Konoha Year 50, Amegakure, a storm was coming
Nearly a year had passed since the tragedy at Kannabi Bridge. During that year, Amegakure had still maintained a fragile peace on the surface under Hanzo of the Salamander's high-pressure rule, but the tension in the air had grown by the day. Hanzo's purge of Akatsuki had dealt the organization a heavy blow, but it had also been like poking a hornet's nest, shrouding the entire village in an invisible terror—that Nagato, the one who possessed the legendary Rinnegan, hung overhead like a suspended sword, and no one knew when the thunder of his revenge would descend.
At the same time, in several unknown secret strongholds within the Land of Rain, the reborn "Akatsuki" had completed a total transformation. The idealistic group that once advocated understanding and dialogue was dead. In its place was a tightly structured dark organization that used absolute power to carry out the obsessive creed of "making the world feel pain." At its core was the Six Paths of Pain—created with Nagato as the source of will and Yahiko's corpse as the center.
Deva Path Pain (Yahiko), the core of the Six Paths, controlled attraction and repulsion, and was the symbol of "God."
Human Path, extracted memories and souls.
Asura Path, a killing machine with its entire body weaponized.
Animal Path, skilled in all kinds of Summoning Technique.
Preta Path, absorbed all chakra attacks.
Naraka Path, responsible for repair and judgment.
Nagato's true body was hidden inside a towering communications tower outside the village. Through special devices, he shared vision and chakra with the Six Paths of Pain. His true body was extremely weak, but his will blanketed the battlefield like that of a deity. Konan, meanwhile, acted as Nagato's most trusted guard and the organization's actual coordinator,