Jiraiya's group and the others' faces instantly changed drastically.
Uzumaki Naruto was captured!
Something bad had truly happened! Everyone's hearts felt heavy.
They all knew how urgent this situation was. Naruto was currently very important to the village—his level of importance was even no less than Hashirama as Konoha village leader.
In the future, this fourth-ranked Hidden Expert List boy was destined to become extraordinary, possibly even surpassing Hashirama as Konoha's strongest fighter—that was almost certainly going to happen.
"Don't you dare leave!"
Led by Jiraiya, everyone exploded in anger. Especially Guy; he couldn't let anyone kidnap village residents before his eyes. The Green Beast of Konoha swore to protect the village!
Blue vapor began spreading across his body surface, blazing fiercely like fire. Both his eyes turned into balls of flame, staring at the two figures above with unlimited killing intent.
"Hachimon Tonkō: Kyōmon (Seventh Gate)... OPEN!"
With a loud shout, a terrifying invisible force field made the ground beneath him crack inch by inch. Tremendous air pressure spread wildly to the surroundings. Even Kakashi beside him was forced to retreat far with eyes full of shock.
"Guy..."
Even Jiraiya couldn't help but glance. The two Frog Elders on his shoulders sighed admiringly: "Blue vapor... it's been so long since we've seen this amazing technique. Unfortunately... this boy will most likely suffer severe physical damage in the future!"
What they said was true. The Hachimon Tonkō technique had very large side effects. Opening the Seventh Gate would place an unimaginable burden on the body. Even though Guy's current physical strength was equivalent to a monster's, he still couldn't completely bear the burden of opening that gate; it would leave permanent damage. Just like Rock Lee before who only opened the Fifth Gate—even Tsunade stated he couldn't fully recover and would never reach peak condition again.
If not for the sudden appearance of the Gold List and his name entering the Hidden Expert List, Lee's ninja path might have ended there.
Kakashi gritted his teeth, cursing inwardly: (Damn it, why couldn't he wait a bit longer!)
He meant Lee. The Gold List reward Lee obtained was the Glittering Version Hachimon Tonkō. If Guy could learn that technique after the protection period ended, his power would increase terrifyingly. Never mind the Seventh Gate—even opening the Eighth Gate he wouldn't need to fear side effects.
The Sharingan in Kakashi's left eye slowly rotated. Not only that, his right eye also began displaying a blood-red tomoe pattern. The tomoe in both eyes spun rapidly, until finally solidifying into the shape of a large rotating windmill.
Mangekyou! And it was dual Mangekyou Sharingan.
This was the reward Kakashi got after entering the Gold List: Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan.
Because originally one of Kakashi's Sharingan came from Uchiha Obito and wasn't his own, he couldn't merge with it perfectly and it was always in an active state, placing a large burden on his eyes and mind. That's why he always covered it with a headband. But now he got the Gold List reward; both his eyes had completely transformed into Sharingan with perfect Bloodline Limit, just like a pure Uchiha clan member. He only continued covering them with a headband due to years of habit.
Moreover, what he obtained was the Eternal type, so he didn't need to fear the risk of blindness like Itachi experienced before. As long as his mental energy was still sufficient, he could continue using it.
Now, because of Guy's recklessness, Kakashi finally showed his true power.
"Kamui!"
A spatial distortion locked onto the two Pain who captured Naruto. Strong suction tried to pull them directly into the Kamui dimension. At the same time, black flames slowly crept onto the body of one of them.
Amaterasu!
"Hirudora!"
Guy looked like a madman. Coordinating with Kakashi's attack, he suddenly appeared before both Pain. He formed hand seals, and a transparent tiger charged wildly at both of them.
"Hmph!"
The Deva Path gripping Naruto snorted coldly. Though he had his back to both of them while dashing upward, he could perfectly sense all the opponents' movements. The Konoha side didn't know that all six Pain were one entity; they shared vision. What one person saw would be reflected in the others' minds simultaneously. With all six together, there were almost no visual blind spots.
"Shinra Tensei!"
A transparent shield appeared in front of them. Amaterasu's black flames that had almost reached Deva Pain's shoulder were instantly repelled far away. Including the charging Hirudora technique and Guy himself—everything was repelled by this great force. They couldn't approach at all.
While gripping Naruto's shoulder, Deva Pain shouted loudly: "Leave!"
The Akatsuki members below immediately received the signal. They each used their own methods to break free from the Konoha ninjas' interference, then very decisively dashed away outside the village.
Their purpose for coming here was to capture the Kyuubi Jinchuriki. Now the goal was achieved—only a fool would stay here. If the First and Second Hokage returned, they wouldn't know how they'd die later.
Who would have thought that at that very moment, Naruto who was already in Deva Path's grip suddenly joined both his palms together.
*CLAP!*
He called out softly: "I am now beside Perverted Sage!"
Deva Path's brow furrowed—he couldn't help but glance down at this blonde-haired boy.
What was this boy talking about? Had he gone crazy from fear?
However, in the next second, his pupils drastically contracted. Naruto who had just been in his grip suddenly disappeared, and in an instant reappeared beside Jiraiya.
At this moment Naruto's forehead was covered in cold sweat, appearing very weak. On his back, the giant scroll he always carried had slightly opened; on it appeared rows of golden writing that couldn't be clearly read, moving around like tadpoles.
[Gold List Reward: Grand Kotodama Grimoire!]
[Words are Law, I exist everywhere! That is the greatness of the Grand Kotodama Grimoire. As long as you can imagine it, this grimoire can manifest it! Everything depends on whether you can pay the "price."]
"Excellent!"
Seeing Naruto suddenly appear beside him, Jiraiya was very happy. He laughed heartily and patted Naruto's shoulder: "This old man didn't take you as a student in vain—turns out you have brains too!"
What he said was true. Currently Naruto's power was still too low—being able to open the Grand Kotodama Grimoire at all was already not easy. This was a very extraordinary treasure. Though theoretically it could manifest everything, it depended on whether Naruto could pay the very large price. Fortunately earlier Naruto only said he was beside Jiraiya; first, it didn't require physical attack on anyone, and second, the distance indeed wasn't too far, so with his power that was still possible to manifest.
If earlier he had said: "All Akatsuki members die," most likely that wouldn't happen—instead Naruto himself might have exploded on the spot from being unable to pay the price.