The iron door of the underground research room was pushed open from the inside.
Tsunade was the first to come out.
The sunlight fell on those lavender rippled pupils, like two sleeping gems, but with an astonishing sense of oppression.
Behind her, Six Paths figures stepped out one after another and stopped neatly three steps behind her, lined up.
Jiraiya was squatting on a stone at the door, cutting branches. He caught a glimpse of movement from the corner of his eye, raised his head and said casually:
"Done? Let me see--"
The words stopped abruptly.
The branch in his hand fell to the ground, and his whole body froze as if someone had strangled his neck.
Six corpses... No, the figure of Six Paths is standing behind Tsunade.
It was so quiet that there was no sound of breathing, no footsteps, and even the breath of Chakra was almost undetectable.
But Jiraiya knows their faces.
Third Raikage A.Third Kazekage. Third Mizukage. Chiyo. Yagura. Hanzo.
"What... what is going on?!"
Jiraiya's voice is trembling.
"How do they stand up? You make them--you make them--"
"Jiraiya." Tsuna Teuchi interrupted him, "Let Orochimaru tell you."
Orochimaru walked slowly out of the door of the research room, his long black hair still smelling of disinfectant in the laboratory.
He put his hands in his sleeves and spoke in a hoarse voice:
"Tsunade used the power of Rinnegan to make these six Kage Level corpses into Six Paths of Pain."
"Deva Path·Thunder Emperor A, carrying Shinra Tensei, Banshō Ten'in, Planetary Devastation."
"Human Path·Magnetic Soul Kazekage, can extract souls and read memories."
"Asura Path·Water Asura, all mechanisms have been modified, and the firepower coverage is comparable to Tailed Beast Ball."
"Animal Path·Puppet Chiyo, one man becomes an army."
"Preta Path·Hungry Ghost Yagura, Ninjutsu Nemesis."
"Naraka Path·Poison Hell Hanzo, can summon the King of Hell and repair other Pain."
It was rare for Orochimaru to say so much in one breath. After he finished speaking, he glanced at Tsunade, as if he was asking her if she was satisfied.
Jiraiya was stunned for a while, and his face gradually darkened.
He crossed his arms and said with obvious displeasure, "Orochimaru participated, but I didn't participate, right?"
"Yes." Tsunade didn't beat around the bush.
"Why?" Jiraiya raised his voice, "Would you rather do this kind of thing with him than call me?"
Tsunade looked at him without any avoidance:
"I'm afraid you won't be able to do it."
"After all, you are experimenting on dead bodies. This kind of thing is not your style."
"Orochimaru can keep doing it, but you can't."
Jiraiya opened his mouth and wanted to refute, but found that there was really no way to refute.
He looked at the silent figure of Six Paths behind Tsunade, and at the six pairs of lavender Rinnegan.
He shuddered at the thought of having to modify, implant, and imprint these corpses with various techniques.
He admitted that he couldn't do it.
But I still felt a little uncomfortable.
He curled his lips and muttered, "Then don't call me for this kind of thing in the future. Anyway, you don't think I can do it."
"I didn't plan to call you in the first place." Tsunade said.
Jiraiya:"... You say it again?"
Tsunade ignored him.
She looked back at the row of Six Paths of Pain, then turned to Jiraiya and Orochimaru. Her voice deepened, but it carried a power that made people's blood heat up:
"The next step is to unify Shinobi World."
Jiraiya's expression changed.
One second he was still angry, the next second he stood up straight.
His eyes seemed to be on fire, and his breathing became a little heavier unconsciously.
Orochimaru's golden vertical pupils also shrank slightly, and the corners of his mouth curved uncontrollably.
Three months later.
Five Great Nations, Twenty-Seven Ninja Villages, Over Three Hundred Small Ninja Clans.
In front of Rinnegan Six Paths of Pain, they all bowed their heads.
During those three months, Jiraiya and Orochimaru seemed to be in a dream.
They once thought they might have to try their best and even sacrifice their lives to win against an opponent.
Sealed troops, group of elders, hidden families...
Six Paths of Pain only needs one strike to completely crush all will to resist.
The first attack was at Land of Iron.
The leader of the Land of Iron warriors, Mifune, leads three thousand warriors to defend the iron castle, claiming that it will never fall.
Deva Path·Thunder Emperor A stood in the air, opened his hands, and hit Shinra Tensei, blasting the front wall of the iron castle and the sky above into pieces.
Mifune saw the pair of Rinnegan in the ruins. After a moment of silence, he knelt down on the spot and handed over the surrender letter.
The second time, at Land of Bears.
The village chief of Wolfpack Ninja Village refused to surrender because of the poisonous miasma in the valley passed down from generation to generation.
Preta Path·Yagura walked into the poisonous miasma alone.
Sealing Technique: Absorption Seal swallows all the toxins together with Chakra in the air.
When the smoke cleared and Preta Path stood at the entrance of the village intact, the entire wolf ninja village ran out crying and knelt on the ground.
The third time, at Land of Stars.
The village chief of Hoshigakure masters a secret technique of using meteorite Chakra, which can raise his own Chakra to a very high level in a short time.
He confidently faced the enemy outside the village, saying "let Konoha see the real power of meteorites".
Asura Path·Water Asura raised his right arm, and a missile landed, blasting Hoshigakure Back Mountain and the legendary meteorite into powder.
The village chief lost consciousness on the spot. After a long time, he knelt down with a plop and said in a hoarse voice:
"I... surrender."
In every battle, Tsunade stood on a hillside not far away.
With his hands in his pockets, his long golden hair fluttered slightly in the wind.
She didn't take action, she didn't need to take action.
Six Paths is enough.
But what really made all Shinobi World completely lose their will to resist was the fourth expedition.
Land of Waterfalls, with Seven-Tails Jinchuriki as the core, believed the rumor that "Konoha wants to confiscate Tailed Beast, Jinchūriki will die", and decided to fight to the end.
Seven-Tails Jinchuriki is a young man in his early twenties. He has never seen Rinnegan, nor Six Paths.
He just entered Complete Tailed Beast Transformation, spread out seven pairs of insect wings, and prepared to dive towards Konoha troops--
Deva Path·Thunder Emperor A fell in front of him and only punched.
A punch hit him in the chest, blasting Seven-Tails's insect wings and the entire torso into fragments all over the sky.
The body of Jinchūriki fell from the sky and was swallowed by the King of Hell summoned by Naraka Path·Poison Hell Hanzo.
After a while, the King of Hell spit him out intact.
He was alive, but everyone saw the scene of King of Hell Statue gently chewing Jinchūriki.
Land of Waterfalls submitted the letter of surrender on the same day.
Since then, no shinobi village dared to say "no".
The name "Konoha Six Paths" spread all over the world.
With the same name as Sage of Six Paths, it has become an untouchable taboo in the mouths of ordinary ninjas.
Some even say that the blond woman doesn't have to lift a finger, just letting Six Paths of Pain stand on the top of the mountain is enough to collapse an entire army.
In three months, 37 resistance forces were wiped out and more than 47,000 surrendered troops were recruited.
Tsunade stood on the roof of the tallest building Konoha, with her golden hair flying in the wind.
Jiraiya and Orochimaru stood behind her, each holding a thick surrender document in their hands. It was the surrender document of the last remaining ninja villages.
Jiraiya looked at the back and took a long breath:
"You did it in three months...?"
Orochimaru whispered, "In these few months, she has completed a journey that others will never be able to complete in a lifetime."
Tsunade There is no looking back.
She looked at the gray edge of the skyline in the distance, which was the junction of Land of Wind and Land of Fire.
She was calm in her heart, Land of Rain, Land of Wind, Land of Water, Land of Lightning, Land of Earth, Land of Iron, Land of Waterfalls, Land of Bears, Land of Stars...
Five Great Nations plus all the surrounding small countries, all bowed their heads.
The rest is just a matter of governance.
The wind blew her blond hair, and the lavender Rinnegan shone lightly in the sun.
She spoke, her voice was not high and was blown away by the wind, but the two people behind her heard her clearly:
"Tomorrow, gather everyone."
"Release Edict--Shinobi World unified."