That Was Close

"Shinra Ten..."

Just as Pain was about to unleash Ninjutsu to kill the Konoha Ninja below...

A voice interrupted Pain's attempt to unleash Ninjutsu.

"That won't do. You're not from the demolition team. Forced demolition is illegal."

"Go on."

Before Pain could react, Karot punched him in the face, sending him plummeting from the sky.

"Bang!"

Pain reacted quickly, using repulsive force to counteract the downward momentum just before he hit the ground. Had he reacted even slightly slower, his body might have fallen apart.

Karot slowly descended from the sky.

Hi everyone!

Karot was the first to greet them, after all, he was a polite and well-mannered young man!

Upon seeing Karot, everyone felt relieved. Even if the enemy used the Rinnegan of the Sage of Six Paths, they believed Karot could handle it.

"Karot, you're so slow this time!"

Jiraiya couldn't help but complain. Just now, he had a feeling that disaster was about to strike. If they couldn't stop Pain from using that technique, Konoha would be destroyed.

"As expected of the teacher of the Child of Destiny!"

When Karot saw the lingering fear on Jiraiya's Nagato, he understood just how destructive the Ninjutsu was about to unleash would be to Konoha.

"I rushed back as fast as I could, but thankfully I wasn't late."

Karot wouldn't say he went to see a play before coming.

No one present believed a single word Karot said. Everyone in Konoha knew that Karot had a technique whose speed even Minato's Flying Thunder God couldn't match.

"Karot, is it? You've angered me."

Pain suppressed his anger and said. He hadn't expected to be humiliated by a mere mortal, something Pain, who considered himself a god, couldn't accept.

"Oh, so what do you need to do?"

Karot stepped forward, looking at Pain with anticipation—or rather, at Nagato, the manipulator of Pain.

"You will pay with your life for your stupidity."

Deva Path Pain used his hand to inhale directly at Karot.

"Karot, be careful."

Minato quickly reminded Karot, knowing that Pain Minato strange abilities—repulsion and attraction. However, things unfolded completely beyond Minato's expectations, leaving even Pain utterly bewildered. Karot remained completely unaffected, continuing to walk step by step towards Pain.

Pain was even more surprised than Minato that his invincible techniques were ineffective against Karot. But Pain was stubborn and refused to believe it. When the cooldown of his technique ended, he tried to use repulsion to send Karot flying. But it had no effect whatsoever. This almost made Nagato think that there was something wrong with his own abilities. Nagato never considered that it wasn't a problem with his techniques, but rather that the difference in strength between the two was too great, and his techniques simply couldn't shake Karot.

The Deva Path Pain leaped between Karot and the Deva Path Pain and began its attack on Karot.

However, Deva Path Pain's attack speed appeared many times slower to Karot. Nagato dodged every Isshiki move, leading Karot to mistakenly believe that Karot was merely a faster ninja. After Rinnegan, Nagato held only one attitude towards all ninjas: Nagato and other ninjas. He viewed everyone else as a mere child's play, even more Ninja World than Uchiha Sasuke. If Pain had properly studied Karot's strength before attacking Konoha, he wouldn't have been so arrogant in front of Karot. It's also possible that Black Zetsu and the Masked Man deliberately concealed Karot's identity from Nagato. After all, everyone had their own ulterior motives.

"Got you!"

Nagato's voice came from the Preta Path, as Nagato couldn't wait to absorb Karot's Chakra to make up for some of his own power loss.

The Preta Path suddenly unleashed an extremely powerful suction force from its palm, attempting to draw all the Chakra from Karot's body.

Reality then slapped him hard in the face again; he discovered that he couldn't extract even a trace of Chakra from Karot's body.

"That's impossible."

Pain couldn't believe it. He couldn't understand why Karot's body had no Chakra at all. Even ordinary people have Chakra in their bodies, but this man in front of him had absolutely none.

"I'm sorry to disappoint you. Nothing is impossible."

Karot used his Ki Blast Pain's hand that was holding his right hand. Then, Karot used his right hand to pry open Pain's fingers one by one that were holding his left hand.

Karot broke Deva Path Pain's fingers. Karot was wondering why the Preta Path didn't make a sound, and then Karot realized that the two people in front of him could actually be considered the same person. After all, they were both controlled by Nagato.

"Boom."

Karot held nothing back. The moment the hungry ghost appeared, it grabbed Karot's hand, making Karot instantly feel unclean. Without hesitation, he kicked the Preta Path away, shattering it completely.

"Sorry, I used a little too much force."

Without showing any remorse, Carrot continued walking towards Deva Path Pain Karot the kick, unhurriedly controlling his pace.

Pain continued to use repulsive force on Karot, but it had no effect whatsoever.

"Smack."

Karot flashed in front of Pain, grabbed Pain's wrist, and said...

"Your Shinra Tensei has no effect on me."

Nagato's expression changed drastically upon hearing Karot's words. No one else knew the names of his techniques, so how could this Karot know them so well? This immediately led Nagato to suspect that there were Konoha spies within the Akatsuki Organization.

What happened to Nagato?

Seeing that Nagato's expression was off, Konan hurriedly asked what was wrong. In Konan's heart, no matter what kind of Tailed Beast they were, none of them were as important as a single hair on Nagato. After all, she and Nagato only had each other.

Nagato what Karot had said to Konan. Konan instantly understood what Nagato meant.

"Do you believe there are Konoha spies planted within our organization?"

"Yes, otherwise it wouldn't explain why this man Karot knows the names of my moves."

"Isn't this normal? It's perfectly normal for our organization to recruit people from outside to infiltrate one or two spies in other villages. So you don't need to worry too much."

After hearing Konan's words, Nagato realized that he had been fixated on his own image.

Although Nagato was talking to Konan, the Deva Path he controlled didn't hold back at all. Even though one of his hands was grabbed by Karot, he kicked Karot in the groin.

Karot immediately took a step back.

"That was close."