"You should have noticed by now, right? Each of these people has a different ability."
Kakashi said to Gaara and the others with a serious expression, sensing that dealing with the Six Paths Pain was very difficult.
"If I'm not mistaken, their eyes carry a lot of history."
"The circular eyes are the eyes of the legendary Six Paths Sage—the Rinnegan!"
Chiyo spoke solemnly, feeling great pressure from the Rinnegan's presence.
"But their eyes cannot be true Rinnegan. There can't be three pairs of Rinnegan in one world."
"I suspect they are puppets, a very special kind of human puppets."
Ebizo studied the three Pains carefully and found many clues.
"Puppets? That shouldn't be possible!"
"If they are puppets, there should be chakra strings around them."
"My Sharingan can see chakra. But I don't see any chakra threads around them."
Kakashi, watching with his Sharingan eye, said with some confusion:
"Not all puppets are controlled with chakra threads."
"Besides, it wouldn't be surprising for an enemy to have the Rinnegan and some special abilities."
Chiyo shook his head, agreeing with Ebizo's speculation.
Gaara groaned in frustration. "Now is not the time to debate. Let's talk about how to kill them!"
His powerful sand control was almost useless against Pain.
"Kill them? Let me tell you, we should think about survival first! Their powers are too strong for us to handle."
"If there's a way to defeat them, it's to exhaust their chakra and win by attrition."
"The combination of these three is invincible to us."
Chiyo sneered, bluntly stating a harsh fact.
Deva Pain possesses the strongest ability; his Shinra Tensei deflects all attacks.
The Preta Path can absorb all chakra-based attacks.
And the Asura Path has terrifying close-combat power.
Controlled by a single mind, they share vision and coordinate perfectly.
This is beyond what Gaara and the others can handle, especially since their powers are still somewhat restrained by Pain's control.
Pain said with an indifferent tone, "If you hand over the two Jinchūriki, we will leave immediately."
Hatake Kakashi responded coldly, "Don't even think about it! Even if you have the upper hand now, we will be the ones who win in the end."
"Otherwise, you wouldn't be rushing to negotiate peace with us. If you want the Jinchūriki, come and take them yourself."
Chiyo nodded slightly. "The One-Tail's Jinchūriki is the Kazekage of Sunagakure Village. No village hands over its Kage."
"If you can't protect your village's shadow, then what difference does your village have from not existing?"
Gaara spoke solemnly, "Why does the Akatsuki want to capture the Tailed Beasts?"
Deva Pain answered indifferently, "For peace."
Uzumaki Naruto roared angrily, "Are you joking? After destroying other villages like this, you still say it's for peace?"Deva Pain coldly replied, "Do you understand pain? Pain is the way! Only by making everyone feel pain can the world achieve peace."
"I was born in a weak country, often a battlefield for great nations like yours."
"Great nations inflict pain on small ones like mine. You cannot understand our suffering."
"That's why wars are waged recklessly, destroying hard-won peace."
"I am here to make you feel our pain, understand our pain, and experience our pain."
"Only when the whole world suffers pain can people understand each other and peace come."
Gaara asked solemnly, "What does this have to do with Akatsuki capturing the Tailed Beasts?"
Tendo Pain said, "We will use the Tailed Beasts to create a powerful weapon. This weapon can destroy a country instantly."
"The deterrent effect of such a weapon will bring the world peace, making those who crave war feel fear and pain."
Gaara sneered, "Before you arrived, a man named Zenkichi talked to me about peace."
"Compared to your nonsense, Zenkichi's ideas are more convincing. That is the true path to peace."
Deva Pain said coldly, "In that case, I have no choice but to send you to your death."
At that moment, a burst of arrogant laughter sounded.
Deidara appeared riding a large white bird, whistling from a distance, holding a white bomb.
He threw it at Gaara and the others.
"Sunagakure Village, feel my art!"
"Art is an explosion!"
Deidara's shouts echoed across Sunagakure as the bombs exploded one after another.
Gaara raised his sand shield Sunako, absorbing the white bombs' attacks to protect others.
Meanwhile, Deva Pain seized the opportunity created by Deidara and suddenly reached out to grab Gaara.
"Bansho Tenin!"
While Gaara was distracted dealing with Deidara, Tendo Pain captured him with Bansho Tenin.
Gaara was too slow. Controlling his sand, his body was forcibly pulled toward Deva Pain.
Asura Path quickly fired rockets at Gaara, blasting away all the sand defenses covering his body.
Gaara struggled to resist the rocket barrage, hoping to close in and attack suddenly, but the Preta Path stepped forward to block him.
The Preta Path's palm touched Gaara, and the chakra inside him flowed toward the Preta Path like a tide.
"Shukaku! If you won't help me, don't expect me to be gentle!"
"Don't forget, they are coming for you!"
Gaara helplessly scolded Shukaku.
In Gaara's mind, the One-Tail's sharp voice replied, "Help you? What a joke! I am immortal and fear nothing!"
One-Tail Shukaku snorted, allowing Gaara's chakra to be drained until he lost consciousness.
Tailed Beasts are immortal. Even if killed, they can be reborn.
Shukaku had been sealed by Sunagakure for too long and was willing to die once for freedom.
"One Tail secured, next is Nine Tails!"
Looking at Naruto and the others evading Deidara's attacks, Deva Pain sneered.
"Capture the Tailed Beasts? I'm no fool like Shukaku!"
The Nine-Tails inside Uzumaki Naruto noticed the chaos and sneered, red chakra surging into Naruto's body.
The Nine-Tails and One-Tail, In the same situation, they chose differently.
Naruto was furious seeing Gaara captured, and the Nine-Tails' chakra surged, bursting forth from its seal.
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