It's better to be a rebel ninja than to be a Hokage

"Uzumaki Naruto... What a surprise, why are you here?"

Like Konan, Pain was curious about why Naruto would appear in the Hidden Rain Village at this time.

After all, in their view, the whereabouts of Akatsuki is an extremely strictly guarded intelligence.

In the original work, it was not until Akatsuki no longer concealed its capture of the tailed beasts and even Gaara, who was the Wind Shadow at the time, dared to capture them and exposed his whereabouts that Jiraiya, who had been paying attention to Akatsuki's movements, unearthed the whereabouts of the leader of Akatsuki in the Hidden Rain Village.

In the original work, Jiraiya, who had been collecting intelligence on the Akatsuki organization, showed a serious lack of knowledge about Akatsuki until the last moment before his death.

And Naruto just... inexplicably went straight to the Hidden Rain Village.

This is not something that can be explained away by just being "lucky".

But unfortunately, asking directly is the least likely way to obtain intelligence from the enemy.

"I'm lucky."

Naruto explained why he appeared in the Hidden Rain Village with a reason that even he couldn't convince himself.

Pein didn't care about Naruto's concealment.

"I will slowly find the truth after I catch you... After all, as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, you were originally the target of Akatsuki. Your appearance here actually saves me a lot of effort."

Pain, who can obtain information directly from the soul, doesn't care about Naruto's concealment of the truth at this moment.

“God is omniscient.”

The Human Path, one of Pain's Six Paths, is a derivative of this concept.

However, in response to Pein's self-proclaimed god-like remarks, Naruto simply snorted in derision.

The most ignorant guy in the entire ninja world is the guy in front of him who shamelessly calls himself a "God".

He firmly believed in his best friend Yahiko's naive theory of "creating world peace without relying on extreme force" until absolute violence tore this belief apart.

The reality of the destruction of Yahiko and the Akatsuki he founded gave Uchiha Obito the opportunity to invade his heart.

So he immediately abandoned his past and Yahiko's dreams, and indulged in Uchiha Obito's words: "The ninja world cannot understand each other, and the only way is to exert powerful power and use fear to shackle the world's disputes."

The original purpose of establishing "Akatsuki" was completely abandoned, and it became a mercenary organization pursuing profit.

"Akatsuki" became a tool for Uchiha Obito...or Uchiha "Madara" to realize his own selfish desires.

Even the pair of Rinnegan that Jiraiya said "can change the ninja world".

It never belonged to this "God" from the beginning to the end.

Naruto looked at Pein who was standing high up and looking down at him.

The three-magatama Sharingan in his own right eye and left eye looked at the Rinnegan of the Animal Path Pain.

Naruto and Pein - the two brothers who studied under Jiraiya, exchanged a brief glance that made them realize that although they were on very similar paths, they could not understand each other.

For the sake of peace in his heart, Pain needs the Nine-Tails in Naruto, the Jinchuriki.

Naruto will never put his fate in the hands of others, and he will never let go of anyone who covets his life.

Empty words cannot bring peace.

Hatred must be ended by actual violence.

Naruto and Pein had different thoughts for a moment, but fell into silence at the same time.

But the silence between the two was short-lived.

It was so short that it only lasted half a breath... or maybe it was...

…There was something so subtle in his eyes that it wasn’t an action, but a feeling—a trembling expression.

Psychic art!

The Animal Path Pain crossed his ten fingers and quickly formed the Ninja Seal.

Konan, who was originally lying beside Naruto, was summoned by the Animal Path Pain to his side.

Naruto's motive to kill Konan before Pain could take action was discovered.

But perhaps, Naruto's motive of "killing Konan" was just a feint?

At the same time as the Animal Path Pain performed the summoning technique, a kunai engraved with the Flying Thunder God's mark was shot out from Naruto's hand, targeting Pain who was standing high up!

Facing Naruto's attack, Pain once again used summoning techniques to respond.

A psychic bird with the same Rinnegan as the chameleon appeared out of nowhere in front of Pain.

The huge body of the psychic bird completely blocked Pain.

The giant bird flapped its wings full of black sticks and released a large amount of chakra through its wings, forming a strong gust of wind in an instant.

The strong wind easily swept away the building debris left over from the previous battle between Naruto and Konan.

But he did not wave the Flying Thunder God Kunai!

The flying trajectory of the Flying Thunder God Kunai did not deviate at all in the strong wind. Instead, it regarded the strong wind and the giant bird as obstacles before it could hit the target!

And obstacles will only be broken!

The Flying Thunder God Kunai tore through the strong wind and then pierced through the giant bird's body!

The giant bird let out a long, mournful cry and fell from the sky.

"I see. You cast wind jutsu on the kunai to increase its penetrating power."

The Animal Path Pain raised his eyes and stared at Naruto who was using the Flying Thunder God Technique to instantly reach the position of the kunai in front of him.

Naruto held the giant Rasengan, which was even bigger than the Big Ball Rasengan and whose diameter was comparable to half the size of a summoning beast, in one hand and threw it at the Animal Path Pain.

An attack at this distance is extremely difficult to dodge with the methods of the Animal Path Pain.

However, the super-large Rasengan did not fall on the Animal Path Pain in the end.

The giant bird that was summoned by Pain earlier was used both to defend against the Flying Thunder God Kunai shot by Naruto and to block Naruto's vision.

The Animal Path Pain used the summoning technique four times against Naruto.

The first psychic was the chameleon;

The second person to communicate with the spirit was Xiaonan;

The third spiritualist was a giant bird.

And the fourth spiritual communication...

...is the second Pain!

The second Pain suddenly appeared in front of the Animal Path Pain!

The second Pain has the same hair color and attire as the Animal Path Pain. He is a bit fat and has a slicked-back hair.

In this way, he blocked the Super-Giant Rasengan for the Animal Path Pain - to be more precise, the second Pain took the initiative to stretch out his hands to touch the huge chakra ball of the Super-Giant Rasengan and began to absorb the ninjutsu.

Seal technique and seal!

This is the Hungry Ghost Path among Pain's Six Paths that can absorb chakra!

Hungry Ghost Path Pain absorbed the attack for Animal Path Pain.

However, the huge Rasengan that Naruto performed by condensing huge chakra was not a ninjutsu that could be absorbed immediately by the Hungry Ghost Path Pain.

Before completely absorbing the ninjutsu, Hungry Ghost Path Pain could not move.

Noticed this characteristic of Hungry Ghost Path Pain's absorption of ninjutsu.

Naruto's hand that controlled the Super Rasengan continued to supply chakra to the Super Rasengan, extending the time for Hungry Ghost Path Pain to absorb ninjutsu.

With his other hand, he formed a seal and performed the Shadow Clone Technique.

The shadow clone that was born next to Naruto's real body just appeared in the sight of Pain and others, and disappeared in an instant.

Flying Thunder God? ! !

The Animal Path Pain, who had been wary of Naruto's next move, immediately turned his attention to Konan beside him.

Konan was at a disadvantage in the battle with Naruto, and it is very likely that Naruto would leave the Flying Thunder God Mark on her during the battle.

Knowing Naruto's Flying Thunder God Jutsu, a space-time ninjutsu that allows instant movement, there is nothing wrong with Pain's judgment.

But when the Animal Path Pain's gaze fell on Konan, there was no sign of Naruto.

Payne’s judgment—was wrong!

"I am here."

The voice of Naruto's shadow clone spoke in front of the Animal Path.

Naruto's shadow clone appeared between the Hungry Ghost Path Pain and the Animal Path Pain.

The way the shadow clone appears is just an ordinary teleportation technique that creates a "disappearance" effect by moving at high speed.

Faced with such a counter-intuitive attack from Naruto, the beast who turned his head to look at Konan seemed to have eyes behind his head. The moment Naruto's shadow clone appeared in front of him, he had already made an evasive move to retreat!

While Naruto was still casting the giant Rasengan, he noticed that when the Animal Path Pain turned his head to observe Konan, the Hungry Ghost Path Pain, who was absorbing the giant Rasengan, also tilted his head to look behind the Animal Path Pain who had no vision!

The shared vision between the Rinnegan means that Pain has no blind spots in battle.

The Beast Path Pain, who saw everything in his own eyes at the first moment, jumped off the huge water pipe with his body leaning back, completely out of Naruto's attack range.

The Animal Path Pain fell into the air on his own initiative and used the summoning technique again.

This time, the Animal Path Pain communicated with Konan who remained on the water pipe and the Hungry Ghost Path Pain.

The two of them appeared in the air next to the Animal Path!

On the huge water pipe where Pain had previously stood, only Naruto and Naruto's shadow clone were left!

Without Hungry Ghost Path Pain to continue absorbing the giant Rasengan, Naruto's giant Rasengan directly hit his own shadow clone.

After a loud bang, a very long section of the huge water pipe disappeared. The stable pressure inside the pipe caused the high-pressure water inside to produce a pressure difference at the moment of rupture.

A large amount of rainwater collected and transported by the water pipes was violently sprayed out from the broken parts of the pipes.

It turned into a waterfall-like water curtain!

The water gushing out of these water curtains spread into dense drops in the air, and once again turned into -

--rain.

The rain in the Hidden Rain Village was stopped by God.

At this moment, because of Naruto, it was no longer under God's control and fell again.