What's that saying again?
Well, now's the time to let him feel the pain!
Still searching for his teammates, Nagato suddenly felt a chill rise from the soles of his feet, instantly making him hyper-alert.
His Rinnegan widened, trying to see something—anything—but he quickly realized he couldn't see anymore.
Why?
Because everything before his eyes had already turned pitch black.
It was the pain.
"Thousand Years of Death!!! Take this!"
"Ahhh!!!"
Nagato, right behind Yahiko, shot into the air.
The excruciating pain plunged him into darkness as his whole body convulsed violently.
Two consecutive screams ripped through the air, instantly making Konan anxious.
Even though the voices were torn with agony, she recognized them—Yahiko and Nagato.
She couldn't help but call out in panic:
"Yahiko! Nagato! Are you okay?!"
...
Just then, a sudden gust of wind swept through, blowing away the smoke covering the battlefield.
When the haze finally cleared, Konan's eyes widened in disbelief at the scene before her.
What had been a battle of thirty people now had everyone except her lying on the ground.
Every one of them looked the same—bodies bent like shrimp, clutching their backsides, faces twisted in pain, as if the agony pierced straight through to their very souls.
And aside from her, only one person was left standing in the middle of the battlefield, smiling as he looked at his handiwork.
"You! Who are you?!"
Konan gripped her kunai, her whole body on guard.
Her eyes had already taken in the miserable state of her teammates.
Including Yahiko and Nagato, all collapsed on the ground.
Clearly, this was all the work of the man in front of her.
Meanwhile, Gekko Chizan was happily listening to the system notifications.
[Ding! Detected that the host used Thousand Years of Death to strike Nagato, causing him indelible double pain. Special reward: +20% resistance to Six Paths Techniques.]
[Ding! Six Paths Technique resistance explanation: Resists the six abilities as follows:
Deva Path: Shinra Tensei, Banshō Ten'in.
Human Path: Soul Extraction Technique.
Asura Path: Monstrous Strength.
Preta Path: Chakra Absorption, Sealing Absorption Technique.]
This string of rewards delighted Gekko Chizan. He knew all too well how terrifying the Six Paths abilities were.
Especially Deva Path and Preta Path.
He couldn't help but glance at Nagato, still writhing in pain, thinking he'd have to farm him for rewards more often.
That would pay off handsomely in the future.
"Me? I'm here to save you."
That one line left Konan speechless.
Save them? By knocking out all her teammates?
Seeing the anger in Konan's eyes, Gekko Chizan chuckled.
"Hey, not my fault—you all wear the same forehead protectors. How was I supposed to tell? That white-haired guy only told me he had three students: red-haired, orange-haired, and a girl with light-blue hair. Nothing else."
Konan: ...White-haired... Jiraiya-sensei?
Yahiko: ...Orange-haired? ...Sensei... you're ruthless...
Nagato: ...Red-haired... unbelievable!!!
[Ding! Detected that the host successfully shifted blame, causing Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato to blame Jiraiya, labeling him as 'Unreliable Teacher.' Special reward: Taijutsu +5.]
A pretty useless reward.
Taijutsu wasn't really Gekko Chizan's thing.
"How about this—you tell me which ones are your teammates, I'll sort things out and take care of the rest."
"Yugito! Get over here and help!"
Gekko Chizan shouted into the distance.
A girl walked over, face full of irritation.
Muttering under her breath, she said,
"You ran in so fast! Weren't you going to let me fight? Figures. Can't trust teachers at all!"
"Hmph!"
Her voice carried like thunder, making Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan nod repeatedly.
Watching this, Gekko Chizan's mouth twitched hard.
Realizing he knew Jiraiya, Konan's wariness eased by half.
After all, only the four of them knew they had apprenticed under Jiraiya.
To her, if he knew that, he must have some connection with Jiraiya.
So she quickly pointed out the eight people on her side.
With her help, Gekko Chizan soon moved Yahiko and the others aside.
Then he turned toward the remaining twenty enemies with a sly grin.
"Hey, lousy teacher, what do we do with these guys?"
"What do you think? Bury them."
The moment the words left his mouth, his hand seals were already complete.
"Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"
The pouring rain made this Water Style jutsu even more powerful, perfectly matching the environment.
A giant water dragon surged upward, maw wide open as it crashed down upon the Rain ninja.
This display of Water Style stunned Yahiko and the others.
It also shocked Yugito and Chōmei.
"Chizan, when did you learn Water Style?"
"And why does that jutsu look so familiar?"
Hearing Chōmei's comment, Gekko Chizan thought: Of course it looks familiar!
I got crushed by the Third Mizukage's Sea Release back then, remember?
This enlightenment-style learning was seriously amazing.
After burying all the enemies with the water dragon, Gekko Chizan turned toward Konan.
He saw she was completely stunned.
"Hey, wake up. Enemies are handled."
"Where's your base? I don't want to keep standing here in the rain."
Konan finally snapped out of it, gave Gekko Chizan a deep look, then ran to help Yahiko and Nagato up.
But alas, the powered-up Thousand Years of Death had done too much damage.
They still couldn't stand.
Gekko Chizan was speechless, grumbling,
"Come on, you guys can't handle this much pain?"
"Back in my day... ah, forget it. Heroes don't brag about the past."
Finally, Gekko Chizan pulled out a bundle of rope and tied all eight of them up like dumplings.
Then he hoisted them onto his shoulders.
It was hard to imagine how eight people were stacked together like that.
Konan stared, utterly dumbfounded.
"Don't just stand there! Lead the way. Carrying them like this is exhausting!"
So under Konan's guidance, Gekko Chizan carried all eight toward their base.
The eight bound victims felt like they had already died from sheer embarrassment.
And of course, that familiar system chime didn't forget to ring again.
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