Too Unlucky (Seeking Subscriptions)

Not long ago.

In a small tavern in the central district of Kirigakure, Pain and Konan sat facing each other.

The two of them had concealed themselves within the tavern. They appeared quite conspicuous, yet in reality, no one noticed them at all.

Both of them seemed silent, because they knew just how terrifying the matter they were about to undertake was.

Konan had tried to dissuade Nagato, telling him not to take the risk.

But unfortunately, Nagato believed that if he did not do this, Akatsuki might truly change hands!

Nagato was not someone greedy for that bit of power. He had never been.

But the problem was that Akatsuki, an organization bestowed with such beautiful ideals—

Had been founded and left behind by his good friend, the friend who had been willing to die for all of them.

He would never allow others, especially those with ulterior motives, to turn this organization into a tool for their own personal gain.

If it had been before, Nagato might have tried to purge them through force.

But after being utterly crushed by the Mysterious Uchiha, then utterly crushed by Uchiha Kei, he no longer dared to underestimate anything.

He did indeed possess the Rinnegan, but that Mysterious Uchiha possessed the same eyes. It was as though even his Rinnegan was no longer something worth being proud of.

Uchiha Kei was even more outrageous. He clearly had nothing, yet he had relied on the Mangekyō Sharingan to give Nagato a brutal beating.

If someone had told him such a thing before it happened, he would absolutely have thought that person was insane.

The Rinnegan were the eyes of a god. He was the one chosen by fate, a god walking among men!

Yet now, he was truly panicking.

He really did