Unlike the Animal Path, which required him to find and make his own summonings, the Asura Path came with a mechanical space of its own.
He didn't need the Summoning Technique to bring anything out. He only needed to use his ocular power to pull those weapons—most of which Nagato still didn't understand—into the real world.
When he first awakened the Asura Path, Nagato realized his store of knowledge wasn't nearly enough.
I know how to use a kunai, but how am I supposed to use this thing? (He raised the Cluster Beam Cannon and pointed it at his own head.)
What the heck is this thing? (He kicked a missile.)
No! His buried memories were attacking him! This was no time to dwell on the past.
Nagato shook his head hard, trying to fling the bizarre memories from his mind.
Even with the Asura Path's abilities unleashed, Nagato truly had no confidence that he could defeat the man before him.
But whether he could win or not, a fight was unavoidable!
"Full firepower!"
The four-armed Cluster Beam Cannons gathered their light. Missiles burst through the cloak on his back, and smoke billowed up, just barely obscuring Nagato's body. The very next moment, however, a combined beam blast tore through the haze.
The scattered missiles fanned out in midair and hurtled toward a single target, displaying the beauty of technology in an era when even electric lights had only just been invented.
The beam cannon was fast. A streak of white light shot across the battlefield.
In an instant, it crossed the distance and slammed into Susanoo's abdomen.
Perhaps because Nagato had never faced a shinobi as powerful as Uchiha Yuji, he had poured everything into extracting chakra from the very start of the attack. The beam cannon's power was