Deva Path Pain gave a few cold laughs as the indignant Star Ninja kept shouting that they should attack.
"Ridiculous."
"Do you really think you can defeat a god?"
"Then let me show you the power of a god."
With that, Deva Path Pain slowly rose into the air.
Sasori and Deidara hurried up into the sky as well.
"Shinra Tensei."
At Deva Path Pain's low command, a powerful repulsive force surged outward from him.
In an instant, Star Ninja Village was reduced to ruins.
Below, the Star Ninja whom Pain had deliberately spared stood with their eyes wide and their mouths agape.
The power Pain had just displayed bore down on them.
Even with the evidence before their eyes, they struggled to believe it...
Someone had destroyed their village so easily.
"This time, I destroyed the village."
"If I don't have the answer I want in ten days, you'll be the ones who die."
Deva Path Pain left with Sasori and Deidara, leaving the Star Ninja staring at one another.
"Third Hoshikage, what should we do now?"
"Yes, what are we going to do?"
"The village will be destroyed in ten days! Please think of something, Hoshikage!"
The Star Ninja looked terrified, and their voices trembled.
"Don't worry, everyone. I'll find a way. Leave this to me."
After calming them down, the Third Hoshikage turned and walked away, leaning on his cane.
Hoshigakure had been isolated for too long. Even as the Third Hoshikage, he was as helpless as everyone else in the village against such a powerful foe.
With the village in this state, he could only discuss it with Natsuhi.
All the Third Hoshikage could do was hope that Natsuhi, who had spent years traveling beyond the village, might have a solution...
Natsuhi's Appeal and the Third