New Choices

After defeating the last Deva Path Pain, Naruto panted as he looked up at the sky. He had already sensed where Pain's real body was, but how was he supposed to get up that high?

He couldn't fly.

Just then, violent, concentrated Lightning Flash shot into the sky, and a Thunder Dragon roared as it lunged at the airship high above.

Under the Thunder Dragon's attack, the airship was instantly destroyed, and four figures fell from the sky.

Naruto stared at the smiling man bathed in Lightning Flash, his expression changing slightly.

Why was that bastard emperor here?

But this wasn't the time to dwell on that. Naruto turned his gaze toward the four people before him. He ruled out the two women first—which of the two men was Pain?

As the four appeared, countless ninja began poking their heads over the edge of the crater. Some Konoha ninja and Anbu even jumped straight to the bottom, weapons in hand as they charged at the four.

Seeing this, Sangzhi pushed up his glasses. "Looks like this is as far as it goes."

Konan first glanced at the man bathed in Lightning Flash, then looked at Sangzhi, her expression extremely grim. She desperately wanted to ask why, but Sangzhi gave her a look and gently shook his head. She could only suppress her doubts for the time being.

Just as battle was about to break out, Naruto suddenly created thousands of Shadow Clones. They surrounded the four while also blocking all the Konoha ninja.

Although Naruto said he wanted to talk to Nagato, those Konoha ninja weren't so naive. They charged forward regardless, and some even broke into fierce clashes with Naruto's Shadow Clones.

Watching the chaotic scene, Shiraishi Yoshijo said to the Daimyo, "Get things under control. They can't get