Bang bang bang!
Whoosh!
At the critical moment, six figures instantly moved away from their original positions, and the explosive tag attack failed.
"Genjutsu, when?"
Pain's mind flashed with lightning; were those words just to guide his sight?
Buzz!
The Chakra Black Rod inside his body instantly disrupted his Chakra while he was thinking.
It broke Satoru's Genjutsu.
What a powerful Genjutsu.
"Where are the others?" Pain looked at Satoru, who was alone, the other three having disappeared, and frowned.
...
Whoosh whoosh!
Border of the Land of Fire and the Land of Rain.
In the air.
A black and white bird, like a painting, carried them towards Konoha.
"Those guys are terrifying!" Tomako felt lingering fear.
Just now, after receiving the captain's signal, he used Ninjutsu to slip away under the captain's cover, and using the convenience of his secret technique, soared into the air, escaping the enemy's vision.
But just a few glances at the enemy made him feel a sense of oppression, as if they were unbeatable.
"Who are they? Are those eyes with ripple patterns some kind of Bloodline Limit?" Ibara Keisen asked.
He must not fail his teacher's expectations and bring the intelligence back.
With years of Ninja experience, he also felt immense pressure.
Those guys were not ordinary people.
Toriko: "It should be. In any case, we should return to Konoha as quickly as possible. I don't know how long the captain can hold them off."
He had no hope that Satoru could hold off six people.
The Root's training ethos also made him feel that a temporary sacrifice was nothing.
"I've already sent the signal. Someone will come to meet us soon, so there shouldn't be any problems," Tomako said.
Ibara Keisen wanted to support his teacher, but considering his strength, going there would only be a hindrance.
He touched the secret pocket of his vest: "If he can make something like this, Master should be fine, right?"
...
Rumble!
Whoosh whoosh!
Satoru instantly avoided the Asura Path's missile attack and engaged in close combat with the Preta Path using his short blade.
"That black rod can disrupt Chakra, and it's also a signal transmitter connected to Nagato's main body. It's troublesome!"
Clang clang!
Instantaneous Body Technique and Taijutsu were applied to their limits.
He blocked the close-range attacks from the Human Path, Preta Path, and Asura Path.
Satoru experienced firsthand how difficult the Six Paths were to deal with.
Just knowing the information made him feel constrained.
Preta Path's Chakra absorption.
Human Path's soul absorption.
Asura Path's humanoid robot.
And with the Deva Path assisting with Shinra Tensei and other abilities, it was even more insidious than dead water.
"Given the Six Paths of Pain's reaction ability, the effect of ordinary Genjutsu is less than one-tenth of a second before it's disrupted and broken by the Chakra Black Rod inside his body.
"Under already vigilant circumstances, the opponent's Preta Path, with its abilities, also renders ordinary Genjutsu useless..."
Yin Yin Mao Mao--
The Human Path's black rod pierced through Satoru's chest, making a clicking sound as if it had pierced a machine.
Satoru smiled slightly, instantly retreated, and quickly formed hand signs.
Pain, watching from a distance, narrowed his eyes: "Such fast hand signs. He used Genjutsu at the moment the Human Path attacked, not giving the Human Path time to disrupt Chakra and break the Genjutsu, right?"
This neural reaction was not that of an ordinary Ninja.
And the Asura Path, one of its arms, was shattered by the Human Path, whose vision was disrupted by the visual Genjutsu used by Satoru.
Buzz!
Sparks flew from the broken arm's connection.
"It's not over yet!
Earth Release: Earth Spikes."
Satoru pressed his hand to the ground, and dozens of earth spikes impaled the Asura Path.
Whoosh whoosh!
Afterwards, he took out Kunai mixed with explosive tags from his Ninja tool pouch and threw them towards the Asura Path.
"Shinra Tensei."
Pain repelled all of his Kunai.
"I'll let you repel them."
Satoru seized the opening when he used Shinra Tensei and raised his hand, unleashing a Fire of Eight Fragrances.
He knew the Six Paths shared vision, so it was hard not to hit them.
Moreover, the sensory input would be transmitted to Nagato, so even if the Chakra Black Rod broke it quickly, it would still take time. This amount of time was enough to induce discomfort in the opponent's taste nerves.
Whoosh!
The Preta Path appeared behind him, raising its hand to press it on the hand-signing of Satoru.
What greeted him was a smiling face.
Bang!
A log replaced Satoru.
Substitution Technique.
Inside a large tree, Nagato suddenly vomited, feeling very unwell.
Ugh!
The Six Paths of Pain were mere puppets; only Nagato could feel their bodily sensations, so he bore all of it.
The Six Paths puppets visibly slowed down by half a beat.
"What's wrong, Nagato?" Konan asked, looking at the suffering Nagato.
"It's that guy's Ninjutsu. He's truly a formidable individual!" Nagato couldn't help but admire this person's skill.
Whoosh whoosh!
For a time, under Satoru's tenacious resistance, the Six Paths of Pain only slightly gained the upper hand, mainly because it was six against one.
And the Asura Path, defeated by Satoru's Genjutsu, was dragged back by the troublesome Naraka Path, chewed a few times, and then spat out perfectly intact.
If he couldn't form hand signs with one hand and do it very quickly, his Genjutsu wouldn't be broken as quickly as the opponent's.
"Shinra Tensei."
After testing Satoru's abilities, Pain didn't want to wait any longer. He couldn't let the other few guys escape back to Konoha.
Centred on Pain, a huge invisible force erupted and surged towards Satoru.
Satoru tried to use visual Genjutsu to make his vision appear at a distance where he could never hit himself, but he found it had no effect.
Bang!
He was hit. His chest, facial features, internal organs, and skin were struck by an invisible heavy hammer.
Whoosh whoosh!
The Asura Path's missiles followed closely.
"Genjutsu: Self-Repair."
Satoru cast Genjutsu on himself, deceiving his cells, nerves, platelets, and other tissues to self-heal in the direction of one minute ago.
Then he bit into a military ration pill.
To supplement the nutrients for body repair.
Then, using the power of Shinra Tensei, he quickly retreated, retreated, retreated...
Until Shinra Tensei couldn't reach him, and the Asura Path's missiles couldn't reach him.
"Are you kidding me? I thought repelling Ninjutsu was good enough, but it can even repel Genjutsu. What a buggy Ninjutsu."
Satoru sighed at how useful the Rinnegan was.
"Since that's the case, I'll unleash my ultimate technique too."
Mind Reading Technique - Depression.
...
Pfft!
A wooden stick flew, and under Tomako's terrified manipulation, it avoided the attack, but the bird beneath them was hit and turned into a pile of ink.
The three also fell from a high altitude.
With their sharp eyes, they immediately saw a figure.
A white Vortex Man mask, silently watching them fall.
Swish swish!
The three landed lightly on a treetop: "Who are you?"
"Don't worry about who I am. Dead people don't need to know."
The Vortex Man's hands were bound with long iron chains, and he looked at the three with no expression.
"The Rinnegan is truly wasted on him. To think he would be fooled by such a level of Genjutsu." A playful voice sounded in the Vortex Man's ear, filled with deep dissatisfaction.
"Indeed. If I hadn't helped, they might have escaped back," the Vortex Man said.