The ninjutsu cast on the characteristic summoning beast causes the beast to split apart upon receiving an attack...
Kaoru's Mangekyō Sharingan spun slightly, analyzing the situation before him. The giant hound was a summon from the Six Paths of Pain—specifically, the Animal Path—and also his strongest summoned beast.
The hound raised its front paws, unleashing a crushing momentum as it pounced from the sky toward the ground. It felt like a warning: "Kid, if you're not afraid to die, try me!"
The more it was attacked, the more the summoned beasts would split apart... but Kaoru thought that was probably because the attack power wasn't enough.
Deciding to act, Kaoru stood with a relaxed, indifferent demeanor. At the moment the hound lunged at him, his crimson eyes flickered with a strange change.
"Amaterasu..." Watching the hound, Kaoru lowered his gaze and whispered. As his voice fell, the once ferocious summon roared loudly, and black flames surged like a tide, tightly entangling the hound.
"This is..." The pupil of the Animal Path Pain suddenly shrank sharply. The level of chakra fluctuation was unmistakable—this move, even Itachi could perform, and it was Amaterasu!
Under the furious burning of Amaterasu, the summoned hound disintegrated into countless black particles, dispersing into the air with the wind...
"If I had such a ninjutsu..." Seeing Kaoru instantly annihilate his troublesome summon, the face of the Animal Path Pain grew extremely serious. The chakra in Kaoru's eyes was definitely more formidable than he had imagined.
This was a technique to deal with Jiraiya's methods. It seemed he had underestimated Kaoru. After effortlessly destroying the augmenting summon, Kaoru secretly thought.
He began to feel impatient. He looked around, trying to find traces of Pain. Suddenly, a piercing cry echoed from the sky. A huge, strangely-shaped ostrich swooped down and crashed toward Kaoru with a fierce dive!
Pain's relentless probing!
His eyes sharpened. Kaoru raised the rune sword in his hand. In the next moment, Kaoru vanished from his original spot and reappeared already on the back of the ostrich, his great sword stabbing sharply into the ostrich's chest!
With a loud bang, the ostrich disappeared into the air.
"Pain." After destroying the summon, Kaoru's voice sounded a little excited. "You, who call yourself a god, as the leader of Akatsuki, with the Rinnegan..."
Kaoru's crimson eyes seemed to turn mechanically, observing every movement around him. In the next instant, his focus suddenly fixed on one point.
"Is this all you've got—playing childish hide-and-seek with me?!"
Fire Style! Great Fireball Technique!
A huge fireball spat out from Kaoru's mouth, carrying scorching heat that incinerated everything around it, hurtling toward the top of a tall tree! With a deafening explosion, flames erupted, accompanied by splatters of blood and chunks of flesh falling from the sky.
Finally seeing you again, though only one of many. Kaoru's lips curled into a faint smile as he stared with burning eyes at those strange eyes.
I didn't expect that hiding inside a chameleon-like, color-changing summon that can turn invisible would be detected by you. Impressive... Kaoru thought, with short orange hair, a delicate face, black piercing markings all over, and an icy expression—this was the Animal Path.
"The divine being hiding inside a beast's belly finally reveals itself," Kaoru sneered.
"Uchiha Kaoru, I've heard of you for a long time..." As if he hadn't heard Kaoru's mocking words, the Animal Path Pain spoke calmly: "Since Orochimaru's attack on Konoha, your story has been spread throughout the ninja world. Even geniuses like Itachi hold you in high regard..."
"Even after defeating Orochimaru, Konoha's people called you the strongest ninja in the entire ninja world," the Animal Path Pain continued, his Rinnegan flashing with incredulous brilliance. "But now... I'm truly disappointed in you."
"Disappointed? What do you mean?" Kaoru tilted his head slightly, observing and guessing.
"You have no self-awareness," Pain said coldly, his tone mechanical and steady, with little fluctuation. "You're far inferior to Itachi. At least he has good self-control, but you suddenly appear before me to challenge the divine authority."
It had to be said—when Pain spoke these words, they sounded imposing, as if everything before him was insignificant in the face of his Rinnegan.
"Sigh, since you're so insistent on calling yourself a god..." Seeing Pain's disdainful attitude, Kaoru sighed helplessly. Suddenly, a brilliant light flashed from his Mangekyō Sharingan!
"Today, I will kill the god..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Kaoru instantly appeared in front of Pain. His rune sword swung out, shimmering with a blue glow, slashing toward the Animal Path's waist! Compared to Kaoru's speed, the Animal Path seemed a bit too slow—his retreat was visibly chaotic. Although the sword didn't cut into him, it opened a crack in his robe.
"So fast!" The Animal Path Pain sighed deeply, voice heavy.
"Faster behind you."
In the next moment, the Animal Path's chest was pierced by a kunai, and behind him stood Kaoru, expressionless, speaking coldly.
Blood gushed from the Animal Path's waist, dripping onto the ground. Kaoru, jokingly, said, "Interesting—do the dead still bleed?"
"Shadow Clone Technique?!" The Animal Path Pain's eyes sharpened. He suddenly drew back and kicked toward Kaoru, who had just pierced him, but only hit a puff of smoke. In front of him, Kaoru, wielding the rune sword, kicked into his chest with great force, knocking the Animal Path Pain against a rock and smashing out a crater.
"Too slow," Kaoru said, slowly retracting his movement with a sigh.
"But... it still seems I need to use powerful ninjutsu to defeat you guys. Minor wounds can't handle these troublesome corpses..." Kaoru muttered softly as he watched the Animal Path Pain, who was slowly standing up, leaning against the wall.
That blow had pierced the heart of the Animal Path Pain with a kunai, yet he still managed to stand up.
"Hurry up and summon the other five Pains. This will be your last time using them, because... you won't have another chance," Kaoru said calmly, standing where he was.
"Good attack. I admit you've challenged divine power, but..." He glanced casually at the dirt on his body, then looked at Kaoru silently. "The divine authority can never be challenged! Summoning Technique!"
"Bang!"
The Animal Path Pain decisively used the summoning technique, calling forth all five remaining Paths of Pain at once.
He had a feeling—perhaps what Kaoru said might really come true...
As the smoke cleared, Kaoru calmly observed the six standing Pain, all with purple Rinnegan, all with black backgrounds and red cloud cloaks—only their appearances and physiques differed.
"Finally, they're all here. Then, let's all die!"
Shadow Clone Technique! Multiple Clones!
Amidst the intense pressure between the Six Paths of Pain and Kaoru, a flash of crimson light flickered in Kaoru's Mangekyō Sharingan.
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