[Ōnoki: "Konoha really can't be saved this time, can it...?"]
[Naruto Uzumaki: "Don't panic! Sasuke and I haven't shown up yet!"]
[Pain: "Before a god, anyone who stands against me is reckless!"]
The footage continued.
Kakashi began analyzing Pain's abilities,
planning to launch a sneak attack during the interval between Pain's techniques.
"I have a plan. Please help me!" he shouted.
The scene changed.
Pain walked calmly through the smoke.
Suddenly,
with a crack,
Kakashi broke through the ground, thrusting a kunai swiftly at Pain.
However,
Bang!!!
Before Kakashi could reach Pain,
his body flew backward into the distance like a kite with its string cut.
"Your movements are very good, and you have a wide range of ninjutsu.
Someone like you will become a real nuisance later if I don't kill you soon..."
Looking at Kakashi on the ground, Pain took out a Black Rod.
"Now!" Kakashi shouted, looking up.
At that moment,
two enormous chariots burst out of the smoke on either side
and, with a bang,
charged into Pain!!!
"Too slow..."
Pain crossed his arms to block the attack,
then decisively used his power to repel the two of them.
But right then,
the two grabbed a chain from the ground and wrapped it around Pain's waist in one swift motion.
"Before Kakashi Hatake began his attack from the ground,
he had already buried this chain there...?" Pain's gaze remained calm.
"Lightning Blade!"
Lightning in hand, Kakashi charged forward.
Pain promptly called the Asura Path over to block the attack.
"The other Pain moved again...?"
Akimichi Chōza gritted his teeth at the sight.
With a crack,
Kakashi broke through the Asura Path, smashing him into countless parts.
A mass of blue light flashed, dazzlingly bright.
At that moment,
Chōza instinctively shielded his son.
The scene shifted.
Crack, crack.
Blood dripped onto the ground as Kakashi gasped for breath.
"It seems you weren't pretending to be unable to move..." Pain stared intently at Kakashi in front of him.
"Was I still too slow...?" Kakashi turned to look into the distance.
"I know you're not a Shadow Clone. I'll kill you beyond any doubt, and it will all be over..."
Pain drew an iron nail out of a wooden board.
"Just to be safe, I won't approach you carelessly..."
Pain aimed the nail in his hand at Kakashi.
"Hmph. Know pain..."
Bang!!!
Pain swiftly flicked the nail into the distance, striking Kakashi in the head.
Kakashi's body swayed, and his head drooped.
The scene changed.
In the Hokage's office,
Tsunade was gathering chakra, trying to heal everyone.
[Kakashi Hatake: "I... failed...?"]
[Hashirama Senju: "Watching this is really making me anxious. Why isn't there a single strong fighter in Konoha?!"]
[Tobirama Senju: "Big brother, that's only natural. This Pain is simply too strong..."]
[Uchiha Izuna: "Heh, without our Uchiha Clan, how can Konoha stand against Pain?"]
[Shimura Danzō: "Evil Uchiha, it seems I'll have to deal with Pain myself..."]
[Tobirama Senju: "That's right. Danzo is still in Konoha. He should be able to deal with Pain, shouldn't he?"]
[Naruto Uzumaki (adult): "."]
The footage continued.
Katsuyu crawled onto the injured, busy healing everyone.
Just then,
Pain glanced down at Kakashi,
then turned to look at the Asura Path, who had been smashed to pieces. Without saying much, he quickly left.
Choji Akimichi slowly got to his feet and looked around, his heart full of despair.
Kakashi-sensei was dead,
and he didn't know whether his father was alive or dead. He was all alone.
The scene changed.
Sakura was working nonstop to heal the injured at the hospital, where people were coming and going.
The scene shifted again.
"Don't cry yet, Choji... If you can still move, hurry and report Pain's abilities to Lady Tsunade."
Kakashi spoke weakly.
"We need to come up with a countermeasure right away..."
"Kakashi-sensei..." Choji Akimichi's lips trembled.
"Don't worry about that now. Run!" Kakashi's voice was weak but urgent.
Choji looked at his fallen father, tears streaming down his face.
Just then,
the Asura Path slowly got to his feet, with only his last breath remaining.
"What a troublesome bunch..." A missile emerged from the Asura Path's back.
"Damn it, he's still alive..."
Kakashi frowned deeply. He couldn't move now.
The Asura Path aimed the missile at Choji.
Choji looked at his dead father, his gaze resolute.
"Choji, run!" Kakashi urged anxiously.
The missile sped toward Choji, and Choji ran as hard as he could.
With the chakra I have left, I'm afraid I can't stop that attack...
Kakashi watched weakly.
If I use it one more time, my stamina and chakra will run out, and my life...
Watching the missile streak through the sky toward Choji,
Kakashi made an instant decision.
He activated Kamui in his left eye, aiming at the missile hundreds of meters away.
In the blink of an eye,
the missile twisted violently, then vanished.
"I see..." Seeing this, the Asura Path understood why Kakashi hadn't died earlier.
It turned out that while he wasn't looking,
Kakashi had used Kamui to absorb the nail, pretending to be struck and playing dead.
Just then,
the Asura Path's breath stopped, and he fell to the ground.
The same went for Kakashi. He looked up at the sky.
"I guess this is the end for me too... Obito, Rin..."
[Tobirama Senju: "Kakashi, was it? He's a fine young man with a deeply rooted Will of Fire!"]
[Hiruzen Sarutobi: "Sensei, I watched Kakashi grow up. He really is kind..."]
[Hashirama Senju: "I see. Very good!"]
[Naruto Uzumaki: "Waaah, Kakashi-sensei..."]
[Sakura Haruno: "Will Kakashi-sensei die in the future? (ó﹏ò｡)"]
[Kakashi Hatake: "Actually, I was prepared to die long ago. Obito, I'm coming to join you..."]
[Obito Uchiha: "."]
At the Akatsuki,
inside a cave,
Nagato stared at the footage displayed high in the air, his brows tightly furrowed.
"If this video keeps playing, I'm afraid all my abilities will be exposed..."
"Nagato, what do we do next? We still don't know who that masked man is..." Konan's voice was tinged with worry.
"It's fine. I don't think that Madara Uchiha can beat me.
With these eyes of mine, I doubt he'd dare do anything to me," Nagato said, shaking his head.
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