The battle ended quickly. Before the Deva Path, every one of Han's attacks was rendered useless.
Pain's Almighty Push was enough to neutralize all of Han's attacks.
It could also inflict devastating injuries on him.
Han collapsed unconscious, and his Tailed Beast Transformation slowly began to recede.
Pain slowly walked over to Han's side and looked down at him mercilessly.
In Pain's eyes, jinchūriki were weapons of the shinobi world, undeserving of even a shred of sympathy.
"Jinchūriki, it is because of people like you that this world has become so painful."
Suddenly, Pain sharply raised his head and met Jiraiya's gaze.
Jiraiya looked at Pain, scarcely able to believe it. Although Naruto had told him quite a bit about Pain, seeing him in person was still unbelievable.
It really is Yahiko. I can recognize him from his appearance. Just as Naruto said, his body is covered in ornaments resembling black rods, and he has the Rinnegan that only Nagato possessed...
Could the Yahiko before me truly be nothing more than a corpse?
Jiraiya's heart was heavy. His former student stood before him once more, but everything had changed.
"Are you Yahiko, or are you Nagato?"
"It seems you know quite a lot, Sensei."
A nameless sorrow welled up in Jiraiya's heart.
"Then Yahiko really is dead. The Yahiko I see now, alive and kicking, even capable of defeating the Five-Tails' jinchūriki, is merely a corpse!"
"Naruto told you, didn't he?"
"Nagato, tell me. How did Yahiko die, and why did you turn his corpse into this?"
"Because I have grown. I have become a god."
"What did you say? What did you go through after I left back then?"
"Pain. I went through too much pain. Many people died, and I grew through suffering."
Hearing this, Jiraiya silently blamed