"Saiki Yuu, I wagered everything I had to come here!" Deva Path roared at Yuu, who sat high above.
Utterly powerless to fight back!
On the day Saiki Yuu defeated him in Nan'en Village, all five of his paths had been destroyed by Saiki Yuu's terrifying swordsmanship. Aside from Deva Path, the powers he had taken such pride in had possessed no ability to resist Saiki Yuu's swordsmanship. If "Uchiha Madara" had not suddenly appeared and saved him with Space-Time Ninjutsu, he would have long since died beneath Saiki Yuu's blade.
His defeat... had been utterly miserable!
Nagato, who had not tasted defeat since fully awakening the Rinnegan, found it impossible to accept. What drove him even more insane was that Saiki Yuu had actually taken Konan away!
Konan had been captured by Saiki Yuu.
After Yahiko's death, his only remaining companion had been taken before his very eyes, while he had been utterly powerless to resist. Saiki Yuu had completely denied everything he was!
From that day onward, everything he had—
His power, his dream, his companion, everything!
Had been completely denied by Saiki Yuu's Black Blade!
He had only one thought: save Konan and destroy Saiki Yuu's beloved Konoha, along with the arrogant Saiki Yuu himself!!!
Since that day, he had wagered everything on this.
He had rebuilt the Six Paths of Pain!
The other five paths had merely been restored, with little additional enhancement. Nagato knew perfectly well that aside from Deva Path, the other five paths were no different from cannon fodder before Saiki Yuu's terrifying swordsmanship.
The reason for restoring the Six Paths of Pain was simply to increase the forces attacking Konoha and use Animal Path and the other four paths to break through Konoha's defenses as much as possible, creating an opening to