Billions of raindrops in the sky were instantly "evaporated"!
The earth rolled and cracked like waves, and all the remaining steel buildings, towers, and houses in the vicinity, in the face of this absolute destructive power, were easily flattened, crushed, and annihilated like sandcastles!
The repulsive force expanded rapidly, threatening to completely erase the entire Hidden Rain Village from the map.
However, Naruto, at the epicenter of this destructive storm, merely narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Is this your final struggle?"
"Super Shinra Tensei."
He said indifferently, not even assuming any defensive posture.
The super ultimate technique that was enough to flatten Konoha Village in the original work!
God-like power!!
Naruto prepared to take it head-on.
Immediately, the Super Shinra Tensei shockwave, powerful enough to flatten a city, upon contact with Naruto's body, seemed to hit an absolutely insurmountable and unbreakable mountain, all its power easily blocked by a deeper, more unshakeable invisible barrier.
He was like a pillar in the torrent; the Super Shinra Tensei shockwave was a rushing river that, upon encountering him, could not flatten him but instead had to diverge, flowing past him.
Naruto stood still, not even a corner of his clothes fluttering.
A small area around him became the only sanctuary in this destructive storm.
After the storm—
Centered on Tendo Pain, everything within a radius of several kilometers had been reduced to flat ruins.
The entire Hidden Rain Village, except for where Naruto stood and the small area protected by the Absolute Cube shielding Jiraiya, had been completely leveled!
Tendo Pain, having exhausted all his power, landed on the ground, looking at Naruto, who was completely unharmed and hadn't even moved from his position, with only utter bewilderment and confusion in his eyes.
His strongest attack couldn't even make his opponent take a single step back. Naruto slowly walked up to him and looked down at the puppet.
"It seems your Pain also ends here."
He said no more, gently touching Tendo Pain's forehead with his finger.
With a "bang," Tendo Pain's entire head burst open like a rotten watermelon, and his headless body swayed once before falling straight backward, sinking into the seabed.
"Whoosh"
Naruto instantly appeared outside the Absolute Cube, while the Shadow Clone inside the Absolute Cube, which had been maintaining the barrier and healing Jiraiya, disappeared with a "poof," turning into a cloud of white mist.
"Is it over—?"
Jiraiya wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, sitting cross-legged on the water, smiling cheerfully at his nominal student, whom he had shamelessly taken in.
"Naruto, you've grown up."
"To be able to defeat even such a troublesome—monster, you—*cough cough*—are ready to graduate."
Seeing that Jiraiya was fine, Naruto smiled indifferently: "Pervy Sage, you just lacked information about them."
"If you had known the intelligence beforehand, it wouldn't have been impossible for you to defeat Six Paths of Pain."
Jiraiya, flattered by Naruto, immediately looked more spirited, pressing his hands on his knees and nodding in agreement: "Mm-hmm—you're right!"
"However—the Six Paths of Pain are just puppets on display."
"We still need to find the guy hiding behind them!"
"Puppets?"
Before Jiraiya could ask more, Naruto activated Kagura Mind's Eye, covering an extremely wide range, easily locking onto the faint Chakra source, identical to that of the Six Paths of Pain, hidden not far from Hidden Rain Village—a life force as dim as a flickering candle.
"Found it."
Naruto suddenly opened his eyes, placing one hand on Jiraiya's shoulder.
"What, Naruto, you found the one behind the puppets—"
Before Jiraiya could finish speaking, Naruto, activating the Shadow Instant Kill Array, instantly teleported, taking Jiraiya with him and vanishing from their original spot.
The next moment, they appeared in a dark, underground space filled with various bizarre instruments and pipes.
The air was thick with the smell of medicine and decay.
In the center of the room, a gaunt, skeletal figure sat on a strange machine connected to countless tubes—it was Nagato.
Standing beside him, looking wary and sorrowful, was Konan.
Naruto and Jiraiya's sudden appearance made Konan react instantly; countless paper pieces flew around her like blades, forming a defensive stance, blocking Nagato, her eyes filled with determination: "You won't hurt Nagato again!"
"Konan—stop."
Nagato's weak but undeniable voice sounded.
His Rinnegan, patterned like tree rings, stared intently through his messy red hair at the suddenly appearing Naruto and Jiraiya sitting on the ground.
His eyes were filled with complex emotions—shock, anger, disbelief, and a hint of—an indescribable guilt and bewilderment.
Nagato had "seen" everything that happened outside through the Six Paths of Pain, knowing that his Pain had been utterly destroyed by this golden-haired youth in a crushing manner, and even the Super Shinra Tensei had failed to harm him in the slightest.
But he never expected that the opponent would be able to find his hiding place so quickly, so precisely, and—bring Teacher Jiraiya.
"Teacher Jiraiya—"
"Nagato—Konan—" Jiraiya looked incredulous, seeing his former students' appearance, especially Nagato's miserable state, his eyes filled with heartache, "It's—it's you—"
Naruto stood beside Jiraiya, his gaze calmly fixed on Nagato and Konan, showing no hostility and not interjecting.
For him, Nagato and Konan posed no threat.
Even together, they were no match for him.
"Why—Teacher Jiraiya—" Nagato's voice was hoarse and trembling, "Why did you come back? Why—are you stopping me? Everything I've done—is to fulfill Yahiko's dream! To bring peace to this world!"
Jiraiya gasped with difficulty, looking at Nagato, his eyes devoid of blame, only deep sorrow and a glimmer of hope: "Peace—is not achieved through fear and Pain, Nagato. This path you're on—it's completely opposite to Yahiko's original path."
He recalled the past, remembering the idealistic youth: "Yahiko dreamed of a world where people could understand each other—not a world temporarily silenced by the threat of terror. That kind of peace—is false, it's fragile—"
"Mutual understanding? Heh—" Nagato let out a bitter sneer, his emotions flaring up, causing a violent cough. Konan quickly stepped forward to support him, "Teacher Jiraiya! You're too naive! Look at this world!
War, hatred, slaughter—a never-ending cycle! Only by making them feel unforgettable Pain will they be afraid, will they stop fighting! This is the fastest—the most effective method!"