Darkness shattered like black glass.
An entire building collapses.
Explosion. Concrete rains. Twisted steel dances in the air.
And then… the sky appears.
Gray. Rainy. Vertical.
Raindrops cut through the air like blades.The Hidden Rain Village emerges around like a ghost-tech city, and at its heart, the battlefield.
Pain (Tendō) hovers in the air, with the other Paths around him, floating between ruined towers.His eyes rotate slowly, Rinnegan in perfect sync.From the ground, Jin-Woo rises in the center of the crater, breathing heavily, but his eyes remain cold.
Around him: five active shadows.
Igris: partially cracked, sword in hand.Tusk: preparing a spell adapted to chakra.Iron: armored, protecting the left flank.Tank: back turned, roaring. Beru: crouched, wounded, but hungry for combat.
Pain (thinking):
"Shadow summons… but not from chakra."
"Still, they resist the Animal Path's techniques."
"This… shouldn't be possible."
Jin-Woo advances.
— "You're strong. But not invincible."
With a gesture, the five shadows attack.
Igris leaps toward the Asura Path. Iron and Tank throw themselves at the Human and Animal Paths. Tusk maintains support, conjuring unstable runes with raw chakra.Beru climbs the vertical walls like a demonic creature hunting the Deva.
Jin-Woo vanishes with stealth. The battle turns into choreographed chaos.
Pain (Tendō) raises his hand.
— "Shinra Tensei."
BOOOOM.
Gravity collapses with a snap.Igris and Iron are thrown into a building. Tank skids, aflame. Beru is pushed midair, but spins with his claws.
Jin-Woo appears behind the Naraka Path, black sword already in motion — almost hitting. But Pain (Tendō) interferes at the last second.
The impact splits a tower in half.
[SYSTEM ALERT]
[Attention, Dimensional Connection Restored]
[Chakra Synchronization: 78%]
[Summon limit updated: 50 units]
[Summon additional army now?]
[☐ YES ☐ NO]
Jin-Woo (thinking):
"Fifty…"
"Not bad."
"If this place really is a world… then let it kneel like any other warzone."
He checks YES.
The shadow beneath him expands. Like liquid black cloth covering the village.
Pain (Tendō) retreats in the air.Konan and Tobi (Obito) appear on a distant rooftop.
Konan (whispering):— "That chakra… isn't human."
— "Pain… what did you bring to our world?"
Tobi (behind the mask):— "He didn't bring it."
— "That thing... dug its own way here."
Shadows explode from the ground.
Swordsmen, beasts, titans, knights, archers, mages.
50 shadows emerge in siege formation.
Jin-Woo stands at the center. His black cloak flutters in the rain.His eyes glow like dark fire. The sword points straight at Pain (Tendō).
— "You said you wanted order?"
— "Then face the absolute order of the shadows."
Pain (thinking):
"The true leader… may no longer be of this world."
The storm no longer falls from the sky.It now rises from the ground — from the Shadows.
Pain (Tendō) floats high. His Rinnegan eyes observe the impossible below:
50 shadow entities advancing like a tide of destruction.Each coordinated. Precise. Lethal.With a single master — Sung Jin-Woo.
Pain (Tendō):
— "Advance."
The remaining Five Paths move in unison.
But Jin-Woo raises his hand.
— "Surround. Divide. Eliminate."
The shadows respond like a real army.
1. Asura Path — the Mechanical Monster
Charges, firing chakra blasts, arms multiplying, bombs flying —But Iron, Tank, and two shadow beasts collide with it.
Iron grabs its waist, Tank crushes its legs.Beru sinks claws into the exposed skull.
Over in seconds.
[ Asura Path defeated. ]
[ New Shadow Soldier available. ]
2. Human Path — the Soul Thief
Appears behind Tusk, tries to extract a shadow's soul.
But shadows have no soul.
Igris appears behind.Sword arcs.Perfect decapitation.
[ Human Path defeated. ]
[ New Shadow Soldier available. ]
3. Animal Path — the Summoner
Summons three giant creatures.
Jin-Woo smiles.
— "Beru."
Beru flies and shreds one midair.
Other shadows, armed with spears and nets, crush the rest with military tactics.Tusk finishes the summoner with chakra-adapted magic. The head explodes in black flames.
[ Animal Path defeated. ]
[ New Shadow Soldier available. ]
4. Naraka Path — the Judge
Tries to revive the previous ones.
Jin-Woo appears behind him with stealth.
— "There won't be a second chance."
A stab to the neck. Another to the heart. The shadow consumes all.
[ Naraka Path defeated. ]
[ New Shadow Soldier available. ]
5. Preta Path — the Chakra Devourer
Absorbs Tusk's spells. Laughs.But is distracted.
And then… Kamish's shadow rises.
The dragon's soul appears for the first time since the adaptation.
Black flames devour the devourer.
[ Preta Path defeated. ]
[ New Shadow Soldier available. ]
Remaining: Pain (Tendō)
Alone.Breathing deeply, but showing no weakness.
Jin-Woo walks across the battlefield, shadows behind him.
— "You've lost control."
Pain looks around.
— "No."
— "I offered it."
At that moment… something changes.A vortex distorts space.
Obito appears. At his side, Konan.And farther back… the real Nagato, hidden in a mobile mechanism, body atrophied.
Obito (cold):
— "This has gone too far."
— "If this monster converts chakra bodies into servants..."
He touches Konan and Nagato.Kamui swallows them.
But before leaving, he stares at Jin-Woo:
— "You... are a variable that doesn't belong to this world."
Vanishes.
Pain (Tendō), now alone, faces Jin-Woo.
— "And now?"
Jin-Woo:
— "Now… you choose."
— "Die…"
— "Or become part of my army."
Tendō screams:
— "SHINRA TENSEI!"
The invisible blast tears everything — rocks, shadows, metal structures — all fly like missiles.
But Jin-Woo doesn't even flinch.
His hand drops.
From the ground, like specters of death, the previous five Paths emerge, now cloaked in darkness, hollow-eyed, ready to destroy.
The gravity wave hits — but the Shadow Paths march straight through it, as if part of its force.
Jin-Woo whispers:
— "Execute him."
Total attack.
Swords, claws, spears, spells — the five encircle Tendō like a black storm.
His body is shredded in the air, absorbed by darkness.
Nothing remains.
[ Deva Path defeated. ]
[ New Shadow Soldier available. ]
Nagato panted silently, pale, thinner than usual. Strands of red hair stuck to his sweaty forehead. Chakra tubes connected to machines kept him alive.
Konan held his hand tightly, but her eyes were fixed on another figure: Uchiha Obito, standing still, mask still spinning faintly from his last technique.
A heavy silence hung between the three.
— "…We lost all the Paths," said Konan, her voice firm despite the internal terror.
— "Not all, replied Nagato, gasping.
"Tendō… was still… standing."
Obito slowly turned, the one visible eye glowing with unease.
— "He was no longer fit to be controlled, that man would've taken me if I tried."
Konan clenched her fists.
— "We could've brought him back, done something! It was Yahiko's body… we couldn't just leave it!"
Obito finally broke the silence:
"You don't understand what we're facing."
"That man... He can summon dead bodies… that have no chakra."
"Not even Edo Tensei does that…"
"This isn't jutsu. It's something else."
Tension rose. Konan looked at Nagato, who closed his eyes for a few seconds to regain strength. The support system hissed softly.
— "Do you think he's a summoner?" — asked Konan.
Obito shook his head.
— "No. He needs no seals, no contracts, no chakra."
"What we saw was… a transformation of corpses into living soldiers. Intelligent. Organized."
"And that 'Igris'... that's no clone, no zombie. That's a… commander."
Nagato coughed blood, but kept his voice steady:
— "If he turned the Paths into weapons… Yahiko is lost."
Konan closed her eyes, controlling the pain. Obito stepped forward.
— "If we had tried to retrieve the body… we would've fallen too."
"He turned an Akatsuki attack into reinforcements for his own army."
"That's a predator of war. Not a shinobi."
Finally, Obito turned toward the exit of the hideout. His voice came cold:
— "If we want to keep this plan… we need to understand what he is."
— "And not face anyone alone again."
Konan nodded, holding back the fury in her eyes. But inside… something had already changed.
Nagato, eyes closed, whispered:
— "Shinobi… or not. He declared war on us."