Ignoring Yagura's roar and struggles, the giant hand gripped him tightly. In an instant, it retracted the arm into the volcano, pulling him back and pressing him beneath the magma.
The other volcanoes stopped erupting immediately, and the thousand-meter bulge beneath his feet calmed down, slowly sinking.
Only the volcanic crater that had captured Yagura continued to erupt, violent and ceaseless. Although the scale was much smaller, it was chilling to witness.
"You really can't handle a scare." Hiromi said with disdain.
It was unclear whether he was saying this to Yagura, who was about to die, or to someone hiding in the corner.
Immediately after, the pure white divine aura, golden patterns, black-red combat gear, and blood-red forehead ornament on Hiromi's body vanished.
He looked ahead, where the Eight-Tails and Two-Tails were surrounding the Kirigakure army.
The Kirigakure ninjas were in shambles, screams echoing everywhere, retreating in disarray under Mei's leadership.
Konoha ninjas, led by Kakashi, were blocking them, and both sides were still clashing.
Just then, an orange-haired youth appeared behind Hiromi. His eyes were filled with concentric ripples—the legendary Sages Eyes, the Rinnegan.
"Do you wish to know the truth of this world?" He asked, looking at Hiromi.
Hiromi laughed.
The truth? You don't know a damn thing about the truth!
[Mission Name: So it's you, the idiot who brings destruction to the world for the sake of peace?]
[Mission Content: Kill Nagato!]
[Mission Reward: Nuclear Release + Nuclear Release Chakra Mode]
Fire Release is a change in Chakra nature.
Scorch Release is a Kekkei Genkai.
Hiromi didn't know what Nuclear Release was, but he knew it was at least a Kekkei Tota, or perhaps even a Kekkei Mora.
And Nuclear Release Chakra Mode meant that every one of his attacks would be a nuclear explosion, as if he were the sun itself.
The weak would fear his radiation. The strong would fear his high temperature. Gods would fear his nuclear explosion.
However, these were all his speculations.
Whether he would truly become like the sun, he did not know. He only knew that, right now, he had no interest in killing a puppet. But he was extremely interested in resurrecting Yahiko.
"This puppet belongs to me now."
Hearing the word "puppet," Pain's pupils constricted imperceptibly. This was his greatest secret, unknown even to the members of the Akatsuki.
The moment Hiromi finished speaking, golden flames erupted from his body, instantly condensing into a crown, patterns, bracelets, and anklets.
Before the noble aura and terrifying high temperature could even lash out, the heat on Hiromi's body transformed into a thin layer of gold.
Combined with the explosive power of the flames, his speed became even more ferocious than A, striking in an instant.
Even with the Rinnegan, as it was transplanted, Pain found it difficult for his eyes to keep up, let alone his body. In an instant, he was seized by Hiromi.
He was shocked, but he didn't feel that things were out of his control. After all, he possessed the legendary Sage of Six Paths' Eyes.
He could absorb Chakra, he could control souls...
He was a god!
Until he sensed a power absorbing Chakra from Hiromi's body—a power that even his Rinnegan paled in comparison to.
Although he was surprised by Hiromi's ability, which could actually surpass his Rinnegan, he hadn't come alone.
If this kept up, his puppet could be killed a hundred times and still not die, whereas Hiromi would die if killed once. That was the gap between a god and a mortal.
But before he could order the others to attack, the golden layer on Hiromi's body vanished, turning back into scorching heat that burned his body, causing the Chakra within him to be consumed rapidly.
He panicked a little, he couldn't keep this up.
"Attack!" Pain ordered.
But the masked man hiding on the side still didn't move.
Perhaps it was because Hiromi was condensing a faint white flame in his hand. Or perhaps it was just a puppet, and it didn't matter if it was lost or not.
But that corpse was Yahiko, which held a different meaning for Pain.
Pain angrily questioned the masked man why he didn't intervene.
The masked man recalled Hiromi's ability to absorb Chakra and convert it into whatever power he desired. And those faint ripples within the golden eyes...
How similar it was.
With a gloomy expression, he said, "Hiromi... might possess the Rinnegan."
"Nani?!" Pain was stunned, unable to believe it.
In this world... wasn't he the only god?!
...
Hiromi put away Yahiko's corpse, which had been melted down to just a finger.
Now he possessed the Sage Body and the Rinnegan's Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique/Rinne Tensei.
He just needed Edo Tensei, and he would be able to resurrect people infinitely.
As for Edo Tensei, he could go find Orochimaru, though he could also obtain it by completing missions.
[Mission Name: So only you have clans?]
[Mission Content: Kill the four Konoha clans, Sarutobi, Shimura, Mitokado and Utatane!]
[Mission Reward: Edo Tensei]
He only needed to deal with the Mitokado Clan and the Utatane Clan.
Actually, Hiromi resurrecting Yahiko was just a side note, an experiment to see how the resurrected accepted their current state, so that his second resurrection would go smoothly.
For his second resurrection, Hiromi wanted to resurrect his own unfortunate parents. However, after wiping out the Mitokado Clan and the Utatane Clan, he would be very busy, so he would wait until everything settled down before resurrecting his parents.