"Why... why did you do this?" Naruto looked at Pain with anger in his eyes.
"There is hatred in your heart, but that does not matter to me. Only this can lead to peace..." Pain's voice remained as indifferent as ever, like a barrier separating a god from mortals.
"Absolutely not! True peace is definitely not like this!" Naruto gritted his teeth. What kind of joke was this? This was supposed to bring peace? He would never accept it.
"Then what is your goal?" Pain asked with interest.
"To defeat you, then restore peace to this ninja world myself!" Naruto's presence was imposing. It would have been more convincing if Pain had not been standing on him.
"I see. How admirable. This is justice! But Konoha ninja like you, who turned my family, my comrades, and my village into what this village has become, have no right to speak of peace or justice..." Pain spoke as if he were discussing something insignificant, yet his calmness was chilling.
"What is this..." Naruto's expression had clearly changed, as if he had begun to waver.
"The Land of Fire and Konoha had become too powerful. To protect their national interests, they needed wars between great nations to secure their own benefits. Otherwise, the people of the country and village would go hungry. But the battlefields for those great nations were small countries and small villages like ours..."
"Whenever war broke out, our country was ravaged and trampled. After countless wars, the great nations found stability, but they left us small countries with endless suffering. Your goal and mine are the same. We both wanted to achieve the peace Jiraiya-sensei spoke of. There is no difference between you and me. We both act for our own justice. The justice I carried out against Konoha