"You say..."
"Your ideal is peace in the Ninja World too, isn't it?"
Deva Path Pain stood in front of Souya and asked solemnly.
The air of superiority and contempt that had once colored his tone was gone.
"Hm?"
"Can't beat me, so now you're going to try talking things out?"
Souya said mockingly.
"You have your justice, and I have mine. We're both just ordinary people caught in the whirlpool of wars fought in the name of justice..."
"My goal is to bring an end to the wars raging through this world, too."
The green-gold Chakra around Souya grew dense and viscous again in an instant. After absorbing the Seven-Tails' Chakra, Shukaku had become at least twice as durable!
"Is that so?"
"Ordinary people, you say?"
"I believe ending war is a god's mission."
"Whoever can accomplish that must, without a doubt, possess destructive power like a god's."
"Only the appearance of such a 'god' will make people, nations, the entire world... know fear."
"Only fear can serve as a deterrent, ensuring that no one dares to start another war. For this world to grow, think, and move forward... a god must appear!"
"This world is still just a child. To help it grow, we must teach it what pain is..."
Pain's tone turned solemn and grand, as if he were extolling the greatest undertaking in human history.
"All right, all right..."
"I agree with your ideals, and I believe I can do a better job than you. So just hand over the Rinnegan in your real body and rest easy!"
Souya shook his head, then coordinated with Sasori to attack Pain from two different directions.
Though this man's ideals were noble, they clashed with Souya's. The moment he refused to work with Souya, his fate had already been