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The Animal Path of Pain didn't hesitate. With swift, practiced hands, she performed a rapid sequence of hand seals and slammed her palms against the ground.
Boom!
A colossal puff of smoke erupted as two enormous creatures materialized. One of them was a giant, armor-plated rhinoceros whose massive feet cracked the very earth beneath it, and the other one was a chameleon-like beast with a long, sinister tail ending in a serpent's head.
The moment they appeared, the chameleon's body shimmered and vanished as its skin blending perfectly into the surroundings, disappearing from sight.
The massive rhino didn't wait as it charged forward like a living battering ram, intent on crushing the intruder.
But Alex didn't move. His crimson hair danced slightly in the gust caused by the charging beast, and his eyes gleamed with excitement, as if welcoming the attack.
He didn't even flinch for a moment.
The rhino roared and slammed forward with a thunderous impact meant to obliterate anything in its path.
CRACK!
But it stopped dead in its tracks as if it was stopped by an even greater force.
Looking closely, a single hand hand had stopped the massive beast.
That was all Alex had raised. His palm was open, effortlessly catching the giant's horn, halting its charge as if the beast had rammed into a mountain. The force rippled out in shockwaves, cracking the earth around them, but Alex stood firm, completely unmoved.
Pain's eyes widened in disbelief.
"What...?"
The rhino bellowed, pushing with all its might, its muscles straining, ground breaking beneath its weight but Alex's hand didn't even tremble.
With a bored sigh, he lifted the creature with one arm, lifting thousands of tons like it was nothing and hurled it sideways.
BOOM!
The rhino crashed through the air like a ragdoll and slammed into the invisible chameleon mid-sprint. The two summons collided with a deafening crash, rolling across the battlefield in a heap of broken limbs and blood.
The entire place turned silent, even the sound of needle dropping could echo loud.
Pain's lips parted slightly. His eyes stared blankly.
"That's… impossible."
Alex slowly turned his head and grinned. His voice rang out with amused superiority.
"Impossible for a fake god like you? Maybe. But for a real one like me... this is child's play."
The words echoed in the room, heavy and deliberate.
Every Akatsuki member present felt it. A pulse of divine authority that made their spines stiffen and their hearts clench.
Kisame scoffed but his hand trembled on his sword hilt.
Sasori's eyes narrowed slightly as his hand trembled, not knowing what to do.
Konan's lips curled with disbelief, but her fingers hesitated.
And Obito's lone Sharingan eye narrowed sharply as he stepped forward from the shadows, glaring hard at the red-haired man.
"Hmph... bluffing," Obito muttered, voice laced with contempt. "How dare you call yourself a god?"
"Call myself?" Alex chuckled, brushing imaginary dust off his arm. "No, no... I am a god. You people just don't understand what true divinity looks like."
Pain's calm voice followed which was heavy with conviction.
"I was chosen by the Gods themselves. I wield the Rinnegan. I am the reincarnation of the Sage of Six Paths. I am Pain. I am God!"
His voice echoed in the broken silence, each word carrying the weight of unshakable belief.
But Alex laughed and it wasn't just a chuckle. It was a full, unrestrained laugh, full of mockery, and pity.
"Oh, Pain…" He said, almost softly. "How tragic. You actually believe that."
His expression changed, his mockery fading into icy precision.
"You are no god. You're just a puppet, dancing on strings you can't even see. What a mortal fool you are Nagato Uzumaki... you don't even know that someone sits behind the curtain, controlling you from the shadows… and yet you call yourself divine?"
Pain's eyes twitched as the words stabbed into him deeper than any blade could.
Obito tensed and his heartbeat quickened. He barked, panic flashing in his tone.
"Enough! Don't listen to him, Pain! Just kill him now!"
Alex turned toward him, a smirk playing on his lips.
"Nervous, Madara?" He asked, dragging out the name with deliberate venom. "Or should I say... Obito Uchiha?"
Obito froze in his spot, his lone Sharingan shivering in disbelief.
His reaction didn't go unnoticed as the every Akatsuki member turned sharply toward him.
The air thickened in the hall before Obito destroyed it with his low and rage filled whisper.
"How do you know that name...?"
Alex's grin widened.
"Because I'm not some fool scurrying in the dark," He said, eyes glowing faintly. "I am a God. I know your name, your past, your pain. I know about your precious Rin… I even know about the Eye of the Moon Plan."
Obito's breath caught.
"You..."
Alex stepped forward, voice hardening. "The grand delusion of yours and Madara... Reflecting the Sharingan off the moon to cast an eternal genjutsu. Forcing the world to sleep… forever. A dream world where no one dies. How noble and how utterly pathetic."
Obito's fists clenched, rage surging through his veins.
"Shut up…" He shouted at Alex, veins bulging over his forehead, hidden behind his mask.
"Is that what you've reduced yourself to?" Alex continued. "A masked coward, living a lie, dragging others into your nightmare so you can avoid your own grief?"
"Shut up!!" Obito roared, the air around him cracking with chakra.
Alex didn't flinch and pressed forward. "You think you're in control? The Akatsuki follow you like sheep… but I see through your mask, Obito. They don't know… but I do."
Obito's eye turned crimson, the Mangekyō pattern spinning.
"If you know so much… then you have to die... right now."
"Oh?" Alex said with mock curiosity. "You're going to kill a god?"
He opened his palm slightly, letting a flicker of gravitational force hum through the air.
Pain had heard enough as he commanded
"All Six Paths attack!"
In an instant, the remaining five bodies of Pain launched forward together, each wielding a deadly technique and their eyes glowing with shared sight.
Alex didn't even blink. He just simply raised one hand and made a downward motion.
A pulse of power rippled through the field.
THOOM!
In an instant, the ground beneath the five puppets buckled and cracked. Their knees hit the dirt, followed by their torsos and then their faces.
They were crushed by an invisible force as Alex had multiplied gravity itself, forcing them into the ground.
"Gravity Magic," Alex said softly. "You puppets were never meant to dance in the presence of a god."
Pain's eyes widened in disbelief. "This… can't be..."
Alex stepped forward slowly, walking past the crushed bodies as though they were nothing more than broken dolls.
Obito took a step back in fear, panicking.
"Why so nervous, Obito?" Alex asked, his tone playful now. "I only whispered a few truths. Why does it shake you so much?"
Obito said nothing as Alex continued.
"You have Hashirama's cells. You can phase through solid matter. You wield Wood Style... though a pale, incomplete version. And yet, despite all that…"
He pointed at Obito. "…I could end you right now."
Obito's Mangekyō spun again, chakra rising violently.
"Try it," He growled.
But Alex just chuckled. "You don't even believe you can win... Your knees are already trembling, and you know why?"
He stepped closer, looking Obito dead in the eye.
"Because you've finally met someone you can't manipulate. You can't control me. You can't phase through me. And you sure as hell… can't kill me."
The air around them was suffocating now, thick with tension and raw energy.
The surviving Akatsuki members were frozen in place, unsure whether to attack or retreat.
Obito stared into Alex's eyes, and for the first time in years, he felt fear in his soul.
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