"That should keep the Nine-Tailed quiet for a bit, right?"
"Who are you? What exactly are you? Why are you doing this?!"
Seeing the sacrifice of Fukasaku, Naruto was filled with hatred for Pain.
Companions, one after another!
This Pain... "You ask me why?"
"Things always happen suddenly; reasons are only perceived afterwards."
War is accompanied by Pain; it always comes unexpectedly.
People only accept peace after experiencing war.
People only understand Pain after experiencing it.
"In this situation, let me think... I'll explain a little."
"'Why are you doing this?' Even if you ask me that..."
"Even if I tell you the reason, nothing will change."
Things have already happened in the past.
This body, Pain, or perhaps Yahiko, the development of this trajectory is inevitable.
It had been brewing from the very beginning.
'Conquer the world, become the God of the world.'
'Only then can peace be achieved.'
"However, what's the harm in telling you more?"
Naruto: "I have nothing to say to you."
Pain: "My goal is to complete the dying wish Teacher Jiraiya couldn't accomplish."
"As I said just now, it is to foster peace and achieve justice."
Naruto: "Peace? Justice? What a joke?!"
"My master!!"
"My teacher!!"
"My companions!!"
"My Village!!!"
"You, who brought it to this state, what right do you have to speak so arrogantly and boastfully?!"
Pain calmly looked down at Naruto, who was filled with hatred. "Then, what is your goal?"
Naruto: "I will defeat you! I will make this Ninja World peaceful!!"
Pain: "Is that so? That's truly remarkable. That is justice."
"However, those who made my family, my companions, and my Village like this Village..."
"...were you Konoha Ninja."
Konoha probably knows best how the Land of Whirlpools was destroyed.
"You are not allowed to speak of peace and justice."
Naruto: "What's going on?"
"The Land of Fire and Konoha have become too powerful. To protect national interests, it is necessary to gain benefits through wars between great nations, otherwise the people of the nation and the Village will starve. And the battlefields for these great nation wars are us small nations and small Villages. Every time war breaks out, our nation is ravaged. After several wars, the great nations become stable, but they leave us small nations with endless Pain."
"What you and I hope for is the same thing."
"Both want to achieve the peace Teacher Jiraiya spoke of."
"You and I are no different."
"Acting for our respective justice."
"The justice I uphold against Konoha is exactly the same as what you want to do to me."
"The Pain of losing something important is the same for everyone."
"You and I are both people who understand this Pain."
"You for your justice, I for my justice. We are all ordinary people who seek revenge in the name of justice."
"However, if revenge can be called justice..."
"...then this justice will inevitably breed more hatred and cause a chain reaction of hatred."
"Now, living in this environment, understanding the past, and foreseeing the future..."
"...only then will one know..."
"...that humans are creatures who absolutely will not understand each other."
"The Ninja World is dominated by hatred."
"If it were you, how would you face this hatred to achieve peace?"
"I want to hear your answer."
Naruto: "This... I don't know either."
Pain: "I formed Akatsuki to stop this chain of hatred."
"I can stop it."
"For this, I want the power of the Nine-Tailed. Using the power of all Tailed Beasts, I will create a Tailed Beast weapon dozens of times stronger than the power that destroyed this Village, powerful enough to destroy a country in an instant."
"Let the world experience true Pain."
"The fear of Pain can stop war, thereby guiding the world towards stability and peace."
Naruto: "But such peace is just a lie!"
Pain: "Humans are not such intelligent creatures. Without this, peace cannot be created."
"And this Pain, after a few decades, will eventually heal."
"The deterrent will weaken, and then people will provoke war again."
"This time, they will use the Tailed Beast weapon themselves, to reconfirm this true Pain."
"Then, a temporary peace will once again arrive."
"In this endless river of hatred, a brief peace is born from Pain."
"This is my wish."
...Outside Hidden Rain Village.
At the mouth of the cave.
Listening to their leader's grand ambition, almost all of Akatsuki felt a sense of admiration for Pain.
They couldn't help but turn their gaze to Pain.
Pain calmly looked at the screen.
This posture seemed to overlap with Light screen Pain.
Nagato heard these words through Pain.
His heart was filled with solemnity and affirmation.
He didn't know how the Ninja World would view their Organization after the screen broadcasted his thoughts.
But, what was important was that in the screen, he had always adhered to his ideas.
He even reached the final moment of realizing his dream of peace.
The Nine-Tailed capture was complete.
Under normal circumstances, Light screen Pain would be the victor.
However, having watched the screen for so long, Pain knew there would be a twist.
Haku, Zabuza, Gaara.
And now, Light screen Pain, were all stepping stones for Light Screen Naruto.
This was "Naruto's Passion Rekindled."
But at this moment, he was able to remain calm.
He had done everything, said everything.
Just like that Fifth Hokage.
His mission was over; he seemed to be able to rest...
Itachi looked at Pain not far away.
A considerable ripple rose in his heart.
He knew Akatsuki Organization had a huge conspiracy, and he knew Pain was powerful.
But he never expected his ambition to be so... "lofty"?
At this moment, Itachi felt admiration for Pain.
Unfortunately, he was ultimately on Konoha's side.
Itachi was clearly aware of this.
He looked at the screen.
Now he could only hope that after all the broadcasts on the screen were over, it would bring something to the Ninja World...
Obito looked at Pain on the screen.
His mood was neither good nor bad.
Although Pain's ultimate goal conflicted with his own, as long as they were both collecting Tailed Beasts and synthesizing the Ten-Tails, he could still cooperate with Pain.
He just didn't expect that Pain's collection of the Nine-Tailed would cause such a huge commotion in Konoha.
Truly...
Zetsu frowned, looking at the screen.
Damn it!
It's definitely going to be exposed!
Zetsu no longer had any illusions about the screen.
Pain's profound plan was revealed so easily, so its long-term plan might also be exposed through the words of Light screen Zetsu!
At this moment, he even secretly resolved to be a mute from now on.
See if he could exploit a bug in the screen.
What if reality could influence the screen...