Naruto: The Primal Hyuga Pierces the Shinobi World

While waiting for Orochimaru to gather information, the group became idle. Shinichi Hyuga used the Flying Thunder God Technique to send over a small boat, and the group gathered on the boat to rest briefly.

Orochimaru, who was focused on controlling the Impure World Reincarnation, suddenly opened his eyes, already aware of the enemy's attack. However, he did not intend to warn Shinichi and the others. He glanced at the group resting on the small boat and reached out to hold onto the gunwale of the boat.

At the same time, a small white snake emerged from Orochimaru's sleeve, fell into the sea, and disappeared.

The sound of the white snake entering the sea was very faint, drowned out by the torrential rain. However, at the very moment the white snake entered the sea, Shinichi Hyuga seemed to sense something, suddenly opened his eyes, glanced at the calm Orochimaru, and suddenly spoke:

"Lord Orochimaru, now that we've become partners, shouldn't we work together?"

"What you're doing will alienate our allies!"

Orochimaru thought he was being discreet, but how could his little tricks escape the Byakugan's notice?

Although Shinichi Hyuga appeared to be resting with his eyes closed, part of his attention was still focused on Orochimaru.

How could Shinichi Hyuga possibly trust someone like Orochimaru without taking any precautions?

"Heh, you still have the mind to care about me?"

"The enemy is coming; you should focus your attention on others."

Orochimaru, unconcerned that his little trick had been exposed, glanced in the direction of Amegakure and then spoke in a serious tone.

As he spoke, Orochimaru's body suddenly disintegrated into countless small white snakes, which scrambled out of the small boat and fell into the sea.

"The White Snake's double? When did that happen?!"

Upon hearing the commotion, Jiraiya abruptly stood up as he watched Orochimaru disappear, his face filled with disbelief. He hadn't noticed Orochimaru using any ninjutsu at all, yet Orochimaru, who had just used the Impure World Reincarnation technique in front of him, had vanished without a trace.

Everyone on the ship heard Orochimaru's warning and immediately stood up on guard.

Shinichi Hyuga stood up and glanced thoughtfully at the sea before turning his head to look in the direction of Amegakure.

As they spoke, the Asura Path riding the giant bird was getting closer and closer to them. Shinichi Hyuga narrowed his eyes slightly and just then saw a dark shadow rushing towards them from under the dark clouds on the horizon.

The opponent was flying very fast. At the same time, the Animal Path also spotted the small boat on the distant sea and realized that it was an invader from the Land of Rain. The Animal Path also increased its speed. At the same time, the Animal Path was quickly forming hand seals.

The commotion in the sky naturally caught the attention of Shinichi Hyuga and his group. Just as the giant bird flew overhead, the bird queen dropped more than twenty "bird eggs" onto the sea.

These "bird eggs" were enormous, probably three or four meters in diameter. From Shinichi Hyuga's Byakugan perspective, these "bird egg" areas contained an extremely large amount of unstable chakra. With just one glance, Shinichi Hyuga already sensed the impending danger.

"Boom boom boom boom!!!!"

A burst of intense red light shot out from the bird's egg, enveloping the entire sea area in just a moment.

The shockwave from the deafening roar shattered the rain clouds that had been accumulating over the Land of Rain for years. The towering flames resembled a mushroom cloud formed after a nuclear explosion, and giant waves surged across the sea, crashing towards the shore of Amegakure.

After a long while, the explosion subsided, and several broken pieces of wood floated on the sea.

"Psychic art!!"

At the same time, the Animal Path, standing atop the giant bird's head, had completed the hand seals. With a low shout, the figures of the other five Paths appeared beside him.

The moment the flames below disappeared, all six Paths of Pain leaped down from the sky.

"Snapped--"

With a series of soft sounds, the six Paths of Pain landed on the sea one after another. Led by the Deva Path, the Pains who landed in this area looked around, searching for anyone who could have survived such an attack.

However, what Pain did not notice was that a dark shadow was slowly rising from the seabed to the surface, and this shadow quickly swept across the sea beneath Pain's feet and came to Pain's back.

"Wow—"

"Whoosh—" Just as Pain was searching for traces of survivors, a faint sound of water breaking suddenly rang out. At the same time, two sonic booms made Pain turn around quickly to look behind him.

Two toad tongues flew out of the sea and trapped the animal's feet, instantly dragging it down to the surface.

"Pop—" The head of the Animal Path was submerged in seawater, but at the same time, the other Pains with connected vision were also able to see the scene in the sea through the Animal Path's perspective.

The creature that attacked the Animal Path was a huge toad. Before the Animal Path could even form hand seals or perform any ninjutsu, the toad curled its tongue and pulled the Animal Path into its mouth. It even let out a loud burp and spat out countless bubbles.

...

Inside the stomach of the rock-dwelling toad of Mount Myoboku.

The bewildered animal fell directly into the stomach of the Rock Toad. The moment it landed, it seemed to have fallen into a puddle, but the water in the puddle was highly corrosive acid. The animal's skin was inevitably contaminated by the liquid, and a large area of ​​its skin was corroded by the acid.

If it were an ordinary person, being burned by such acid would absolutely drive them crazy with pain, making them completely lose their fighting ability.

However, the Beast Path, which was already a corpse, acted as if nothing was wrong, completely unaware of the various pains emanating from its wounds.

What made the Animal Path somewhat uncomfortable was the surrounding environment. The toad's stomach was pitch black, and even with the Rinnegan, the Animal Path still couldn't see its surroundings clearly. Although the Rinnegan could bring many powerful ninjutsu to its "host," it was inferior to the progenitor's Byakugan and the mutated Sharingan in terms of the most basic perception.

In this darkness, even the animal realm cannot reach the enemy.

However, there is one thing the animal realm can confirm: the other person has been swallowed by the toad, and they must get out of there as soon as possible!

The Animal Path plans to use a summoning technique inside the toad's body. If they can summon a large summoning beast, it will definitely be able to burst the enemy.

Just as the Animal Path was rapidly forming hand seals in an attempt to escape, a faint aura suddenly appeared from a corner of the darkness, rapidly approaching him.

"Can't hold back anymore?!"

Although the Animal Path's vision is obstructed in the dim environment, its sensory abilities as a ninja do not disappear. However, since the Animal Path is a corpse or puppet, it does not have a sense of smell, and its skin cannot sense temperature, humidity, wind direction, etc.

In the animal realm, the aura of the enemy attacking them was extremely faint, requiring complete concentration to barely detect.

"Spiral pills!"

Jiraiya's low shout echoed in the relatively enclosed space, and his dark blue chakra quickly condensed into a ball, exposing him to the Animal Path's view.

However, when he saw the Rasengan fully formed, it was too late to dodge. Jiraiya instantly appeared in front of the Animal Path and slammed the Rasengan into the Animal Path's abdomen. The terrifying force sent the Animal Path flying, crashing into the toad's hard stomach wall, and then falling helplessly into the acidic pit.

The contact between flesh and the acid in the toad's stomach produced a chilling hissing sound. After Jiraiya successfully attacked, he took out a tinderbox from his pocket and illuminated the dark, enclosed space.

Jiraiya glanced at the corpse in the acid, and his expression became more solemn.

...

minutes ago.

"boom!!!!"

As the bird eggs exploded on the sea, the small boat carrying Shinichi Hyuga and the others was instantly engulfed in flames.

Shinichi Hyuga reacted swiftly. The moment Orochimaru fled and hid, he realized the enemy was approaching. The instant the giant bird dropped the bomb, he quickly connected with the chakra of Shisui, Guy, and Kakashi beside him, and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take the three of them away from their original spot.

Shinichi used the Flying Thunder God Technique without bringing Jiraiya with him.

However, Jiraiya was able to calmly deal with the enemy's sudden and terrifying offensive.

After Shinichi and the others disappeared, Jiraiya didn't have time to complain. He simply tilted his body and plunged into the sea. At the same time, he quickly formed hand seals and summoned a toad to swallow him as he descended to defend against the giant bird's "bomb attack".

As the storm from the explosion on the sea subsided, Jiraiya quickly launched a counterattack. At the same time, Shinichi Hyuga abandoned Kakashi and the others and returned to the battlefield alone. His anchor point for using the Flying Thunder God Technique was none other than Jiraiya!

...

A toad slowly rose to the surface of the sea and then jumped onto a floating wooden plank.

Tiandao and the other five seemed to have noticed something, and they all turned around and looked at the toad that had emerged from the sea. Under their gaze, the toad opened its mouth wide, stretched out an arm from it, braced itself on the surface of the sea, and then slowly emerged.

Jiraiya, with his full head of white hair and wooden clogs, emerged from the toad and looked up at the five people in front of him, who were wearing long robes embroidered with auspicious clouds in red. He was taken aback.

Although outnumbered, Jiraiya quickly regained his composure, his gaze sweeping over the group, and he said with some surprise:

"Rinnegan...it's all Rinnegan..."

"Who...who are you people?"

As he spoke, Jiraiya's gaze fell on Pain. This face... he was somewhat familiar with it, but for a moment he couldn't recognize that it was Yahiko, whom he had raised for a period of time back then.

Just as Jiraiya spoke up to ask the question, a figure appeared from the void, silently appearing beside Jiraiya.

Noticing the movement beside him, Jiraiya turned to look, and upon seeing who it was, he couldn't help but complain:

"Shinichi...you bastard, why didn't you take me with you when you ran away!"

"Luckily, I reacted quickly, or I would have died there!"

Upon hearing this, Shinichi picked at his ear and explained nonchalantly, "With your strength, how could you not even be able to handle that kind of attack?"

"And if I take you with me, how will I get back?"

The Flying Thunder God Technique ultimately has conditions for use; Shinichi Hyuga didn't have the ability to leave a mark on the seawater.

Besides, if he leaves the kunai behind, who knows where it will be when he returns? If he foolishly teleports back and tries to swim to the surface, he'll probably get beaten up by Pain!

How could Shinichi possibly allow himself to fall into such a passive position?!

Jiraiya was perfectly aware of Shinichi's thoughts. He was just subconsciously complaining, hoping to alleviate the heavy pressure from the enemy in this way.

Not to mention... being stared at by five enemies with the Rinnegan, even Jiraiya felt pressured and uncomfortable.

"The intruders... are there only two of you left?"

The Heavenly Dao before them clearly had no intention of engaging in a deeper conversation with Jiraiya and Shinichi Hyuga. With an indifferent expression, it glanced at the two who were talking, then suddenly stretched out its hand towards Shinichi Hyuga. In the next instant, a tremendous suction force pulled Shinichi Hyuga's body forward.

"Well?"

The Heavenly Dao struck suddenly, and the power of the Universal Pull was impossible to defend against. At that moment, Hyuga Shin lost control of his body and was directly pulled in front of the Heavenly Dao.

At the same time, a black rod fell from Tendo's sleeve and was held in his hand. As Shinichi's body was drawn closer, Tendo swiftly thrust out the black rod, aiming directly at Shinichi's heart.

Nagato showed absolutely no mercy to Shinichi Hyuga and his former mentor Jiraiya, aiming to kill them with every move.

Between Shinichi and Jiraiya, he chose the younger Shinichi Hyuga. In Nagato's view, a kid as young as Shinichi Hyuga wouldn't be that strong. From a game perspective, reducing the opponent's manpower as quickly as possible is often the optimal solution.

Therefore, Shinichi Hyuga became the primary enemy that Tendo wanted to eliminate.