The battle between Nagato and Itachi and the five Paths of Pain was on the verge of erupting.
Animal Path Pain wasted no time summoning all kinds of enormous creatures.
Asura Path also entered combat mode, transforming into a three-headed, six-armed form as all manner of firearms sprouted from his body.
The two support units, Human Path and Naraka Path, stood on either flank, serving as vision wards.
The most troublesome of them, Deva Path, remained front and center, ready to deliver another divine proclamation at any moment.
"Itachi, I'll hold off these summoning beasts and Asura Path. You take out Naraka Path..."
No one knew more about fighting the Six Paths of Pain than Nagato. Hearing his instructions, Itachi immediately charged toward their vision ward, Naraka Path Pain.
Just then, a huge three-headed hellhound and a crab blocked Itachi's path, preventing him from approaching Naraka Path.
Just as Itachi was about to take out the two summoning beasts himself, two Nagatos abruptly appeared.
One Nagato spat lightning from his mouth, while the other spat flames, blasting both summoning beasts away.
Itachi nodded at Nagato's two clones, then continued charging toward Naraka Path.
At this point, Deva Path could no longer stand idly by.
In the eyes of this world's Nagato, five Pains should have been enough to kill these two mysterious men.
But... he had never imagined that Preta Path would be taken out instantly, and now their healer, Naraka Path, had become a target too.
Pain, who had been pondering which divine proclamation to deliver once the two were captured, decisively took action.
He opened with Banshō Ten'in, intending to pull Itachi toward him.
But Itachi was already prepared. He had long since worked out how to deal with each Pain.
Against a top-tier ninja like Pain,