Arisu slightly raised his eyes and glanced at the newly arrived Preta Path and Human Path. His expression remained almost unchanged.
"Fine. Since you won't hand it over, Tsunade and I will find it ourselves."
As soon as he finished speaking, Arisu placed a hand on Tsunade's shoulder, and his chakra flashed lightly.
Whoosh!
The two instantly turned into a streak of golden light and vanished without a trace, leaving only a faint Flying Thunder God mark on the broken steel pipeline.
The Animal Path's face immediately darkened. Narrowing his Rinnegan, he coldly ordered, "Konan, find their location!"
In the sky, Konan's paper clone instantly scattered apart, turning into countless white paper butterflies that blended into the rain as they searched in every direction.
"Rain Tiger at Will!"
Pain quickly formed hand seals and activated the Rain Tiger at Will Technique once again. The heavy rain became his eyes and ears.
The Preta Path turned to the Akatsuki members behind him and said in a deep voice, "The rest of you, follow us. Help out when the time comes."
He didn't blame them for how they had performed just now.
Arisu was indeed much stronger than Hatake Sakumo.
———
[Hidden Rain Village - A Hidden Rooftop]
Arisu and Tsunade appeared together on a tall rooftop. Around them were rows of gray buildings being washed by the heavy rain.
"Honey? When did you learn my Second Grandpa's Flying Thunder God Technique?"
Tsunade was still a little stunned as she looked at Arisu with wide eyes.
Arisu calmly corrected her, "It was the Sage of Six Paths who invented the Flying Thunder God Technique. Senju Tobirama only learned it after finding an ancient record."
He wasn't joking.
The Flying Thunder God Technique had already existed back in Kaguya and Hagoromo's era.
It was just that... in battles at that level, Arisu had better options, so he had rarely used it.
"So... Hatake Sakumo is already dead?"
Tsunade parted her lips. She wanted to ask more, but suddenly remembered something more important and frowned.
Arisu nodded.
"Most likely."
"Sigh..."
"Konoha has lost another top fighter."
Tsunade let out a quiet sigh.
Looking over the Hidden Rain Village covered by the storm, Arisu's eyes gradually sharpened.
"Our top priority is bringing his body back to Konoha. This is the Akatsuki's home ground, so they're difficult to deal with. We need to find him and leave as quickly as possible."
"Okay!"
Tsunade immediately nodded.
She turned to look at Arisu's calm and steady profile.
For some reason, her cheeks suddenly turned slightly red.
"Honey, when you're serious in battle... you look so handsome."
There was a trace of shyness in her voice.
Now that she knew Arisu had the Flying Thunder God Technique and could leave at any time, she relaxed considerably, allowing herself to show a more girlish side.
Arisu smiled helplessly, "This isn't the time for that. Let's deal with the important matter first."
In the rain, their black robes fluttered as they disappeared from the rooftop once again.
Arisu and Tsunade barely wasted any time before finding the hidden warehouse where Hatake Sakumo's body was being kept.
However, when they arrived, the Deva Path was already standing at the warehouse entrance, quietly waiting in the pouring rain.
Nagato had clearly guessed that Arisu's target was Hatake Sakumo's body. He had simply moved the Deva Path here in advance and set up an ambush, waiting for them to walk into it.
"So this is your real main force?"
Arisu glanced at the Deva Path, his expression calm without the slightest surprise.
Looking at the Deva Path, Tsunade's eyes filled with shock.
"This person?! Doesn't he look just like... that orange-haired boy from back then?! Jiraiya's student?", Tsunade said in surprise.
She still remembered what had happened back then.
Mainly because Yahiko looked somewhat like Namikaze Minato, so he had left a deep impression on her.
"One of the Legendary Sannin, Tsunade. It seems you still remember us...", The Deva Path said coldly.
"Then that paper person is that girl. But what about the red-haired boy?", Tsunade asked calmly.
The Deva Path didn't answer. Instead, he spoke slowly, "This is all Konoha's doing. The three great ninja wars were all started by Konoha. If it weren't for you, the ninja world wouldn't have become so chaotic."
Since things had already changed from the original story, Konoha was indeed not on the side of justice.
"What nonsense! Konoha suffered just as much!"
"We major nations have endured a thousand times more pain than small countries like yours!"
Tsunade pointed at Pain and shouted.
The Deva Path's pupils shrank.
His anger completely erupted.
A powerful killing intent surged straight toward Tsunade.
Arisu calmly stepped in front of her and blocked it.
He couldn't help feeling a little awkward inside.
Thankfully, no one in the ninja world knew that he was the one who had really manipulated everything behind the scenes...
If they did, everyone in the ninja world would probably unite against the Sage of Six Paths...
The next moment...
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The other five Paths of Pain rushed over from different directions at incredible speed, landing beside the Deva Path.
All Six Paths appeared together.
Six pairs of Rinnegan locked onto Arisu and Tsunade at the same time.
"So this is the Akatsuki's strongest trump card?"
Arisu swept his gaze across the Six Paths of Pain without changing his expression.
The Deva Path looked extremely serious.
He had been secretly watching Arisu's expression the whole time, trying to catch even the slightest trace of fear, shock, or tension.
Yet from the moment Arisu appeared until now, he had remained completely calm.
There wasn't the slightest panic or fear.
It was as if he already knew every trump card the Akatsuki possessed.
Pain simply couldn't understand it.
A normal person should be full of questions after seeing the Six Paths of Pain appear together.
For example: Why do all six of them have the Rinnegan?
That would be a normal reaction.
But Arisu acted as though seeing the Rinnegan was nothing unusual, as if he had already seen it countless times before.
"Fine..."
"I'll play with all six of you together."
Arisu suddenly smiled.
The instant he finished speaking, Arisu's figure vanished, turning into a brilliant streak of silver light!
Although the Six Paths of Pain shared vision, they couldn't follow his movements at all.
Thud!
With the dull sound of Lightning Cutter piercing flesh, the Asura Path was the first to fall. A Lightning Cutter unleashed while Arisu moved at high speed pierced straight through its chest. Its mechanical body instantly froze before crashing heavily to the ground.
The Asura Path was killed instantly.
Next, Arisu appeared in front of the Human Path. With an ordinary Rasengan, he slammed it into the ground. Terrifying chakra burst out at once, blowing the Human Path into pieces.
"Rasengan: Uzuhiko!"
With a casual flick of his hand, Arisu sent a Rasengan containing a strange power directly into the Animal Path's body.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
A series of dense and terrifying explosions erupted from inside the Animal Path.
Immediately afterward, the entire body exploded violently from within, as if countless bombs had been stuffed inside it, scattering chunks of flesh everywhere.
"Shinra Tensei!!"
The Deva Path reacted instantly and released a powerful repulsive force, trying to knock away the expanding Rasengan.
However...
It was completely useless.
"What kind of jutsu is this?!"
The Deva Path's Rinnegan contracted violently as shock appeared on his face for the first time.
Seeing the "Rasengan: Uzuhiko" growing larger and larger, the Preta Path rushed forward without hesitation and threw itself into the blast zone, trying to neutralize it with its absorption ability.
But after absorbing it for only a few seconds, the Preta Path realized something was wrong.
By then, it was already too late.
BOOM!!!
A violent explosion rang out.
The Preta Path couldn't withstand it and exploded completely, inside and out.
In just a few seconds, Arisu had destroyed four of the Six Paths of Pain by himself.
In the pouring rain, Arisu's figure reappeared beside Tsunade.
His expression remained as calm as ever.