Naruto 418

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Naruto
#418: Sennin Naruto!!
[side text: I'm getting stronger and stronger, one step at a time. Ero-sennin, are you watching over me...?]

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[insert text: "Not moving", mastered!!]
Fukasaku: (Very nice...)

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Fukasaku: (He's really got it... / To think that he actually managed to achieve this much without the oil...)

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[no text just sennin]

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Fukasaku: (The Sennin markings have appeared... he's done it! // He's not even transforming into a frog in the slightest! So Naruto-chan has actually become a Sennin surpassing even Jiraiya-chan! // He seems to be moulding even more Senjutsu chakra than back when he was using the oil...) // How does that feel?
Naruto: Yeah... // So this is what it's like to become one with nature... // ! // Aaghh!
Fukasaku: ......

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Naruto: Guaaaaahhhhh!! // Owwwww... // Wait... huh? // It hardly even hurts...

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Fukasaku: And that's Sennin Mode. / Your body is "activated" in all kinds of different ways.
Naruto: W... Wow... / Sennin Mode...
Fukasaku: Now that you've achieved Sennin Mode, there's just one final step remaining.
Naruto: Huh?! Final step...? / You mean there's more?!
Fukasaku: There's a sparring style used by Sennin, making use of Senjutsu chakra... // It's time for me to pound the Way of the Frog into you!

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[no text just stuff]

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Shinobi: Jay?! // We're too late...

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Naruto: I think I've really got it! // (...I say that, but... it's still nowhere near perfect... // I need more practice with this Sennin Mode... // And I need to make sure nobody sees this...)

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[sign: Cipher Department]
Shikamaru: The code reads "Honmono wa inai"... // So maybe that Akatsuki woman was creating those six Pain guys with a genjutsu... / ...whilst there was another one, laying hidden behind the technique... // ...and he was the one landing physical attacks on Jiraiya-sama from the shadows...
Sakura: No... I don't think that's it. // According to what that frog boss, Fukasaku, said... / ...the six Pains physically attacked Jiraiya-sama with their weapons, and that's how he was killed... // Well... the fact that he defeated three of them but they just came back to life... / ...does seem like the kind of unbelievable thing that could happen in a genjutsu, but...

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Shikamaru: Normal logic doesn't work when you're dealing with Akatsuki. / They even had actual immortals working for them, you know.
Shiho: At any rate, until we get some new information... / ...we simply have to come up with as many possibilities as we can think of.
[sign: Konoha Intelligence Department]
IntelligenceGuy: (With this level of genjutsu protection... it's no wonder simple truth serums didn't work...)

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IntelligenceGuy: It's no use... somebody has planted powerful protections in his brain. / They'll be very difficult to circumvent.
Ibiki: It's most likely some technique or measure of that Pain guy's. // Be very careful. There may be genjutsu traps planted in there.
IntelligenceGuy: Yes, I know...

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[Text: Autopsy Room 3 // On Duty // Shizune // Oyone // Kumadori]

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[no text just pain]

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[no text just lots of pain]

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Pain: ...And now to bring pain to the world.
[insert text: Pain arrives!!]
[bottom text: How will Konoha handle this sudden attack?! Next issue, "Descent"...!!]