To conquer the world through force, and create peace through fear!!!
The moment those words were spoken, everyone present felt their hearts tremble violently!
If people elsewhere only felt a sense of oppression—
Then the civilians and shinobi of Konoha, staring at their village reduced to ruins, felt an uncontrollable fear rise from the depths of their hearts!
Tsunade: "Nagato, you think this method will make us fear you? I'm telling you—that's absolutely impossible!"
Naruto: "Peace? Peace comes from eliminating the hatred between people! What you're doing will only increase hatred! Only by removing hatred can people truly reach mutual understanding!"
Uchiha Madara: "Mutual understanding? What a joke! Are you all insane, or is it our Uchiha clan that's supposedly unstable?"
Hidan: "I support the Leader! Destroying Konoha was absolutely the right move. Only endless killing and fear can bring peace—the will of Lord Jashin should envelop the world!"
Jiraiya: "Nagato is controlling the Six Paths puppets—none of them are his real body! The real Nagato is hiding behind the scenes!!!"
The people of Konoha stared at Pain before them in shock.
This Pain… was only a puppet?!
And there were five more just like him.
Meanwhile, the real Nagato wasn't even in Konoha!
What was going on?
Where exactly was the real Nagato hiding?!
Tsunade: "Jiraiya? It seems things are even more complicated than we thought…"
Naruto: "Pervy Sage, Granny Tsunade, don't worry. After this viewing ends, I'll drag out that coward hiding behind the scenes!"
Kisame Hoshigaki: "Heh… someone dares speak to the Leader like that. I wonder where that confidence comes from. Though… I didn't expect the Leader to be this nervous when he was young."
Sasori: "He does seem a bit too timid."
The voices in the chatroom echoed continuously in everyone's minds, while the image on the giant screen carried on without pause.
[As the two Konoha shinobi outside shouted, "Who's there?!", they quickly drew their kunai and entered the room, seeing three shadowy figures in the darkness.]
[Nagato's father, facing the discovered shinobi, rushed forward without hesitation.]
["Damn it—is it the enemy?!" Seeing the dark figure charging at them, the Konoha shinobi's hearts trembled as their eyes widened.]
[In the next moment, Nagato's father grabbed the wrist of the shinobi holding the kunai and shouted behind him, "Run, now!"]
[But as an ordinary person, how could he be a match for a shinobi? A swift counterstrike followed.]
[Behind him, Nagato's mother cried anxiously, "Nagato, go!!!"]
[At that moment, another shinobi rushed forward with a kunai, knocking the frail Nagato aside, and then drove the blade straight into his mother's body.]
[Even then, she struggled to cry out, "Nagato… run…!"]
[The shinobi's expression froze in shock, staring at the fallen figure in disbelief. Meanwhile, at the doorway, Nagato's father, after one final shout, was also stabbed by a kunai and collapsed to the ground.]
[Nagato clenched his teeth, trembling as he stared at the scene before him.]
Minato Namikaze: "This… Konoha shinobi killed two civilians?"
Tsunade: "Konoha… killed Nagato's parents???"
Senju Tobirama: "It was chaotic back then. All that can be said is… unfortunate."
Hiruzen Sarutobi: "My teacher is right. Nagato's father rushed in to fight—that was the root cause."
Fourth Raikage A: "Now I understand why Nagato destroyed Konoha. Your shinobi killed his parents!"
Rasa: "Civilians who resist shinobi are no different from rioters. That counterattack was completely justified."
Orochimaru: "Life is truly fragile…"
Listening to the discussions—especially the hypocritical remarks—Nagato's expression grew darker and darker.
Nagato: "Back then, unable to escape the war zone, we could only hide. Meanwhile, shinobi from Sunagakure, Konoha, and even Amegakure slaughtered each other without end."
"There was not a single place of peace in the Land of Rain—ruins everywhere, innocent civilians killed. My parents' deaths… all of this is the evil committed by your great nations!"
"War—why does it exist? Why does it continue? You dismiss it with words like 'mistake,' 'unfortunate,' even 'reasonable,' looking down on life from your lofty positions!"
"Isn't it simply because you possess overwhelming power—and therefore do not care?"
"So now, when I destroy Konoha, I too do not care how many people die!"
Naruto: "I will definitely find you, Nagato! This is my precious village—I won't allow anyone to destroy our home!"
Nagato: "Heh… have you felt pain? Didn't you say you wanted to eliminate hatred between people? Then why do you still hate me?"
Naruto: "When I find you… then we'll talk about eliminating hatred!"
The images on the massive screen continued to play.
[Nagato stared in shock as his parents died before his eyes, tears streaming down from the corners of his eyes.]
[At this moment, the two shinobi, now adjusted to the darkness, realized what had happened—they had mistakenly killed civilians!]
["How did this happen? They weren't shinobi!"]
["What the hell… we mistook civilians for enemies! Damn it!"]
[One Konoha shinobi knelt down and said apologetically, "I didn't expect there to be civilians in a war zone. Sorry, kid."]
Kakuzu: "Heh… just a single 'sorry'? How much is that worth?"
Konan: "Shinobi of the great nations, standing so high above… how could they truly empathize with civilians? Saying 'sorry' is already considered an apology."
Indeed.
Whether it was Konoha or the other great nations, their shinobi stood far above ordinary civilians in both status and position.
At most, they might feel a faint pang of guilt.
But taking responsibility?
That was another matter entirely.
In their eyes, countless shinobi died every day in war—
A few civilian deaths meant nothing.
Suddenly, Senju Hashirama exclaimed in astonishment—
"What are those purple eyes…? Why does that child have the legendary Rinnegan?!"