The earth shook, the buildings within the vicinity crumbled, and everyone's hearts were filled with terror.
"Pain..."
While Deidara, Sasori, Kakuzu, and Hinda were all embarrassed and hurt due to the sudden invisible pressure attack that could crush everything, Shinra easily dodged this attack as he looked at the figure who attacked him sneakily.
"I never expected that a God would play dirty. Is he not confident enough to fight me alone?"
There wasn't just a single figure, but several of them, standing on the top of buildings, looking down on him as if they were higher beings, and by their side, a figure of a beautiful woman floated in the midair with wings of paper, standing near those strange people.
"Who are you? What is your plan here?"
The man with orange hair who stood in the middle, had many piercings, and unique swirled pupils, stood emotionlessly as he looked at Shinra, but it was clear from his voice that he was filled with anger.
Shinra didn't give an answer immediately; instead, he observed those figures and noticed a thin connection that led them to the top of the tallest tower in Amegakure.
"I am asking a question."
The man with orange hair seemed to be angry when Shinra ignored him, so he raised his hand and said, "Shinra Tensei!"
Once again, a powerful repulsion blast emerged as it was about to crush Shinra!
However—
Shinra swung his blade, and the powerful repulsion blast was cut in half.
BOOOOOOOOOMMMMM! BOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!
As the blast was cut, it divided into two and exploded in two different directions, causing more damage in the area.
"..." Everyone.
"Oi, am I not dreaming, right? The boss's attack is cut in half with a blade!"
While Deidara screamed in disbelief, Sasori and Kakuzu stared in disbelief at the fight before them.
"Who are you?!"
This time, the man lost his calm, never expecting that a simple swordmanship could cut the power of God like that!
Still, Shinra was more curious about the ability of Rinnegan, which made the boss of Akatsuki, Pain, or Nagato, be able to control several bodies as his puppets.
Yet, unlike Sasori's puppets, which could only use mundane weapons such as poison, sharp objects, and many other normal weapons, Pain's puppets, which were controlled by Rinnegan, were on another level, as each of them had its own unique abilities.
Deva Path, Asura Path, Human Path, Animal Path, Preta Path, and Naraka Path.
The Deva Path has the ability to manipulate attractive and repulsive forces with objects and people.
The Asura Path grants the user the ability to augment their own body to summon mechanised armour and various ballistic and mechanical weaponry.
The Human Path grants a Rinnegan user the ability to read the mind of any target by placing their hand on the target's head or chest and yanking the soul out of the body.
The Animal Path grants the ability to summon various animals and creatures to aid it in battle.
The Preta Path grants the ability to absorb chakra in any form.
The Naraka Path grants the user two main abilities: interrogation and restoration.
Each of the abilities of Rinnegan was amazing, and if Shinra combined them with his Sharingan, he knew well that he was as good as a God in this world.
With just the Rinnegan, Pain, or Nagato could become a God, then what about Shinra, who had many various abilities?
That said, Shinra was interested in the Naraka Path, which had the ability to restore, and also the Preta Path, which had the ability to absorb chakra in any form.
The ability to restore, somehow, he believed that he could restore his Kotoamatsukami, so he had no need to wait for its cooldown anymore and could use it immediately as long as he had enough energy.
On the other hand, the ability to absorb any chakra made him think of unlimited energy, so long as this world existed.
With all of that, it would be stupid to let the Rinnegan go, and instead of waiting for Nagato to become his future enemy, Shinra knew that it was better for him to take the initiative.
"Pain, or Nagato, is it?"
"Who are you?!"
When his real name was called, Nagato, who was hiding, could no longer calm himself. Yes, in the previous confrontation between Shinra and Itachi, everyone was clear about Shinra's name, but how could he become so powerful like this?!
"Aren't you a God? Why did you lose your calm? Don't be so scary, okay? What if I destroy this village and all the people here?"
"...I will kill you."
Nagato's voice was filled with murderous intent, as Konan also had a similar attitude, ready to attack Shinra at any moment to take his life, since this village was their everything.
If Shinra were to destroy this ninja village, then he would become their enemy!
Still, when Shinra thought about the future of Amegakure, after Nagato had asked Naruto to take care of it, it made him laugh somehow.
Didn't Naruto say that he wouldn't break his promise?
Yet, when Shinra thought of the condition of Amegakure on the timeline of Boruto, it made him sigh helplessly, so—
"Nagato, how about we talk first?"
"Talk? Do you think you can have a conversation with a god like me?"
"I do." Shinra nodded. "I have planted many bombs in this village. If you don't let me talk, then I will let them blow up." As he had been walking around the village, he had kept many bombs, but it wasn't to take down Nagato. Instead, those bombs were used to take care of the dirty mice that were scurrying around, spying on him, and wanted to give him a sneak attack.
"Do you want to try?"
"....."
Nagato's breathing became harder with anger, but he tried to forcefully calm himself and asked, "...what do you want to talk about?"
"Give me your Rinnegan, then I will help you to realize your dream."
"....."
"What's wrong?"
Nagato's breathing became even harder, and he was filled with even more anger, but then, his expression quickly calmed down since behind Shinra, a swirl of void emerged, and from that void, a figure suddenly appeared, ready to kill Shinra!
However—
Shinra, once again, dodged the attack with ease, then cut the arm of the person, without giving it a chance to fight!
"ARRRRGGGGHHHHHH!!!!"
Still, when Shinra was about to kill this bastard directly—
"SHINRA TENSEI!"
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM!!!
As the explosion blasted everything, the figure, who came out from the void, disappeared, but Shinra still stood unscathed in the hollow that came from the explosion. "I see." He looked in the direction of the tallest tower and said, "It seems you want to fight, so let's do it."
"—?!"
Nagato felt tense as he saw Shinra staring in his direction, and their battle began!