[Kakuzu: "Hidan, did you steal my money?!"]
[Hidan: "No, I didn't..."]
[Kakuzu: "Deidara, did you steal it?"]
[Deidara: "Am I sick in the head? Why would I steal your money?!"]
[Kakuzu: "Tell your dad what's going on with these Explosive Tags."]
[Konan: "Cough, cough, cough, cough..."]
The footage continued.
Pain slowly climbed to his feet.
"Bastard..." He stared at Naruto in the distance.
Naruto crossed his fingers.
He quickly summoned two Shadow Clones and, without another word, started forming a Rasengan.
"Good, now for the smoke bombs!"
Naruto's Shadow Clones threw two smoke bombs at the ground.
Pain began to analyze the situation as smoke obscured his view of the distance.
"First, the first one..."
A Rasenshuriken cut through the smoke in the distance!
Pain promptly raised his hand. "Shinra Tensei!"
Boom!!
The Shuriken was sent flying.
But the next second, Pain's expression froze.
Naruto had thrown another Shuriken?
"The interval is five seconds. This will do it!"
Naruto looked at Pain in the distance, his resolve firm.
With a bang,
two Narutos appeared at Pain's sides.
Pain quickly dealt with the two Shadow Clones, then jumped away, dodging the next attack!
The Shuriken struck the rock behind Pain, like a harvester...
"Four seconds left... He actually set up Shadow Clones back then."
Pain stared into the distance, his eyes full of caution.
"Three seconds until I can use it again, but both shots missed. It's over..."
The Deva Path stood on a rock, analyzing the situation.
The next second,
the surrounding rocks suddenly turned into great clouds of smoke.
They were all Naruto's Shadow Clones!
"What's going on...?" Pain froze.
"Two seconds left, right?"
Countless Narutos leaped high into the air.
As it turned out,
Naruto had used the Transformation Technique on his Shadow Clones right from the start, turning them into those rocks!
"Get him!!"
Countless Narutos rushed at Pain.
"He actually turned so many Shadow Clones into that rubble..." Sweat beaded on Pain's forehead.
Watching the countless Narutos attack him,
he began calculating the cooldown time for Shinra Tensei.
"One last second..."
As Naruto surrounded him, Pain began counting down.
Everyone else began to grow tense as well.
"Zero!"
The interval ended, and Pain unleashed Shinra Tensei again.
A huge number of Narutos were sent flying. They landed in the distance and vanished in clouds of smoke.
The real Naruto was skidding across the ground.
The next second,
a great cloud of smoke burst out behind him.
Shadow Clone after Shadow Clone held up the real Naruto!!!
Bang, bang, bang!
Every moment, another Shadow Clone vanished in a puff of smoke!!
"The Shadow Clones..."
Pain raised his hand and aimed at Naruto in the distance.
"Someone like you, who can't find an answer, should just give up!"
Naruto clenched his teeth.
His teacher Jiraiya's words and his father's words surfaced in his mind, and he believed them without a doubt!
One day, the Shinobi World would know peace!
Memory after memory surfaced in his mind!
Right now, Naruto absolutely could not admit defeat!
Large numbers of Shadow Clones vanished in smoke, while some fell to the ground in a sorry state.
Only two Shadow Clones remained in front of Naruto.
Naruto was panting heavily now, his face weary.
"He actually withstood it..." Pain looked into the distance, astonished.
The next moment, Pain dropped to one knee, exhausted.
A Rasengan began to form in Naruto's hand.
"He can't throw that ninjutsu. Five seconds left. I can make it at this distance..."
Pain looked at Naruto in the distance and clenched his teeth.
"Just give up..."
Two Shadow Clones hurled Naruto into the air.
"Let me give up on that idea! Rasengan!!"
He formed a Rasengan in one hand, his gaze resolute.
Boom!!
The powerful blow struck Pain in the abdomen.
Pain's body flew backward into the rocks.
Naruto also fell rapidly from high in the air.
The scene shifted.
Inside a dim cave, Nagato panted heavily while Konan watched him worriedly from beside him.
"Nagato..."
"The last Pain has been defeated..." Nagato's tone was complicated.
[Ōnoki: "That's great, he won!!"]
[Fourth Kazekage Rasa: "Holy shit, that kid Naruto is fucking amazing!!!"]
[Kirigakure Anbu: "The future savior? Holy shit..."]
[Mizukage Mei Terumi: "It's hard to believe Pain actually lost!"]
[Madara Uchiha: "Heh, they're all just grains of sand..."]
[Hashirama Senju: "Madara, didn't I tell you? This is all for the younger generation to handle. There's no need for us to interfere..."]
[Tobirama Senju: "Brother, I told you to talk to the Uchiha less. If you ask me, Madara is probably still plotting something!"]
[Obito Uchiha: "."]
The footage continued.
The smoke gradually cleared, revealing Pain lying on the ground.
Naruto looked at the fallen Pain, starting to speak but stopping himself.
He knelt on one knee, reached out, and pulled a Black Rod from Pain's body.
"Pain used these Black Rods to receive chakra and move, right...?"
Naruto looked curious and promptly pulled out several more Black Rods.
With a snap...
"Once they're pulled out, he can't move..."
Naruto pulled out the last Black Rod.
The words Pain had spoken to him earlier surfaced in his mind.
Naruto felt great pity for Pain after what he had been through.
They stood on different sides, but both longed for peace.
Since they began fighting, Naruto had gradually come to understand Pain's intentions.
Now,
Naruto drove the Black Rod into the palm of his own hand,
sensing the whole of Konoha.
The village was in ruins, and his expression gradually grew complicated.
"Are you going?" Katsuyu asked Naruto curiously.
"Yeah." Naruto nodded.
"Then are you going to ask for backup this time?" Katsuyu was somewhat worried.
"No, I can't. I'm going alone." Naruto stared intently at the mountain behind the village in the distance.
The scene shifted.
Several Anbu landed on a tree branch, but Naruto quickly stopped them.
"Naruto, you're here. Does that mean you've already defeated the last Pain?"
Inoichi Yamanaka looked at Naruto curiously.
Naruto shook his head, his expression complicated.
"Winning or losing doesn't matter..." Naruto clenched his teeth.
Shikaku watched, a puzzled look in his eyes.
"What happened?"
"It's hard to explain..."
"What do you mean?" Inoichi was a little worried about Naruto.
"Anyway, I'm going to where the real Pain is. Don't follow me, any of you. I'm going alone!"
Naruto's gaze was resolute.
"Naruto, do you know where he is?" Tokuma Hyuga looked puzzled.
"Yeah, I found him using Sage Mode.
The Black Rods I pulled out of Pain let me sense his chakra..." Naruto nodded.
[Kushina Uzumaki: "Naruto, don't go. It's too dangerous there..."]
[Minato Namikaze: "It'll be all right, Kushina. We have to believe in Naruto..."]
[Sarada Uchiha: "That's the Seventh Hokage for you!!"]
[Kawaki: "That's the Seventh for you!"]
[Boruto Uzumaki: "Honestly, I really can't tell how strong my dad is..."]
(This book doesn't do conspiracy theories, everyone, please stop flaming me (ó﹏ò｡) )