When Nagato commanded the Animal Path Pain to arrive, he was already aware that they were chatting here, and he felt a bit unhappy.
Because Nagato believed that speaking too much could lead to a soft heart.
Now Nagato's mood improved slightly, because from the expressions of Jiraiya and Konan, their conversation didn't go well.
Only Uehara Naraku's face still had a slight hint of a smile.
Because Uehara Naraku took the opportunity to vent his emotions and leaked intelligence to Jiraiya, Jiraiya's goal was nearly achieved. Now that he got the information he wanted, he should be looking for ways to retreat, rather than trying to deal with Pain, right?
Unfortunately, the Animal Path Pain had already arrived.
Originally, Jiraiya just wanted to see if he could probe Pain for some information, ideally testing Pain's abilities. If it didn't work, he would immediately leave and take all of Uehara Naraku's intelligence back.
After all, the existence of Uehara Naraku, in a sense, is more dangerous.
Even if Pain had the abilities of the Rinnegan, he wasn't as much of a threat as Uehara Naraku, the spy lurking within the alliance.
Jiraiya slightly raised his head, looking at the Animal Path Pain above, and began to silently formulate his battle plan in his heart.
First objective, ensure all intelligence is taken back.
Second objective, attempt to kill Uehara Naraku, the spy.
Third objective, tentatively see if he can gather any information about Pain.
If Uehara Naraku knew this, he would probably be furious inside.
Uehara tried everything here to preserve Jiraiya's life, hoping that Jiraiya would go back and provide strength for Pain's future attack on Konoha; yet Jiraiya only kept thinking about killing Uehara, the spy.
It shows that if you want to be good to someone, you must find a way to let them know, rather than silently protecting them by the side.
"Is that you, Nagato?"
Jiraiya watched the Animal Path Pain, showing a slight hint of confusion on his face, because this person's appearance was quite different from Nagato's, yet he also looked familiar.
However, since he looked familiar and had the Rinnegan, then he should be Nagato, right?
Yet the reason Jiraiya found the Animal Path Pain familiar was because it was someone he had met on his travels, only that person had died and Nagato acquired the body to make into the Animal Path.
More than that.
The six Pains were all people Jiraiya had once seen.
These people, due to their extraordinary abilities, had their bodies acquired by Nagato through various means, becoming puppets and forming the Six Paths of Pain.
Jiraiya had yet to realize this, he just looked up at the Animal Path Pain above, furrowing his brows: "The person depicted on the intelligence scroll sent by The Hidden Mist Village was indeed Yahiko... So is this now Nagato? What on earth is going on?"
Then, the other disciple who is now alive...
Is it Nagato or Yahiko?
Based on what Uehara Naraku just said and Konan's reaction, it should be Nagato with the Rinnegan who survived back then, right?
After all, Jiraiya once believed that Nagato was also a child of destiny.
Thinking of this, Jiraiya directly asked: "Is the one alive now Nagato? Did you make Yahiko's body into a puppet?"
"..."
The Animal Path Pain slightly furrowed its brow, mistakenly believing Jiraiya had figured out the truth, and softly sighed, "As expected of Jiraiya-sensei, you even guessed this?"
"So that's how it is..."
Jiraiya sighed, lifted his head and said, "Have you been the one orchestrating Akatsuki's collection of the Tailed Beasts and the attacks on the great Ninja Villages from behind the scenes? You did all this not out of hatred, right? Nagato?"
After speaking, Jiraiya glanced at Uehara Naraku again: "After all, those who hurt you back then were avenged by this kid, Uehara."
"Hatred?"
The Animal Path Pain looked down at Jiraiya, speaking with a long sigh: "Sensei, after all this time, your vision is still so limited... In this world, it's not only hatred that can incite wars. It could also be for a greater goal, like putting a stop to this strife-ridden world and bringing true peace."
The Animal Path Pain slowly spread his palms, speaking softly: "But that's normal, the world is full of many mortals, not everyone can ascend to become a god... Even I became a god after experiencing infinite pain."
The Animal Path Pain looked down at Jiraiya, his voice eerily calm: "Once you become a god, every word and thought is considered from a god's perspective. Sensei, you are just a mortal and naturally can't understand my considerations."
"..."
Uehara Naraku felt a bit awkward.
Unexpectedly, after all these years, the grounded Nagato reverted to this chuunibyou mode once he met others.
God...
God...
God...
Jiraiya's expression changed slightly as he listened.
Because he realized his disciple chose another wrong path, making this a battle of ninja philosophies, and it meant Nagato was not easily persuaded!
When Orochimaru defected, Jiraiya didn't succeed in dissuading him, recognizing that when two ninja beliefs conflicted, convincing the other was hard.
Unless they could understand each other.
Unfortunately, saying it is easy, doing it is quite difficult!
Jiraiya's expression gradually lost the calmness it had earlier, even turning a bit dejected and sorrowful: "I never expected Yahiko's incident would make you so obsessed..."
"Sensei."
Animal Path Pain shook his head slightly and sighed softly: "Things that mortals can't discern can be easily seen through by gods; because I have become a god, I must accomplish what mortals cannot."
"So what exactly do you want to do now?"
Jiraiya slowly clenched his fingers, his knuckles cracking, and asked in a deep voice: "Collecting the Tailed Beasts, planning to destroy the great Ninja Villages, your goal is completely unlike bringing peace to the Ninja World, it's about bringing war and destruction."
"Teacher."
Animal Path Pain sighed faintly: "Since you're destined to die here, there's no harm in telling you now..."
Animal Path Pain slowly closed his eyes and then gradually reopened them: "By using those sealed Tailed Beasts, one can create powerful Jutsu that can destroy a great nation with a single strike."
"Is this your method?"
Jiraiya's expression changed, and he spoke solemnly: "How can something like that bring peace to the Ninja World? It'll only bring greater chaos!"
After saying this, Jiraiya furrowed his brow and looked towards Uehara Naraku beside him: "Moreover, haven't you already achieved it? This kid has already destroyed three great Ninja Villages with Akatsuki's power!"
"... "
The air instantly became a bit awkward.
To be honest, it seemed Jiraiya had asked a good question.
Animal Path Pain shook his head and said softly: "Uehara's power can always be easily countered, but the power of the Tailed Beasts is different. No one can withstand it, and its strength is even greater, directly destroying a great nation. Those people can only passively bear the pain they should endure."
Animal Path Pain gazed down at Jiraiya, spreading his palm: "When billions of people die before you, people will fear the pain of war and naturally realize the value of peace, thus war will naturally disappear."
Animal Path Pain glanced at Uehara Naraku and Konan and spoke softly: "This world is still too immature. It needs the help of gods to let them see the truth."
"... "
Uehara Naraku nodded quietly on the side.
To be honest, if the Ten-tailed Beast's role is truly a nuclear weapon-like deterrence, it could indeed greatly reduce the possibility of war in this world due to fear.
At least the probability of a Ninja World War breaking out would become very low.
Unfortunately, the role of the Ten-tailed is another means of ending wars, which is to directly destroy all of humanity. That's pretty ridiculous.
"It's really laughable, Nagato!"
Jiraiya lowered his head with a grim face: "After experiencing so much pain, have you understood such a ridiculous principle?"
After blaming Nagato, Jiraiya saw Uehara Naraku nodding quietly beside him: "What are you nodding for? Nagato, is this kid guiding you to do this?"
Konan: "..."
Pain: "..."
Uehara: "..."
This has nothing to do with him, damn it!
Uehara Naraku was a bit speechless.
Wasn't it just deceiving Konoha?
Why is Jiraiya so temperamental?
Anyway, no matter how you look at it, he's just a harmless person, right?
"Jiraiya-sensei, your vision is becoming increasingly narrow, even hindering your thinking?"
Animal Path Pain shook his head, sighed, and said softly: "Uehara met us when he was twelve and chose to follow us because we are his seniors. His father, at that time, was one of the members murdered by Shimura Danzo and Hanzo of the Salamander."
"..."
Jiraiya's expression suddenly didn't look very good.
Think about it, Uehara Naraku seems quite innocent, didn't he get led astray by his two disciples?
This guy's spy identity is really dangerous!
Jiraiya couldn't help but think of another person, glancing coldly at them and saying: "Wait, what about Uchiha Obito? I remember he was supposed to be the leader of Akatsuki?"
"Uchiha Obito was never the leader of Akatsuki..."
Animal Path Pain said calmly: "Because he tried to murder Uehara Naraku back then, we expelled him from Akatsuki early on. Only two people can become Akatsuki's leader, the next generation leader is Uehara, and the current leader is Pain!"
After the sound fell...
Several figures clad in Cloud Black Robes quickly jumped out of a channel, Pain's Six Paths poured out one after another, and in the blink of an eye they surrounded Jiraiya!
"Uehara, Konan."
Deva Path Pain slowly stepped forward and said softly: "You two leave first, leave this to me to handle!"
"... "
Uehara Naraku shook his head and stepped back a few steps, observing the increasingly powerful aura of Pain's Six Paths, especially the one transformed into a devil-like Asura Path.
If nothing unexpected happens, Asura Path Pain should be the weapon closest to modern warfare in this Ninja World, besides self-destructing at a nuclear bomb level, it lacks nothing in laser weaponry, cruise tracking missiles, machine guns, and can transform into defensive armor when necessary.
These weapons are quite lethal to Ninja...
This lineup is stronger than Pain's original Six Paths incarnation in history.
Jiraiya shouldn't choose to risk his life but rather choose to escape, right?
If it really comes to it, perhaps Uchiha Obito should step in to take Jiraiya away, since Uchiha Obito has borne numerous blames before...