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Pain stood before Kirigakure, contemplating his strategy.
He would prefer to keep the Akatsuki’s existence under wraps for now.
A powerful organization, if it drew too much attention, could become a target for the other Hidden Villages.
Although the Villages weren’t exactly allies, they would unite against a common threat—just like in the original story, where they joined forces against Obito and the White Zetsu army during the Fourth Shinobi World War.
However, after some thought, Pain realized the Akatsuki couldn’t stay hidden any longer. Assassinating a Kage was a high-profile act; there was no way to keep it quiet.
“We attack directly.”
Pain said. Subtlety was out the window. Pain summoned the other five Paths; the Six Paths of Pain were assembled.
Orochimaru’s eyes widened.
Six Rinnegan? Had he seen correctly? Was the Rinnegan he craved so desperately suddenly commonplace?
Since Orochimaru joined Akatsuki, he had only seen Deva Path—so he was so shocked when he saw the other five pairs of Rinnegan now.
“Shin?”
Orochimaru turned to Shin, hoping for an explanation.
Although younger, Shin seemed to possess a wealth of knowledge. Orochimaru didn’t believe the Rinnegan was suddenly common; there had to be a reason for this.
“Ask Pain. Though I doubt he’ll tell you,”
Shin glanced at Orochimaru and said.
Not getting an answer from Shin, Orochimaru wisely decided against questioning Pain.
The Animal Path infiltrated Kirigakure first, and then used the Summoning Technique to summon all the other Pains inside.
“The Leader’s inside. Let’s go. Orochimaru, show me what you’re capable of,” Sasori said coldly.
“You’ll see.” Orochimaru gave a chilling smile.
They despised each other. Orochimaru would love to turn Sasori into a research subject.
Kakuzu, without a word, entered Kirigakure.
He wasn’t afraid of a Major Village, He was someone who had fought against the First Hokage after all, Kakuzu wasn’t easily intimidated. If things got dangerous, he could always escape.
“I’ll be waiting inside. Don’t disappoint me.”
Shin waved at Orochimaru and Sasori with a smile, and then disappeared instantly. At this time, Shin had already entered Kirigakure.
“Time to try Kirigakure’s famous seafood ramen.”
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He appeared in front of a ramen shop.
Mei Terumī had raved about it; he wanted to try it. He wasn’t in a hurry to watch the Akatsuki’s attack; a bowl of ramen wouldn’t take long.
“A bowl of seafood ramen! And make it quick!” Shin told the owner.
He wanted his ramen before Pain and the others caused too much chaos. The owner quickly prepared a steaming bowl of seafood ramen.
Just the aroma made Shin’s mouth water. After a single bite, he understood Mei Terumī’s enthusiasm—it was delicious.
BOOOOOOOM~!
Shin had only taken two bites when an explosion rocked the village.
Pain and the others had begun their assault. The sound seemed to be coming from the Mizukage Tower. Shin, grabbing his bowl of ramen, vanished. In his haste, he forgot to pay.
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Shin arrived at the Mizukage Tower—or rather, where the Mizukage Tower used to be. It was now a pile of rubble, thanks to the Deva Path’s [Almighty Push].
The Animal Path’s summons were rampaging through the village; The entire Kirigakure was in chaos.
Yagura, wielding his strange hooked staff, confronted the Six Paths of Pain.
“Who are you?” Yagura looked at the six strangely shaped Pains in front of him with shock and anger, and questioned them angrily.
“We are your death.”
The Deva Path lunged, thrusting a black receiver rod at Yagura. Yagura dodged, instinctively sensing the danger, then swung his staff.
“<Almighty Push!>”
The repulsive force sent Yagura flying.
Bam~!
He crashed to the ground, rolling before coming to a stop. He wiped the blood from his mouth, staring at the Deva Path warily.
If not for the Three-Tails’ Chakra Cloak, he would have been severely injured. His battle instincts were sharp.
“What was that? Some sort of Kekkei Genkai?” Yagura didn’t recognize the Rinnegan.
Few in the world knew what it looked like.
The last person to wield the Rinnegan was the Sage of Six Paths, and who in this era had seen him? Only those who’d studied ancient texts would recognize the Dōjutsu.
Yagura wasn’t one of them.
Orochimaru, Sasori, and Kakuzu arrived. Orochimaru, seeing the Deva Path easily suppressing Yagura, felt a flicker of greed, then quickly suppressed it.
“Hold back the other Kiri ninja,” Pain ordered.
He could level the entire village with a [Super Almighty Push], but that would consume Nagato’s life force.
Besides, annihilating Kirigakure wasn’t his objective.
He just needed to kill Yagura. Sasori released his puppets. This kind of large-scale battle suited him perfectly.
Orochimaru summoned a swarm of snakes, even more numerous than Sasori’s puppets.
Kakuzu wasn’t idle either, He unleashed his [Earth Grudge Fear].
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