Naruto: Getting Stronger by Drinking

How could someone so immersed in pleasure and luxury still have the motivation to train?

As for Nagato, he had kept moving forward through endless pain.

Only pain and sorrow could forge a true powerhouse!

In his eyes, Saiki Yuu was not even as frightening as he had been during the Third Shinobi World War.

This man had already been corrupted by power and indulgence.

Before Nagato's pain, he was utterly insignificant!

The only reason he was still waiting was because he feared "Uchiha Madara."

Once he figured out that man's true strength, it would be time to carry out his great plan!

"Tap—tap—tap—"

Pain slowly rose to his feet, walked out of the room, and stood at the highest point of the building, looking down over all of Amegakure.

Then, he suddenly spread his arms wide.

"Let the world know pain! Saiki Yuu, I will make you understand my sorrow!"

With his arms spread wide, Pain spoke calmly.

Meanwhile, in a dense forest several kilometers outside Amegakure.

"Buzz—"

In the dense forest several kilometers outside Amegakure.

"Buzz—"

Space rippled, then suddenly twisted as Uchiha Obito appeared there.

"I never expected Itachi Uchiha to betray Konoha and betray Saiki Yuu."

Uchiha Obito looked at a withered tree beside him with his crimson eyes and spoke calmly.

"..."

As Uchiha Obito's words fell, Zetsu slowly emerged from the withered tree.

"Zetsu, do you have any valuable intelligence on this matter?"

Uchiha Obito narrowed his crimson Sharingan and looked at Zetsu.

"This is indeed difficult to confirm.

Konoha is a forbidden zone now!

I have no way of determining Saiki Yuu's sensory range, so I cannot infiltrate it.

The only information I have on Itachi Uchiha is from after he began wandering the Shinobi World."

Black Zetsu spoke in a hoarse