"Pain, I remember telling you before: as long as I'm in Konoha, you can forget about taking the Nine-Tails!"
"But I never expected you to choose to enter Konoha while I was away."
A faint, calm smile appeared on Zhou Cheng's face. Even with me gone, you still won't succeed in the Konoha of today!
"Unfortunately for you, I took Naruto out of the village with me. Your plan fell through!"
"Oh, and I drove off that Masked Man too!"
"Now you're the only one left!"
Pain did not answer. He simply stared intently at Zhou Cheng.
Faced with a formidable enemy like Zhou Cheng, he dared not let his guard down.
"Zhou Cheng, do you think protecting the Nine-Tails is enough?"
"Which matters more to you, Konoha or the Nine-Tails?"
Zhou Cheng's expression grew grave at those words.
Fuck me, don't tell me he's about to pull that 'bag of rice' routine?
"Pain, leave!"
"I can promise not to attack!"
"Aside from the Deva Path, the other five Paths are nothing more than corpses you can discard at will."
"Am I right?"
Clear astonishment appeared in the Deva Path's eyes. He knew that too.
Just who is this guy?
"I am a god. You mortals cannot possibly defeat me!"
"This world is filled with pain!"
"Can you understand how I feel?"
"Feel pain!"
The moment those words rang out, Zhou Cheng sprang up as if triggered and screamed frantically at everyone in Konoha:
"Run!"
"Everyone, run!"
"He's going to use the Rinnegan's strongest dōjutsu! All of Konoha will disappear!"
"I'll buy you time! Run!"
Zhou Cheng's words sparked widespread panic.
The Rinnegan's strongest dōjutsu?
All of Konoha would be reduced to rubble!
"What are you standing around for? Run! Get as far away as you can!"
Zhou Cheng was