The Six Paths of Pain Arrive

As Chen spoke, the entire atmosphere turned utterly cold.

No matter how much they refused to admit it, everything he had said was true. It was simply an unpleasant truth to hear.

Chen was being so aggressive and merciless for a simple reason: he wanted the other four great nations to realize that the era had long since changed.

This was once again an age where one power stood above all others, like in the era of the First Hokage, rather than the old days of contending heroes.

This was a fact everyone had to recognize.

Konoha had no intention of invading other nations, so these so-called Kage had no need to question Konoha—and were even less qualified to do so.

That was the most fundamental premise.

At the same time, Chen made one thing perfectly clear.

He was not the First Hokage, nor was he as easy to talk to as the Third Hokage. From now on, whenever anything happened, Konoha had to take the lead!

Of course, under that premise, Chen also gave the Five Great Nations an imminent enemy, rather than allowing Konoha to become a public enemy.

His tone softened slightly as he continued:

"Seizing the Tailed Beasts... is merely the first step of the enemy's plan, and the most basic one. They will certainly have other methods afterward."

"As the Five Great Nations, we must remain vigilant. Judging from how Akatsuki infiltrated the Five Great Nations, you should be able to make a basic assessment of their combat strength... This organization consists entirely of extremely powerful Rogue Ninja.

"Their fighting strength is beyond question. In a sense, it would not be an exaggeration to say they can rival an entire shinobi village."

Chen casually glossed over Konoha's affairs, but his words brought about an even