"Okay!"
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"...The mission failed!"
At that moment, Nagato was hidden in the highest place around Konoha.
It was a towering tree Konan had made with Paper Style.
"Konoha has more fighting strength left than we expected, and Orochimaru got away. If we stay in Konoha, we may lose!"
Nagato spoke calmly.
Deva Path Pain still had plenty of powerful techniques he hadn't used.
But Pain knew that continuing the fight probably wouldn't end well.
After all, when Pain had fought Namikaze Minato earlier, even his strongest technique, Chibaku Tensei, hadn't been able to suppress the Nine-Tails.
Though Namikaze Minato was stronger than Kushina Uzumaki, the Nine-Tails was still inside Kushina Uzumaki.
So even if he used more powerful techniques, the result would probably be the same; he'd only waste chakra for nothing.
Besides, Deva Path's most powerful techniques didn't distinguish between friend and foe.
Orochimaru might not be loyal to Akatsuki, but Pain could tell that Kisame Hoshigaki genuinely wanted to stay with Akatsuki.
So, with Akatsuki already desperately short on members, Pain didn't want to lose any more of them.
Hearing Nagato say this, Konan slowly let out a breath.
"Maybe it's for the best that the mission failed!"
"Konoha isn't what it used to be. Under Namikaze Minato and Uchiha Chiba, it's become unbelievably strong! If we really provoke Konoha, it could spell Akatsuki's doom!"
Konoha had always been the strongest village among the Five Great Nations.
But when Sarutobi Hiruzen was Hokage, he used his position to keep the various clans in Konoha in check. This weakened their strength and kept them from working together to unleash their full power. There was also a great deal of infighting between clans, as well as between the upper and