บท 236: Uchiha Obito

The Six Eyes possess extraordinary observational abilities. He can easily discern the true identities of the Six Paths of Pain before him.

Shintaro casually waved his hand, using the [Limitless Technique] to effortlessly transfer all the attacks before him into the ground.

Facing Konan and Tendō, Shintaro hovered steadily in the air.

Under his watchful gaze, every movement of the Six Paths of Pain was clearly visible.

It was evident that they weren't real living beings, but puppets controlled by black rods with the power of the Rinnegan.

However, what was surprising was that their leader, Tendō, looked exactly like Yahiko. Even his expression was identical, which puzzled Shintaro.

This time, Tendō was the first to break the silence: "It's been a long time, Uchiha Shintaro. The last time I fought you is still fresh in my memory."

Tendō didn't respond directly, but from his tone, it was clearly Nagato himself.

Shintaro nodded slightly and said, "As expected, although his appearance resembles Yahiko, there is no one else but you, Nagato, who possesses the Rinnegan."

"The Akatsuki organization once claimed they were fighting for peace in the ninja world. Why do you want to seize Hanzo's power now and even get involved in this ninja war?"

Pain replied expressionlessly: "Hanzo was deceitful and dangerous. Yahiko went to negotiate with him in good faith, hoping to resolve matters peacefully, but who would have known that he was poisoned by him and tragically died on the spot. So I killed Hanzo to avenge Yahiko."

Then, Tendō firmly stated: "The Akatsuki organization is participating in this ninja war precisely to make the entire world feel pain. Only in this way can peace truly be achieved."

However, after hearing these words, Shintaro didn't show fear; instead, he sneered: "Make the world feel pain? I'm afraid you're not qualified to do so."

Shintaro's mocking words infuriated Nagato, and he immediately controlled the Six Paths of Pain to launch an attack on Shintaro.

Konan saw that the situation was bad and quickly flew into the air to assist Nagato in launching an attack.

Facing such a fierce assault, Shintaro had no intention of retreating. Instead of dodging, he actively charged toward the enemy.

The first to bear the brunt was Konan, who was flying in the sky with paper wings. Shintaro initially approached and punched, wanting to test his opponent's strength.

However, after the punch was thrown, there was no reaction, as if hitting a pillow.

It turned out that Konan had long been prepared. She had already activated her paper element, automatically turning the part hit by the punch into thin paper strips, completely ignoring the attack.

"This is interesting... You can actually ignore physical attacks? But that's all there is to it." The corners of Shintaro's mouth lifted slightly, and he already had a countermeasure in mind.

Although he hadn't used ninjutsu for a long time, that didn't mean he was rusty.

Soon after, he took a deep breath and exhaled a blazing fire from his mouth.

"[Katon: Gōka Mekkyaku]."

The fiery blaze erupted from Shintaro's mouth, forming a sea of flames that covered the sky, sweeping towards Konan.

Faced with such a fierce fire, Konan's expression suddenly changed.

It was clear that the Fire Element was indeed a significant threat to her.

She made a quick decision and swiftly spread the wide paper wings on her back, trying to escape backward.

But to her surprise, her body seemed to be tightly bound by an invisible force, unable to move at all.

At this moment, Shintaro raised his hand and waved it, and a blue light suddenly flashed. It turned out he used the power of [Blue] and successfully suppressed Konan.

At this point, Konan was in a dilemma. Seeing no way out, she could only grit her teeth, activate the chakra in her body with all her strength, continuously releasing more paper, and build a strong defense in front of her, hoping to withstand the fire attack.

Fortunately, Pain did not remain idle. Seeing this, Chikushōdō clapped his hands and summoned the large green bird again, which was eight feet tall.

It carried the Six Paths of Pain and flew into the air together, blocking the front of the fire, giving Konan precious time to breathe.

On the bird's broad back stood a chubby figure with orange-red hair tied in a ponytail, Gakidō. He stood firmly at the front of the team, arms wide open.

The absorption power of Gakidō devoured the fire.

The blazing fire disappeared without a trace, leaving only silence.

As for Konan, only the outer layer of her cloak was singed, revealing the curvaceous figure hidden beneath the Akatsuki robe.

She wore light purple tights on the lower part of her body, accentuating her slim and straight legs. The upper part of her body was a backless dress with a zipper inside, which was both sexy and alluring, with a delicate ring adorning her navel.

Shintaro looked at the scene before him in amazement. He never expected Konan's outfit to be so sexy. It was a stark contrast to the cold image she usually presented to people.

However, Konan didn't seem embarrassed or shy because of her outfit. After all, it is in everyone's nature to pursue beauty. Although she was the angel of Amegakure Village, she was not an angel completely devoid of desires.

Konan stretched out her arms again, and a large amount of paper flew towards Shintaro like dancing butterflies. This time, the paper was entirely different from before. The paper had transformed into extremely powerful explosive tags rather than sharp paper blades.

Immediately after, a series of deafening explosions suddenly sounded. The fire and smoke from the explosion tightly surrounded Shintaro, forming a large, airtight fireball.

At this moment, a hole suddenly appeared in the large fireball, and then a dazzling red light shot out from the hole.

Upon seeing this, Gakidō planned to follow suit and once again absorb the crisis at hand.

However, what no one expected was that this red light was unstoppable.

In an instant, Gakidō's large body was shattered into pieces as if hit by a high-speed train. At the same time, his entire body lost control and flew backward.

Seeing Gakidō suffer a significant loss, Jigokudō, who had long been watching the battle, immediately took action.

Jigokudō quickly formed seals with his hands.

Along with a deep roar, the large and fierce-looking Hell King appeared out of thin air on the battlefield.

The Hell King opened his bloodstained mouth and stuck out a long purple tongue like a frog's. He directly captured the damaged Gakidō, stuffed him into his mouth, and then began to chew.

However, Shintaro would never stand still.

At this moment, a bright red light continuously emitted from his hand.

The red beam of light struck Jigokudō, Chikushōdō, and Ningendō hard, shattering them all to pieces.

At this moment, only Tendō was left intact on the battlefield, but half of his clothes had been torn to pieces and scattered in the wind.

The summoned creatures fell from the air, completely losing their ability to fight.

As for Shuradō, he also suffered severe injuries, with half of his body destroyed. If not for the support of his extremely sturdy mechanical body, he wouldn't be able to move.

Konan's initially calm face finally showed slight ripples. Although the impact of [Red] couldn't shake her at all, seeing the Six Paths of Pain being defeated one after another, the uneasiness in her heart grew stronger.

Finally, she decided not to sit still and decisively ran downward.

At the same time, Shintaro followed closely behind without hesitation, and the two quickly fell into a dense forest like meteors.

At this moment, Konan used her hidden trick.

A shocking scene occurred. Looking around, the entire forest was actually camouflaged by dense explosive tags.

As the first explosion sounded, all the explosive tags detonated one after another like a chain reaction.

In an instant, flames soared into the sky, and thick smoke billowed, illuminating everything around with a red hue.

Taking advantage of this thrilling explosion, Tendō saw the opportunity and suddenly jumped.

His entire body was engulfed in blazing fire.

Soon after, Tendō used all his strength to perform his most powerful technique, [Shinra Tensei].

This is one of the Rinnegan's abilities. Using this technique requires a significant amount of chakra. This technique concentrates all the chakra of the Six Paths of Pain on Tendō, and its power is focused and explodes, repelling everything around it within a ten-kilometer radius.

After this technique is activated, Tendō will be unable to use ninjutsu for a long time and will even shorten Nagato's lifespan.

At this moment, all the Pain have been destroyed or lost their ability to fight.

Facing such a situation, Nagato made a decisive decision and resolutely gave up control of the other Pain, unconditionally injecting the chakra used to control Pain into Tendō's body, and then executed the technique.

The invisible shock wave pressed down with immense force, suppressing the blazing explosion beneath. However, after being compressed so intensely, the explosion's power not only did not weaken at all but became even fiercer.

The entire land within a ten-mile radius seemed to experience an apocalyptic disaster, with everything collapsing into a massive crater hundreds of meters deep.

In the deep crater, countless pieces of earth and stone were vaporized and melted by the intense heat, and hot magma surged and flowed uncontrollably, like a scene of devastation after a volcanic eruption.

Tendo fell hard to the ground, and Konan, beside him, also barely escaped.

Before the dust settled, two beams of light shot down from the sky, each striking Konan and Tendo.

"Well, the power is decent, but if you think you can hurt me, you're still far off."

With these defiant words, Shintaro's figure slowly emerged from the dust.

Konan failed to scatter her paper in time to avoid the damage and was thrown aside, fainting on the spot.

Tendo, unable to use [Shinra Tensei] temporarily, was severely injured and lost his combat effectiveness.

At that moment, a figure in a black cloak appeared with a spiral distortion in the air, standing on a distant tree overlooking the devastated battlefield.

"That was a fierce fight. Unfortunately, I just returned from Konoha empty-handed and couldn't witness it myself."

This was Obito, who claimed to have initiated the Fourth Great Ninja War.

Taking advantage of the fact that Konoha Village was fighting on three fronts and running out of tricks, Obito had secretly infiltrated Konoha Village. He initially planned to follow the same method, instigating another Kyuubi Rebellion and seizing the opportunity to capture the Nine-Tails.

However, what he didn't expect was that all of Konoha's Sannin were currently in the village, protecting the Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki, and the most troublesome among them, Jiraiya, was inseparable and closely guarded the Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki.

Faced with such a tight protective net, Obito couldn't find a good opportunity and had no choice but to return to the battlefield in the Land of Rain in frustration.

At that moment, Shintaro quickly noticed Obito's arrival.

He was still exhilarated from the intense battle he just had with Konan and Tendo. Pointing at Obito, he shouted excitedly with a grin on his face.

"Uchiha Obito! Why are you hiding your appearance! Weren't you trying to conquer the entire ninja world? If you have the guts, come fight me to the death! I'm feeling great right now!"

Shintaro's desire to fight surged.

Hearing this, Obito merely adjusted his mask slightly and then responded from afar, "Forget it, let's defeat you first."