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Chapter 211: Pain's Assault [57]
Chapter 211: Pain's Assault [57]
Under the watchful eyes of countless individuals, Feng Ye began his inauguration as the Fifth Hokage. The speech, drafted by Shikaku Nara, was easily memorized by Feng Ye using his shadow clone, and he now recited it flawlessly.
As Feng Ye recited the Hokage's inauguration speech, high above Konoha, beyond the sensing range of the Nine-Tails, three figures appeared in the sky.
Red hair.
And the distinctive Rinnegan.
Two of them were unmistakably Tendou Yahiko and Ningendo, two of the Six Paths of Pain, and the third was Konan of Akatsuki. Ningendo lay on Tendou's back, being carried through the sky, while Konan's body was covered in countless paper strips.
The two stood amidst the clouds, gazing down at Konoha below.
Whoosh!
As a gust of wind howled, countless white paper strips fluttered from Konan's body, making her appear like a paper doll crafted purely from those strips.
"Must we really do this, Nagato?" Konan asked, looking at Tendou, the Deva Path Pain.
Tendou's voice was grave as he replied, "Let's begin, Konan. This is a necessary step for peace. As long as Konoha controls the tailed beasts, peace will never come."
The Konan here was not exactly a clone. She was more like a collection of sealed scrolls imbued with her chakra, sent here and now unfurled.
Tendou, however, was the original body.
Their purpose for coming here was simple. According to their intelligence, today was the day of Konoha's Fifth Hokage inauguration, when all the village's ninjas would gather, leaving only the Nine-Tails to guard the outer perimeter. This was the best opportunity to infiltrate Konoha.
Knowing Feng Ye's formidable strength, they understood that stealing the Nine-Tails was impossible, but they saw a chance with the Three-Tails. All they needed to do was create chaos.
Their plan of action was as follows:
Step one, Tendou, supported by Konan's paper clone, would create chaos by attacking from above.
Step two, as the confusion started, hundreds of White Zetsus would approach Konoha from underground, emerging from within and further exacerbating the chaos while the Konoha ninjas were assembled.
Step three, in the midst of the chaos, they would locate the jinchuriki of the Three-Tails. Ningendo would then strike, using his ability to extract the jinchuriki's soul and kill them. After that, using the Animal Path's summoning technique, Ningendo would instantly leave Konoha, taking the jinchuriki's soul with him.
Step four, in the Rain Country, the Hell Path would be used to transform the jinchuriki of the Three-Tails into one of the Six Paths of Pain, and the Three-Tails would be sealed.
The chances of success for this four-step plan were actually not high, and Obito, ever cautious and worried about failure, had not taken part personally.
But any chance of success was worth trying.
The reason was simple.
Even if they failed, they had little to lose.
The Animal Path could always use its summoning technique to retrieve Tendou and Ningendo, and Konan was merely a clone formed from sealed scrolls containing her chakra. Her true body was safe elsewhere, just like Nagato's.
"... "
Gazing down at Konoha, Tendou narrowed his eyes slightly.
Nagato thought of his parents' deaths, killed by Konoha ninjas. He thought of Yahiko's demise at the hands of the Iwagakure ninjas. He thought of the suffering the Rain Country had endured for so many years, caught in the crossfire of the great nations.
And he recalled an encounter with Feng Ye long ago, and the words Feng Ye had spoken to Yahiko: "Clinging to naive ideals will get you killed."
(End of chapter)
As Tendou, the Deva Path Pain, murmured these words, Konan beside him took a breath, and her body finally transformed into countless paper strips that scattered in the air. Each strip was inscribed with explosive tags, drifting down toward the village below.
Outside Konoha, the Nine-Tails was lying down, watching a movie. Its nine fluffy tails were spread out on the ground, its posture relaxed and comfortable.
When the explosive tags came within a certain range...
The middle tail suddenly stood upright, pointing toward the sky.
"Feng Ye, there's chakra above us."
The Nine-Tails' voice resonated in Feng Ye's mind.
Having just finished delivering the final words of his inauguration speech, Feng Ye paused slightly, then looked up at the sky. Soon, he saw countless flashing lights descending from above—they were explosive tags!
At the same time, some of the ninjas below who noticed Feng Ye's action of looking up also looked up and saw the falling explosive tags.
"Are those... explosive tags?!"
"How did they get up there, and in such a large number...?"
This scene caused the faces of the many Konoha ninjas gathered below to change color.
"Looks like someone else wants to celebrate my inauguration as well," Feng Ye said calmly.
With a slight movement of his thoughts, the Nine-Tails, who had been lounging outside the village watching the movie, felt its nine tails pulled and entangled together as if sucked in by a giant vacuum cleaner.
"Hey! Wait! I'm almost done with this movie!!
The Nine-Tails' voice echoed from outside Konoha all the way to the sky above, but it was still sucked in and transformed into reddish chakra, flying toward Feng Ye and merging into his body.
"Look at you, there will always be another movie to watch after this one."
Feng Ye didn't bother to argue at the moment.
This fox was completely useless; even with the enemy right at their doorstep, it was still lounging around doing nothing.
With a slight movement of Feng Ye's thoughts, the senjutsu chakra within him immediately activated, and he entered Sage Mode in an instant. Following this, the Nine-Tails' chakra also began to surge.
Compared to the sixth gate of the Eight Inner Gates, he now preferred the combination of Sage Mode and Nine-Tails Chakra Mode. While the speed boost wasn't too different, the sensory abilities were on a whole new level, allowing him to clearly sense everything within a few dozen li.
Buzz!
The golden senjutsu cloak enveloped the Fire Shadow's ceremonial robe.
Feng Ye's body flew into the sky above Konoha, and a large amount of chakra surged out. He suddenly swung his fist toward the sky.
"Divine Air Palm!"
With the combination of his senjutsu-enhanced body and the Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, the amount of chakra within Feng Ye had reached an extremely terrifying level. Although it couldn't compare to that of Kaguya Otsutsuki, it was still incredibly powerful. By bursting out chakra with his fist, he could unleash a move similar to the Eighty Divine Air Palms.
Boom! Boom! Boom!!!
Countless visible fists made of distorted air and chakra slammed into the sky above Konoha, colliding with the countless falling explosive tags, causing a series of explosions and filling the sky with smoke and debris.
(End of Chapter)
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