Chapter 255 - 254: Rinne Tensei

Chapter 255: Chapter 254: Rinne Tensei

Kano reached out and held Edo Kano’s wrist as she raised the flute, flicking the instrument behind her back with a twist of her fingertips. Instead of fading, the smile on her face grew wider, brimming with fighting spirit.

After all, Naruko and Sasuke had both fought Pain, but she hadn’t yet. Besides, although Kano wasn’t certain she could win, she didn’t feel like she would lose either.

"Do you wish to challenge a god?"

Pain’s purple Rinnegan suddenly widened, staring straight at Kano.

Kano felt her skin crawl under the gaze of those large eyes. Knowing full well that Nagato’s Rinnegan couldn’t perform Genjutsu, she still reflexively pulled out her sunglasses and put them on. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Edo Kano simultaneously pull out sunglasses and rest them on the bridge of her nose. The two shared a glance, seeing the mutual understanding of "safety first" in each other’s eyes.

"Sister Konan." Kano instantly switched back to a sweet and soft tone, a complete contrast to her fighting spirit from just a moment ago. "The others from the Akatsuki Organization aren’t here, right?"

Konan already liked this sweet-talking younger sister. Hearing this, she nodded gently. "The others have all gone out to take commissions and earn money. Zetsu has also gone to gather valuable intelligence."

Confirming there were no lingering concerns, Kano immediately put her hands on her hips and pointed a finger directly at Pain, full of confidence. "Then let’s have a fight! If we lose, we’ll agree to whatever demands you make. If we win, you have to listen to us—don’t worry, we definitely won’t let you suffer any loss! I can even heal your legs, Nagato."

This was the first time she hadn’t called him "Leader," instead directly pointing out the true name behind the puppet.

Nagato, who was controlling Pain, had his pupils shrink as his heart sank. For all these years, besides Konan, absolutely no one knew that name!

He glanced at Konan and saw that she was also full of shock; it clearly wasn’t leaked by her. Just who was this member of the Akatsuki Organization who had disappeared for two years!

Her intelligence-gathering abilities were on par with Zetsu’s. However, even if she knew, it was useless. No matter how much one knew, they were no match for a god.

"I accept your challenge."

As soon as Pain finished speaking, five figures suddenly flashed into existence. The Six Paths of Pain stood in a surrounding formation.

Kano and Edo Kano looked at each other and smiled. Simultaneously, they stomped their feet, and black shadows spread out like a tide in all directions. One by one, Shadow Ninja crawled out from the shadows, lining up in a dense mass.

"Competing in numbers? I’m not afraid of you." Kano raised an eyebrow.

Shadow Haku, Shadow Zabuza, Shadow Shikamaru, Shadow Hiruzen, Shadow Orochimaru... familiar figures emerged one after another. Edo Kano turned her head to look; the Shadow Ninja she summoned were significantly lacking in both number and aura compared to Kano’s. She immediately leaned over and complained in a low voice:

"How do you have so many? These few look super powerful. Who are they?"

Kano explained patiently, "After all, I’ve lived two years longer than you~ Most of them are just small fry to make up the numbers. The truly powerful ones are just those few—like this Shadow ōnoki, as well as Shadow Roshi and Shadow Han. Though these two are more for show than use, they only have a bit of Tailed Beast Chakra left and can’t even achieve full Tailed Beast transformation."

"I see..." Edo Kano nodded, then looked on with expectation. "It would be great if there were Shadow Tailed Beasts!"

"Tailed Beasts are incarnations of Chakra, after all; there’s no possibility of total death. Otherwise, they wouldn’t just revive somewhere else after their Jinchuriki dies."

"Shadow ōnoki is pretty good too. I’ve been coveting his Light-Weight Rock Technique for a long time!"

"Alright, once we’re done with this, I’ll take you to take down ōnoki. I’ll help you get revenge and take his shadow while I’m at it."

Edo Kano’s eyes lit up.

"You’re the best!"

Habitually, she lunged forward to hug Kano and act spoiled, giving her a kiss on the cheek. She often dealt with Ino this way, and Ino really fell for it.

Kano also habitually raised her hand to rub her hair, feeling secretly pleased: The feeling of being kissed by myself isn’t bad at all. If I could try self-kissing, it would be even more perfect~

There were nearly sixty Shadow Ninja on the opposite side, yet Pain remained expressionless, his tone cold. "Numbers alone are useless. No matter how many there are, they cannot withstand a god’s punishment."

Kano didn’t dare to be careless—the last time the Shadow Ninja were wiped out by Shinra Tensei, it was purely because they were unprepared. Shadow Hiruzen and Shadow ōnoki would definitely not be wiped out under normal circumstances. Both sides were at each other’s throats, the air seemingly frozen, ready for a grand battle to break out at any second.

"Wait a moment!" Konan hurriedly stepped forward to stop them, her tone pleading. "Nagato, why don’t you just agree to them?"

"You also think I’ll lose?" There was a hint of imperceptible anger in Pain’s voice.

"No!" Konan explained quickly. "I just don’t want you to consume any more Chakra. I believe you won’t lose, but this battle will definitely leave you severely weakened." She turned back to Kano, her eyes earnest. "And I feel Kashi isn’t lying. She should really have a way to let you use that resurrection Ninjutsu without cost, and she even said she could help treat you.

We can trust you, right?"

"Of course!" Kano smiled, her eyes curving into crescents. "This is beneficial for both of us. We wouldn’t lie!"

"Nagato, just trust them this once."

Konan’s tone was exceptionally firm. Even she was surprised by this impulse, but her intuition told her that if she missed this chance, she might never find that past hope again.

Nagato looked at Konan’s determined gaze and let out a long sigh.

"Alright."

As long as it was Konan’s wish, it didn’t matter if he lost a bit of his life force. If he only revived one person, he should still be able to hold out.

Edo Kano leaned into Kano’s ear and lowered her voice. "Did you use Brainwashing Technique on them?"

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