Water 7. Junk Island.
"Summoning Jutsu!"
With a soft cry from Animal Path, the Six Paths of Pain and Konan appeared in a puff of white smoke.
Lucci and the others frowned at the enemies that appeared out of thin air. Lucci felt that the Akatsuki Organization's leader's strength was becoming increasingly unfathomable.
Previously, he had only seen two corpses (Lucci only saw the Human Path and Preta Path corpses in the first battle), but now there were five.
One of them felt very familiar to Lucci.
"Isn't that Shiryu of the Rain?"
"Shiryu of the Rain was also killed?"
"Wasn't Shiryu of the Rain taken away by Blackbeard?"
"Why is he here?"
Lucci felt completely out of sorts, his mind a chaotic mess.
He couldn't understand why Shiryu of the Rain was killed by the Akatsuki Organization, and his corpse was even modified like this.
Lucci, with the intuition of a strong person, sensed that the Akatsuki Organization was becoming increasingly difficult to deal with. Although he hadn't fought them yet, Lucci felt it was troublesome.
"Lucci, should we make a move now?"
Kaku asked in a low voice from the side.
"When will Kizaru and the others arrive?"
Lucci didn't answer, instead asking a question.
"It's hard to say..."
Headquarters replied that they are already on their way."
"Given the current situation, we can't afford not to act..."
"I'll handle two..."
"You guys figure out the rest."
Kaku understood that it was time to act and voluntarily took on two of the enemies.
Lucci quickly calculated his response. Currently, there were eight enemies, including the corpses, while they only had three. Nero hadn't returned yet, the numerical disparity was too great, and the chances of winning such a battle were too low.
Although Lucci understood that strong opponents didn't rely on numbers, these corpses seemed very powerful, otherwise, why would they be used by the Akatsuki Organization's leader?
Lucci was still considering how to respond, but Pain had already made the decision for Lucci.
Pain arranged for Golden Lion to retreat and complete another mission Pain had assigned.
At the same time, he had Golden Lion take Animal Path with him, leaving a fallback for himself and the others. Pain knew that CP0 was waiting for reinforcements and didn't want to waste time.
After all, the battle with Hawkeye today consumed a lot, so they had to finish quickly.
Pain signaled Konan to finish quickly, then addressed Lucci and the others.
"No need to think about how to respond, come at me all at once."
Golden Lion left with the invisible Animal Path to complete other missions assigned by Pain, and Pain chose to make the first move.
Asura Path's "Bizarre Arm Rocket" and "Five Finger Missile" were directly launched, rapidly attacking Lucci and the others, while Human Path entered a light portal and disappeared.
Preta Path's body turned to sand and ascended, swooping down and rapidly flying towards Lucci and the others. Naraka Path struck the four thunder drums in his hand with a golden staff.
"200 Million Volts - Thunder God" appeared out of thin air, and the thunder hammer in his hand unleashed bolts of lightning as thick as buckets, striking the CP0 members.
Pain used "Almighty Pull" on Lucci and the others, and a powerful gravitational force pulled Lucci and the others rapidly towards Pain.
Human Path emerged from the light portal, raising his hand to grab Jabra, who was pulled in first.
Lucci and the others knew the enemy wanted to finish quickly after Pain spoke his last sentence. When a series of attacks came at Lucci and the others, Lucci reacted the fastest.
Lucci's body immediately entered leopard form, and the pigeon Hattori quickly flew away from the battlefield to avoid being affected.
Lucci used "Flying Finger Pistol" to blast the incoming missiles and rockets. Just as his body was about to use "Soru" to get close to Pain, he was pulled by a gravitational force, constantly moving closer to Pain. Lucci did not resist this suction, and instead attacked Pain with the momentum.
The lightning from "Thunder God" continuously struck down. As Lucci was pulled by gravity, he used "Iron Body" to cover his entire body, resisting the continuous lightning bombardment.
Intermediate Armament Haki covered his limbs and tail, and the starting stance for his strongest attack, the Six Styles Profound Truth "Great Wheel - Six King Gun," was ready to be unleashed.
However, at this moment, Lucci was just pulled into Preta Path's "Sealing Technique Absorption Seal" light curtain by Pain's gravity. Lucci in leopard form immediately reverted to his original body, his face filled with astonishment.
Kaku and Jabra, facing the enemy's series of attacks, chose the same countermeasure as Lucci: shapeshifting, not resisting, and brewing a killing move.
But their fate was the same: their shapeshifted forms were sealed by Preta Path's "Sealing Technique Absorption Seal" and reverted to their original bodies.
Because Jabra had actively accelerated in his wolf form, he became the first to rush into the light curtain, and also became Human Path's primary target.
Jabra, suddenly reverting to his original body, was also full of surprise, but fortunately, he didn't lose his composure.
Although Naraka Path's lightning attack was partially resisted by Iron Body, a considerable amount of current still invaded Lucci and the others' bodies, causing Lucci and the others' bodies to be temporarily paralyzed.
Jabra's reaction to Human Path's attack was also very fast. He applied "Paper Art" to the part that Human Path grabbed, causing Human Path to grab nothing but air.
Although Jabra dodged Human Path's attack, he did not dodge Naraka Path's attack. The paralysis of his body prevented Jabra from making the correct response for a moment.
Naraka Path instantly appeared in front of Jabra and clasped his throat. Naraka Path's speed was so fast that Jabra couldn't react.
Pain, while controlling Naraka Path to attack Jabra, was not idle. When Naraka Path choked Jabra, a black rod was also inserted into Jabra's lower abdomen.
As Jabra let out a scream, the Tongue-Pulling Yama appeared beside Naraka Path, asking Jabra the simplest question.
"Who are you?..."
Jabra tried to resist but found he was unable to move due to the black rod inserted into his body.
Jabra chose to ignore Naraka Path's question, but his Soul suffered the Pain of burning.
Human Path, under Pain's control, continued to enter the light portal. The paralysis in Lucci's body gradually disappeared, and seeing Jabra controlled, he wanted to intervene and save him.
Lucci's Armament Haki-infused whip kick aimed at Naraka Path's hand choking Jabra's neck, but it was met head-on by Asura Path's "Asura - King's Punch."
Lucci and Asura Path were both pushed back several meters by the force. Lucci once again moved in to rescue Jabra, but was again blocked by Asura Path, controlled by Pain.
After Kaku reverted to his original form, lightning still coiled around his body, and he was in a state of paralysis. Because his strength was inferior to Lucci's, he remained paralyzed for a longer time than Lucci.
Kaku watched Jabra in danger, but his body couldn't move, and his heart was filled with anxiety.
However, at this moment, Human Path emerged from the light portal, raising his hand to grab the rigid Kaku.
Lucci, during his head-on clash with Asura Path, had been constantly observing Jabra and Kaku's conditions. Jabra hadn't been rescued yet, and Kaku was now in danger.
This caused Lucci's irritable emotions to continuously rise. Lucci let out a loud shout, "Soru!"
Lucci's body instantly disappeared, abandoning Asura Path's entanglement and directly appearing in front of Human Path, unleashing the Six Styles Profound Truth "Six King Gun" at Human Path.
Human Path was directly blasted away by the shockwave of the Six King Gun and fell aside.
Kaku also just regained his mobility and, along with Lucci, used "Soru" to appear in front of Naraka Path, intending to cut off the hand gripping Jabra's neck.
Pain was already prepared and was about to use the cooled-down "Almighty Pull" to separate the two, but Konan intervened, wrapping Lucci and Kaku in Force-Canceling Bubbles, interrupting their attack.
Konan had not made a move until now, knowing that Pain could quickly resolve the battle.
Now, seeing the CP0 members erupt with extraordinary combat power, Konan remembered Pain's instruction to finish quickly and no longer held back.
While Konan trapped Lucci and Kaku in Force-Canceling Bubbles, she quickly flew towards them and opened a battlefield of illusion bubbles, instantly trapping Lucci and Kaku in an illusion.
On Naraka Path's side, under Pain's control, the same question was asked again.
Because of the appearance of the Tongue-Pulling Yama, Jabra felt that the enemy's question was like a demonic compulsion that he had to answer. If he didn't answer, his Soul would suffer the Pain of burning.
Jabra stubbornly resisted answering, but in the end, he couldn't endure the burning Pain in his Soul and spoke with difficulty.
"Jabra..."
Jabra had just finished answering the first question when Naraka Path's second question followed closely.
"Who is the World Government's Supreme Executive?"
Hearing the question, Jabra's inner self stubbornly resisted wanting to tell the truth, so he tried to lie.
"There... there is no Supreme Executive."
Jabra's lie this time was a lucky guess. In Jabra's mind, the World Government indeed had no position of Supreme Executive, only the Fleet Admiral and the Gorosei. Therefore, the Tongue-Pulling Yama judged that he was not lying.
Naraka Path, under Pain's control, was about to ask the third question, but at this moment, an anomaly occurred.
"Spatial Slice!"
With a soft cry from Nero, Konan's illusion bubbles and the Force-Canceling Bubbles wrapping Lucci and Kaku instantly shattered.
Naraka Path's hand gripping Jabra was also directly severed, but it instantly regenerated.
Because Naraka Path's hand was spatially severed, the Tongue-Pulling Yama disappeared, and Jabra fell to the ground in a sorry state.
However, due to the black rod in his body, he was weak all over and couldn't exert any strength.
Lucci and Kaku also regained consciousness the moment the illusion bubbles and Force-Canceling Bubbles shattered, but they clearly felt a loss of strength.
Nero's timely arrival finally gave Lucci and the others a moment's respite.
To be continued...