"Pain?"
"That's right, the leader of The Hidden Rain Village is Lord Pain. He is the true god of this village, and Lord Uehara and his teacher, the Angel, are messengers sent by the gods!"
"God? Pain? Angel?"
Jiraiya rubbed his forehead, feeling his heart skip a beat. How come the secrets of The Hidden Rain Village seem to be increasing?
Pain and the Angel sound like troublesome people to deal with—one calls himself a god, the other calls themselves an Angel; and this so-called Angel is also Uehara Naraku's teacher, so one can only imagine the Angel's strength.
Looking at it this way, is Uehara Naraku really at the lowest level?
Jiraiya couldn't help but touch his chin: "It sounds like Uehara Naraku's status isn't as high as I imagined..."
"No."
The middle-aged Rain Village Ninja shook his head, speaking in a deep voice: "Lord Uehara is the next leader of The Hidden Rain Village. He is the true leader who can bring happiness to The Hidden Rain Village!"
"Oh~"
Jiraiya, suddenly realizing, nodded and then rapidly asked, "Then are Uehara Naraku, the Angel, and Pain members of Akatsuki?"
"..."
The middle-aged Rain Village Ninja slowly lowered his head.
After a while, this middle-aged Rain Village Ninja shook his head, bit his lip, and said, "We don't know about such matters."
"Your pulse is speeding up."
Jiraiya's face gradually turned a bit grim as he sighed, "It seems they might all be members of Akatsuki. The situation is worse than I imagined..."
Jiraiya had lived for more than fifty years.
It was the first time he had witnessed this kind of situation.
On one hand, he stood in the camp of their Ninja Village, shouting against the members of Akatsuki, even personally guiding a battle between both sides;
On the other hand, he stood in the camp of Akatsuki, directly attacking large nations' Ninja Village, seizing the Tailed Beasts and Jinchuriki of the Ninja Villages.
Jiraiya suddenly realized a problem, that is why Akatsuki members often appeared with hoods over their heads, because they had to hide their identities. Uehara Naraku, this guy, was very likely involved in besieging the great nations' Ninja Villages!
"Incomprehensible..."
Jiraiya rubbed his forehead, recalling Uehara Naraku's every move: "Why is he doing this? On one hand, leaking Akatsuki's intelligence, even helping to save The Hidden Sand Village's Fifth Kazekage, and on the other hand, attacking and destroying the large nations' Ninja Villages..."
No matter how he thought about it, Jiraiya couldn't understand.
So far, nothing like this had ever happened in the Ninja World, who has ever seen a guy like Uehara Naraku jumping back and forth between two large opposing camps!
Jiraiya's face changed, hypothesizing a direction: "Could it be to steal information, to facilitate their capture of Jinchuriki? No matter what, we must first find a way to continue investigating Uehara Naraku, the Angel, and Pain's information..."
Underground passage area.
The torrential rain gradually came to a stop.
A middle-aged Rain Village Ninja revealed his form, tidying his clothes, and walked step by step deeper into the drainage area of The Hidden Rain Village.
When this middle-aged Rain Village Ninja entered deep into the passage, two shadows appeared where he was just now, it was none other than Konan and Uehara Naraku who had been following.
Uehara Naraku slowly put away his umbrella and softly asked, "Teacher, is Lord Jiraiya inside the body of a Genin from that village?"
"Yes, that's the Toad Flatness Shadow Manipulation Jutsu."
Konan nodded, and brushed off the water droplets on Uehara Naraku's shoulder, explaining in a low voice: "Jiraiya-sensei's Toad Flatness Shadow Manipulation Jutsu can hide his body within another ninja's shadow, thereby controlling that ninja's actions."
"A remarkable infiltration jutsu."
Uehara Naraku looked curiously into the depths of the underground passage and chuckled, "It seems he's already obtained our information, I should go and greet Lord Jiraiya now."
"..."
Konan hesitated and nodded.
At the same time, Nagato's voice echoed in their ears: "I've already sent Animal Path Pain to assist. When dealing with Jiraiya-sensei, the most important thing is to handle his Summoning Beasts, other Pains can arrive at any time."
"It doesn't matter!"
Uehara Naraku rubbed his palm, and lightly said: "I've encountered a Summoning Beast named Gama-Bunta before, its strength wasn't that great, I'll go deal with it!"
"Uehara, don't underestimate Jiraiya-sensei's power."
Nagato's voice had a faint hint of nostalgia, as he continued deeply, "Even I can't guarantee easily dealing with Jiraiya-sensei."
"Anyway, let's go and say hello first!"
Uehara Naraku headed to the depths of the underground passage, with a smile on his face: "After all, Lord Jiraiya did take care of and educate Teacher Konan and Lord Nagato.
Now that Lord Jiraiya is visiting our village, if we hastily attack, it would seem quite disrespectful!"
Konan: "..."
Nagato: "..."
Uehara Naraku indeed makes a good point.
Faced with a former teacher, at least say hello first, but does that mean they should also tell Jiraiya why they ended up where they are today?
Deep in the underground passage.
Jiraiya, who was using the Toad Flatness Shadow Manipulation Jutsu to control the middle-aged Rain Village Ninja, had just passed through an entrance. He carefully observed whether there were any enemies around, and at this moment, he heard a familiar voice in his ear.
"It must be stuffy in the shadow, right?"
Uehara Naraku's figure suddenly appeared, grabbing the middle-aged Rain Village Ninja's shoulder, squinting at the middle-aged Rain Village Ninja.