Elsewhere.
Nagato stood atop the wooden cart, gasping continuously, his eyes filled with disbelief after the collapse of his godhood.
He had never imagined that such a day would come.
Pain had actually lost. The omnipotent god had been defeated!
Wave after wave of dizziness washed over Nagato, accompanied by a relentless buzzing in his head.
A figure rose from the ground some distance away.
It was Obito.
He had no idea what had happened on the battlefield.
He had only seen Nagato cough up blood and the rocks suspended in the sky begin to fall.
At that moment, he guessed that Nagato might have run out of chakra.
Then Zetsu emerged from the ground.
"Something happened. Pain was cut in half by Kaguya Gaito in a single strike."
That statement left Obito completely stunned.
"What...!?"
Zetsu nodded, indicating that Obito had heard correctly.
"Kaito suddenly erupted, instantly moved to Pain's side, and cut his body in half with one slash."
"Konan has already flown away with Pain's body."
Obito was never particularly sharp-witted to begin with. Under the impact of this information, he immediately forgot why he had come here.
He frowned at Zetsu, his expression clearly asking:
What now?
Zetsu ignored Obito and walked straight ahead.
While tunneling underground to get here, Zetsu had already prepared what he wanted to say.
Now he glanced at Obito, feeling somewhat deflated.
[Dealing with this pig brain is really exhausting.]
The stronger the Akatsuki had grown over the years, the further Pain had drifted from them.
This mission's failure would deal a heavy blow to the entire Akatsuki. Naturally, they needed to strengthen their relationship with Nagato.
Though Nagato had deployed Deva Path Pain, the other five Paths were still around.
At that moment, the Naraka Path, Asura Path, and Human