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There was no one around, except for the main house door in the distance, which was half-open and dark inside, making it impossible to see what was going on.
"Boo! Hah! Hah!"
Several shurikens suddenly shot out from the darkness, their sharp whistling sounds aimed directly at Pain's face.
A purple ripple flashed in Payne's eyes.
"Shinra Tenzheng!"
He gently waved his right palm.
In an instant, a powerful repulsive force suddenly erupted from him. With a muffled bang, several shurikens that were shooting towards him were suddenly deflected by the invisible force, changing their trajectory and scattering on the courtyard wall and the ground with a clattering sound, sparks flying everywhere.
Almost simultaneously, a dark figure leaning on a cane slowly emerged from the shadows at the main house entrance.
With the clatter of a cane hitting the ground, the newcomer strolled to the spot illuminated by the lantern, revealing half of his body.
He was hunched over and thin, half of his face was hidden in the darkness, with only one eye showing a cold light.
It was Shimura Danzo!
Danzo's hawk-like single eye first locked onto Pain standing in the courtyard. When he saw the distinctive Rinnegan pupils, his eyelids twitched violently, and an undisguised astonishment flashed in his eyes: "It's you?!"
A sinister smile then appeared on his face.
"Daring to break into Konoha at night, they truly have no regard for their own lives!"
Danzo outwardly rebuked and scolded, but countless thoughts raced through his mind in an instant.
Excellent! It's like finding a needle in a haystack!
He remained outwardly calm, but inwardly he was overjoyed.
Unexpectedly, before I could even obtain the Rinnegan in the dream, the Rinnegan in reality was delivered right to my doorstep!
awesome!
Heaven has been kind to him!
As long as I obtain those Rinnegan eyes...
Suppressing his overwhelming joy, the cold light in his sinister eyes intensified.
"Boy, prepare to become my stepping stone!"
Danzo abruptly ripped off the bandage on his right eye, revealing a scarlet Sharingan beneath, its pupil swirling with a windmill-like pattern.
The kaleidoscope's eye power erupted without reservation.
"..."
After a while of silence.
The expected submission and acquiescence did not occur.
Nothing happened.
Danzo was utterly shocked: "How is this possible? This is the strongest genjutsu, Kotoamatsukami!"
Payne remained silent for a moment, not understanding what Danzo had done.
However, Pain caught the fleeting glint of burning greed in Danzo's eyes, and his expression grew even colder.
That old geezer...
Even on the verge of death, he still had the mind to think about those trivial things.
Payne's eyes were fixed on a dead man, his voice completely flat.
"die!"
"Insanity!"
Upon hearing this, Danzo roared angrily and suddenly burst out of the ground at an incredible speed!
He slammed his cane on the ground, used the momentum to leap up, and released his hands, each of which now held a cold, menacing kunai.
Swish!Swish!
Two kunai were aimed straight at Pain's face, with Danzo following closely behind, making it impossible to tell that he was an old man.
Pain's eyes flashed, and he shifted his stance, easily dodging Danzo's first-strike kunai.
At the same time, he swiftly formed hand seals, his cheeks suddenly puffing out: "Wind Release: Vacuum Wave!"
Danzo roared with a ferocious expression.
The next second, he opened his mouth and spat out several extremely condensed wind blades.
"boring!"
Payne scoffed dismissively. Facing the oncoming wind blades, he simply raised one hand and spread his fingers.
A terrifying pressure emanated from the purple light patterns of the Rinnegan.
"All things are attracted by heaven!"
In an instant, a powerful gravitational force seemed to appear out of thin air and acted firmly on Danzo!
"Uh?!"
Danzo felt an irresistible force suddenly pull him up, causing him to stumble forward and lose his balance.
The wind blades that were originally slashing towards Pain were deflected due to the caster suddenly being controlled, and instead slashed to the side, smashing a stone lamp in the courtyard to pieces.
"Oops-"
Danzo was terrified. Before he could react, his body was pulled into the air by the immense force of the Universal Pull, and he crashed straight into Pain!
At this moment, Payne's eyes gleamed with a cold, fierce light, and his other hand was already poised to strike.
He clenched his fist, and a long, jet-black chakra rod instantly appeared in his palm.
As Danzo was pulled closer by gravity, a cold glint flashed in Pain's eyes, and the black rod in his hand became a blur, stabbing towards Danzo's heart with an incomparably sharp wind.
"Do not--!"
Danzo's pupils contracted sharply, leaving him almost no time to make any defensive movements.
"Pfft!"
The black rod pierced through Danzo's chest in an instant!
Time seemed to stand still at this moment.
Danzo looked down in disbelief at the black tip that had pierced through his chest, blood dripping onto the ground from the black rod.
His lips parted slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he could only let out a few muffled breaths.
"you--"
His one eye was wide open, but it quickly lost focus and the light dimmed.
Payne remained expressionless and abruptly pulled back the black rod.
"puff!"
The moment it was pulled out, blood splattered all over the ground.
Without even glancing at it, he casually tossed Danzo's corpse aside like trash.
Danzo's limp body crashed heavily onto the cold bluestone floor, a gruesome hole in his chest from which blood gushed.
Payne slightly raised his chin, glanced down at the corpse on the ground, and coldly snorted, "Too weak!"
Payne was momentarily filled with regret, realizing that the guy had died too easily.
However—the moment Payne finished speaking, something strange happened!
Danzo's body, which had been lying dead on the ground, suddenly turned into a phantom and vanished in a twisting wave!
Almost simultaneously, Danzo's figure appeared out of thin air in another shadow a few feet away from Pain, and he looked completely unharmed, as if he had never been injured!
Payne's pupils contracted: "?!"
Just now... I clearly killed him!
The feeling of piercing Danzo's heart with his own hands was still clear, and the scene of the corpse falling to the ground was incredibly realistic. Yet, in an instant, the other party miraculously came back to life.
Meanwhile, Danzo, with his single eye, was intently watching Pain's every subtle movement.
At that moment, a trace of lingering fear flashed across Danzo's eyes, and a bead of cold sweat seeped from his forehead.
Even with that forbidden technique protecting him, a brush with death is by no means a pleasant experience.
"The power of the Rinnegan is indeed terrifying."
Danzo licked his chapped lips, his eyes gleaming with even greater greed.
That's why I'm even more determined to get my hands on those Rinnegan eyes!
Thinking this, Danzo straightened his back, reappeared in Pain's sight, and pretended to dust himself off, sneering, "You think you can kill me with those two moves? You're being too naive!"
Payne stared at Danzo's sinister and ugly face, his eyes flashing with cold light.
“Interesting…” Payne murmured.
How could he reverse life and death? What kind of magic did this old thief use?
"Die!" Danzo suddenly roared, interrupting Pain's thoughts.
With a flick of his left sleeve, a kunai gleaming with cold light appeared in his hand. He pushed off the ground and charged straight at Payne without dodging or avoiding him!
Seeing that Danzo dared to approach him, Pain was surprised, but quickly turned to disdain.
He raised his right hand: "Shinra Tensei!"
Surprisingly, Danzo did not dodge at all. Instead, he used the momentum of his charge to thrust the kunai forward, aiming straight for Pain's outstretched right palm!
The next instant, a surging repulsive force erupted, accompanied by a crisp "crack," and the kunai in Danzo's hand shattered into pieces.
He was like a kite with a broken string, forcefully thrown away by the powerful Shinra Tensei, crashing heavily into the courtyard wall several feet away.
The walls were cracked, dust fell down, and Danzo slid to the ground in a disheveled state.
Payne stared coldly at Danzo.
He frowned slightly, thinking to himself: Perhaps piercing the heart directly would still be too slow to kill, giving him the opportunity to activate the strange spell.
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