The First Akatsuki Organization was founded by Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato, combining Jiraiya-sensei's ideals.
The organization believed in not winning through violence. As long as people trusted one another, world peace could be achieved. As time passed, more and more people recognized this ideal and joined Akatsuki.
But after Hanzo colluded with Danzo to set an ambush, killing Yahiko and the other founding members of Akatsuki,
Nagato no longer believed in that ideal. He became Pain, making others understand his pain. Since human hearts could not be trusted, he would use absolute violence to suppress the ambitious schemers waiting to make their move.
And on the path to realizing that ambition, he would not hesitate to provoke war or destroy peace.
This was the ideal of Pain the god, and the way Nagato had always acted, until he landed in the Land of Waves and encountered a Nine-Tails Jinchuriki of equal strength.
Not only was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki as strong as him, he had also become the greatest obstacle to the Tailed Beast Plan.
It could be said that the moment he failed to gain an overwhelming advantage, the Tailed Beast Plan had already been declared a failure. Unless he could summon the other members to besiege Naruto together, but that would also put the other Five Great Shinobi Villages on guard.
No longer dwelling on it, Nagato stared at Naruto with a grave expression and sneered, "It seems you know even more about the First Akatsuki Organization than I imagined. But the First Akatsuki Organization's ideals have already been proven wrong. Only deterrence through absolute military force can maintain lasting peace in the shinobi world."
Naruto looked at Nagato and suddenly smiled. "From placing complete trust in others to never believing in human nature again, isn't your Akatsuki a