Chapter 135: Demigod's broad-mindedness

Chapter 135: Demigod's broad-mindedness

Pain's corpse lay on the ground.

Jiraiya and Orochimaru appeared in front of Pain's corpse, realizing that this Pain was a puppet being controlled from behind the scenes.

Obviously.

The one controlling Pain from behind must be Nagato.

And Nagato, along with Konan, were still hiding in this base of the Akatsuki organization.

"Nagato and Konan..."

Jiraiya turned his head towards the cave.

"It's very dangerous inside..."

Orochimaru seemed to know the danger of the cave and chuckled lightly as he reminded, "You're lucky to have been able to sneak in."

Inside the cave.

Beneath the terrifying Gedo Statue.

Nagato, sitting in a wheelchair, slowly released his palm, finally having to admit a fact: "Konan, Tendo Pain has lost..."

When Nagato had no choice but to make Pain abandon the Rinnegan's techniques and was forced to resort to physical combat, the battle was essentially lost.

"Then let's leave this place first."

Konan's eyebrows furrowed as she began to push Nagato's wheelchair.

Konan's body started to emit sheets of paper, and even the stone walls of the base cave began to vaguely show the pattern of folded paper, with a crack in the stone wall opening up an escape door.

"As long as we leave here first, if they step into this base, I will immediately destroy the base and eliminate them using explosive tags..."

This was Konan's ability.

The entire base of the Akatsuki organization seemed to be a cave, but inside it was disguised by Konan using the Paper Person of God Technique, which is why Konan was able to detect Jiraiya and Kagura sneaking into the Akatsuki base.

This place was also filled with countless explosive tags!

This was Konan's final arrangement!

"No!"

Nagato stopped Konan's action, solemnly saying, "Konan, push me out, I must retrieve Yahiko's body, he is the only leader of the Akatsuki organization..."

"..."

Konan remained silent and did not respond.

Nagato had created the most powerful Tendo Pain using Yahiko's body, but Pain had already been defeated by Kagura. Yahiko's body was outside at this very moment.

Retrieving Yahiko's body was indeed important...

However, Nagato's safety was even more important than the deceased Yahiko!

"There's still a chance..."

Konan, looking at Nagato sitting in the wheelchair, was unwilling to agree to this.

Despite Nagato and Pain essentially being the same person, Konan's attitude toward Nagato and Pain was somewhat different: "Nagato, in the future, after you have created the Six Paths of Pain, it would still be okay to retrieve Yahiko's body"

"Push me out there."

Nagato's voice was incredibly firm as he quietly commanded, "I don't want to endure the pain of losing Yahiko again. Besides, if we can't deal with that little guy, our plan will face many problems in the future. Let's go, Konan"

Nagato lifted his head, looking deep into the cave at the Gedo Statue, and whispered, "There's an Outer Path Gedo Statue here; dealing with that little guy won't be too troublesome"

This Outer Path Gedo Statue

Every time it is used, it drains his chakra and life force.

However, it was also the power of the Outer Path Gedo Statue that allowed him to survive the encirclement and attack by Hanzo of the Salamander and Danzo Shimura in the past.

"But it's not possible to kill him"

Suddenly, a voice appeared in Konan and Nagato's ears.

Sasori of the Red Sand, with his puppet Hiruko carrying Kakuzu, appeared here, speaking in a hoarse voice, "That kid possesses the Flying Thunder God Technique; I've suffered in his hands Maybe even retrieving Pain's body is impossible."

"Sasori?"

Konan was somewhat puzzled.

This guy saw Pain's defeat but chose not to flee?

"I had guessed as much."

Sasori of the Red Sand with Hiruko slowly approached, speaking solemnly, "Konan has never left Pain's side unless there's something more important inside the base"

Konan and Nagato really couldn't refute.

This guy observed quite carefully!

"We must leave this place."

Sasori of the Red Sand, looking at the two before him, continued, "A spy I control with my Subterranean Sand Puppet Technique sent a message that Hanzo of the Salamander is leading a large force towards us. Perhaps Jiraiya has also passed on the information that the Akatsuki's base is here. If we don't leave now, it'll be too late"

Konan and Nagato's expressions changed dramatically.

Jiraiya and his student Akihara Kagura were already hard enough to deal with, and if Hanzo the Salamander and a large group of attacking Rain ninjas appeared

"Let's leave together."

Sasori of the Red Sand with Hiruko, looking at them and Nagato's Rinnegan, spoke solemnly, "Orochimaru hasn't arrived yet, so let's just have Orochimaru cover our retreat."

"That makes sense."

Konan thought Sasori of the Red Sand made a good point.

After all, she had long disdained Orochimaru, that dangerous guy. It would be better to secretly leave him behind and let him die here.

"What about this big guy?"

Sasori of the Red Sand looked towards the hidden Outer Path Gedo Statue in the cave, continuing, "Is the future plan entirely reliant on it? Is there a way to take it with us?"

"No worries."

Konan wasn't concerned about the Outer Path Gedo Statue, saying, "Once we reach our destination, Nagato can use his Rinnegan to summon it there."

Taking advantage of the moment before Nagato could react, Konan quickly agreed with Sasori of the Red Sand to leave Orochimaru behind to cover their retreat, and their group immediately left the base in secret.

Of course,

it was said to let Orochimaru cover their retreat.

The laboratory was cleaned up spotlessly!

Clearly.

Only Sasori of the Red Sand from the entire Akatsuki would do such a thing.

Sasori, Kakuzu, Nagato, and Konan had all escaped through the back door escape passage, leaving him alone here?

"These bastards..."

Orochimaru looked at the opened escape door behind him and cursed through gritted teeth.

If it weren't for Akihara Kagura being his spy, if it weren't for his good relationship with Jiraiya, if it weren't for his strong life-saving skills...

Wouldn't he have been captured by that group outside?

Orochimaru glanced at the escape door, could only follow their route, not wanting to stay here and become a target for Hanzo of the Salamander!

Outside the cave.

Jiraiya and Hanzo of the Salamander exchanged a few words.

A group of Rain ninjas could no longer restrain themselves and directly entered the base of the Akatsuki, reporting that there were no enemies inside the base, only finding an origami escape door.

"Have they escaped?"

Jiraiya felt somewhat relieved in his heart.

Because if Hanzo of the Salamander was here, there might have been a major battle with Nagato, making it troublesome to save Konan and Nagato.

Moreover...

There was Akihara Kagura, who regarded them as enemies.

"The leader of the Akatsuki..."

Akihara Kagura wanted to remind Hanzo of the Salamander on the side.

"Kagura!"

Jiraiya quickly stopped Akihara Kagura and looked at Hanzo of the Salamander, saying, "This is my disciple. The affairs of the Akatsuki may not be over, but they pose no more threat to the Land of Rain..."

"Hmm, it seems a few slipped through the net and escaped"

Hanz of the Salamander slightly nodded, turning to his subordinates to issue his command: "It's okay, go and tell everyone, the leader of the Akatsuki is dead. I will fulfill my promise, pardoning all those who have ever been involved with the Akatsuki, even those ninjas who had joined the Akatsuki can return to the Rain Village. I will not pursue their past mistakes!"

It must be said.

This command is quite generous.

Anyone would have to admit that Hanz's magnanimity is somewhat broad.

The leader of the Rain Village, leading his troops as if on a tour, effortlessly annihilated the Akatsuki, announced a grand funeral for the leader of the Akatsuki, and pardoned all those who had connections with the Akatsuki.

After Hanz announced his command, the Akatsuki base cave suddenly experienced continuous explosions, and the entire base was completely destroyed and buried!

"This is..."

Jiraiya was somewhat speechless.

"Indeed, it's dangerous inside..."

Akihara Kagura squinted at the now-disappeared base.

"Someone inside planted explosive tags."

Hanz, who enjoys using explosive tags, immediately realized the truth: "Those who escaped, they wanted to take us all out while we entered..."

"..."

Jiraiya remained silent, not knowing what to say.

"It doesn't matter."

Hanz continued generously, loudly continuing: "My command still stands, only the core members of the Akatsuki are wanted within the Land of Rain, the rest can still be pardoned, and they can even come here to pay respects to the Akatsuki's leader, Pain..."

"Yes, Lord Hanz!"

"This civil war has finally ended!"

"From today onward..."

"We no longer have to worry about our village being attacked!"

All the Rain Ninjas present knelt on the ground, frantically expressing their joy!

"Teacher Jiraiya."

Akihara Kagura stood beside Jiraiya, frowning and asked: "The leader of the Akatsuki, Pain, was just a puppet controlled by someone else, the real leader has already escaped, clearly, this war has not ended..."

"It will end."

Jiraiya murmured to himself, shaking his head as he looked at those Rain ninjas digging graves: "Nagato and Konan will not give up Yahiko's body, they will surely come back here secretly..."

"Yes..."

Akihara Kagura nodded.

That was also the reason he was manipulating Hanz, to bury Yahiko's body here.

After all...

There were too many onlookers during the day.

There should be fewer at night.

Hanz led his people away.

Before departing, the leader of the Rain Village deliberately distracted all the Rain ninja and inquired Jiraiya about Yahiko, whom he and Shimura Danzo had originally caused the death of, questioning why Yahiko would still appear here. "Where is the child with the Rinnegan and red hair?"

Clearly...

The leader of the Rain Village did not act like a fool.

"I declared the war over as soon as possible to stabilize the people's hearts out of necessity."

Before leaving, Hanzo of the Salamander took a deep look at Jiraiya: "Konoha youngster, that red-haired child with the Rinnegan is still alive, isn't he? This Pain, he is a corpse controlled by him, right? Tell him, the incident back then was because I had no choice but to submit to Shimura Danzo. If he wants me to atone, I am willing to commit suicide as an apology, as long as he does not start a civil war again and does not involve those who once followed me"

Jiraiya, watching Hanzo of the Salamander leave directly with his team, felt incredibly conflicted for a moment.

This guy, along with Danzo, was responsible for Yahiko's death...

Despite knowing the truth about Pain, he could still choose to hide it for the sake of the Rain Village's peace and even opt for atonement through suicide for the village's peace...

"Is this the demigod of ninja?"

Akihara Kagura, standing by the side, seemed also to be impressed by Hanzo of the Salamander's /Bleam

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