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MenuCHAPTER 369 - Concerning Pein
 Jiraiya begins his
interrogation of one the Rain
shinobis. His victim breaks out in wild laughter as he is
tickled underneath the armpit by Jiraiya’s feather.
After a while, Jiraiya stops and admits the Rain ninja has
resilience. He then threatens to turn them into frogs using a
secret technique. Jiraiya’s wording is actually a
bad pun joke in Japanese, but when no one laughs he begins tickling
again to force out laughter.The other Rain ninja declares to Jiraiya to not take them lightly because they will never betray their leader. He tells Jiraiya to do his worst, so Jiraiya complies. Using a jutsu called Frog Metamorphosis, Jiraiya places his hand on the head of the ninja he was tickling and changes him into a  small frog in a puff of
smoke. He turns his attention to the remaining Rain ninja,
who immediately starts telling Jiraiya that he has heard that Pein
resides in the tallest tower in the west side. Jiraiya asks
why he doesn’t know for certain, the Rain ninja reveals that
most information about Pein is shrouded in secrecy. Some say
he is a member of the Fuuma clan, but nobody has ever seen his face and
some even doubt his existence. Jiraiya finds it hard to believe since
everyone in town seems to revere the name of Pein. The Rain
ninja says that Pein is like a god to them so it doesn’t
matter if he is seen or not because Pein always provides them with
protection. Jiraiya asks what Pein  has to gain from hiding
from his allies, but his prisoner responds that it becomes useful for
situations like the current one.The Rain ninja does not believe Jiraiya to be a survivor from the former Rain village faction and asks him for his name. Jiraiya refuses to answer and instead asks for what happened to the former faction. The Rain ninja  explains that
only a while ago, the former faction would constantly try to infiltrate
their faction in attempts to assassinate Pein. But he
explains that that has no chance of occurring anymore.
Jiraiya is shocked when it is revealed that the civil war in the Rain
village is over and that Pein defeated the old faction
single-handedly. Jiraiya refuses to believe it  because
the
former leader of Rain, Hanzou the Salamander, was a powerful icon in
the shinobi world. The Rain ninja agrees that Hanzou was
indeed powerful and getting close to him was impossible because he was
under guard twenty-four hours a day.Jiraiya asks what kind of abilities did Pein possess that were able to take down Hanzou, but his prisoner does not know anything like that. Jiraiya remembers back to the last Great Ninja War where he, Tsunade and Orochimaru were still  part of a
Konoha team. They led a squad of fellow Leaf ninja against
Hanzou, but only the three of them survived Hanzou’s
attack. Sitting atop a great salamander, Hanzou looked down
on the three battered Konoha shinobi. He said that he will
let them live for surviving his assault, but Jiraiya shouted back that
they can still fight and don’t want his pity.
Hanzou respected their strength and declared then for them to refer to
themselves as the “Sannin of Konoha.”
This was Hanzou’s condition for sparing their lives. The Rain ninja says that
Pein’s jutsus
are not of this world, but his true power lies in his
ruthlessness. Pein is considered to be the ideal shinobi
because he does not possess an ounce of mercy in him. Pein
not only defeats his enemies, but wipes them and their supporters from
existence. After Hanzou was killed, Pein also went after his
family, parents, relatives and anyone who was perceived to be allies of
Hanzou. Everyone, no matter how young, was mercilessly
slaughtered and their houses were burnt down to ashes. Everything that
was relate to Hanzou was erased from existence.Pein is standing before an empty stretch of wall. He hovers his hand over the surface and a circular ring begins to extrude. A second later, the ring expands into a large hole and reveals a secret room behind the wall. Pein slowly walks in and lies down in a capsule shaped bed. Inside the chamber are five other bodies stored in similar capsules. As he shuts his eyes, Pein comments that it’s time to hunt down the intruder. Thanks for Reading. Join in the discussion here: >>Blog Entry & Discussion
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