[Kisame Hoshigaki: That's amazing! He takes down any enemy with a single attack.]
[Hozuki Mangetsu: This isn't interesting at all; you can't see the difference in strength at all.]
That's true. These assessments were incredibly fast, so fast that the battle was over in a single move.
If both sides were Kage Level and not fighting each other, I'd believe you if you said it was Jonin bullying Genin.
Kakuzu and Hanzō are both imposing Shinobi; one is a bounty hunter, and the other is the Kage of a village.
The two of them couldn't even put up a fight.
[Kakashi: Their strength is on completely different levels.]
The power that Deva Path Pain had just displayed had truly shocked the Shinobi.
For no other reason than that they simply defeated him instantly.
However, this time it might not be so easy.
The final steps of the plan to capture the Tailed Beasts: Nine-Tails Jinchuriki Naruto Uzumaki.
Since the Akatsuki had no other members left, and Nagato didn't intend to send anyone else to capture them this time.
After all, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki is the most powerful of all the Tailed Beasts.
We can't be careless. Just in case, Nagato brought out all Six Paths of Pain.
At this moment, reconnaissance Shinobi are patrolling the outskirts of Konoha.
With Konoha's gates guarded by others, Pain had to choose other methods to infiltrate.
Copper Kotetsu, Izumo Kamizuki: Hehe, didn't expect that, did you? Neither of us dared to enter through the main gate in Pain.
The patrolling Shinobi looked relaxed, seemingly thinking about where to unwind after his shift.
In the blink of an eye, he bumped into someone.
"Ah!"
The scout Shinobi was immediately startled. "What the hell? Where did this person come from?"
Deva Path Pain didn't make any unnecessary moves; he simply rushed up and gave him a big hug.
A Black Receivers pierced straight through the reconnaissance Shinobi's chest.
Nagato felt no remorse for killing Konoha Ninjas; the deaths of his parents and brothers were all inextricably linked to Konoha.
I'm here today to try and get some interest back.
"Scatter!" The remaining people immediately dispersed.
"Is this guy's outfit... Akatsuki?" One of them recognized Deva Path Pain's attire.
Immediately, several people rushed forward and joined forces to embrace Pain, intending to send someone back to deliver a message.
However, Deva Path Pain used a single repulsive force to send them flying.
Pain then Human Path's abilities to obtain information about Konoha.
The rest of Pain, along with Konan, quickly arrived at Deva Path's side. The Female Animal Path was absent because Jiraiya had captured her.
"This area is divided into two routes: a feint attack and an exploration route. Let me confirm first."
"A feint attack is Asura Path, the Animal Path, or the Preta Path."
"Exploration is the Deva Path, the Human Path, Naraka Path; Konan also belongs to the side of exploration."
"I understand," Konan nodded slightly from behind.
[Kakashi: Huh, Masakado, are they planning to attack Konoha?]
Kakashi's eyes widened in disbelief.
Kakashi admitted that Six Paths of Pain were indeed very strong, but was he crazy to think that six people could attack Konoha?
[Kakuzu: Akatsuki, what an interesting organization! I can't wait to see what happens next.]
[Kakuzu: Also, is the Akatsuki still recruiting? I'm becoming more and more interested in your leader.]
[Yahiko: What? No way! Our Akatsuki would never recruit such dangerous individuals.]
[Nagato: Yahiko, have you forgotten our current situation?]
After Nagato's reminder, Yahiko also realized that he was about to be wiped out by Hanzō, so he couldn't care less about anything else.
[Yahiko: Alright, I agree to let you join Akatsuki. When are you coming to Amegakure to report for duty?]
[Kakuzu: Soon.]
After saying this, Kakuzu fell silent, seemingly genuinely intending to join the Akatsuki.
Sasori from Sunagakure was also interested. He thought to himself, "If you wanted to attack Konoha, you should have said so earlier. If you had, I would have begged to join you."
[Scorpion: I don't know if I meet the organization's recruitment criteria. I'm also quite interested in the Akatsuki.]
No matter which faction is attacking Konoha, I, Sasori, will definitely lend a hand.
[Kisame Hoshigaki: That's terrifying, he actually has such a huge following.]
[Rasa: Hmph, Sasori probably ran over there like a puppy because he heard Akatsuki was going to attack Konoha. And don't forget, Sasori is missing-nin from our Sunagakure.]
Rasa suddenly appeared; he simply couldn't stand the scorpion.
Some people say that Sasori was able to become the Kazekage because he defected, and that it's all that damned Chiyo's fault.
If it weren't for gaining her support, why would he have agreed to drop the matter of Scorpion Village's betrayal?
That busty monster Pakura probably still doesn't know why she lost to him.
As the Kazekage, strength alone is not enough. Given her righteous and indignant personality, how could that old woman Chiyo possibly support her?
Moreover, becoming the Kazekage was truly a difficult and tiring experience. As an Elite Jonin and the Fourth Kazekage of Sunagakure, he had to go out and pan for gold for the village Tenten.
Is this appropriate? I heard that the Third Hokage did this kind of work Tenten. The Kazekage of Sunagakure should just be renamed the Mining Kage, Tenten mining.
I'm so worn out. You have no idea how much effort I've put in to keep Sunagakure going.
If you send Pakura, what can she do? Can she go mining? No, she can't.
Even if you send Scorpion, his Puppet Technique won't save the village.
"Only I can," Rasa comforted himself.
At this moment, Pain activated his sensory abilities.
They immediately discovered a huge spherical barrier above and below Konoha.
Konoha can immediately detect any strangers entering this barrier.
"As planned, we'll drop the Animal Path from the sky to mislead the enemy about our numbers and direction of attack."
"Then wait for the Animal Path to communicate." At this moment, Nagato had finalized his invasion plan.
"Itachi and Kisame seemed to get in quite easily," Konan remarked.
I don't know why they were both unharmed.
"Itachi was once Anbu of Konoha; he knew the coded signal to bypass the barrier."
"I have my own way of doing things," Nagato explained to Konan.
The Animal Path being placed its leg on the Asura Path's hand.
"From this day forward, let the world feel pain."
Suddenly, the Animal Path was launched, its target being the center of the sky above Konoha.
[Itachi: Am I also a member of Akatsuki?]
No one was surprised that Itachi became a member of Akatsuki, after all, it was with Obito's help that Itachi was able to slaughter the Uchiha Clan.
Ultimately, joining the Akatsuki was perfectly understandable.
The key question is, where did this Kisame come from? Aren't you Shinobi from Kirigakure? How did you join Akatsuki?
[Kisame Hoshigaki: I don't just desert.]
At this moment, although Kisame was somewhat dissatisfied with Kirigakure, it was not yet Obito's time to rule, so he was not particularly dissatisfied, nor did he feel despair about this false world.
Therefore, it's natural that he wouldn't join the Akatsuki.