After the battle in the Land of Rain ended, the scouts on the front lines dared not delay. They compiled their intelligence and delivered it to the major shinobi villages overnight.
Kumogakure, the Raikage's Office.
Darui pushed open the door, clutching a rain-soaked intelligence scroll.
The Raikage looked up.
"How are things on the front lines?"
Darui walked up to the desk and presented the scroll with both hands.
"Lord Raikage, this report is even more incredible than we expected."
The Raikage took the scroll and frowned.
"Has the battle between Nagato and Uchiha Ren been decided?"
"Nagato lost."
"The Six Paths of Pain were destroyed, and Nagato himself was defeated by Ren."
The Raikage unrolled the scroll.
"That was to be expected."
Earlier reports had already established that Ren's speed and physical strength far exceeded those of an ordinary Kage-level shinobi. The Six Paths of Pain were powerful, but they could hardly bring their full strength to bear against him.
Yet Darui still did not leave.
The Raikage looked up.
"What else?"
Darui said, "Ren took Nagato's Rinnegan."
The Raikage's fingers froze in midair.
Several Kumogakure shinobi responsible for recording intelligence looked up at once.
"What did you say?"
"Nagato's Rinnegan were taken. Both eyes are now in Uchiha Ren's hands."
Darui repeated himself.
The Raikage stared at the scroll in his hands and quickly read on.
Nagato had drawn on the power of the Rinnegan themselves to unleash Super Shinra Tensei, Planetary Devastation, and a Yin–Yang Release Weapon. He had even formed a Repulsion Crystal capable of countering Intangibility.
Yet under thirtyfold gravity, Ren had forcibly awakened his Rinnegan, blocked the Yin–Yang Release Light Blade with a screen of light, and completely overwhelmed Nagato with the Hand of the Heavens.
In the end, Nagato's eyes had been forcibly