"Jiraiya never wanted to be Hokage anyway, so there's no need to make him shoulder the blame for starting a war."
That was what Naruto said.
He looked into Pain's eyes.
Just as Nagato had expected, the Rinnegan was still devouring his chakra, like Ryoko spotting menzi after going hungry for over ten days.
But with the Nine-Tails factored in, that chakra drain would not affect his ability to fight.
"I see..."
Deva Path nodded, and the other Pains beside him leaped away in different directions.
Deva Path Pain himself slowly raised his right hand, aiming his palm at Naruto in the center as cold words left his lips:
"Banshō Ten'in!"
An invisible pull, powerful enough to be almost impossible to resist, suddenly took hold of Naruto.
It was as though an invisible hand had seized his body, intent on dragging him straight to Deva Path!
Naruto raised an eyebrow but remained calm. He raised his own right hand and swept it through the air toward the source of the pull:
"Shinra Tensei!"
A powerful repulsive force erupted from Naruto, colliding head-on with the pull of Banshō Ten'in.
The two forces clashed fiercely in midair with muffled booms, warping and tearing the air!
In the end, the repulsive force gained a slight edge and deflected the pull.
But that brief clash of forces still involuntarily tugged Naruto a short distance forward.
Shinra Tensei had a five-second cooldown, and its chakra consumption was far from low.
After actually using it, Naruto realized that Shinra Tensei and Banshō Ten'in definitely cost more chakra than his Divine Vacuum Attack.
They were useful for others, but for him, they were hardly cost-effective.
Just after Naruto used Shinra Tensei to repel the pull of Banshō Ten'in-
"Whoosh-whoosh-whoosh!"
Piercing whistles sliced through the air from several