Chapter 102: Shadow

Moreover, since Itachi Uchiha and his group had been captured by Bai, the possibility of a traitor among them could not be ruled out.

Nagato quickly informed Konan, who was by his side, of this matter.

Konan frowned and said, "What should we do now? Should we leave the Hidden Rain Village?"

"No need." Nagato took a deep breath. "Have the other ninjas of the Hidden Rain Village fall back. Let me face this legendary figure said to be no less than the God of Shinobi."

Konan looked at Nagato with concern but did not stop him. Instead, she went to disperse the ninjas of the Hidden Rain Village, as their strength was not enough to intervene in the battle between Nagato and Wang Bo.

Meanwhile, Wang Bo, who had already entered the Hidden Rain Village, soon noticed that amidst the pouring rain, figures appeared one after another around him.

These figures were none other than the Six Paths of Pain.

However, Wang Bo remembered Bai telling him that he had cut off the head of the Deva Path among the Six Paths of Pain, yet now the Deva Path stood before him completely intact.

Could it be that Bai was mistaken, or had Nagato used some kind of ninjutsu to repair the Deva Path?

He guessed the latter was more likely.

Although Wang Bo was surrounded by the Six Paths of Pain, he was not at all panicked. Unlike Jiraiya, who had infiltrated the Rain Village knowing nothing about it and was attacked to death by the Six Paths of Pain after breaking in, Wang Bo was different.

But Wang Bo had seen the plot and was very familiar with the Six Paths of Pain.

Among them, the Deva Path possessed the ability to create repulsive and attractive forces, serving as the controller among the Six Paths of Pain. At the same time, it was also the leader of the Akatsuki recognized by Nagato.

Nagato often used the Deva Path to act as the leader of the Akatsuki in his stead.

Unlike the other five paths, the Deva Path was the most important to Nagato, as it was made from the body of his friend Yahiko.

Nagato did not treat the Deva Path as a mere tool but respected it as an equal. Nagato said to the Deva Path, 'You will always be the leader of the Akatsuki.' Yahiko had been the leader of the Akatsuki while alive, and even after death, Nagato still let him be the leader.

To be honest, Wang Bo could not understand this behavior.

When one's friend dies, shouldn't they be laid to rest?

But Nagato had modified his friend's body,操控ing it to wander around, and still spoke of respect.

No matter what Nagato said or how much he respected it, the Deva Path was still a tool of Nagato.

At the very least, the Deva Path had no self-awareness; its actions were entirely dependent on Nagato's thoughts and Nagato's actions.

So in Wang Bo's eyes, the Deva Path was Nagato's tool.

Apart from the Deva Path, the Asura Path used the Six Paths' special summoning technique to summon weapons, the Human Path could capture memories and souls, the Animal Path specialized in summoning—a high-level summoning technique that did not require a blood contract to summon beasts, and could also control summoned beasts through dojutsu, sharing vision with the original and possessing part of the original's abilities.

As for the Preta Path, it could absorb chakra and ninjutsu.

As for the Naraka Path, it could summon and control the King of Hell. Only when the opponent was captured could they see the King of Hell, who governed life and death, behind the Naraka Path.

On the surface, the abilities of the Six Paths of Pain were quite strong.

Each one had the strength of a Kage-level shinobi; no wonder Jiraiya had died here.

Unfortunately, Wang Bo had never taken these six puppets seriously.

The Six Paths of Pain appeared around Wang Bo, surrounding him in the heavy rain, leaving him no chance to break out. Each had the same Rinnegan eyes, and a chilling murderous aura pierced through the rain, spreading all around.

In fact, these were not the real Rinnegan; the true Rinnegan remained with Nagato.

These six tools were merely puppets, influenced by Nagato's ability, their eyes taking on the form of the Rinnegan. Once the eyes were gouged out, they would automatically revert to ordinary eyes.

Bai had told him this.

Wang Bo raised his hand and snapped his fingers. With a crisp sound, an invisible wind rose from him, blowing away the rain in the sky.

He felt completely refreshed.

"Perhaps you're curious why I'm here, but I can tell you: my only purpose is to seek justice from your Akatsuki organization."

"If you're willing to lay down your arms and surrender, I promise to let bygones be bygones and even give you important positions. But if you insist on resisting, then I'll have no choice but to capture you and then persuade you to surrender."

"But trust me, when that time comes, you won't have it easy. You might even wish you were dead."

As soon as Wang Bo finished speaking, the Six Paths of Pain spoke in turn: "Are you done with your nonsense? No one will submit to you. On the contrary, you will die here today."

Wang Bo clicked his tongue and said, "Stubborn and unrepentant."

The next second, he vanished from where he stood.

Shunpo!

With a flash, Wang Bo appeared before the Animal Path. The Animal Path specialized in summoning jutsu, able to summon creatures such as the Hell Crab, Chameleon, Split Dog, Yata-no-Karasu, Rhino, Bull, and more.

And each type of summoned beast had special abilities.

The Hell Crab can perform the Water Release: Foaming Bubbles technique, spewing foam bullets from its mouth that instantly turn the surroundings into a sea of foam. It has a cleansing effect, useful against oil- and fire-based ninjutsu, and can also remove the negative effects caused by such techniques.

The chameleon can turn invisible.

As for the splitting dog, each time it is attacked, it splits and increases the number of hellhounds.

Although these posed no real danger to Wang Bo, they were troublesome to deal with, so he wanted to first defeat the Animal Path before taking on the other enemies.

The six paths of Pain share a common field of vision; the six individuals can monitor the surroundings from all directions without any blind spots.

Thus, after using Shunpo, he did not launch an attack from behind the Animal Path, as it would be useless.

So he straightforwardly attacked from the front, appearing before the Animal Path like a phantom and throwing a punch.

Supersonic Obliteration Fist!

The power of this punch was earth-shattering, far beyond what any human could face head-on. The mere howling of the fist wind could pierce the atmosphere, putting immense pressure on the Animal Path.

The Animal Path instinctively tried to dodge but was shocked to find that he could not move.

It wasn't that he was frightened; rather, the shadow under Wang Bo's feet had entangled the shadow of the Animal Path.

Shadow Imitation Technique!

This is a ninjutsu of the Nara clan of Konoha. As long as one's own shadow overlaps with the opponent's, it forces the opponent to mimic the same movements.

After acquiring this technique, Wang Bo modified it, transforming it into the Shadow Binding Technique.

As long as his shadow overlapped with the opponent's, he could immobilize the opponent's body, rendering them unable to move.