Just as Sasuke and the young Konoha Ninja were "happily" eating barbecue...
A crisis quietly descended.
Outside Konoha, Pain's Animal Path suddenly descended from the sky aboard the Yatagarasu.
Ignoring the startled looks of those around him, he immediately slammed both hands onto the ground.
Summoning Technique!
With a puff of smoke, all Six Paths of Pain appeared!
By now, the people preparing to enter or leave Konoha had realized something was wrong and kept backing away, fear on their faces.
"Let's begin."
Pain's Asura Path stepped forward and pulled off his right hand, exposing the mechanism inside.
"Five-finger missiles!"
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
In an instant, a barrage of rockets shot out, blasting the Konoha Gate to pieces.
Only then did the people around them snap out of their stupor, screaming and fleeing in every direction.
At that moment, a Konoha Ninja who had narrowly escaped with his life finally reacted and screamed two words at the top of his lungs, his voice tearing.
"Enemy attack!!!!"
The explosion here,
Coupled with that desperate scream, made the nearby Konoha Ninja immediately drop everything and rush toward the scene.
By then, the Six Paths of Pain had already strolled across the ruined Konoha Gate and entered Konoha.
"Scatter!"
The Six Paths of Pain immediately split up. Some were responsible for creating chaos, some for finding the Jinchūriki, and others for killing enemies...
Nagato did not care in the slightest whether Konoha was prepared.
Many Konoha Ninja tried to stop the Pains when they arrived, only to be slaughtered with almost no chance to fight back!
The Animal Path released all his summoning beasts, then began wreaking havoc.
The Asura Path bulldozed his way forward, killing everyone he saw, the mechanisms inside his body seemingly inexhaustible.
The Human Path extracted souls one after