Naoki Senju's relaxed attitude made Nagato worry that Konoha's reinforcements might arrive, so he directly issued orders to Six Paths of Pain.
"Superior."
Pain's Deva Path is in the center, with the Human Path and Asura Path Preta Path guards the Deva Path closely, while the Animal Path begins to Rinnegan puppets. The Naraka Path, which has the ability to revive, is behind everyone else.
This is the formation that can perfectly unleash the combat capabilities of the Six Paths of Pain. However, this is the first time they have used this formation. Even someone as renowned as Hanzō, who is hailed as Demigod of the Ninja World, is no match for Pain's Deva Path.
Naoki Senju may be the first, and possibly the last, ninja to face Six Paths of Pain simultaneously.
The Asura Path's arms emitted a metallic scraping sound as its anthropomorphic skin split open to reveal a shockingly modern weapon hidden within its body—a missile.
Without any Hand Seals, missiles, trailing dazzling streaks, locked onto Naoki Senju's movements.
The Asura Path's arm alone carried more than twenty small tracking missiles, making even a B-2 bomber pale in comparison.
The Human Path temporarily halted its attack, but it still ran behind the explosion to provide the manipulator of the Six Paths of Pain with a comprehensive view.
The so-called shared vision among the Six Paths of Pain is actually just that Six Paths of Pain simultaneously transmit their vision to Nagato, the mastermind behind the scenes, Nagato then coordinates it. Without Nagato as the intelligence hub, the Six Paths of Pain would not be able to share their vision.
If Nagato were to participate in a professional league, he would essentially be a one-man team, simultaneously controlling six puppets with completely different skills—the difficulty of that is simply unimaginable.
With a deafening explosion, Pain stepped forward with unwavering determination. He knew perfectly well that this attack would be ineffective against Naoki Senju, but he would now take control of the battle!
"We are Pain, and we will end this world filled with war, conflict, disease, and hunger. We are God!"
When the smoke and dust from the explosion cleared, revealing the completely enclosed, airtight wooden walls, the Animal Path of Six Paths of Pain stirred.
" Summoning Technique."
A bull, its size comparable to a mobile fortress, had eyes reflecting concentric purple ripples. After a short sprint, its sharp horns easily pierced through the sturdy wooden barrier.
But within the walls, the man Nagato longed to see was nowhere to be found.
How could that be! Every corner is clearly within Six Paths of Pain's field of vision, where could he possibly be hiding?
The next second, Nagato suddenly realized the answer, but it was too late.
Instead of attacking the greatest threat, Naoki Senju, who descended from the sky, bypassed the protection of the other Pain and arrived behind the Naraka Path.
The Rinne Rebirth Technique, one of the abilities of the Resurrection Eye, can summon King of Hell, who extends a purple tongue to roll the damaged Pain into King of Hell's mouth and revive him by chewing him up.
It can be said that as long as the Naraka Path exists, the Six Paths of Pain are invincible. No matter how many times they are shattered or how badly they are broken, they can be resurrected intact.
Naoki Senju, who was familiar with the abilities of the Six Paths of Pain, could not allow such a broken ability to exist. If he could not break this ability, he would choose to destroy it!
" Wind Release: Wind Cutter Blade."
Sharper blades of wind, sharper than scalpels, sliced through Naraka Path's limbs, neck, head, and every other potentially fatal spot.
After reaching a point where he could no longer improve his Water Release, Naoki Senju followed in his Tobirama Senju and embarked on the path of researching forbidden techniques. However, of all the forbidden techniques in that thick book, very few were suitable for Naoki Senju.
This situation is not uncommon. Orochimaru, who spent seven years learning all the forbidden techniques in the book, only selected the ones that were more suitable for him, such as the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu technique to enhance his combat power, the Living Corpse Reincarnation technique to extend his lifespan, and his trump card, the Eight Branches Technique...
Even more powerful forbidden techniques do exist, such as the Fourth Hokage's Flying Thunder God Technique, and the Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags developed by the Second Hokage to complement the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu...
However, these forbidden techniques either had too high a threshold or were simply unsuitable for Orochimaru to use, and were generally very dangerous, so the Book of Forbidden Techniques was shelved in Konoha.
There are very few forbidden techniques suitable for Naoki Senju, and he is currently only learning the Flying Thunder God Technique. However, Naoki Senju has taken a different approach to Wind Release Ninjutsu, combining Root's research data on Wind Release to achieve a breakthrough.
His mastery of Wind Release was on par with that of Water Release, so the Naraka Path, who was ambushed by Naoki Senju using Wind Release Ninjutsu, had absolutely no chance of survival!
But there are always exceptions. Instead of the dull thud of a Naraka Path falling to the ground, the corpse that had fallen to the ground made a series of clanging and clattering sounds as it disintegrated.
puppet?
While this description isn't entirely accurate, since Six Paths of Pain were puppets, so... this is a puppet controlled by puppets?
Hidden further away, where he was virtually undetectable, Nagato relaxed slightly. Fortunately, Naoki Senju's target was only the Naraka Path's fake body; otherwise, with one of the Six Paths of Pain, the battle would have taken an unfavorable turn from the start.
Although the other five of the Six Paths of Six Paths of Pain, apart from the Deva Path, are not particularly strong in combat, the intelligence and vision provided by the Six Paths of Pain are extremely important in battles where defeat can be achieved with the slightest carelessness.
But an even more Nagato question arose in Nagato's mind: excluding chance, did Naoki Senju's initial attack on the Naraka Path mean that Six Paths of Pain's abilities had already been revealed?
When did that bastard Uchiha Itachi find out the most secret information about the Six Paths of Pain?
At this moment, Uchiha Itachi, who was scouting out the Kumogakure, glanced thoughtfully in the direction of the Land of Wind. Presumably, Naoki Senju was already engaged in combat with the other Akatsuki members. Should he also eliminate the Akatsuki members around him?
"Itachi-san, the fact that Kumogakure didn't fall into chaos after losing the Fourth Raikage, and that the Two-Tails Jinchūriki actually took on the role of acting Raikage, is quite a disadvantageous situation."
Kisame Hoshigaki had no idea that 'Itachi-san', who had disappeared for two days before reappearing beside him, had already harbored murderous intent towards him. Having trained in the Anbu, Uchiha Itachi would never reveal the slightest bit of killing intent unless he was absolutely certain of a kill.
Therefore, even Kisame Hoshigaki, a top student of the Kirigakure Anbu, was completely unaware of the danger lurking around him. Instead, he was seriously considering how to complete this mission. Monitoring Uchiha Itachi was only one of his tasks, and collecting the Tailed Beast was also part of the Eye of the Moon Plan.
It's hard to imagine that Kisame Hoshigaki killer, dreams of creating a world without deception and where there's no need to kill one's comrades!