Pain watched Jiraiya quietly, making no attempt to deny it. "Yahiko is dead. I have inherited his will. In Yahiko's name, I have become a god." His voice grew grand and ethereal, as though he truly were proclaiming some divine decree.
"Jiraiya-sensei, the peace you seek is nothing more than an illusion humanity uses to deceive itself.
Only through pain can this world truly understand the meaning of peace.
I will gather every tailed beast and create an ultimate weapon capable of destroying the world. I will plunge the world into unprecedented agony, forcing it to experience the cycle of war and peace over and over. Only then will people truly understand that peace is not something to be taken for granted, but something bought with blood and lives. That is the peace I envision."
A bone-deep chill swept through Jiraiya. Nagato, the child he had once taught to use his strength to protect peace, now intended to use that strength to inflict pain in pursuit of his twisted "peace." Looking into Pain's emotionless Rinnegan, he felt an uncontrollable surge of grief and anger.
"Jiraiya-sensei." Pain's voice rang out again, pulling Jiraiya from his thoughts.
"I am not your enemy. The incidents you have been investigating-the attack on Konoha, the theft of forbidden techniques, the conflicts being stirred up... all of them were the work of that mysterious man with the 'second pair of Rinnegan.' He is more dangerous than I am, and far more elusive.
He is the true mastermind driving the world into chaos. Go back. You are no match for me, nor can you stop me. Find your real enemy. That is what you should be doing."
Pain's words carried the force of an unquestionable command, as though he truly were showing Jiraiya the way forward. But