Sigurd VS Deva Path Pain

After hearing Zetsu's report, Nagato's eyes flickered, and he was the first to press for details: "Do you know his current location?"

Upon hearing this, Zetsu gave a sly chuckle and said, "Hehe, of course I do. Leader, are you implying..."

Nagato did not respond to this, instead turning his gaze toward Konan and saying, "Konan, the Akatsuki has just been reborn and is in dire need of manpower. Take Deva Path Pain with you and go there; you must recruit him into the organization."

After hearing Nagato's words, Konan frowned, saying with some concern, "Nagato, will there be any issues with this? After all, we know nothing about this person's background."

Nagato replied with confidence, "Regardless of who they are, they are insignificant before these eyes of a god."

Although this was said with great arrogance, looking at this period in the Ninja World, his statement was not entirely unfounded.

With Nagato's current strength, steamrolling any major hidden village would be a trivial matter.

As for whether he would survive after steamrolling a village, that is not for you to worry about.

Hearing Nagato's words, Konan knew that further persuasion was useless, so she could only nod and say, "Understood, I will bring him back."

At this moment, Deva Path Pain, his body bristling with black receivers, emerged from the incubation tank and walked to Konan's side.

He stared at Zetsu with his Rinnegan and asked, "Zetsu, tell me the location of that person."

After a brief skirmish with Salamander Hanzō, Sigurd left Amegakure and arrived near the border of the Land of Wind.

He wanted to see why, despite the Land of Rain experiencing constant downpours, the neighboring Land of Wind remained completely arid.

Upon arriving, he saw a towering mountain range situated between the Land of Rain and the Land of Wind.

This mountain range was so high that it blocked the vast majority of rain clouds from drifting into the Land of Wind.

The rainwater that accumulated in the Land of Rain year-round was also diverted by the mountains, causing almost all of it to flow down into the Land of Rivers.

It could be said that if a river were carved through the middle of this mountain range, the situation in the Land of Wind would improve significantly.

Yet, despite such a simple solution, not a single ninja had ever thought of it.

For a ninja, carving such a tunnel would be incredibly easy, yet no one bothered to do it.

The Land of Wind was so poor that even the Kazekage had to go mining, yet they never thought to utilize their neighbor.

This served as side evidence of the distorted system in the Naruto world: the Daimyo must remain high and mighty, while ninjas are expected to work for them.

Without missions dispatched and funding provided by the Daimyo, ninjas could not survive; such a mindset had long been deeply ingrained in the hearts of the people.

From Sigurd's perspective, it was utterly unreasonable that a world possessing a universal energy like chakra still lived like primitive people.

These ninjas only thought about waging wars every day, never considering the development of civilian livelihoods.

With so many ninjutsu in this world, wouldn't it be more practical to arrange for ninjas to farm, mine, and build houses instead of fighting?

Look at the current Fourth Kazekage; didn't he single-handedly support the entire Sunagakure by mining?

Seeing this, not only did the Kage of other villages fail to learn from it, but they also kicked him while he was down and only knew how to mock him.

Although one could argue that Magnet Release is particularly suited for mining, that is no excuse for other villages not to learn.

If the other villages truly wanted to, they could certainly find a lower-tier substitute; one should never underestimate the foundation of a village.

Thinking of this, Sigurd fell into a deep sense of helplessness.

Just then, a shadow cast from the sky, obscuring Sigurd's figure.

Turning around, he saw a man and a woman standing on a nearby hillside—it was none other than Deva Path Pain and Konan.

Both of them were wearing the Black Cloak with Red Clouds from Sigurd's memories, making it immediately obvious that they were members of the Akatsuki.

Seeing this, Sigurd muttered to himself: They designed the uniform this early? I was actually planning to offer some suggestions.

"Who are you people?" Sigurd asked first.

Deva Path Pain heard this, extended his palm toward Sigurd, and said, "Join us, or be destroyed by us."

Hearing this, Sigurd chuckled: "Hehe, join you? You'll have to tell me what you're actually doing first."

Deva Path Pain spread his arms and said in a high-pitched tone, "We are the Akatsuki! Our goal is to lead this world and bring true peace to it!"

Sigurd raised an eyebrow; he felt that the current Nagato wasn't quite as "chuunibyou" yet, as he hadn't been constantly spouting off about gods.

Although agreeing right here wouldn't be a problem, he needed to show off his own strength to secure a better status and treatment.

Thinking of this, Sigurd flicked his wrist, and three Moonlight Flying Swords instantly appeared.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

With three crisp sounds, Sigurd struck the tails of the flying swords with the back of his hand, sending them streaking toward Deva Path Pain.

Seeing the attack coming, Deva Path Pain merely raised his palm slightly, instantly repelling all the flying swords.

"Do you wish to defy a god?" Deva Path Pain asked coldly.

Hearing this, Sigurd silently complained to himself: I take back my previous thought; Nagato is still the same chuunibyou Nagato.

He manipulated the flying swords, causing them to return to his side and hover silently.

After doing this, Sigurd shrugged at Deva Path Pain and said, "If you want me to join you, you'll have to let me see what you're capable of first!"

After saying this, Sigurd immediately picked up the flying sword hovering nearby and threw it at Deva Path Pain once again.

Knowing the plot well, Sigurd naturally understood that this level of attack could not harm his opponent.

However, in order to gain a certain degree of influence within the Akatsuki in the future, he still had to fight a battle against Deva Path here.

Seeing the incoming attack, Deva Path Pain sneered, "Hmph, then let me show you the power of a god!"

Witnessing this scene, Konan, who was standing to the side, immediately extended paper wings from her back and flew away from the battlefield.

Seeing that Konan had departed, Deva Path Pain raised his hand again and easily deflected the incoming flying sword with Shinra Tensei.

Seeing this, Sigurd immediately manifested the Sun Demon Sword and hurled it directly toward his opponent.

Although Sigurd's attack appeared swift this time, he intentionally delayed it by five seconds.

After all, if he were to fully expose Deva Path's abilities here, what would happen if the other party decided to silence him? He possessed at least that much emotional intelligence.

Seeing the attack strike again, Deva Path Pain's eyes narrowed slightly as he continued to deploy a miniature Shinra Tensei to block it.

But at that very moment, Sigurd lunged forward and kicked the hilt of the Demon Sword.

The force was so immense that it allowed the Demon Sword to resist the repulsive field of Shinra Tensei, resulting in a stalemate of clashing forces.

Seeing this, Deva Path Pain was inwardly startled: This guy, what incredible strength! But even so, it was still insufficient to contend with a god.

"Shinra Tensei!"

Deva Path Pain let out a low shout, unleashing the full version of Shinra Tensei, and a repulsive force far stronger than before erupted violently.