Land of Water battlefield.
As Pain began falling from the sky, he quickly drew everyone's attention.
Including the spies from every nation.
Everyone wanted to find out just how powerful this member of Akatsuki truly was.
Based on previous intelligence, none of Akatsuki's members were easy to deal with.
The paper wings Konan had given Pain were gradually dispersing.
Pain's descent steadily accelerated.
At last, he had gathered enough Chakra.
His pale violet Rinnegan glimmered faintly.
As immense ocular power surged forth, a whisper like divine judgment echoed through the skies above Cloud Village.
"War is always accompanied by death, injury, and suffering on both sides."
"Cloud Village, as the initiator of this war, are you prepared to accept God's punishment?"
It sounded like an accusation, yet also like he was speaking to himself. His calm tone carried disgust and contempt.
"Is this Akatsuki guy a lunatic?"
The hot-tempered Raikage dismissed Akatsuki's words with scorn, but the unease in his heart still made him shout to the Cloud Village shinobi:
"Get out of here first!"
All the Cloud Village shinobi retreated hundreds of meters from Nagato's landing point.
They thought they should be safe there.
The words from the sky still echoed. Everyone gradually made out Pain's face—and his unusual eyes.
At that moment, the wind seemed to stop, and an oppressive atmosphere filled the air.
The seabirds in the sky and the fish beneath the water seemed to sense immense danger, fleeing the area as if they had gone mad.
"Feel pain. Consider pain..."
"Accept pain. Understand pain..."
"Those who do not understand pain..."
"Will never understand true peace..."
"Starting from here..."
"Let the world know pain...!"
Pain raised both hands high. Beneath his backlit figure, a pair of Rinnegan shone with pale violet light.
The sky suddenly flashed