Five days later.
The Six Paths of Pain along with Konan gathered outside Konohagakure.
Taking advantage of Gai's absence, they prepared to launch their attack.
Rinjin wore an Akatsuki cloak, disguised as Hidan, grinning as he followed behind Konan.
"Where's Kakuzu?" Konan asked coldly.
"Him!" Rinjin scratched his head with a smile.
"Yesterday he installed a heart that has frequent palpitations, making his heartbeat sound like drums all night long. Today he took sick leave to see a doctor!"
Hearing this, even the cold Konan almost couldn't suppress a smile.
She actually couldn't stand these hellish jokes the most!
Pressing her red lips together hard, Konan finally spoke:
"In that case, you'll follow that Pain with the little ponytail and be responsible for protecting him!"
Following Konan's slender finger, Rinjin shook his head without hesitation.
Protect the Animal Path?!
Hell no!
"Sister Nan, I'd rather protect you! Don't let my appearance fool you—I'm actually pretty good in a fight!"
Rinjin faithfully followed his sleeper agent principles, performing his frivolous, grinning persona to perfection.
To this, Konan coldly shook her head.
"No need. I have important business to handle!"
With that, snow-white paper wings quickly sprouted from Konan's back, and she leaped up, flying toward the distance.
On the other side, the Asura Path hefted the Animal Path onto his shoulder and slowly crouched down.
At the same time, the Deva Path looked coldly toward Konoha's direction and slowly spoke.
"We must let Konoha know the consequences of selling us fake goods! Every grain has mud, who likes your bag of rice~"
As his words fell, the Asura Path suddenly swung his arm, hurling the Animal Path high into the air.
Beside them, Rinjin frowned and vigorously picked at his ears, his expression incredibly strange.
Huh? What's going on?
Why can't I suddenly understand what this guy is saying?
Did I get a brain clot?!
Thinking this, Rinjin fearfully shook his head and followed step by step behind the Deva Path.
"Big bro, I'll just follow you! That ponytail guy is flying so high, and I have acrophobia!"
Seeing this, the cold Deva Path simply ignored Rinjin's words.
Although he'd been thoroughly beaten by Rinjin and Jiraiya, this unlucky kid still naively believed he was number one in the world.
Facing the cold Deva Path, Rinjin felt no embarrassment whatsoever, smiling as he followed behind.
In the distance at Konoha, continuous explosions rang out.
Even with warnings from Rinjin and Sakumo, Konoha still wasn't prepared to face such powerful opponents.
After all, "taking advantage of Gai's absence" was no joke.
They waited quietly like this. After who knows how long—perhaps when Nagato felt the time was right—the Deva Path slowly rose into the air.
At this moment, Konoha was burning with the fires of war everywhere.
Seeing this, Rinjin also walked toward Konoha with an arrogant swagger.
Forget the fighting—Nagato would use the Rinne Rebirth Technique to revive the village's dead in the end anyway.
Compared to that, Rinjin was more worried about the blockage in his brain.
Thinking this, he decided to first go to the Hokage building to watch the show... ahem... see a doctor.
On Konoha's streets, wounded crying in agony and rampaging summoning beasts were everywhere.
On the other side of the village, Sakumo stood in front of Kakashi, staring seriously at the distant Deva Path.
As a member of the Hidden Rain Village, he understood the so-called Six Paths of Pain very well.
If nothing unexpected happened, this orange-haired hedgehog-head guy in front of them was the Deva Path who controlled repulsive and attractive forces.
And the bald guy beside him was the Asura Path who could use various war weapons.
However, Sakumo wasn't worried. When it came to technology, the Hidden Rain Village was also quite skilled.
Reaching into his ninja tool pouch, Sakumo quickly pulled out a palm-sized scroll and tore it open.
"Release!"
With a low shout, his finger—bitten open at some point—smeared blood across the first pattern on the scroll.
The next second, a dark, strangely-shaped thick iron rod appeared in Sakumo's hands.
Casually, Sakumo skillfully raised the iron rod, braced it against his shoulder, and pulled a crescent-shaped trigger.
"Whoosh... whoosh... whoosh..."
Continuous sharp whistling sounds rang out.
From the hollow center of this iron tube, clusters of rapid fierce winds howled out, mixed with small reddish spheres...
...
Little Flying Stick-type Assault Rifle...
A rapid-fire attack ninja tool combining Wind and Fire Release.
Each round of ammunition was a standard micro Great Fireball Technique.
Theoretical rate of fire: 120 rounds per minute. Standard unit chakra storage scroll magazine capacity: 300 rounds.
Configuration options: Red dot sight or 2x scope.
Does not support extended chakra storage scroll magazines.
Can be overclocked. In overclock mode, theoretical rate of fire: 180 rounds per minute, magazine capacity: 200 rounds.
Note: Pain sister, Little Flying Stick Leno~
...
Behind Sakumo, Kakashi stared dumbfounded at his old man wielding a big gun in a firefight with the enemy, completely speechless.
Across from them, the Asura Path also seemed stunned.
His missiles were pretty good, but they couldn't keep up with the other side's rapid fire!
These micro Great Fireballs didn't look very powerful individually, but each one blasted chunks of flesh to smithereens.
Seeing this, the Deva Path quickly stepped forward, using Almighty Push at minimum power.
Instantly, the incoming micro Great Fireballs were pushed away by invisible force and exploded.
Seeing this scene, Sakumo held the gun with one hand and grabbed Kakashi behind him with the other:
"This thing's for you—you should know how to use it!"
With that, Sakumo handed the Little Flying Stick assault rifle to the somewhat bewildered Kakashi, then stuffed a backup scroll into his hands.
"Watch carefully—press this to eject the magazine, then insert the new magazine."
Finished speaking, Sakumo again pulled out the scroll he'd used to summon the gun, his bloody thumb swiping across the third pattern.
Seeing this, Pain knew he couldn't let Sakumo continue, immediately using Universal Pull.
Accompanied by a light "bang"!
Sakumo and a convex square iron disc that appeared in the air were pulled toward the Deva Path.
Floating in mid-air, Sakumo hurriedly threw away the scroll in his hand, frantically grabbing the convex square iron disc and pointing the side reading "Eliminate Enemy, This Side Toward Enemy" at the Deva Path.
Seeing this, the Asura Path—already blown to pieces—immediately sensed something wrong.
With a quick step, the Asura Path blocked the Deva Path's front.
At the same time, Sakumo's grinning mouth flashed with brilliant blue lightning.
The next second, a deafening explosion rang out.
Dense marbles swept horizontally like explosive raindrops toward Sakumo's front.
Instantly, the Asura Path was blown full of holes, while the Deva Path behind him still managed to use Almighty Push at the critical moment.
Sakumo was sent flying, rolling in circles through the rubble.
At the same time, Kakashi's Little Flying Stick also jammed.
In desperation, to buy time for his father and prevent the enemy from pursuing, Kakashi quickly pressed the reload button.
Instantly, a smoking scroll ejected from the bottom of the gun.
Self-taught, Kakashi immediately inserted the backup scroll into the magazine slot.
The sharp whistling sound rang out again...
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