into deep thought.
As the Six Paths of Pain made their entrance, their overwhelming presence erupted instantly.
The combined chakra fluctuations of the six created a terrifying storm that swept out in all directions.
It pulled everyone back to reality before they could even process what was happening.
"Tsuchikage-sama, should we make a move?"
Akatsuchi asked the Third Tsuchikage.
The Third Tsuchikage glanced at the other Kage. "Let's wait and see. Both of them possess powers we don't fully understand. This is a perfect opportunity!"
Knowing your enemy was crucial, and now they had a chance to observe the two of them in action. For the Five Kage, this was an incredibly rare opportunity!
If they wanted to test the limits of these two's powers on their own, it would likely cost the lives of countless ninja.
But now, they had a chance to gather intelligence on their abilities for free. This was too good to pass up.
Tsunade and the others understood Ōnoki's reasoning and had no intention of intervening at this moment.
Everyone quietly stepped back to observe.
Though they were merely spectators for now, if one side showed signs of defeat, the Five Kage would not hesitate to act.
Jūgo and Kimimaro moved behind Sasuke, keeping a wary eye on the Five Kage.
It seemed as though everyone had cleared a wide space for the two of them to fight.
Sasuke tilted his neck slightly. "Your power has grown significantly. It seems after recovering your body, you've become much stronger!"
Hearing this, the Five Kage were slightly taken aback.
Recovered his body?
Had the leader of the Akatsuki been injured before?
When had he been injured?
Was it during the invasion of the Hidden Cloud Village?
The others glanced subtly at the Raikage.
The Raikage, however, frowned deeply.
"Injured? Impossible. When I fought him last time, I didn't land a single blow on him."
Hearing this, Ōnoki grew even more puzzled.
But soon, he arrived at an even more unbelievable conclusion.
"Could it be... that this guy was already injured before he invaded your Hidden Cloud Village..."
He left the rest unsaid, but everyone understood.
If what Ōnoki said was true, then it meant the leader of the Akatsuki had invaded the Hidden Cloud Village while injured, destroyed the village, severely wounded the Fourth Raikage, and captured the Eight-Tails Jinchūriki.
Though, in reality, Nagato hadn't captured the Eight-Tails Jinchūriki.
But even just destroying the Hidden Cloud Village and crippling the Fourth Raikage were feats beyond the reach of ordinary people.
And he had done all this while injured.
The leader of the Akatsuki... was truly a monster!
"I owe you thanks, Sasuke. If it weren't for your healing, restoring my body to its peak condition, I'd probably be dead by now."
Nagato's voice rang out.
This statement shocked the Five Kage even more. Sasuke had healed the leader of the Akatsuki?
Hadn't he left the Akatsuki?
Why would he heal this guy?
And a man on the verge of death had been restored to his peak condition.
How had Sasuke healed him?
Such medical skills were likely unmatched in the entire shinobi world, except perhaps by Tsunade, one of the Legendary Sannin!
The Four Kage occasionally glanced at Tsunade.
They wondered if she had taught Sasuke medical ninjutsu.
But only Tsunade knew the truth she had never taught Sasuke any medical techniques.
Moreover, given Sasuke's terrifying talent, it wouldn't surprise her if he had taught himself medical ninjutsu and forged his own path.
After all, unless you'd witnessed that kind of genius firsthand, you couldn't truly understand it.
"Hmph! Fine. I also want to see just how much power you can unleash in your peak condition!"
Sasuke's eyes filled with killing intent.
His chakra surged violently!
Black lightning emerged spontaneously, forming rings of thunderous patterns that spread out beneath his feet.
The lightning swirled around him, creating rippling waves.
The crackling sound of thunder echoed.
Nagato also assumed his stance.
The Asura Path Pain instantly dashed forward, his speed so fast that the Five Kage's eyes gleamed with astonishment.
One word described it:
Fast!
Incredibly fast!
A single step caused the ground to explode into a small crater, and his body shot forward like a cannonball.
A series of afterimages trailed behind him, all achieved through pure taijutsu.
How could such bizarre speed be possible?
"Asura Path..."
Sasuke narrowed his eyes slightly.
Each of the Six Paths of Pain possessed unique abilities, and the Asura Path's special trait, aside from its immense strength, was its ability to summon various weapons for attack.
The weapons it could summon weren't limited to this era it could summon any weapon from any time period.
For example, during the invasion of Konoha in the original story, it had summoned missiles a weapon likely from the future of the shinobi world yet the Asura Path could still summon them.
This wasn't a matter of body modification but pure summoning!
Sasuke's eyes focused on the charging Asura Path. The reason for its incredible speed was that its legs seemed to have been replaced with some kind of mechanical limbs.
With this enhancement, its speed had become truly astonishing.
The Asura Path, cutting through the air, swung its fist toward Sasuke's face with devastating force.
In that instant, its fist also transformed, with small, sharp black spikes emerging from its knuckles. Though tiny, they were undoubtedly sturdy.
Sasuke shrugged lightly. Time to warm up!
Lightning erupted!
Sasuke charged forward in a flash!
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