"How could three people who had completely died be brought back to life? There's actually a jutsu like this? Are they really human?!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others stared at the leader of the Akatsuki Organization, their faces filled with shock.
But Tsunade and Jiraiya had noticed even more.
"That man... he looks somewhat familiar..."
Tsunade was referring to the core of the Six Paths of Pain—the Deva Path Pain!
"That's not...!!"
Jiraiya's eyes suddenly widened.
"That face... is that Yahiko?!"
Jiraiya descended from the air and headed toward Yahiko.
He was too shocked to believe it.
Yahiko.
He was one of the three disciples Jiraiya had taught back then.
The other two were Nagato and Konan.
"Oh, right... there was someone like that."
The Deva Path Pain looked toward Jiraiya.
"You think I look like Yahiko... As expected of my former teacher... But Yahiko is already dead!"
Pain spoke in a low voice.
"The one standing here... is Pain!"
"Jiraiya... what is going on?"
Tsunade landed as well.
"Yahiko... was he one of those three brats?"
Tsunade also recognized the child who had begged them for food back then.
Although his age had changed,
Tsunade quickly recognized his appearance.
"What do you mean? Jiraiya, are you saying there are two children of prophecy?"
"No... That's not right!"
Jiraiya shook his head.
"After seeing the Rinnegan, I subconsciously mistook them for Nagato, but they aren't the same as the Nagato I knew!"
The Nagato in Jiraiya's memories had red hair.
The Six Paths of Pain before him, however, had orange hair like Yahiko.
"Not one of these six has a face resembling Nagato! Yet there's a Pain who looks like Yahiko and possesses Nagato's Rinnegan!"
"Then is he Nagato or Pain?! What exactly are you?"
Tsunade demanded.
"We... are Pain!