Naruto: Set a goal, conquer the universe.

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The thought that Konoha's logistics and research department had actually developed such a device that could "accelerate" the growth of a ninja's foundation filled Tsunade with overwhelming excitement.

"Tono Kakusuke, is that it?! Well done!" Tsunade slammed her hand on the table again with satisfaction, and the poor table shook once more.

Table: Thank you for speaking up for me.

"Naruto, your idea was great, and his execution was even better! This achievement must be acknowledged! He deserves a lot of credit!" Her eyes were no longer just filled with excitement, but also burning with a strong determination and a vision for the future. "No wonder you said you wanted to build several more!"

She abruptly stood up, grabbing the slightly tilted wine bottle on the table, but her mind was no longer on the wine: "Deploy immediately! Assemble the research team and assess production capacity! This gravity chamber must become Konoha's new infrastructure as soon as possible! This thing is more useful than ten more S-rank forbidden technique scrolls!!"

Tsunade was excited because this represented the possibility of another leap forward in the overall strength of Konoha's future ninjas.

As the Hokage, she had already envisioned in her mind a large number of Konoha ninjas undergoing a complete transformation after training in this environment.

Sometimes, just one idea can propel Konoha's strength forward by leaps and bounds.

As Naruto is, he can naturally order several individual gravity chambers and doesn't need to squeeze into public gravity chambers.

Moreover, it will be some time before gravity chambers are mass-produced.

The gravity chamber, which is still in the experimental stage, has been occupied by Naruto and Guy.

Given their physical abilities, the speed at which they operate is beyond the capacity of others, let alone training alongside them.

After training, Naruto used Yang Release to help himself and Guy recover from their internal injuries, and then they ate large animals like tigers or wild boars that their shadow clones had killed.

There's no way around it; when you're exercising, you eat more.

We can only make them suffer a little longer.

Fortunately, Konoha has abundant forest resources and a good ecological environment, with a rich variety and quantity of biological species.

After Naruto and Guy finish their training, Sasuke, Hinata, and Kakashi will go into the gravity chamber for further training.

Sometimes even the Third Hokage and Tsunade would come to train.

Nobody wants to not improve.

In a short time, Konoha's high-end combat power surged once again.

Jiraiya has gone out to gather intelligence again. He can't wait to go to Amegakure to find Nagato and the others and find out what the Rinnegan is all about.

Naruto gave him a Flying Thunder God kunai so that he could provide timely support if he encountered danger.

With the Flying Thunder God Technique, he could appear next to Jiraiya in an instant.

Given Jiraiya's strength, it's impossible for anyone in the ninja world to instantly kill him.

He needs to seize the time to train in the gravity chamber and enhance his strength.

Strive to be able to suppress the Ten-Tails with ease as soon as possible.

This place is constantly rainy all year round, with less than two months of sunshine a year.

Therefore, the buildings in Amegakure are almost all made of steel pipes and dark architecture, creating a repressive atmosphere.

However, what Jiraiya didn't know was that the moment he used the toad to infiltrate Amegakure and his body appeared in the outside world, he had already been exposed.

The rain that falls constantly in Amegakure is Nagato's sensory ninjutsu.

Like Naruto, he is adept at using things in the natural environment as his eyes and ears, making him impossible to guard against.

Jiraiya was sensed by Naruto because he didn't notice the wind around him, and now he is being sensed by Pain because of the raindrops dripping on him.

"Huh?" Payne, who was looking at the rain scene, suddenly paused.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Nan asked.

“Someone blocked my rain! And this chakra aura is quite powerful!” Pain said calmly.

“I’ll stop the rain for now. Take this opportunity, Konan, to find the intruder!” Payne turned to Konan and said.

"Okay!" Xiao Nan nodded.

Pain stood outside, stretching out his hands towards the sky. He not only stopped the Rain Tiger Free Technique, but also reversed it, using his massive chakra to forcibly stop the normal rain from falling.

“Now, Minami,” Payne said.

Konan's body transformed into pieces of paper, which then automatically folded into butterflies and flew rapidly towards various parts of Amegakure.

These papers are all Xiao Nan's spies!

Meanwhile, Jiraiya also captured two ninjas from Amegakure and began to inquire about what had happened after he left Amegakure.

Chapter 50 Xiaonan

Two unlucky Amegakure ninjas were captured by Jiraiya and stuffed into a toad's belly.

According to them, Hanzo of the Salamander, the former ruler of Amegakure who bestowed upon them the title of the Three Legendary Sannin, had long been killed by what they called a 'god,' and now their 'god' was ruling Amegakure.

Moreover, they expressed great worship for this so-called 'god,' believing that 'god' brought them peace.

In addition to 'God', there is also an angelic messenger, a powerful being who accompanies 'God'.

While Jiraiya was interrogating them, Nagato appeared in a different body, and numerous pieces of paper slowly flew back from all directions, forming Konan's upper body.

"How is it?" the beastly Pain asked.

“It’s Jiraiya!” Konan’s tone was calm, making it impossible to tell what she was thinking.

"Really? Is it Jiraiya-sensei? How nostalgic!" Although he said this, there was no emotion in Pain's Animal Path.

He was just a corpse puppet.

"What should we do, Payne?" Konan asked Payne for his opinion.

"He's not going to be our ally anyway, is he? The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, isn't he his disciple?" Animal Path Pain said calmly.

"Probably!" Xiao Nan replied.

"Then kill him! There's nothing left to regret now!" Pain, the Beast, said emotionlessly.

"It is precisely because I want to kill the intruders that I am using this body!"

Konan pursed her lips. If she really wanted to kill Jiraiya-sensei, she wouldn't be using this body, which didn't have much fighting power.

But Xiao Nan wouldn't say it outright.

By now, most of the people they cherish and value are dead, and Jiraiya is one of them.

Let's drive Jiraiya out of Amegakure!

This is Xiao Nan's idea.

“Lead the way!” said Pain, the Beast Path.

"I understand." Konan folded a piece of paper into a paper airplane and flew it to the Animal Path of Pain.

"Pain, I'll deal with him before you get there!" Konan said calmly.

I hope I can get rid of Jiraiya-sensei, otherwise...

Jiraiya could only learn these basic things from them; they knew nothing about the true identities of 'gods' and 'angels'.

Using the Toad Shadow Manipulation Technique, he hid in the shadow of this Rain Ninja, manipulating him to gather more information about the 'god' and 'angel' he spoke of.

However, just as he had controlled the Rain Ninja to walk a short distance, a large number of papers suddenly flew over and quickly wrapped him up like a mummy.

Konan's upper body quickly solidified, and with a flick of her right hand, a long spear made of paper rapidly took shape, ready to stab the Rain Ninja.

Jiraiya, who had been hiding in the shadows of the Rain Ninja, could no longer stay still. He suddenly emerged from his shadow and, without hesitation, spat out a ball of flame: "Fire Release: Flame Bullet!"

The powerful fire jutsu forced Konan to dodge quickly and stop attacking. Jiraiya took advantage of this opening to emerge from the shadow of the Rain Ninja.

After the smoke cleared, Konan, unharmed, looked at Jiraiya calmly and said, "The Toad Shadow Manipulation Technique? I've seen it again."

"It was originally bait to lure the 'god' he spoke of, but I didn't expect you to take the bait!"

Jiraiya looked at Konan's face and smiled, saying, "Your casting techniques have become even more powerful, and you've become quite a woman, Konan!"

Sure enough, his infiltration of Amegakure was the right thing to do. He saw familiar faces, and they were even wearing Akatsuki uniforms!

It seems that the Akatsuki organization was indeed created by Nagato, Yahiko, and the others.

"You thought you were dead, but it turns out you've turned into a piece of paper that's as light as a feather!" he joked.

But Xiao Nan is no longer the shy little girl she used to be.

Her expression remained unchanged upon hearing Jiraiya's lame joke.

"Are you... the messenger angel?" At this moment, the rain ninja on the ground looked up at Konan and quickly asked.

"Oh? You're the angel he was talking about?" Jiraiya stroked his chin. "So, Konan is the representative of that 'god'?"

"This man is an intruder!" Rain Ninja exclaimed.

"You should stay a little further away!" Xiao Nan said calmly.

"Yes!" He jumped away in a few swift movements without the slightest hesitation. Judging from how easily Jiraiya caught him, this kind of battle was not something a small Karami like him could participate in.

"Since you are the spokesperson for 'God,' then who is this so-called 'God'? Is it Nagato, or Yahiko?! Why is it someone named Pain with the Rinnegan now?" Jiraiya said in a deep voice.

“It has nothing to do with the teacher!” Konan did not answer Jiraiya’s question.

She gradually rose higher, and a large amount of paper gathered behind her, forming two enormous angel wings.

"I see. Is that why they call you an angel?" Jiraiya looked at Konan's two paper wings, a hint of seriousness in his eyes. "What are the benefits of taking this form?"

“This is God’s command; I must kill you!” Xiao Nan replied calmly.

Suddenly, her eyes narrowed, and her two enormous wings shot out countless paper shurikens at Jiraiya.

Jiraiya didn't hesitate and immediately unleashed a powerful fire jutsu to deal with the situation.

However, to Jiraiya's surprise, the fire jutsu that could have countered Konan's paper jutsu was instead completely suppressed by Konan's paper shuriken.

This forced him to dodge aside, but Jiraiya was familiar with Konan's ninjutsu, after all, she was his student.

He was fully aware of the weaknesses of the paper escape technique.

He opened his mouth and spat out, "Toad Oil Bomb!"

A large amount of toad oil shot towards Xiao Nan, who couldn't dodge it and was completely soaked in the oil.

Jiraiya clasped his hands together, and his hair automatically grew out, binding Konan.

"Once it gets oily, your Paper Release can't split anymore, right?" Jiraiya looked up at Konan, who still had no expression, and continued, "You're the gentlest of those children. What happened to the other two?"

"How are Nagato and Yahiko doing?" Jiraiya was still very worried about the situation of his three disciples.

Because he learned from Sasuke that the mastermind behind the Akatsuki was that wild Uchiha who wore a vortex mask and had the Mangekyou Sharingan!

Could it be that this guy stole Nagato's Rinnegan? Could it be that this guy controlled Konan with genjutsu?

"I had heard news of your deaths, but now it seems that the news was false!" Jiraiya said, pulling Konan to his side with his hair.

If Xiao Nan has really been controlled by that guy's illusion, then he will help Xiao Nan break free of the illusion right now.

"Now that things have come to this, why have you suddenly appeared before us?" Konan asked calmly, ignoring Jiraiya's actions.

Chapter 51 Jiraiya Gathering Intelligence

"I didn't mean anything by it. I just heard about your deaths and tried to find you, but I couldn't. I thought you were all really dead. But not long ago, I heard about the Rinnegan again, so I came to inquire about it!" Jiraiya said.

"I never expected you to have become a member of the Akatsuki!"

"If only we had done things the way Orochimaru suggested, that's what you think, right?" Konan was pulled to Jiraiya's side and said to him.

"However, it was too late; we had already begun to act according to his ideas!"

“If you’re saying, ‘If only I had killed you back then,’ I’ve never thought of such a thing!” Jiraiya raised his hand and placed it on Konan’s shoulder, feeling her chakra flow to see if she was under a genjutsu.

[I wasn't affected by the illusion!] Jiraiya immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"I just feel very sad. I taught you how to survive in chaotic times. There is no doubt that you are my disciples. Even if I didn't know what happened, you attacked me without even saying goodbye!"

"It's truly disheartening," Jiraiya said, a hint of sadness in his voice.

"I had heard that you played a great role in several battles in Amegakure and gained a good reputation, which made me quite happy, but then I heard that you were dead!"

“Teacher, you have no idea what happened to us after that,” Xiao Nan replied in a low voice.

"I really don't understand, but is this why you founded Akatsuki?" Jiraiya questioned loudly.

But at that moment, Jiraiya's expression changed. Something unseen wrapped around his waist, and a giant crab suddenly appeared, cutting off the hair binding Konan with its massive size.