Chapter 161
A sudden wind blew up to the sky as Lee's hand finally landed down .
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Sasuke and Neji immediately ran towards each other upon the fall of the hand .
(Clang!)
The sound of kunais parrying each other resounded in the air as the two clashed .
The two stared intently into the other's eyes as their kunais resisted each other .
Lee, who watched the match, clenched his fists together in excitement and anticipation .
("The two seem evenly matched in their first confrontation,") Lee observed .
*Sh!*
Sasuke raised a hand seal against Neji .
("What?") Neji stared at Sasuke, who had a barely discernible smile .
(bz!)
Sasuke cloaked the kunai in lightning-natured chakra .
(Clang!) Neji's kunai snapped .
(Whoosh!)
Neji retreated a few steps back .
"Hmph,"
Sasuke brought his hands together .
("You think I'll let you execute a jutsu?") Neji immediately thought following which he sent a palm forth .
"Air Palm!" Neji announced .
(Whoosh!)
A small burst of Shock wave traveled towards Sasuke .
("This is the attack he used to deflect Naruto's Rasengan,") Sasuke thought following which Sasuke concentrated on his chakra network .
(Whoosh!)
The air palm struck nothing but air .
"Huh!" Neji turned back only to see Sasuke fully clad in lightning natured chakra cloak .
Sasuke brought his hands together quickly .
Snake → Dragon → Rabbit → Tiger
< Fire Release - Dragon Flame Jutsu! >
Sasuke spat out a glowing ball of flame from his mouth that quickly morphed into a dragon .
("Damn,") Neji cursed following which he quickly started to rotate .
(Boom!)
The Dragon faced flame blasted off from Sasuke's mouth, gaining tremendous momentum as it quickly approached where Neji stood .
< Kaiten! > Neji announced followed by an immediate appearance of a defensive Chakra Sphere .
(Boom!)
The dragon flame's impact landed on the chakra sphere .
"Hmph," Sasuke stared at the flame .
However, a second later, he frowned .
("Why is it not going ahead?") Sasuke thought .
(Whoosh!)
The fire revolved along with the kaiten that was spinning around Neji .
Soon Neji dissipated the fire attack completely .
"You handled that well," Sasuke said .
Neji stared at Sasuke .
"Should we have a real battle?" Neji asked .
"Huh?" Lee was puzzled .
He then looked towards Sasuke only to see him standing clueless as well .
Sasuke naturally knew what it meant, but hesitated a bit, for it was too soon for the battle between the eyes .
"Have you already run out of jutsus in your arsenal?" Sasuke asked .
"As much as I don't want to admit it,"
"My fighting style is based on my eye bloodline and close combat techniques," Neji said .
"Hmph,"
"If it's close combat you want, then its close combat you get," Sasuke smirked as coated himself in lightning natured chakra again .
Neji in turn silently raised his palms against Sasuke signifying that he was ready to take him on .
(Whoosh!)
Sasuke rushed towards Neji in full speed .
("It's going to be a proper taijutsu battle,") Lee thought .
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Back in the grasslands elsewhere,
Jiraiya looked at Pain with the Lord Fukasaku and Granny Shima by his side .
"Jiraiyboy,"
"I still don't understand,"
"How did you end up provoking such a character?" Lord Fukasaku asked .
Jiraiya turned towards Lord Fukasaku, who was on the left side of his giant scroll that rested on his back .
"They are part of the organization I've been spying on,"
"And the boy over there," Jiraiya said as he pointed towards Yahiko .
"Was once a student of mine," Jiraiya said .
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"HUUUHHHHHH?" Lord Fukasaku and Granny Shima stared at Jiraiya .
"This is the first I am hearing of that one,"
"Unless…"
"He's the prophesied one?" Lord Fukasaku was shocked, but so was Granny Shima .
Jiraiya thought back to the time he heard the prophecy .
…
"In time, you will have a student of your own,"
"The student will become a ninja that will bring change to the world of Ninja,"
"It will be either of great stability or of great destruction . "
"The kind that world has never seen the likes of before,"
…
Jiraiya contemplated about the Elder's prophecy and the future he had seen . Meanwhile, the fight continued between the summons as usual .
("What is he doing?") Orochimaru was puzzled .
However, Pain saw this as a chance…
(Shing!)
The bald-headed Asura path pain lifted his arm only to have it transform into a model of a rocket launcher .
(Whoosh!) The rocket launched of the pain's arm .
"Jiraiyboy,"
"Jiraiychan!" Lord Fukasaku and Granny Shima called out at the same time .
"Huh?" Jiraiya woke up from his stupor .
(Clang!)
Gamaken used his Sasumata to deflect the missile away .
"Forgive my clumsiness," Gamaken said with a guilty expression .
"…" Pain and Orochimaru stared at Jiraiya; meanwhile, the summons continued to battle it out in the background .
("What is he spacing out for?") Orochimaru was displeased .
Jiraiya though snapped back into reality, but he still had his questions .
Nagato was not exactly wrong in his way of doing things .
Despite being used, he still had his own perception of peace, albeit it was based on the second ninja world war .
The world seemed to always be at war .
No matter how much stable the world remained during Naruto's time in the future, conflicts existed underneath the superficial peace that existed on the surface .
Some battles almost lead to a fifth ninja world war .
"What happened Jiraiyboy?" Lord Fukasaku asked with concern .
Jiraiya shook his head .
No matter what, violence and fear was not the only way to solve things .
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The Akatsuki clearly exploits this method despite being unaware of the puppet master in the shadows .
"Sorry for getting distracted," Jiraiya said as he got into his battle stance .
Lord Fukasaku looked at Jiraiya .
"Better be serious boy,"
"This student of yours is leaning towards destruction," Lord Fukasaku said, referring to the prophecy of the elder sage .
("That second prophecy is troublesome as well…") Jiraiya thought .
"This is taking longer than expected…" Yahiko Pain who stood in the center of the battlefield murmured .
(Whoosh!)
The Human path and the Preta path pain flew towards Jiraiya; meanwhile, Yahiko looked towards Orochimaru .
"I'll deal with you myself," Yahiko said as he started to walk towards Orochimaru .
"Hehe," Orochimaru smirked .
…
("Damn,")
("It's the human path pain, the one that reads memories and souls,")
("The Preta path is a troublesome one as well,")
("Any ninjutsu is useless against it,")
("However…") Jiraiya displayed a hint of a confident smile .
"Bring up the toad oil," Granny Shima suddenly said .
"Nope,"
"It wouldn't work on the one in the front," Jiraiya said .
("There's something definitely going on…") Nagato, who was controlling all the pains thought .
("Sensei's words seem to suggest that he knows of my abilities…") Nagato thought .
"What do we do, then?" Lord Fukasaku asked .
"Genjutsu is the only long-range option," Jiraiya suggested .
"IMPOSSIBLE!"
"I won't sing a duet with Pa," Granny Shima rejected outright .
"Ma,"
"This battle is no joke," Lord Fukasaku explained immediately .
"It's now or never!"
"All I need is a few seconds," Jiraiya interrupted, indicating that there was no time for marital arguments .
"Got it," Lord Fukasaku and Granny Shima said at the same time following which they joined their hands .
"Huu… . . " Lord Fukasaku and Granny Shima sucked in a deep breath at the same time, quadrupling the size of their windpipes .
("Croak, CRoAK, cROak, CROAK, croaK, CroaK") Voices of different frogs emitted across the atmosphere engulfing the two incoming pain completely .
(Whoosh!)
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Jiraiya immediately appeared behind the human path pain .
< Sage Art - Giant Rasengan! >
*Sh!*
A giant ball of chakra suddenly evolved in front of Jiraiya's palms completely engulfing the visionary range human path pain that stared in a daze .
"Hah!" Jiraiya pushed the giant Rasengan towards the human path pain .
("With this, one of our major troubles are over,") Jiraiya thought as he relaxed his expressions a bit .
However,
"Hmm?" Jiraiya stared at the Rasengan getting smaller and smaller little by little .
"What the hell?" Jiraiya cursed only to see the Preta path pain staring back at him with an emotionless expression from behind the giant Rasengan .
"Fool…" Orochimaru murmured upon seeing Jiraiya fail .
Jiraiya's eyes widened upon seeing the Animal path pain (summoning pain) standing at quite the distance away from the battle that Jiraiya was fighting .
Jiraiya's shock however was from seeing the Rinnegan on that pain .
("Damn it,")
("How did I forget, their vision is shared,") Jiraiya thought .
*Sh!*
The Rasengan was completely absorbed at this point .
(Whoosh!)
Jiraiya leaped back onto Gamaken's back .
"Retreat," Jiraiya gave an order .
"…" The three pains stared at Jiraiya and Lord Fukasaku and Granny Shima retreating on the back of Gamaken .
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Back in the training field…
"Hah!" Sasuke and Neji blocked each other's palm and fist respectively .
"Your taijutsu is impressive," Neji commented .
"Hmph, don't sell yourself short," Sasuke said .
"My team's main ability is taijutsu,"
"If I lost to you here then there's no meaning in me being a ninja, not to mention having the title of the strongest taijutsu of the Hidden Leaf," Neji said .
Sasuke looked at Neji .
"I think its time for us to end this spar," Sasuke said following which he closed his eyes .
("Finally…") Neji concentrated on his optical nerves .
< Byakugan! >
Neji brought his palm up once again which was aimed towards Sasuke .
("The moment of truth…") Lee stared at Sasuke while gripping tightly onto the sword he had been given by Sasuke .
Sasuke slowly opened his eyes .
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