On the screen.
Naruto swings his fist, rushing towards Nagato.
Konan sees this and steps in front of him.
But at the last moment, Naruto stops.
His resolve for revenge had never changed.
But why didn't Nagato inflict a fatal injury?
Regarding Hinata.
Why did Nagato kill Teacher Jiraiya? Naruto's objective needs to be discussed first.
"...The Perverted Sage entrusted me with finding the answer to ending the Ninja World's wars... At first, I didn't understand, but now that I think about it, I finally know that the Perverted Sage's words weren't so simple."
Nagato coldly states the reality, "Teacher Jiraiya's words might just be an old-fashioned idealism. Reality is too different. 'You will defeat me and bring peace to the Ninja World,' you must have said something like that. Even if it's just a formality, even if it's just for self-satisfying revenge, if that is your 'justice,' then that's fine. You are not a god. Seeing reality as it is, can you truly believe Teacher Jiraiya's jest?"
"When I learned you were the Perverted Sage's disciple, there was one thing I absolutely wanted to ask you."
"What?"
"You, who were once the Perverted Sage's disciples, why did you turn out like this? You are not like the previous Akatsuki members who merely found joy in killing; I know that. But I know nothing about you, so I want to hear your story first and then find the answer."
Nagato's Rinnegan stares deeply at Naruto.
Teacher Jiraiya's disciple, his junior.
Someone who understood a bit of Pain.
Why is he still so firm in his utopian ideals? He slowly exhales.
"Alright, I will tell you our Pain, one by one."
Mount Myōboku.
The ancient toad sage, who had lived for thousands of years, looks at Naruto and Nagato reflected in the crystal ball.
"Those two Children of Prophecy have met. So, what decision will they make?"
In the dim tree hollow.
Nagato begins to narrate his own story.
His parents killed by Konoha Ninja... The Hidden Rain Village, a small country caught in a war, became a battlefield.
Their home was invaded by Ninja.
Nagato and his parents were hiding.
They could only listen to the Ninja outside carelessly rummaging through their food and belongings.
Discussing the ownership of these items.
Not only that.
They were also preparing to enter other rooms to search, about to find their hiding place.
Immediately after, Nagato watched helplessly as his parents died tragically before him.
The headbands on their foreheads.
Were from Konoha.
In an outburst of his Rinnegan, Nagato retaliated and killed the two invading Ninja.
"I have never for a moment forgotten that Pain; the Pain continues even now."
"This Pain transformed into hatred, causing my power to blossom."
Meeting Yahiko and Konan... The young Nagato, a war orphan, began to wander through the Hidden Rain Village.
'Sorry, I have nothing to give you. In this kind of world, everyone is fending for themselves. Sorry, you should ask elsewhere.'
Hearing the reply from this last household, Nagato's heart sank.
All were rejections; there was nowhere to beg.
The Hidden Rain Village no longer had a place for him.
Finally.
Starving, he fainted in the rain.
'It's over, am I going to die here?'
Nagato thought.
It was at this moment.
Konan extended her hand, holding bread.
She not only brought Nagato but also the dog he had picked up, named 'Chibi'.
Back to Yahiko's hideout.
From then on.
The three of them stole bread, fish, and apples to survive.
They were caught together, lectured, and thrown into the garbage dump.
It was through this process that the three of them formed a deep friendship.
Nagato had lost warmth in the war, but found it again through Yahiko and Konan.
Jiraiya becoming their teacher... establishing Akatsuki... The deaths of his parents and Chibi brought Nagato a numbing Pain.
Yahiko, to save Konan, willingly rushed towards the kunai in Nagato's hand... It should be known that originally, Akatsuki always sought peace through negotiation and never actively harmed anyone.
But this twisted Ninja World.
These twisted Ninja.
Never gave Nagato and his companions an easy time.
Through countless real-life experiences, Nagato finally arrived at this ultimate answer.
Destroying Konoha was not a whim of his.
The root cause was planted from the very beginning... After listening to the screen's description of Nagato, countless people in the Ninja World empathized.
The Ninja World was indeed just as Nagato described.
Full of battles fueled by hatred.
Full of battles fueled by self-interest.
There were major wars between great nations, while smaller nations became battlefields.
And the war orphans appearing on the battlefields had no one to rely on.
Deaths were countless, death was everywhere.
In such an environment, Nagato chose his 'nuclear peace' ideology.
The reasoning could be seen, it wasn't without a trace.
Outside the Hidden Rain Village.
Inside the cave.
Watching his own story exposed on the screen.
Nagato was silent.
He always recalled a lot of Pain.
First, beauty, then the shattering of that beauty.
His parents, who raised him, lost in an invasion.
Chibi, whom he picked up when he was drifting alone and helpless, lost to an explosive tag and the aftermath of a battle.
And Yahiko.
The person who gave Nagato a dream.
The person Nagato wanted to protect even at the cost of his own life.
This irreplaceable friend.
The Pain of him dying by the kunai in his own hand.
Nagato looks at Light Screen Naruto through Pain's Rinnegan.
There are too many specific stories.
How could Light screen Nagato possibly finish telling them all?
And how could Light Screen Naruto possibly understand his Pain?
How could the final answer be obtained by simply talking it over?
The only answer is with him... At the cave entrance.
Konan listens to Light screen Nagato's narration.
She also seems to return to that time.
How the three of them met, how they relied on each other.
And then how it all shattered, step by step.
Although Naruto is the protagonist of the screen.
Nagato, in his world, is also his protagonist.
Light Screen Naruto cannot possibly understand Light screen Nagato.
He is only seeking revenge.
He is only looking for reasons... Obito reappears after the Fourth Hokage's demise.
Looking at the screen.
He actually understood Nagato, even better than Nagato himself.
Or perhaps.
His assistance contributed to Nagato's tragedy.
However, there are too many such tragic stories in the Ninja World.
Nothing surprising there.
This is what Obito observed while traveling the Ninja World.
Naruto is idealistic, but so is Nagato.
Obito always believed that people's dreams would always conflict.
Better to choose the Eye of the Moon Plan.
That way, everyone can live in their own dreams... Konoha.
Ninja Academy.
Naruto asks Iruka, puzzled.
"Nagato said that our Konoha invaded his home, is that true?"
In Naruto's impression.
Konoha was always on the side of justice; how could they do something bad people would do?!
Iruka rubs his head.
He didn't know how to explain it to Naruto at this moment.
Kakashi, beside him, says calmly, "Naruto, war is not as simple as you think. No side is entirely righteous; there are many factors to consider. Just like as a Ninja, do you think the mission is more important, or your comrades?"
Naruto immediately prepares to speak.
Kakashi: "Don't rush to make a choice. Without experiencing it yourself, you cannot choose the true answer in your heart. What Nagato said might be true, but Konoha Ninja would not actively harm civilians. This is written in the Konoha Ninja handbook; I can guarantee you that..."
Naruto is exposed to something so profound for the first time and clearly cannot understand it in a short while.
He can only look at the screen.
To see how Light Screen Naruto responds...