Kakashi had urged them to surrender because they all came from the same lineage.
Jiraiya had little sway with Uchiha Genya. If Nagato chose to resist to the bitter end, Jiraiya's pleas might not help.
You'll meet a terrible end.
At those words, Pain threw back his head and laughed wildly, as though possessed by an Uchiha.
"Heh, heh, heh... Hahahaha!"
"So that's it. So that's it. It seems you know everything."
Pain showed no anger at being exposed. Instead, he looked relieved, as though a weight had finally been lifted from his shoulders.
Tobirama was the only one there left in the dark, with no idea what the others were talking around.
Was this man with the strange eyes someone they knew? Could he be another Konoha rogue ninja?
Was there something wrong with Konoha's luck? Why did it produce so many powerful rogue ninja?
After laughing for a while, Pain's voice abruptly turned cold.
"A chance? You say that as if you people ever gave those of us from small nations a choice!"
"When Konoha ninja killed my parents, when your Konoha ninja drove Yahiko to his death! Why didn't you step forward then and offer us a chance?!"
"You people preach virtue and righteousness from your place in the sun. When have you ever given ordinary people like us a chance to live?!"
Pain had been thoroughly enraged. Before this, he might have given up when he saw the odds were against him.
But Kakashi's speech had struck a nerve with Nagato instead.
Ninja from the great villages always looked down on everyone else!
Everyone present was strong-willed. A few words from Pain would never shake them.
But Pain ranted on, as though he had finally found an outlet for everything he had kept inside:
"War brings