Nagato's whole body suddenly froze in place.
He turned sideways, using his dim and unreadable Rinnegan to glance at Galo.
His mouth lightly said, "Ridiculous."
At the side, Tobi seemed to remember something, hugged his arms tight, with an attitude like watching a good show.
Pakura also sensed that Nagato's state was somewhat off, so he stepped forward with concern and said, "Nagato, this group of people is just like that, arrogant and conceited, don't take it to heart."
But Nagato calmly said, "As expected, people's pain cannot be shared. Only by fully experiencing pain can one understand how hard-won peace is."
Pakura looked helpless. Nagato had started saying strange things again.
But at this moment, Nagato suddenly smiled. He stretched out a hand toward Pakura, "Pakura, I said before, I would take you along to carry vengeance, now it's time to fulfill that promise."
This time, without waiting for Pakura to respond, Nagato grabbed Pakura's hand.
The two of them flew up just like that.
In the sky, the buildings of Sunagakure began to shrink away beneath them.
Nagato thought for a moment, then carried Pakura a bit farther. He spoke.
"After all, this is the village you want to protect. I won't aim directly at it, let's just target the land next to the noble district."
In the air, Pakura had nowhere to brace himself, so he quickly wrapped his arms around Nagato.
"Hey, Nagato, what are you trying to do?"
Nagato closed his eyes, "LET THEM FEEL PAIN."
After speaking, his eyes opened. He raised both hands high above his head, letting Pakura cling to him.
He said faintly, "This is a line Obito taught me, and I think it makes sense."
He aimed at the desert below, and began to chant.
"[Nonsense chant about rice...]"
"SHINRA TENSEI!"
———
On the other side, the people of Sunagakure watched the two suddenly fly up and fly far away, their faces blank with confusion.
In the whole ninja world, there were very few who could fly. Galo couldn't help but narrow his eyes, and said faintly, "What are they going to do?"
Rasa, however, had a bad premonition. He glared angrily at Galo, "Elder Galo, must you really force the Akatsuki to tear down our village before you're satisfied?"
Galo snorted disdainfully, "They can't even tear down a home? With just those two people?"
But in the very next moment, they heard Nagato chanting in the sky.
Though Nagato was far away, his voice seemed to pierce through everything.
As the chanting grew more intense, a suffocating feeling enveloped everyone's hearts.
When Nagato finished the final words, "THIS WORLD SHALL KNOW PAIN!"
Suddenly, a vast and unstoppable force appeared beneath Nagato's feet.
At this instant, the world seemed to suddenly fall silent.
The next moment, an immense repulsive force erupted. Not far from Sunagakure's highest noble district, a giant crater formed from the crushing force, sinking downward, spreading outward continuously.
BOOM!
A violent, world-shattering sandstorm exploded around the crater, the fierce air currents creating a sharp explosion sound.
In just an instant, yellow sand raged everywhere. The spreading sand and wind covered all, almost engulfing the whole Sunagakure.
Everyone felt the ground beneath them shake violently.
Countless people not strong enough, fell to the ground under the quake.
Everything came too fast, too suddenly.
No one knew how much time passed before the sandstorm finally calmed down. The people gradually regained their senses, and then they saw—
All the buildings in Sunagakure's noble district, right next to the Great War Zone, had been leveled. A gigantic crater, even larger than Sunagakure itself, had appeared beside the village.
The Sunagakure shinobi all stared dumbfounded at this scene, unwilling to believe for a long time that such a disaster-like scene had been brought about by a single person.
Rasa's brows twisted like rope. He had known offending Akatsuki might bring retaliation, but he never expected the retaliation would come so quickly, so fiercely.
The once-arrogant Galo now had his legs go weak and collapsed to his knees.
He had experienced war, he had killed many, but he had never witnessed such a situation.
At this time, Tobi had already slowly walked up beside Rasa, "If only you had restrained some of your arrogance, it wouldn't have come to this step today."
"But you can also see, we held back, we didn't aim at Sunagakure. Though the village suffered some collateral damage, at least its foundation remains unharmed."
Rasa's eyes turned red, "But even so, do you know how many people will die? For us shinobi, maybe it's fine, but the civilians…"
Tobi cut him off, "Yes, whether a village thrives or declines, whenever disaster comes, it's always the civilians who suffer the greatest pain."
"Now you, and the interest group behind you, can you understand the pain of a home being devastated and destroyed?"
Rasa panted heavily. Before, he had always been compromising in attitude, but watching Sunagakure suffer such heavy loss before his eyes only sparked his resolve to fight to the death.
The enemy, too strong, far too strong. But he could not back down. He was the Fourth Kazekage.
Tobi saw this, but only said calmly, "At least you still have some blood. Since you still think of your village, then you should understand. If the next Shinra Tensei falls directly on your village, everything you value will no longer exist."
"So, to protect the village, please, continue to endure. Isn't endurance what shinobi are supposed to learn first?"
The fire of determination in Rasa suddenly felt like it was doused with a bucket of cold water, instantly extinguished.
Like a deflated ball, he spoke in a low voice, "Whatever Akatsuki wants to do, I will agree. Please, just have your companion stop what he's doing."
Tobi said, "He only wanted you to understand his pain, not to destroy you. So, he has already stopped."
As Tobi spoke, Nagato and Pakura, who had been flying in the sky, had already returned, slowly descending.
Around Nagato, everyone instinctively made way, their eyes filled with terror.
Pakura had just landed when she immediately raised her fist without a word and punched Nagato hard.
"If you want to vent anger, then kill Sunagakure's higher-ups! Using large-scale destruction that harms civilians, what kind of hero or man does that make you!"
Nagato didn't dodge, letting the punch land on his face.
He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, "That is also my question. The great nations' wars dragged my parents in. How innocent were their deaths? Great nations have their suffering, but their civilians are still civilians. Our small nations' civilians, are they not civilians too?"
Pakura grabbed Nagato's collar, but when she saw his clear eyes, she unconsciously softened.
At this time, Nagato instead smiled, "Sorry, Pakura. I admit that just now, when I heard that line, I got too emotional and acted too extremely, wanting to give Sunagakure a lesson."
"But I always remember, Akatsuki is a peace organization. We should not force our misfortunes onto others."
"So, I had control. The situation isn't as serious as you think."
Pakura froze, 'Not serious?'
She instinctively looked around at the affected area, at the civilians who had been caught in the disaster.
Then, she realized. Though these civilians had been terribly frightened, they themselves were unharmed.
Their bodies were all protected by a surrounding purple chakra.
'This is…'
Pakura instinctively turned her head toward Sara's direction, and there she saw Rin, disguised, standing together with Sara. Their fists pressed together, the chakra bursting from their bodies spreading outward, enveloping the whole of Sunagakure.
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