Konan still had no idea that the person holding her was the enemy who had fought Kazan on the night the Nine-Tails went berserk.
Meanwhile, Hikari, the Uchiha Great-Grandmother, was still congratulating herself for not causing widespread destruction or casualties.
Yet simply planting her Susanoo in Amegakure had already scared the villagers nearly witless.
In the distance, Pain had noticed the casualties caused by the battle.
This was, after all, the place where he had grown up. Unwilling to see it destroyed like this, he sent all five bodies rushing out of the village together.
Kazan let them go. Otherwise, with his incredible speed, the Six Paths of Pain would never have made it out of Amegakure.
Rain poured relentlessly, yet none of it could touch him. His Conqueror's Haki kept it at bay.
Hikari was about to follow, but when she saw the Human Path body Kazan had casually tossed aside, she reached out with her Susanoo, picked it up, and pulled every Black Rod from its body.
Her Sharingan had already identified the rods' special property: they transmitted chakra.
Kazan followed at a leisurely pace while Pain's five remaining bodies raced ahead at full speed.
The Deva Path flew, the Animal Path rode on the Eight-Span Bird's back, and the others either leaped across buildings or darted along the ground.
They were guarding against being wiped out in one fell swoop.
Finally, once they were far enough from Amegakure, they stopped in the middle of a lake, the five bodies taking up formation.
Hidden away, Nagato quietly marshaled every bit of his chakra.
He realized this would be the hardest battle of his life. The enemy before him surpassed anyone he had ever encountered.
"I'll overcome this, so I can create the world Yahiko dreamed of!"
By then,