Feel Pain, Shinra Tensei!!! Konoha Reduced to Level Ground, Everyone Stunned!
[Tsunade: "Now... could everyone calm down? Let's hold the Five Kage Summit first!"]
[Fourth Raikage A: "I have no objections!"]
[Mizukage Mei Terumi: "I have no objections either."]
[Ōnoki: "I agree."]
[Fourth Kazekage Rasa: "I have an objection..."]
[Orochimaru: "Cough, cough, cough..."]
[Hiruzen Sarutobi: "Lord Rasa, are you feeling unwell...?"]
In the Hokage's office,
Hiruzen watched Kazekage Rasa coughing nonstop,
a puzzled look in his eyes.
An ominous feeling lingered in his heart...
Surely this Kazekage Rasa couldn't be his student?
No, that was absolutely impossible!
The footage continued.
"So Naruto really is your target?" Tsunade's gaze was icy.
"Before long, conflicts will break out everywhere, and the sparks of war will spread far and wide. And we will control those wars."
"If you help us, we can spare you.
You should know full well that our strength is considerable!"
"Don't underestimate the Five Kage. You terrorists can forget about destroying the peaceful lives we've pursued for generations!" Tsunade replied firmly.
Hearing Tsunade's response, Pain burned with anger.
"Don't get too arrogant!"
Bang!
A powerful surge of Chakra struck without warning, leaving everyone stunned...
An ominous sense of pressure enveloped the area...
"Your peace is violence to us."
The Deva Path spoke.
When he said that, some of the people watching the video believed him wholeheartedly.
[Naruto Uzumaki: "What do you mean...? You're the ones hurting our Konoha!"]
[Tenten: "That's right!"]
[Rock Lee: "To protect Konoha, let your youth burn!!"]
[Nagato Uzumaki: "A bunch of naive fools. People from your village killed my parents and family. Is that what you call justice?"]
[Naruto Uzumaki: "Wait... did that really happen?"]
[Hashirama Senju: "What happened, exactly?"]
[Hiruzen Sarutobi: "Teacher, during the great Shinobi World War, Amegakure was a small village, so it was naturally caught up in the fires of Konoha's war..."]
[Tobirama Senju: "Is that so...? Then it couldn't be helped!"]
[Hashirama Senju: "Enough! Didn't I tell you not to wage war? Didn't I hand out the Tailed Beasts to you?!"]
[Hanzo of the Salamander: "The legendary God of Shinobi is truly naive. In my opinion, he doesn't deserve his position..."]
[Mizukage Mei Terumi: "+1. Is the God of Shinobi really that naive?"]
The footage continued.
"Watch what you say. This is your final warning from a god.
Tell me where Naruto is!" Pain's tone grew increasingly hostile.
"Speak!"
"We'll bring all our strength together to defeat you. That's all.
And you're terribly mistaken. What you want will never fall into your hands!" Tsunade's gaze was resolute.
"If you think the Konoha Ninja can protect Naruto forever..."
"That's not it. Naruto is strong!" Tsunade cut Pain off.
The scene shifted.
All the Paths disappeared from the ground.
Pain was about to concentrate all his Chakra in the Deva Path...
"Mount Myōboku? I see... Looks like there's no point wasting time here." Pain's tone was cold.
Tsunade's pupils contracted when she saw him like this.
How did he know that?
Was it that Danzo who leaked it?
"May I ask one last question?" Pain turned around, his tone still cold.
"Is the Chakra beneath your feet meant to counter my Ninjutsu?"
A closer look showed
that everyone had gathered Chakra at their toes
and planted themselves firmly on the ground,
precisely to guard against Pain using that shockwave.
"It seems you've figured out my ability.
But in the face of overwhelming power, nothing has any meaning."
"Your great nations have already proven that. Do you still delude yourselves into thinking you're the protagonists of this world, far removed from death?"
"You're so shallowly immersed in peace. Those who kill will eventually be killed, and hatred will connect the two..."
Pain's tone grew colder still.
For some reason, the music took on a sacred air at that moment.
"Our great nations have suffered the same pain, so stop doing this!" Tsunade said.
Pain shot Tsunade a glare, killing intent pouring off him.
"Ridiculous... Feel pain. Contemplate pain..."
As he spoke, Pain slowly floated high into the air.
"Accept pain. Know pain... Accept pain. Know pain!"
Pain flew higher and higher.
Tsunade frowned deeply, feeling that something was wrong.
"Those who do not know pain cannot understand true peace!"
Pain's body rose high into the sky,
where he formed a striking image against the sun, looking especially sacred.
The scene shifted.
Inside the hospital,
it was less a hospital than a ruin.
The wounded lay on the ground, and the doctors couldn't possibly attend to them all...
Meanwhile,
the Animal Path was in the forest.
She slapped a hand against the ground, and all the Pains fell.
"What's going on?"
"He's going to use that move..." The Animal Path's voice was soft and gentle.
Hearing this, Konan's gaze grew wary.
The people watching the video were stunned as well.
They didn't understand
why Pain was recalling all his clones.
[Tobirama Senju: "That move... what does she mean?"]
[Kakashi Hatake: "Why recall those clones all of a sudden...?"]
[Hashirama Senju: "Wait, what's going on with that Chakra...?"]
[Madara Uchiha: "Oh, interesting..."]
[Obito Uchiha: "Is he about to use his ultimate move?"]
[Minato Namikaze: "The way things look, I have a bad feeling about this..."]
The footage continued.
The people of Konoha naively believed
that Pain had chosen to retreat because he feared their strength.
But what they didn't know was...
the first signs of danger were about to appear...
At that very moment,
deep in the forest,
Konan spoke with concern in her voice:
"Nagato, are you really going to use the power of all six?"
The scene shifted.
Pain raised both hands above his head, his voice firm:
"I won't forget Yahiko's pain..."
"From this moment on..."
He looked down over all of Konoha.
Not a single building below remained intact. Everywhere he looked, there was destruction and collapse.
Smoke rose continuously as fierce winds raged.
"Let the world feel pain!"
Bang!
A blinding white light erupted high in the sky,
illuminating the land around it.
The light was so dazzling that no one could look straight at it!
"Shinra Tensei!"
The moment Pain finished speaking,
a powerful repulsive force rapidly spread outward from him!
Boom! Boom! Boom!!!
Buildings began collapsing violently!
At the center of Konoha,
a violent explosion erupted, and its reach continued to expand!
The buildings throughout Konoha churned like a tsunami.
Countless people were killed or injured by the attack.
There was no doubt about it: the attack had destroyed all of Konoha!
When they opened their eyes again,
Katsuyu had protected them all.
Before them lay a scene of scattered ruins.
The once-vast Konoha had collapsed just like that.
The area for hundreds of kilometers around had been reduced to level ground.
[Hanzo of the Salamander: "That move... are you kidding me?"]
[Hashirama Senju: "Aaaah! Someone, come save Konoha!!!"]
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