"Asura Path..." The squad captain's pupils contracted as he recognized the monster he had seen in the intelligence reports.
"Watch out! He uses weapons!"
Before the warning had even left his mouth, Asura Path's arm had transformed into a cannon. A searing beam of chakra blasted out, instantly reducing two Kumogakure ANBU who failed to dodge to ash.
In a single encounter, an elite Kumogakure squad had lost more than half its members. This was not a battle at all, but a one-sided slaughter.
"Retreat! Split up and retreat!" the squad captain roared in despair. He knew that against an enemy of this caliber, staying together meant certain death.
The surviving members immediately scattered, but the Six Paths of Pain had already sealed off every escape. The Animal Path's summoning beasts surged in from every direction, while Asura Path's attacks covered all the escape routes.
The squad captain gave it everything he had. Drawing on his extensive experience and the speed granted by Lightning Release Chakra Mode, he finally shook off his pursuers and broke out of the encirclement. He dared not stop, fleeing desperately toward the outskirts of the village.
Just as he thought he was about to escape with his life, an irresistible gravitational force suddenly surged from behind him, dragging his entire body backward beyond his control!
"What... is this?" Terror overwhelmed him. His body tumbled through the air as he helplessly watched himself hurtle toward an orange-haired figure standing atop the Tower.
The man's expression was cold, his eyes filled with rings of mysterious purple ripples-the Rinnegan.
Deva Path Pain.
"Banshō Ten'in."
The icy voice sounded beside the squad captain's ear. He had already been pulled in front of Pain.
He wanted to fight back, to form hand seals, but an invisible force held his body