Deva Path Pain's Super Shinra Tensei instantly reduced the once-thriving and prosperous Konoha to a ruin of shattered walls and rubble.
"Boom—!"
Amid flying rocks in a pile of rubble, the battered and scarred Jiraiya and Tsunade stared at the devastated Konoha, both falling into a stunned daze.
This time, Pain's assault on Konoha was unlike the original storyline, where he first ransacked Konoha before finally using Super Shinra Tensei to sweep the area clean.
He had opened by unleashing Super Shinra Tensei from above Konoha, catching the village completely off guard.
Under Pain's Super Shinra Tensei, not only had Konoha been reduced to ruins, but countless ninja and ordinary civilians had also been killed outright by that jutsu.
Forget the extra ninja—Pain's sudden Super Shinra Tensei had even sent some of the main cast among the Konoha 11 straight to their deaths.
"The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki has tenacious vitality. Even that Super Shinra Tensei probably couldn't kill him outright. Search the surrounding area and take him away. Once the Deva Path's power recovers, we still need to make another trip to the Cloud Village."
After using Super Shinra Tensei, the Deva Path would be inactive for a certain period, but the other five of the Six Paths of Pain still retained their combat ability.
Moreover, to ensure that this operation to capture the Nine-Tails would go without a hitch, not only had the Six Paths of Pain come to Konoha, but Konan and Obito Uchiha had appeared there as well.
"I've made other arrangements for the Eight-Tails in the Cloud Village. As long as we capture the Nine-Tails this time, the plan will basically succeed."
Just as Obito finished speaking, two figures suddenly launched a pincer attack on them from different directions!
"Great Fireball Rasengan—!"
"Super Strength Punch—!"
Faced with