The sage of the Deep Forest appeared in Konoha, bringing the news of Jiraiya's death in battle and confirming Naruto as the "Child of Prophecy." The medical team and the cipher unit were analyzing the information left behind by Jiraiya. After learning about Jiraiya’s death, Naruto became dispirited. Shikamaru took Naruto to visit Kurenai-sensei, who was carrying Asuma's child, using the opportunity to counsel Naruto and hoping for Naruto's help in deciphering the code.
Naruto believed that the number "9" in the cipher "9, 31, 8, 106, 7, 207, 15" wasn't the numeral "9," but rather the katakana "タ," leading him to associate the numbers in the cipher with the page numbers of Jiraiya's work, "Make-Out Tactics," deducing that the cipher might mean "no main body." Meanwhile, Akatsuki prepared to attack Konoha to obtain the Nine-Tails sealed within Naruto, while Sasuke and his "Hawk" squad were tasked with capturing the Eight-Tails.
Since it would take a long time to fully decipher the cipher, the sage of the Deep Forest asked Naruto to follow him to Mount Myoboku to undergo training in senjutsu (sage techniques). Additionally, the "Hawk" group had donned Akatsuki's red cloud uniforms, reached the Land of Lightning, and found the Eight-Tails. After an intense battle, Sasuke used the Mangekyo Sharingan to unleash Amaterasu and barely defeated the Eight-Tails. Meanwhile, Naruto completed his training in senjutsu, achieving Sage Mode, ready to confront Akatsuki.
Pain, accompanied by Konan and his six assistants, began their attack on Konoha! He first sent one person in to distract everyone’s attention. Then he entered Konoha with others and began causing destruction... On the other hand, Naruto's senjutsu training had achieved great results, surpassing even Jiraiya. In Konoha, Ibiki had extracted some information from one of Pain's subordinates. However, at this point, Konoha had already been severely damaged. Iruka was attacked by Pain while rescuing his comrades, but fortunately, Kakashi and the father-and-son duo of Choji arrived in time! The battle between the Sharingan and the Rinnegan began! But it seemed that the Rinnegan was taking the upper hand. Tsunade, in her office, urgently summoned Naruto back (which likely failed, as the little frog messenger was cruelly killed by Orochimaru...)