Chapter 336: Who is the Real Mastermind?

"One of the Pains has the ability to summon Summoned Beasts, and all the beasts summoned are very powerful. Even Gamaken would be seriously injured dealing with just one."

Hearing this, Minato and Tsunade both showed serious expressions. They had thought Gamaken was heavily injured from being ganged up on, but it turned out it was just one Summoned Beast.

"Another Pain has the ability to absorb Ninjutsu. He can even absorb my Senjutsu, so to deal with that Pain, we must use Taijutsu."

"Absorb Ninjutsu?"

Jiraiya and Tsunade murmured to themselves.

"If that's the case, then this guy is perfect for me to handle."

Tsunade said confidently. When it comes to Taijutsu, she hasn't lost to anyone. Even the Raikage of the Kumogakure Village, Tsunade believes in her own strength.

"Indeed, Tsunade is just right to deal with that guy."

Jiraiya nodded in agreement.

"I haven't had time to figure out the abilities of the other four Pains, but there's one who can turn parts of his body into weapons. That's how I lost my right arm."

"It seems each of the six Pains has a different ability."

"That's right, but the most important thing is that their eyes are connected. This means one of them can see what all six see. Even if you attack one from a blind spot, the others will share the same view."

Hearing this, Minato and Tsunade frowned.

"If that's the case, then we must separate them to deal with them."

Minato said.

"I think so too. With our strength, we should be more than capable of handling the Six Paths of Pain. In Sage Mode, I can handle two or three. If Tsunade uses her trump card, she can too. As for Minato, there's no need to say more."

Minato can now enter Sage Mode on his own and has an even stronger Nine-Tails Mode. He could handle the Six Paths of Pain by himself without much trouble.

"So, these Six Paths of Pain are no longer a threat to us."

Tsunade said again.

"That's right."

Jiraiya nodded.

"But Jiraiya, is the one controlling the Six Paths of Pain really that kid with the Rinnegan?"

Tsunade asked Jiraiya, her mind flashing back to the thin red-haired kid. Even Tsunade found it hard to believe that the person causing such chaos in the ninja world was someone they had once kindly taken in.

"It must be Nagato."

Jiraiya said in a heavy tone. Anyone would be upset if their student ended up like this.

"Is it the disciple Jiraiya-sensei once took in?"

Minato had some impression of it. Jiraiya had mentioned it to him before and told him to take care of them if he ever met them, as they were his junior disciples.

During that time, Minato did pay attention to it, but as time passed, there was no news of the three. Minato had put it out of his mind, not expecting to hear about them again in such a situation.

"Yes, I didn't expect him to go astray. If I had spent more time with them back then, maybe this wouldn't have happened."

Jiraiya felt a bit of regret in his heart and was also blaming himself.

"Don't blame yourself. This was all a pre-set trap. Your disciple was just a pawn for the other side, and they could discard him at any time."

Hatake Satoru said. He originally intended to comfort Jiraiya, but he didn't expect his words to hurt Jiraiya even more.

His disciple had done so many bad things and was still being used by others. This made Jiraiya feel even worse. Even if he wanted to save his disciple now, the other ninja villages would never forgive him for all the bad things he had done.

"So you say he's a pawn? Then who is the mastermind? Is it that masked man? No, is it Obito?"

Minato asked with a frown. After all, his own disciple was involved in this too.

It had to be said that the disciples taught by these two masters were all very outstanding. Both of their disciples had become leaders of the Akatsuki organization.

Who knows if there was something strange about these two people.

"No, Obito is also being used. In short, this matter is very complicated, with one mastermind after another."

Satoru didn't know how to explain it to them. Nagato's situation could be said to be caused by Obito, and Obito was turned into this by Uchiha Madara. Uchiha Madara made his decisions under the influence of Black Zetsu, whose goal was to revive his mother, Otsutsuki Kaguya.

So the ultimate mastermind should be Otsutsuki Kaguya. But Nagato and Obito couldn't be directly linked to Kaguya, and the same went for Uchiha Madara.

"In the end, you'll understand later. Telling you now won't help and will only make you worry more."

"Alright then."

Minato didn't continue to ask, because as Hatake Satoru said, the more he knew, the more he worried. He was already losing sleep over the Akatsuki organization, and only he and Kushina knew how much hair he had lost in the past few days.

"Jiraiya-sensei, are you okay?"

Suddenly, a loud voice echoed in the quiet room. The person hadn't even entered yet, but his voice had already reached them. It was truly a case of hearing him before seeing him.

Then, the door to the hospital room was violently opened, and a blond figure rushed to Jiraiya's side, panting heavily and looking Jiraiya up and down.

"Don't worry, apart from some injuries to my arm, I'm fine."

When Naruto appeared, Minato and the others quickly put away their somber expressions. After all, some things were for them to bear.

"Phew, that's good."

Naruto breathed a sigh of relief and said.

At this moment, Naruto noticed Minato and Satoru standing nearby and blinked his big eyes in confusion. Weren't these two still in the Hokage building just now? How did they get here? Was he seeing things?

"Father, Satoru-senpai, why are you here?"

Naruto asked in a puzzled tone.

"Did you forget your father's Ninjutsu?"

Satoru said with a smile.

(End of Chapter)