"Uchiha... Jin?"
"How did you find this place?"
"This—is impossible!"
Looking at Uchiha Jin before them, Konan and Nagato were instantly stunned.
The two of them simply could not understand it!
After all, this hiding spot was a Sealing Jutsu inscribed by Nagato using the Rinnegan; under normal circumstances, no sensory Ninja should ever be able to detect it.
And yet, regarding this...
Uchiha Jin's expression remained ordinary.
He merely cast an indifferent glance at the two of them before saying in a calm tone: "The two of you are naive to the point of being foolish!"
"What do you mean?" Nagato frowned.
Even Konan was somewhat unable to understand.
Uchiha Jin didn't hide anything; a faint smile even appeared at the corners of his mouth.
"Konoha's sensory Ninjas indeed cannot find your true location."
"But, unfortunately!"
"You seem to have forgotten the compulsory lessons of being a Ninja. Even an ordinary Genin fresh out of the academy knows to wipe away their footprints and any other traces that might expose their movements."
"But you two were almost completely undisguised."
"Even if your Sealing Jutsu is indeed powerful, you left the most basic flaws. Any Ninja who has undergone conventional training could find your location by relying on the traces you left behind."
"I am Konoha's Hokage, with twenty thousand Ninjas under my command."
"Is it hard to find you?"
The look on Uchiha Jin's face was somewhat difficult to describe.
There was no other way!
Although Konan and Nagato possessed terrifying strength, when it came to basic Ninja training, the two of them seemed to be a complete mess.
However, it was understandable!
The two of them hailed from a small nation like the Land of Rain, and they both started out as orphans; they had basically never been exposed to conventional Ninja training since childhood.
Although Jiraiya taught them for a period of time, he only taught them Ninjutsu and naivety; he didn't conduct conventional cultivation like a Ninja Academy would.
One couldn't blame Jiraiya for this either.
After all, he was a poor student during his time at the Ninja Academy. It was just that his talent as a Ninja was decent, and by relying on Hiruzen Sarutobi's countless Ninjutsu and the cultivation of Mount Myōboku, he became a powerhouse. Naturally, those skills of a conventional Ninja were useless to him.
The same was true for Konan and Nagato; their own Ninja aptitude was excellent.
Nagato took off directly with the Rinnegan, and even Konan awakened a Bloodline Limit like Paper Style, which meant they didn't need to learn Ninja basics like ordinary Ninjas at all.
But there are pros and cons to everything, and the two before him were now tasting the drawbacks.
Their strength might be able to crush the vast majority of Ninjas, but in the end, they were tripped up by basic Ninja skills.
Tracking and counter-tracking, reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance!
These basic skills might not increase a Ninja's strength, but they give low-level Ninjas an extra chance to survive.
Thinking of this, Uchiha Jin couldn't help but feel a bit of a sigh.
Who would have thought that Nagato, who possessed the Rinnegan, and Konan, who possessed the Paper Style Bloodline, would suffer a loss in such basic aspects?
On the other side.
Konan and Nagato glanced at each other, their faces instantly turning very ugly.
When they were young, they might not have known the content of basic Ninja training, but later, as they clashed with Ninjas from various major villages, they naturally understood this in hindsight. It was just that the two of them hadn't cared about such things before.
Because they were strong enough to crush everything directly.
But what about now?
Realizing that they had actually suffered a loss today over such a small matter naturally made their expressions turn extremely grim.
'Dance of the Shikigami!'
Konan raised her hand without hesitation.
Her body began to continuously turn into paper, and the patterns of exploding tags were instantly imprinted onto the sheets filling the air, which then madly bombarded toward Uchiha Jin.
Furthermore, paper wings rose from her back, and she directly suspended herself in the air.
Clearly.
She was very aware that Nagato was controlling Deva Path Pain, and at this moment, Nagato had no ability to counterattack.
As for the other five Pain puppets, they didn't have much offensive capability—at least, they were ineffective against the Uchiha Jin before them.
So in this current situation, only she could protect Nagato!
On the other side.
Uchiha Jin had wanted to take the opportunity to chat with the two of them, and even try to see if he had any talent for 'Talk no Jutsu,' but he didn't expect them to give him the chance at all.
Truly—damn it!
Uchiha Jin's face was full of displeasure.
But after he closed and reopened his eyes, they had already transformed into his Mangekyo pattern.
'Susanoo!'
Uchiha Jin only activated the first stage, and was immediately hit head-on by countless exploding tags.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The sound of explosions filled the air, yet Uchiha Jin's expression remained unchanged.
Although this sky full of exploding tags could be called terrifying, it had not yet reached the level of breaking through Susanoo's defense.
"How can this be?"
Seeing this scene, Konan couldn't help but gasp.
Unable to break the defense?
This left her momentarily unsure of what to do.
On the other side.
Seeing that Konan could not stop Uchiha Jin, no matter how arrogant Nagato was in his heart, he still placed Konan's safety above all else.
He wanted to retreat!
Without any hesitation, he directly gave up controlling the Deva Path Pain and then raised his hand, using his full strength.
'Shinra Tensei!'
Boom!
Almost in an instant.
A massive repulsive force erupted. Even though Uchiha Jin was prepared, he and his Susanoo were still directly blown out of the cave.
In the next second.
Nagato spoke: "Konan, release the Pain puppets!"
"Okay!" Konan nodded.
Although she wasn't sure what Nagato wanted to do, she was still willing to trust her friend.
She directly pulled out a sealing scroll and formed the 'Release' seal. With a soft 'bang,' five corpses appeared on the spot.
When Nagato saw these five corpses, he immediately controlled them to stand up.
The Human Path even clapped its hands, directly using its Summoning Jutsu.
With a bang, the Deva Path Pain was summoned.
"Konan, things are not going our way. Retreat!"
After speaking.
The Asura Path directly pushed Nagato, while the other Pains protected Nagato's sides. The Deva Path Pain stood in the vanguard position, and the group charged directly outside.
He wasn't stupid either!
He couldn't even deal with Senju Hashirama alone, and now Uchiha Jin had arrived. Even though he always called himself a god, he didn't think he could withstand the joint efforts of the two.
Konan had no objection to this!
She had long lost interest in staying here, and seeing that Nagato had finally come around, she naturally felt very happy.
However, it was a pity.
Although the two had decided to leave, Uchiha Jin did not want to let them go.
What a joke!
If he easily let the two of them leave, then what prestige would Konoha have left?