If he were an ordinary person.
Hearing what Animal Path Pain had said several times.
They would definitely take Pain for a madman, or someone with severe Chuunibyou.
But Hyuga Sho was clearly no ordinary person.
He was extracting all kinds of information from Pain's words.
"When I became a god, I could see things that I couldn't see when I was still human.
"Then I discovered that gods could do things humans couldn't. To put it simply, I had evolved from a human."
Pain closed his eyes, then opened them again.
"I want to put an end to this war-torn world. That's what a god can do. The Nine-Tails in your Konoha is also within the scope of what Akatsuki is collecting.
"We will use the Nine Great Tailed Beasts to develop a new forbidden technique."
In Nagato's eyes, Hashirama Senju was still too naive.
A mere one or two Tailed Beasts could never bring peace to the world.
So...
The Nine Great Tailed Beasts had to be gathered.
Relying on the power they assembled, they would create an unprecedented superweapon!
"As long as we use that new forbidden technique, we can destroy a great nation in an instant. It will be the strongest and largest forbidden-technique weapon!
"More than a hundred million people, perhaps even several hundred million, will die in an instant. People will feel terror because of it."
Perhaps it was just his imagination.
Animal Path Pain's eyes became frightening.
"People, nations, the world... they will all feel pain because of this!
"Because of that fear, they will develop a desire for peace, and the wars will disappear as a result!"
Pain said.
"Pain will make the world grow, just as it did with me before.
"To make this world grow, think, and move forward, it