Konan also mobilized all the ninjas in Amegakure to begin searches and impose martial law.
Watching Konan leave to investigate, Nagato looked toward Konoha and said in a very, very soft voice, "Naruto Uzumaki, was that you?"
As he spoke, Nagato raised his slender fingers and gently turned the ring on his finger.
But after turning it once, he seemed to think of something and stopped.
The rings on Nagato's hand were possessed by every core member of the Akatsuki Organization.
Normally, Nagato used thought waves to send messages to the Akatsuki Organization's core members.
But at this moment, Nagato had clearly remembered that there was a traitor among them. If he used the rings to send messages, the traitor might learn of it.
With that thought, Nagato stopped sending messages. He believed that with Konan's actions and Amegakure entering martial law, the other core members of the Akatsuki Organization would sense that someone had invaded.
What he needed to do now was prepare for battle and await the invader's arrival.
Nagato descended from the spire and personally controlled Deva Path Pain, awakening the other Paths of Pain one by one. Four of the Six Paths of Pain stood behind Nagato.
Deva Path Pain stood at Nagato's side, shoulder to shoulder with him.
As for Asura Path Pain, he had been destroyed in Konoha. Before Hell Path Pain could revive him, someone had already invaded Amegakure.
It seemed the other side wanted to catch him off guard.
While Konan began searching Amegakure and the village entered a tense state of martial law, Naruto finally lost interest in experimenting outside Amegakure's borders. He said to Jiraiya and the others, "Let's go. Let Akatsuki feel our power."
After saying that, Naruto took the lead and walked toward Akatsuki.
Jiraiya and the others