The Third Hokage and Danzo never considered what would happen if a normal Genin were to fight Pain.
Perhaps, to them, the Fire Consciousness is just a toy to fool the common people.
Even if Konohamaru dies at Pain's hands, what difference will it make?
In the future, Konoha will have only lost a single leaf and an ordinary Genin.
Don't worry, there are plenty of Genin like that.
What?! You're saying this Konohamaru is the Third Hokage's grandson?! No way! Send someone to bring him back right now! Konoha absolutely cannot abandon any of its comrades.
No matter how many people are sent out, we must bring Konohamaru back safely.
Shinobi as exceptional as Konohamaru cannot end his life here.
This is the Fire Consciousness of the Konoha High Command, provided you are called Konohamaru Sarutobi, not Yamamoto Konohamaru.
However, at this moment, the Third Hokage had not yet realized that the boy in front of him was his future grandson; otherwise, he would never have allowed his grandson to take such a risk.
Seeing how stubborn these Konoha Shinobi were, Naraka Path stopped wasting words with them and directly summoned King of Hell.
The unique ability of the Naraka Path can be used to determine whether someone is lying.
After a thorough search, Naraka Path discovered that these people genuinely did not know Naruto Uzumaki's whereabouts.
At this moment, Konohamaru, who was standing nearby, was completely dumbfounded. What were all these things?
A gigantic King of Hell was summoned directly, and it was killed without any resistance.
Konohamaru suddenly made a sound out of nervousness, realizing he had accidentally bumped into the wall next to him.
[Rasa: This kid's in for a rough time.]
[Nagato: Are we being targeted by the Naraka Path?]
Clearly, no one believed Konohamaru had any chance of winning.
Naraka Path slowly walked towards the source of the sound after hearing it, and just as he was about to find Konohamaru, a voice interrupted him.
"You really are being reckless and unruly."
"I will never forgive a villain like you!"
A figure suddenly appeared in front of Naraka Path; it was none other Ebisu, an elite teacher from Konoha.
Of course, Ebisu wasn't out of his mind and wanted to challenge the Naraka Path before him; he was doing it to buy Konohamaru time to escape.
Only by holding off the enemy can we buy Konohamaru some time.
[Obito: No way, this guy with that lecherous look is Ebisu!]
[Ebisu: This is a lie, Obito! What right do you have to spread such rumors about me?]
[Ebisu: He's slandering me, everyone!]
Ebisu definitely can't admit it, otherwise he won't even be able to find a partner in the future.
Also, Obito, you don't think you're any better off than Rin, so how dare you talk about yourself like that?
At this moment, Ebisu was still relentlessly searching for his opponent's weaknesses.
Seizing an opportunity, several Kunai accurately fired at the Naraka Path.
Taking advantage of the moment when Ebisu was dodging in the Naraka Path, he reached the lower body of the Naraka Path and was about to attack when he was knocked to the ground by a corpse.
It turns out that Naraka Path had been carrying the corpse of a Konoha Ninja all along.
Then he kicked them away, the powerful force leaving a huge crater in their wake.
"They can't kill me at this level." Ebisu could only desperately buy time.
Lacking any means of attack, Ebisu once again drew his Kunai and fired.
Then they began close-quarters combat, and surprisingly, the two sides were evenly matched at first.
At this moment, Ebisu glanced at the place where Konohamaru was hiding, and it seemed that he had gone far away.
But in that moment of distraction, Naraka Path kicked the other person directly in the face.
The force was so great that it deformed the left side of his face.
"Where is Naruto Uzumaki?" Naraka Path asked, grabbing the other person by the neck.
But Ebisu is no longer the guy who looked down on Naruto. Now he is also impressed by the spirit that Naruto has shown.
Of course, it was impossible for him to reveal Naruto's whereabouts.
"I'll give you one last chance. Tell me where Naruto Uzumaki is!" Naraka Path had lost his patience.
"Naruto is a comrade of Konoha, I have nothing to tell you Akatsuki." At the last moment, Ebisu gave a very firm answer.
Little did they know that Konohamaru had witnessed everything. Remembering Naruto's teachings, Konohamaru stepped forward without hesitation.
Ebisu was also quite shocked to see Konohamaru suddenly appear.
"Konohamaru, why didn't you run away? You have the potential to become Hokage one day!"
[Danzo: What kind of guy is this, so arrogant!]
[Danzo: How dare that guy named Ebisu say such a thing.]
Danzo was extremely dissatisfied. Everyone knew that he, Danzo, had already Danzo the Hokage Position.
"I once made a promise with Naruto that I would stake my Hokage with Naruto!"
"One day, we'll settle this once and for all!"
Konohamaru stepped forward without fear.
[Obito: Okay, that's well said. I acknowledge your Fire Consciousness.]
Obito was excited to see another like-minded person, though he wasn't sure if the little guy had been born yet.
I really want to swear an oath of brotherhood with him!
[Ding! Shinobi World Q&A: In the scene depicting the battle between Konohamaru and Pain 'Naraka Path, who will ultimately emerge victorious?]
[Obito: We must support Konohamaru! I can already see the Fire Consciousness burning fiercely.]
[Nagato: Obito, are you serious?]
Nagato really wanted to ask was, Obito, are you perhaps a little unaware of my strength?
Jiraiya- sensei, you understand?
Now a Genin is fighting me and Pain, and you're not choosing to support me?
[Yahiko: Although I also think highly of this boy, the difference in strength is too great. How could a Genin possibly defeat Nagato?]
Yahiko still had great confidence in Nagato, knowing his own strength well, and Nagato really couldn't imagine how Yahiko could possibly lose.
Why should you lose? Just because of your Sexy Jutsu? Nagato won't fall for that.
[Rasa: This is a completely idiotic question. Even a whole bunch of Jonin couldn't handle Pain, how could a Genin you possibly defeat Pain?]
Many people's first thought is that choosing the Naraka Path will lead to victory.
Although your Fire Consciousness is excellent, I still can't believe that an opponent with strength approaching Kage Level was defeated by a Genin. (Ebisu was Special Jōnin, and the Naraka Path easily defeated Ebisu, along with many other Konoha Shinobi. Saying that someone with strength approaching Kage Level is probably not a problem, and the Naraka Path might even be Kage Level.)
[Obito: I choose Konohamaru.]
[Hiruzen Sarutobi: I choose the Naraka Path Pain.]
[Yahiko: I also choose the Naraka Path Pain.]
[Mei Terumi: No matter what, I still don't believe that the opponent can defeat Pain with a Genin.]
[Hyuga Hiashi: I also choose the Naraka Path Pain.]
Unsurprisingly, everyone except Obito Uchiha chose the Naraka Path to win.
There was no way to explain it; the difference in strength was simply too great.
(There's a quiz below!)