Akatsuki Star Domain

A dim underground laboratory.

Zetsu came scrambling out of the Teleportation Gate.

The people over there were simply too terrifying.

Just then, Pain opened his eyes from within Zetsu's body.

Zetsu's body spread apart, and Pain stepped out from within.

"What happened?" Pain frowned as he looked at Zetsu.

Orochimaru, Sasori, and the others also looked at Zetsu in confusion.

Zetsu looked somewhat disheveled upon his return.

Pain had lost contact as soon as he arrived there and had no idea what had happened.

"We were discovered. Konan was captured."

Zetsu spoke directly.

"What did you say?!" Pain's expression did not change as he raised a hand toward Zetsu.

Banshō Ten'in.

Zetsu was pulled into his grasp.

"Who was it?! Who dared touch Konan?!"

Pain's voice was filled with fury.

Other than Konan, Nagato, who controlled Pain, had nothing left.

"It was a group of people over there," Zetsu said. "They were extremely tall. There have never been people that tall in the Shinobi World."

Even in Zetsu's memories of hiding in the Shinobi World for thousands of years, he had never seen people so tall.

Pain set Zetsu back down on the ground.

He looked coldly at the innocent-looking Orochimaru and Sasori.

"Gather everyone. We will prepare to enter that Parallel World in full force," Pain said coldly to them all.

He would never allow Konan to come to harm.

"Being ruled by emotion," Orochimaru muttered, licking his lips.

Pain turned directly toward Orochimaru, killing intent leaking from his gaze.

"Orochimaru, this is your final ultimatum. Submit or die."

"No one may defy a god."

"Hehehe." Orochimaru laughed sinisterly. Pain's face was like that of a corpse, utterly devoid of expression.

Still, the man's power was terrifyingly strong.

And he was also looking forward to that New World.

Naturally,