Konoha Crush Plan

Nagato finally stood up!

After days of nourishment from Yang Release, Nagato's withered body had at last regained its health.

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His once gaunt, skeletal frame was now gradually filling out.

The most severely injured legs had fully recovered, as sound as a normal person's.

Nagato, leaning on Konan's hand, paced back and forth atop the tower, little by little.

Konan, her face brimming with emotion, stammered her thanks to An:

"An, I don't even know how to thank you!"

"Thanks to your help, Nagato can stand again."

"Ah, ah, Konan, no need to be so polite." An waved his hand with a smile, brushing it off. "Nagato is a descendant of the Uzumaki Clan, with naturally strong recovery. It's just that the Rinnegan was draining him, suppressing his healing ability, so he ended up looking like a dried-up husk."

"I merely fed the Rinnegan enough; Nagato's own recovery kicked in, and his body restored itself."

Nagato and Konan took this as mere modesty, never once considering why their own Rinnegan might be a burden, and continued to shower him with gratitude.

After a few more rounds of movement, Nagato returned to his seat and made a solemn promise:

"An, what I agreed to, I will deliver."

"Scorpion's mission went well; Kakuzu has been successfully recruited and will soon return to Amegakure."

"Call everyone for a meeting. Once they're back, we'll march on Konoha and make the people of the great nations taste the pain of war!"

Uchiha An's heart surged with joy upon hearing this.

"Haha..."

"Excellent! I've been waiting for this day!"

Uchiha An immediately went out to personally notify everyone to gather at the tower top for a meeting.

Now that Nagato's body had recovered, there was no need to stay hidden in the shadows. He could step onto the stage and take full control of the Akatsuki Organization.

If anyone dared to disobey, he could suppress them by force without hesitation.

Soon, everyone had assembled at the tower top.

Nagato sat at the head of the meeting room, with the Six Paths Technique lined up behind him. Without a word, just standing there, being stared at by seven pairs of Rinnegan made anyone's hair stand on end.

Previously, it was always the Deva Path Pain acting in the field, and everyone assumed Pain was the leader of Akatsuki.

When facing Namikaze Minato last time, the Asura Path had shown itself, but then vanished without a trace.

The other members of Akatsuki were startled by the appearance of a second Rinnegan, but then came the flood of events—talk of "Uchiha Madara," the "Prophecy" of the future-seeing Mangekyo Sharingan, the "Art of Immortality," the severely injured "Nagato" behind Pain... one thing after another, leaving them overwhelmed, so they didn't dwell on it.

After all, one pair of Rinnegan was already invincible; another pair didn't change much.

Either way, they couldn't beat it!

But now, sitting here, they realized it wasn't two pairs of Rinnegan—it was seven!

Seven!

What did that mean?

How many people were even in Akatsuki?

If every pair of Rinnegan was as powerful as Pain's, why bother recruiting S-Rank rogue ninja?

With this kind of power, they could crush the entire ninja world outright!

Facing the unsettled crowd, Nagato didn't drag it out. He spoke directly:

"I am Nagato, and I am Pain."

"All this time, due to severe injuries, I could only recuperate atop this tower, with Pain acting in my stead to lead Akatsuki."

"Now, thanks to Uchiha An's help, my injuries have healed."

"From today onward, I will step into the open and make the entire ninja world feel pain, so that they may cherish the value of peace."

"Pain and the other five are all puppets created by the Rinnegan's attached technique, the Six Paths Technique."

"I won't go into further details. You only need to know that these six all represent my will."

After hearing this, everyone drew in a sharp breath.

They had all witnessed Pain's strength before, but now they realized that even such a formidable figure was merely a human puppet.

Then how powerful was the leader, Nagato, who controlled six such puppets?

No wonder Uchiha An dared to claim that once Nagato recovered, he would be unmatched in the world!

It was utterly terrifying!

Orochimaru had previously heard from Uchiha An about the Sage of Six Paths' method of immortality—using the Rinnegan combined with becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki. So, though he had already started working on the "Tenseigan," he still harbored covetous thoughts toward the "Rinnegan."

If Uchiha An could scheme for it, why couldn't he, Orochimaru?

But now, seeing these six puppets, his heart immediately chilled by half.

So this is the power of the Sage of Six Paths' technique!

So strong!

But at the same time, he began to look forward to the power of the Tenseigan.

Uchiha An had said that the Tenseigan's power was not inferior to the Rinnegan.

That is, even if Uchiha An's words were somewhat off and the Tenseigan was weaker than the Rinnegan, its power probably wouldn't be too far off, right?

Nagato paid little attention to the petty thoughts of those present. He simply waved his hand, letting Uchiha An share intelligence with everyone.

Uchiha An did not decline; he was very enthusiastic about leaking Konoha's secrets.

"Konoha is the strongest ninja village in the ninja world. There are countless powerful ninjas within, and their secret techniques and forbidden techniques are as numerous as hairs on an ox."

"I'll only mention intelligence related to some of the more threatening individuals. But if we encounter someone not in the intelligence during battle, that's also possible."

"First are the Konoha Sannin. Lord Orochimaru is already one of us, so we'll skip him."

"Princess Tsunade can also be ignored."

"Although her Strength of a Hundred Technique is very strong, and she has the bloodline of the Senju Clan, making her extremely durable in prolonged battles, she has now contracted hemophobia and can no longer fight on the front lines."

"If you engage her in battle, do not face her head-on. Just splash blood on her, and her combat power will immediately drop to zero."

"Just seize the time and don't let Konohagakure Ninja rescue her, and you can easily eliminate her."

"Also, don't provoke her with words. Otherwise, if you overdo it and cure her hemophobia, that would be troublesome."

"The only thing to watch out for is that she has a contract with the Great Slug Sage, allowing her to summon a large number of slugs to replenish chakra and heal injuries for Konohagakure Ninja."

"If that's the case, she doesn't even need to participate in battle. Just by staying in the rear, she can cause us some trouble."

"Another of the Sannin, Jiraiya, has already mastered Sage Mode..."

"And Might Guy. I don't know how many gates of the Eight Inner Gates he has already opened..."

"Be careful of forbidden techniques that involve Mutual Destruction, especially the Reaper Death Seal. Once hit, it's almost impossible to undo..."

Uchiha An rattled off all the intelligence he knew in one breath. The level of detail was such that even the Third Hokage himself might not have been more thorough.

Everyone listened with shock in their hearts. They became even more convinced that Uchiha An's Mangekyo Sharingan Dojutsu was "healing and prophecy," but at the same time, they grew even more wary of him, equally worried that their own village's intelligence had been so thoroughly grasped by him.