"Trying to run?"
With one move, Deva Path Pain killed the Shadow Clone. Though he was puzzled about when Itachi had used the jutsu and where he was now, the Six Paths of Pain shared their vision.
The other Paths quickly spotted Itachi, who had used the Invisibility Technique in an attempt to escape.
It turned out that when Deva Path Pain had raised his hand to draw Itachi in, Itachi had seemed to use the Body Flicker Technique, leaving an afterimage.
But in reality, he had used the Invisibility Technique and created a Shadow Clone at the same time.
The sudden appearance of the clone as his real body disappeared had created the impression that he had used the Body Flicker Technique and left an afterimage.
Then the Shadow Clone had been drawn toward Deva Path Pain in Itachi's place, while the Invisibility Technique concealed his real body.
He had actually seized the chance to escape the encirclement!
But the Rinnegan was the Rinnegan, after all. It wasn't so easy to fool.
The fake Body Flicker Technique had deceived Deva Path Pain only because Nagato had let his guard down.
But the Invisibility Technique was far from perfect for stealth.
Footprints on the ground, shifts in the air, and the scent of a body could all give away his position.
Itachi's stealth was already quite impressive. He had held his breath and even controlled his heartbeat.
If he had been up against someone else in the Akatsuki, he might have gotten away.
But he had run into the Rinnegan.
The other Paths spotted Itachi in an instant and shared his location with one another.
Asura Path reacted first, unleashing a dozen missiles in an indiscriminate barrage at Itachi's location.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A series of violent explosions rang out.