The Despicable Transmigrator

"Almighty Push!"

Inside Konoha, the Six-Tails Naruto, running on all fours with an eerie, unnatural gait, quickly caught up to the Deva Path.

The Deva Path was forced to use Almighty Push to blast Naruto away while he was mid-sprint.

By now, white beast bones had sprouted from Naruto's body. Wrapped in layers of bone, the blood-red, fleshy, materialized Chakra covering his head, spine, and limbs made him look even more grotesque and terrifying.

It didn't take long for Naruto to catch up again, forcing the Deva Path to use Almighty Push once more. This time, however, Naruto resisted the force by stabbing his tails into the ground to anchor his body.

In turn, the Deva Path was sent flying by the recoil of his own Almighty Push, landing right in the middle of a group of Konoha ninja.

After spinning in the air for an unknown number of degrees, the Deva Path landed steadily with his usual unflappable composure. He glanced at the surrounding Konoha ninja and greeted them politely: "Hello everyone, are you here watching the live broadcast?"

The ninja who had been secretly observing the battle were horrified to see the Deva Path suddenly blasted right in front of them by Naruto. Breaking into a cold sweat, they drew their weapons, prepared to fight the Deva Path to the death.

"Bye-bye!"

The Deva Path simply waved his hand, turned around, and ran off happily.

"What's going on?" While the ninja were still staring at each other in confusion, Naruto arrived in the blink of an eye. He roared as he continued his pursuit of the Deva Path, casually sweeping a tail across the ground. The resulting shockwave sent the Konoha ninja flying, all of them spitting blood in unison while still in the air.

It was fortunate that Naruto was in such a rush to chase the Deva Path that he didn't strike them directly with his tails; otherwise, it wouldn't have been as simple as just spitting up blood.

"This... this is bad, Naruto has completely lost control!"

Staring intently at the battle with his Byakugan, the Hyuga Clan ninja acting as the commentator shouted out the intelligence he was witnessing. As he spoke, his Byakugan trembled nervously, and his forehead was drenched in cold sweat, as if his current task were incredibly dangerous.

He was quite clever, strictly maintaining his role as a commentator. Even when he saw Hinata charge into the battlefield alone, only to be scooped up and carried away by Pain, he merely roared at the top of his lungs, desperately expressing his concern for Hinata, without ever taking a single step forward.

"Damn it, he's doing this on purpose!"

Seeing that the Deva Path refused to engage Naruto head-on, instead leading him toward the hiding spots of the Konoha ninja and letting Naruto attack them, sharp-minded ninja like Shikamaru among the crowd saw through the Deva Path's goal at a glance, realizing he was using Naruto as a weapon to kill others.

Yet, even so, they could only watch helplessly as the Deva Path did as he pleased, unable to do anything about it.

Because right now, there was simply no one capable of stopping both of these monsters at the same time.

Thus, the Deva Path began running in circles around Konoha, his demeanor incredibly cheerful. Meanwhile, Naruto chased him desperately, like a hound that had spotted a bone.

Every time he was about to be caught, the Deva Path would use Almighty Push or Banshō Ten'in to widen the distance again. This made the irrational Naruto increasingly irritable, causing him to start attacking everything he saw while he ran.

Wherever the two went, cries of agony followed. Countless Konoha ninja hiding in the shadows met their end, either slapped to death by the enraged Naruto or crushed to death by the shockwaves of his impact on the ground.

"They're coming, they're coming again!"

Later on, the Konoha ninja didn't even wait for the Deva Path to lead Naruto toward them; they would bolt from their hiding spots like gophers and scatter in every direction.

They had to run. In their eyes, the Deva Path and Naruto were like two bulldozers; nothing survived in their wake, and even the ruins were pulverized into dust. Even hiding underground was no escape; the Deva Path clearly possessed sensory abilities. Once he sensed a target underground, he would intentionally bait Naruto into attacking, inducing him to use enough force to shake the underground ninja to death.

Therefore, they had no choice but to flee early, for staying put meant certain death.

But could they really get away? Although the Deva Path's speed couldn't match Naruto's, he was still much faster than these Konoha ninja. Seeing them pop out, he would immediately accelerate, his legs moving like wheels of fire as he chased them down. As he passed them, he would glance over, expressionless, and flash a peace sign.

"Oh~~ yeah~~"

The poor Konoha ninja were on the verge of tears, screaming at the Deva Path:

"Don't come over here~~!"

Then, they would be slapped into the ground by the pursuing Naruto, with no hope of survival.

The entire village of Konoha, having already been blasted into Konoha Square by the Deva Path, was now being renovated by Naruto all over again, to the point where it looked like even the foundations would need to be relaid.

By this time, more and more ninja were emerging from their hiding spots. Ahead of the Deva Path, a pink-haired girl noticed him running in her direction and simply stood her ground, glaring at him with eyes full of panic and anger.

It was Sakura Haruno; she couldn't die.

After identifying the girl at a glance, the Deva Path made his judgment.

It wasn't that the Deva Path had any particular fondness for Sakura Haruno, but rather that Naruto was quite fond of this flat-chested girl.

At this moment, although in theory Naruto should have been unable to see what was happening in the outside world, what if he could?

If Naruto saw Sakura injured and falling to the ground, he might break through the Six-Tails state. Reaching the Eight-Tails state would trigger Minato Namikaze to restore Naruto's sanity, and that simply wouldn't do.

"Almighty Push!"

Using a very light force to blast Sakura Haruno away, the Deva Path stood in place, watching the approaching Naruto and calculating the time, preparing to leave.

If he didn't leave now, he might get caught by the Bowl Cut.

In Nagato's view, the Deva Path's mission was complete; Naruto had unknowingly killed quite a few Konoha ninja.

The seeds of hatred had been sown. Naruto, who would have been a hero at this point in time, had now become a villain because of Pain. The subsequent development of the situation should be even more interesting, right?

Thinking this, Nagato manipulated the Animal Path to summon the Deva Path back.

With a "Poof--!" sound, the now targetless Naruto began to wreak havoc on the spot.

At this moment, Naruto had no way to break out of the Tailed Beast state on his own. The surrounding Konoha ninja watched the crazed Naruto, their eyes gradually filling with hatred.

Although Naruto had lost his mind in order to fight Pain. Although Naruto was only destroying ruins that had already been demolished by Pain. Although everyone could see that Naruto had been framed by the Deva Path into killing his own comrades.

But, so what?

Are humans the kind of creatures that listen to reason?

Nagato believed that soon, Naruto would experience the "true" attitude of Konoha toward him. There was no need to do anything else; the idiots in Konoha would be able to arrange Naruto's fate quite clearly.

"Is the operation over?"

Seeing the Deva Path also appear within the Paper Tree, Konan revealed an expression of understanding.

At this moment, she was reading the names on the Slug Scroll.

Nagato glanced over and felt that a woman who enjoyed reading quietly simply had a different temperament; even such boring names could be read with such relish, which was truly remarkable.

All along, Konan had been the type who could stand quietly by Nagato's side for an entire day without anyone paying her any mind. Quiet and elegant, it could be said that it was very difficult for anyone to dislike her.

Nagato nodded, taking it as a reply, and then asked Konan: "Have you left your name on the Contract Scroll?"

Obtained from the Hokage Office via the intelligence in Tsunade's mind, the Slug Scroll was a contract scroll that, much like the scroll of Jiraiya in the original story, only required one to write their name in blood and press a thumbprint for it to take effect.

Nagato glanced over from afar at the neat signature Konan had left on the far left of the scroll and nodded once more.

"It's already written." Konan looked up from the scroll and looked at Nagato. "How is the Nine Tails? Was the capture successful?"

Nagato signaled for Konan to hand the scroll to the Animal Path.

Don't let the fact that he used summoning jutsu to come and go from Konoha with such ease fool you; in reality, Nagato was currently disabled, and his legs had no mobility.