The Land of Rain needed to be on special alert at the time.
So after Konan brought Liumu to Nagato, she returned to the base aboveground.
Looking at Nagato's slightly weary expression, a trace of confusion crept into Liumu's brow.
"I want to know about the Animal Path."
Before Nagato could speak, Liumu stated why he had come.
"How did you..."
Seeing Liumu's serious expression, Nagato immediately stopped talking, pulled aside his bedding, and struggled out of bed.
"It seems you know everything. That's right. Pain is the Animal Path, and the Animal Path is Pain."
As it turned out, ever since Liumu had told Nagato to study his Rinnegan properly during his last visit to the Land of Rain, Nagato had kept the matter in mind.
After that, Nagato had searched through quite a few ancient texts for the secrets of the Rinnegan, but strangely, no matter how hard he tried, he could find no useful information in them.
Until one day, while searching Kirigakure for the candidates on the list, Nagato was surrounded by Kirigakure ninja. In desperation, he actually summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path had an amazing ability: not only could it devour human souls, but it could also produce black rods that resembled signal receivers.
After that, by studying the black rods, Nagato finally learned their secret.
Nagato did not explain the details of how Pain was created or why the Rinnegan had appeared in that person called... Kongyu.
He only told Liumu that, besides Kongyu, the Animal Path, there was currently one other Pain in the Land of Rain.
Based on Nagato's description, Liumu could almost conclude that the other Pain should be the Human Path, which could extract souls.
"Once I transplant the Rinnegan