Chapter 288: Chapter 288: Jiraiya, Let Naruto Find Nagato!

Chapter 288: Chapter 288: Jiraiya, Let Naruto Find Nagato!



"Akira, I didn't expect you to come here today!" Deva Path Pain's gaze turned towards Akira, his tone heavy as he spoke.

After all, the Six Paths of Pain were merely puppets controlled by the power of the Rinnegan.

So, even if they were completely destroyed, Pain could always recreate them or replace a few if necessary!

"What's more surprising to you, that I showed up today, or that I know your Akatsuki base is here?" Akira's expression remained calm as he looked directly at Deva Path Pain.

"Both, honestly!" Deva Path Pain replied.

"Well, there isn't much to be surprised about, is there?

"First, you Akatsuki have attacked the Hidden Leaf Village multiple times, and even went after our Hokage. To retaliate is only fair, right? It makes perfect sense that we would target your organization."

"As for knowing where your headquarters is..."

"Sorry, but I've known all along. I just never had the opportunity to come here until today!" Akira explained to Deva Path Pain.

Hearing these words, the members of the Akatsuki all showed solemn expressions.

They had always thought the Akatsuki had remained well hidden, with no one able to find their whereabouts, and yet today, Akira claimed he knew all along?

Could it be his ability to deduce and calculate had allowed him to determine the headquarters' location?

A guy with such abilities-truly annoying!

"So then? You hadn't made a move until now because you weren't confident in victory? So you called a Five Kage Summit to strategize against me. And now you show up yourself-do you really think you've got us cornered?" Deva Path Pain's tone remained heavy as he spoke to Akira.

"If that's how you want to see it, I won't bother arguing with you!" Akira shrugged, a helpless expression on his face.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

His words made the Akatsuki members even more secretly irritated.

After all, from their perspective, anyone would feel furious if spoken to in such a dismissive way.

"Very well then, let's see just how your Leaf intends to corner the Akatsuki!"

Even though they already knew the Leaf was powerful, especially Akira, in this pre-battle exchange of words, there was no way they would back down.

"Haven't you seen it before? If you want to see it again, I'm happy to oblige!" Akira said.

With those words, he immediately raised his hand and activated his Wood Release technique.

"Wood Release: Wood Human Technique!" Akira stood atop a massive wooden humanoid figure, looking down at the Akatsuki members.

"Attack!" With Akira forming seals and unleashing the Wood Human Technique, there was no way the Akatsuki would just sit back and do nothing. With a roar, Deva Path Pain also raised his hand and unleashed his own technique.

A dark orb, black as ink, appeared in Deva Path Pain's hand, and then it flew towards Akira and his allies.

Chibaku Tensei!

Deva Path Pain didn't hold back, and the terrifying gravitational force instantly swept up everyone on the Leaf's side.

At the same time, chunks of earth and stone were torn from the ground, drawn towards the black orb.

Before long, a massive sphere began to form, and it grew larger and larger.

The members of the Leaf, even though they were Kage-level shinobi, found it difficult to resist such terrifying gravitational forces.

Kakashi and the others struggled against Chibaku Tensei's pull, their bodies barely able to resist being drawn towards the sphere in the sky!

Seeing this, Akira couldn't just stand idly by.

The enjoyed fighting the Uchiha.

But Akira was out of the question-he knew he was no match-so Deidara set his sights on Sasuke instead!

Unfortunately, Sasuke at that moment was entirely focused on his brother, uninterested in

Deidara.

Itachi, pleased to face Sasuke, welcomed his attacks and even instructed Deidara not to interfere in this sibling battle.

"If you want to fight, then come at me!" Naruto leaped forward at this point, intercepting

Deidara!

The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and Deidara clashed, while elsewhere, Roshi and Sasori went at it. Kakuzu was up against the fierce Tsunade...

Everyone seemed to have found their opponent, mutually ignoring Deva Path Pain and Akira

for now.

"Kid, Akira, you handle the Six Paths of Pain. I'm going to locate the real Nagato!" Jiraiya

called out to Akira.

"No, you go deal with Deidara. Let Naruto find Nagato!" Based on the original storyline, Akira

shook his head and offered his suggestion.

"This... alright!" Jiraiya hesitated for a moment, feeling it might be better for him as Nagato's teacher to be the one to face him, but since Akira, with his calculation abilities,

suggested otherwise, he decided to trust him.

With a nod, Jiraiya leaped towards Deidara's location.

At the same time, he relayed Akira's instructions to Naruto.

"Me, finding Nagato? But... where am I supposed to look?" With Jiraiya taking his place, Naruto leaped out of the battle zone and turned to Akira for guidance.

"Naruto, have you learned Sage Mode yet?" Akira didn't answer directly but instead asked

about Naruto's progress.

"I've been learning it recently, but I haven't fully mastered it!" Naruto responded frankly.

"No worries, let me let you experience Sage Mode again!" Hearing this, Akira spoke up. With those words, Akira closed his eyes. When they reopened, they had transformed into the Mangekyou Sharingan.

Activating his right eye's power, he bestowed his own Sage Mode to Naruto!

This wasn't Naruto's first time receiving Akira's Sage Mode power, so he took a deep breath.

Blue chakra quickly surrounded Naruto, swirling around him like flames.

In Sage Mode, Naruto's power, speed, defense, reflexes, and sensory abilities were greatly

enhanced!

"I think... I can sense a source of chakra..."

Naruto took a moment to feel the presence of the Six Paths of Pain and spoke aloud.

POWER STONE!!!

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