Naruto: Konoha’s Kanpu

Chapter 767 'Embarrassing'

When Kanpū was having a grand time boiling the frog, a deafening explosion suddenly echoed from behind. At that moment, the world changed colors, a splendid red instantly dyed the sky red, followed by the earth trembling and cracking. Debris soared into the air, transforming into a bright red dust storm that swept across the surroundings, making trees, grass, stones, and everything else shiver.

Kanpū’s eyes widened. At this time, he only felt his ears buzzing, and he couldn’t hear other sounds. There was even a brief confusion in his vision. The ground beneath his feet seemed to dance, jumping up and down.

‘No, this is not an illusion!’

Kanpū’s heart skipped a beat, and he immediately leaped into the air using one of his shadow clones as a foothold.

In the next moment, a huge black crack suddenly spread from behind, piercing through the place where he stood a moment ago, revealing a deep, bottomless trench, swallowing the shadow clone he had just used as a stepping stone.

The wind was raging, and Kanpū, who was in the air, turned his head slightly, and saw that the clouds in the sky had already turned red by the flames, and a gigantic, ominous black and red mushroom rose into the sky from below!

The violent shockwaves, flames, and black smoke crazily entangled in the mushroom cloud, and just looking at it made one feel the terrifying power it contained!

At the bottom of the mushroom cloud, a circle of bright bright red dust storms spread outwards like ripples!

‘Nuclear bomb?’

Kanpū’s face changed slightly. At this time, he didn’t have time to look at the frog. He quickly sensed his Flying Thunder God Technique’s coordinates.

But… it was gone!

The Explosive Tag engraved with Flying Thunder God Technique’s imprint left by Kanpū’s shadow clone on Shisui’s side after dispersing is gone!

It must have been destroyed in the earth-shattering explosion.

But Kanpū didn’t panic, because, in the mission to hunt Orochimaru many years ago, he once gave Shisui, oh, and Kakashi, a kunai inscribed with his own Flying Thunder God Technique’s imprint, and after the mission, he never took it back.

Kanpū quickly found it.

An invisible shockwave suddenly burst in the air, and in the next instant, Kanpū quietly disappeared.

When he appeared again, he saw a greenish light and a world bathed in a hellish red.

That was a dust storm formed by the raging waves, flames, and black smoke burning the debris into a bright red color, filled with the power of destruction.

At this moment, Shisui was using Susanoo to stubbornly withstand the expanding and spreading bright red dust storm!

During the dust storm, countless dust debris violently hit Shisui’s Susanoo like bullets!

Susanoo is known as Absolute Defense, and naturally will not be damaged by mere dust storm, but Shisui, who has endured thousands of strikes every instant, is in miserable state.

Behind Susanoo, Tenzo, Itachi and the others are all present. At this moment, they are also using Wood Release and Earth Release, resisting this overwhelming dust storm alongside Shisui!

Summoning Technique -Rashomon!

Kanpū bit his thumb as soon as he grasped the situation, formed hand seals, and slammed his palm onto the ground.

Rumble!

The earth shattered, and a colossal gate rose violently from the ground in front of Susanoo, soaring to a height of a kilometer in an instant. The enormous shadow instant covered the Susanoo and Tenzo’s group.

“This is?”

At this moment, the pressure on Shisui suddenly disappeared. He couldn't help but be stunned, then turned around abruptly, “Kanpū!”

As he spoke, the pinwheel-shaped Sharingan in Shisui’s eyes has already turned into three-tomoes, and then turned back to black pupils. However, the countless bloodshot and blood stains on the corners of his eyes are still evident.

The Susanoo, who was over twenty meters tall, dissipated rapidly as the Mangekyo Sharingan was stopped.

Shisui staggered, and Itachi, who was always watching him from behind, quickly flickered to Shisui’s side and supported him firmly.

“Brother Shisui!” Itachi was shocked, and his expression, gaze, and body language all conveyed concern.

“Are you okay?”

Kanpū looked at Shisui’s bloodshot eyes, and knew that this guy’s eyesight has declined again. He sighed and asked, “Why are you in such a mess?”

Shisui smiled bitterly.

As for Tenzo and the others, they only noticed Kanpū now. They were overjoyed and couldn't help but start complaining.

“Captain? You are finally here!”

“Big Brother Kanpū, you are so slow!”

“Captain Husky, you're not going to ‘Kakashi’ midway in battle, right?”

“Captain Husky, we almost thought we couldn't see you again!”

After complaining, they began to recount the events after Kanpū’s shadow clone dissipated.

After listening to their words, Kanpū’s brows slightly furrowed. According to what he thought before, the combination of Shisui and Itachi, the Fire Release duo, should be enough to steadily winning against Konan. That's why he boldly went to boil the frog. However, he didn't expect Konan to directly use her money ability!

If Konan used the money ability against Konoha, Kanpū can understand. After all, there are many Biju in Konoha, and capturing three Tailed Beasts in one go would be an efficient move. But to use it against Shisui?

It simply made no sense!

It must be known that for Konan, the money ability is a trump card she wouldn't use unless it was absolutely necessary. And in the original work, she didn't even use it when they invaded Konoha. It wasn’t until Nagato died and Obito emerged, trying to steal ‘his’ eyes that she brazenly used it.

Thinking of this, a thought flashed through Kanpū’s mind: ‘Could it be that Shisui do something more extreme than Obito in the original work?

‘Is it because Shisui spend the years undercover in Akatsuki in order to get information, and then Konan couldn’t accept his betrayal, so she ran to him like persistent girl?’

When Kanpū was lost in thought, the colossal black and red mushroom cloud outside the Rashomon had risen to the extreme, and finally spread out at the end of the sky, turning into a brilliant red ring that gently rippled from the top of the kilometer-high gate.

After the ring of fire dissipated, the dust storm gradually subsided, revealing a clear blue sky as if cleansed by water.

Kanpū dispelled the Rashomon, and saw a huge crater in front of him, like a meteorite impact. However, the crater was extremely uneven, filled with small pits and craters everywhere, showing that the explosion was indeed caused by the convergence of countless explosions.

“I have a feeling…”

With the help of Itachi, Shisui came to the edge of the large pit and said, “Konan may not be dead.”

“Tenzo, take some people to the nearby area to sense her.” Because his Sensor Ninjutsu is bad, Kanpū can only order his subordinate to do things.

“Understood!”

Tenzo responded and split the team into two groups, then around the edge of the large pit from both sides while using Sensor Ninjutsu.

“Kanpū, was the explosion over there related to you?” Shisui wiped away the bloodstains at the corner of his eyes and pointed to the small hill twenty kilometers away.

Kanpū nodded. Just as he was about to say something, a memory suddenly came into his mind.

The memory comes from his Sage Mode’s shadow clone.

Kanpū had teleported over from the hill just now, but his Sage Mode’s shadow clones still remained there.

“I’ll leave this to you here. If anything happens, just dispel my shadow clone.”

Kanpū left a shadow clone, and then used Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport back to the hill.

……

On the hill.

Deva Path Pain is floating in the air, while Kanpū’s Sage Mode’s shadow clones are scattered on the cracked ground. They seemed to surround Deva Path Pain.

And above them, a strange one-eyed bird is screeching, hovering. The strange bird is carrying two people, one is Animal Path, and the other is Konan.

Before her Paper Clone was blown up by Shisui’s Susanoo: Tsukumo, Konan realized that the situation was not good, and immediately unfolded paper wings from her hiding place and flew into the sky. At the next instant, Shisui shot hundreds of thousands of Explosive Tags at the same time, triggering a terrifying explosion.

When the shockwave engulfed in hot flames exploded, although Konan managed to fly into the sky, her speed was far inferior to the speed at which the shockwave burst. Just when she thought she was going to die, Animal Path suddenly appeared with the giant bird, rescuing her.

“Nagato, thank you.” Konan thanked Animal Path.

Animal Path said expressionlessly: “No need for thanks between us.”

Konan sighed.

‘With Nagato being here, there was no one in Amegakure who could stop Jiraiya.’

‘It seems that Akatsuki would have to change its headquarters.’

Although they can go back to chase Jiraiya away and re-occupy Amegakure, who knew if Jiraiya had left any hidden traps in Amegakure? Besides, changing the headquarters allowed them to avoid the surveillance of Konoha, making it safer.

Thinking of this, Konan's internal guilt slightly diminished, and she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Swoosh!

At the same time, an invisible shockwave burst in the dense forest at the foot of the hill. Kanpū silently landed on the charred grass, and a few meters away, there was a deep trench.

Kanpū squinted his eyes and then flickered up to the top of a nearby large tree. With a single glance, he saw the Deva Path Pain floating in mid-air and the monstrous bird in the sky.

‘What a great fate.’

Although Kanpū had already obtained information from his shadow clone that Konan was alive, seeing Konan's graceful figure with his own eyes still made Kanpū somewhat excited… cough, impressed.

But on second thought, no wonder he had only seen five the five Pains before, it turned out that Animal Path had been following Konan all along.

Kanpū tidied up his mood, drew out the Kusanagi Sword, and prepared to boil the frog again!

“Gekko Kanpū, let’s make a deal!”

Deva Path Pain and Animal Path shared consciousness, so Deva Path Pain had returned without gaining information about Obito from Shisui.

In this case, he can only choose to negotiate with Kanpū.

In order to prevent Kanpū’s Sage Modes’s shadow clones from bothering him again, Deva Path Pain subtly raised his altitude, flying higher and higher.

Under the hill.

Kanpū, who is standing on the treetop, frowned.

This distance… already far exceeded the jumping limit of his Sage Modes’s shadow clones. Of course, he could still use Senjutsu to attack Deva Path Pain, but even Senjutsu has a distance limit, and Deva Path Pain, obviously could fly even higher!

In the original work, Naruto was able to defeat Deva Path Pain, firstly, because Naruto’s strength surpassed Deva Path Pain’s, but the more importantly, it’s because Deva Path Pain’s goal is the Kyubi inside Naruto, so he had to confront Naruto head-on for that reason!

If Deva Path Pain does not need Kyubi, would he have bothered to engage in a direct confrontation with Naruto?

He could simply fly high into the sky when he found himself at a disadvantage!

What can Naruto do at that time?

He can’t fly. His Summoned Beast is a toad. At most, he can only throw Sage Art: Wind Release: Rasenshuriken from the ground, or use Bijudama. However, as long as Deva Path Pain is flying high enough, it’ll be impossible for Naruto to hit him.

Just like just now, Deva Path Pain had to stand on the front and consume his vitality in order to hold Kanpū.

Now that Deva Path Pain raises his altitude, Kanpū’s Sage Mode’s shadow clones can hardly threaten him anymore.

But can Kanpū be restrained by these messy things?

No!

Kanpū gave a vague look to the nearby Sage Mode’s shadow clone.

Sage Mode’s shadow clone is very witty, and a wretched smile appeared in his eyes upon seeing that look, and he immediately vanished into the dense forest.

Kanpū nodded in satisfaction at this. Then, he raised his head and said loudly: “Hey hey hey, what kind of trade are we talking about? What do you want to sell?”

While questioning, Kanpū stared at Konan on the giant bird, crazily hinting at the same time.

Deva Path Pain sensed this subtle hint and immediately lowered his eyelids. His expressionless face still showed no emotions, but the pupil power in his Rinnegan was boiling. The air seemed to solidify, and only after a long time did Tendo Pain suppress the anger in his heart.

“I want Uchiha Obito’s information. In exchange, Akatsuki will cease its pursuit of Shisui of the Body Flicker.” Deva Path Pain spoke coldly.

“Huh? That’s it?”

Kanpū emitted an arrogant and cruel sneer, and said with a chuckle, “So you want to kill Shisui of the Body Flicker? Why don’t you show it to me?”

Deva Path Pain’s heart burned with anger, and he could not help but threatened: “Consider for a moment. You've already witnessed the scene of nearly a million exploding tags simultaneously. If you don’t want want such a scene to happen in Konoha, you'd better agree to my conditions!”

“Give me some time to think about it.” When Kanpū was threatened by him, his expression changed immediately, especially his gaze – the king of acting is here!

But in fact, he is just delaying for his shadow clone.

As long as he finds Nagato’s location, he will be the one having the upper hands.

He does not believe that Konan can carry 600 billion Explosive Tags with her at all times.

“Nagato, he's just buying time!”

On the giant bird, Konan suddenly spoke to Animal Path, “Did he find your main body?”

Animal Path’s eyes narrowed, then he nodded and said: “I know what to do.”

After he said this, he immediately turned the giant bird’s head, plunging toward the north at high speed.

Kanpū had been observing the bird's movements and upon seeing it depart, he decisively formed a single-handed seal, dispelling a nearby shadow clone, and transmitted the flight trajectory of the giant bird to the earlier Sage Mode’s shadow clone tasked with finding Nagato.

‘Let's see who's faster.’

On the treetop, Kanpū stood tall.

Under the sky, Deva Path Pain remained expressionless.

One man and one puppet confronted each other coldly, each waiting.

Soon, the giant bird flew back.

Kanpū squinted to get a better look and saw that there was an additional person on the bird's back, sitting in a wheelchair – it was none other than the emaciated and frail Nagato!

‘That ugly bird is really fast!’

Kanpū felt a strong sense of resentment.

“You lost.” Deva Path Pain coldly declared.

‘Lost your sister!’

Kanpū, feeling both embarrassed and angry, couldn’t help but want to change the Transparent Release to Ice Release, and then created 30 Ice Release shadow clones to fly into the sky, side-by-side with Nagato.

But to be honest, although he can fly using Ice Release powered with Senjutsu Chakra, his flight speed wouldn't be much faster than Deva Path Pain. And it is not realistic to compete with the giant bird.

If Nagato and Konan flew away with the giant bird, even if Kanpū defeated Deva Path Pain, he would still end up at a loss.

Because Deva Path Pain is just a puppet, so if he destroyed one, Nagato could just create another one. However, if Kanpū, who is known to have Transparent Release Kekkei Genkai, suddenly used Ice Release, what would people think if the news got out? How would Minato react?

Doesn’t he need to maintain his character?

Therefore, until he thought of a reasonable excuse, he really couldn’t expose having more than one Kekkei Genkai.

“Your sincerity has moved me. I agree to trade with you.” Kanpū demonstrated what it meant to change one's attitude quickly.

At any rate, Obito is Konoha’s enemy. Seeing Nagato and Konan's current state, Kanpū believed that they are probably going to deal with Obito. While the enemy of an enemy might not always be a friend, they could at least be considered as ‘situational ally’!