"Planetary Devastation."
Ryosuke once again uncontrollably flew up into the sky.
This time, it wasn't just him.
Within a radius of several kilometers, all buildings collapsed, the ground cracked, rivers flowed backward… Ryosuke seemed to become a black hole, all non-human inanimate objects were pulled toward him under the strong gravitational force.
But that was not the end, Obito spread his arms.
Only to see the space behind him twist, countless explosive tags, shurikens, and kunai flew out from the distorted space vortex, and under the pull of gravity, stabbed toward Ryosuke.
Obito looked at Ryosuke wrapped in explosive tags, suddenly understood Deidara's art deeply, and a strong desire surged in the depths of his heart.
'Detonate!'
'Detonate!'
'Detonate them all!'
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The violent explosion flames swallowed Ryosuke, and in the next moment, even more rocks buried him.
On the other side, under the bombardment of the Aerosmith missile, Asura Path's mechanical body had long been tattered.
It raised its only remaining left hand, aimed at Sasuke, and its fist detached from the body, carrying a long flame as it smashed over.
This was a precaution against Sasuke's jutsu nullification.
Although the principle was not understood, Sasuke's ability clearly could not be used at will. If he didn't want to die, he'd better ignore Ryosuke in the sky and first deal with the incoming rocket punch.
Finally, a huge circular stone ball that blocked the moonlight quietly floated in the air.
Plop~ Plop~
Small stones fell one by one.
The sound wasn't loud.
But on this dead silent battlefield, it was particularly piercing.
Obito slowly lowered his arms and revealed a satisfied smile.
'Done.'
'Ryosuke didn't manage to escape. That Uchiha brat also didn't use that strange ability again.'
"The victor, after all, is me!"
Standing in the ruins, Obito let out a light laugh. Maybe because that "vulgar petty man" saw Ryosuke being crushed, his mood was more elated than ever before.
His laughter echoed above the Hidden Mist Village, as if it cast a new layer of fog over everyone's heart.
It was too powerful.
This simply wasn't power that a human could wield.
Zabuza thought of a once-heard, still unverified legend. The Hidden Rain Village is the base of the Akatsuki organization. In the village, there exists an angel who flies with white wings, and also exists one who can change the heavens and reshape the earth…
A god.
"Is this… the power of a god?"
Clang!
No one knew who first dropped their weapon.
Then came the second, the third person.
The revolution faction's ninjas fell powerlessly to the ground. It wasn't that they had no courage, if they had none, they wouldn't have stood here, gambling their lives for a sliver of hope.
But in the face of the current scene, they saw no hope at all.
How could humans defeat a god who could create celestial bodies with his bare hands?
They felt like savages waving stones and wooden sticks.
It was absurd.
Too absurd.
Obito's laughter felt like mockery directed at them, stabbing into their hearts one by one.
"Stand up!" Terumi Mei's shout appeared.
She tore off the hem of her battle-torn long dress; the blue gown turned into a short skirt. Then, using the torn cloth, she tied up her long hair into a ponytail.
"Even if I die, I want to die on the battlefield, not die from fear."
Indeed, she couldn't keep up with Ryosuke and the others' battle rhythm.
Jinchuriki, Sharingan, Rinnegan, and then the substitute technique… all of them could erupt powerful strength without hand signs.
But her resolve would not lose to anyone.
Yet no one stood by her side anymore.
Everyone lowered their heads in silence.
At this moment...
"Hah!"
A chuckle, wedged between Obito's laughter and the people's silence.
Everyone turned their gaze.
They saw Sasuke with his head bleeding, standing atop the rocket punch fired earlier by the Asura Path.
Sasuke didn't use jutsu nullification?
Obito's smile abruptly stopped.
Was it because he couldn't use it? Or was it…
"That thing, is it harder than diamond?"
Sasuke pointed to the giant stone sphere in the sky that had sealed Ryosuke.
No one expected him to suddenly ask such a question.
Did that even need asking?
Of course not.
Diamond forms under conditions of around 1000 degrees Celsius and 45,000–60,000 atmospheres. If Pain's Planetary Devastation could reach that kind of pressure, it wouldn't be a sealing technique anymore.
Planetary Devastation is enough to kill anyone present.
"If it doesn't have the hardness of diamond, then that thing can't trap Brother Ryosuke. I don't have to waste my 'nullify' chance, just leave it to him..."
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Roaring sounds rang in everyone's ears.
At first, it was very faint, then suddenly became thunderous.
The stone sphere formed by Planetary Devastation, like a sesame ball from a breakfast stall, rustled as rocks fell, and through the gaps between rocks, people heard the roar of Star Platinum.
"Ora ora ora ora!"
"Ora ora ora ora!"
"Ora ora ora ora!"
With a rumble, the last rock blocking the view was smashed away, and what flew out was… Ryosuke.
"He actually broke out!"
Ryosuke shot straight at Obito.
Obito glanced at the falling Ryosuke, his heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly looked at Sasuke again.
Under the rocket punch, Sasuke, bleeding from his head, looked extremely battered. Multiple fractures across his body, he couldn't even stand, forced to kneel on one knee.
But his gaze was more determined than ever before.
Sasuke raised his hand and, imitating Ryosuke's gesture, pointed at Obito.
"Just leave the 'nullify' chance, for you!"
Obito only felt his whole body turn cold.
The situation had changed too fast. One moment, he was laughing loudly; the next, Ryosuke was already on top of his head.
Obito instinctively wanted to phase out, but found that all ninjutsu and kekkei genkai had disappeared without a trace.
Even his final trump card, the Izanagi that ignored all injuries and death.
The shadow of death enveloped Obito, he wanted to look up at Ryosuke.
The world silently froze.
"Star Platinum!"
Ryosuke and Sasuke, at the same moment, pointed at Obito with their fingers.
The moment of ninjutsu nullification.
The moment of Star Platinum's time freeze.
Perfect overlap.
"Ora!"
Star Platinum's punch shattered the mask and smashed into Obito's head.
Time resumed.
Ninjutsu nullification ended.
Obito's body flew backward, but before he got far, he was grabbed by the ankle by Star Platinum and violently dragged back.
Another punch landed on Obito's heart.
A massive wound appeared on Obito's back, and a still-beating heart flew out.
Star Platinum didn't stop, throwing a third punch.
But, it missed.
Obito's body gradually faded and reappeared over ten meters away.
Izanagi ultimately activated.
'The first punch didn't kill him?'
Ryosuke clearly heard the sound of Obito's skull cracking.
Star Platinum clenched his fist and gave Ryosuke a look.
The feeling of punching… wasn't that of a normal human.
Ryosuke understood, this was another body modification technique, similar to Orochimaru's.
"One moment" was ultimately too short, only enough for Star Platinum to throw one punch.
This punch could bring Obito close to death, but couldn't make his brain completely cease activity.
Just a single thought, and Obito could activate Izanagi, consuming a Sharingan to escape death.
Obito consumed the transplanted Sharingan. If he stayed longer, next time he'd have to use his Kamui eye.
He gave Ryosuke a deep look, didn't give him a chance to get close, immediately used space ninjutsu, completely escaped, disappeared without a trace.
Pain looked at the disappearing figure of Obito, his face serious, no one knew what he was thinking.
Ryosuke patted off the dust from his body and walked toward him.
Pain raised his hand, about to cast another technique.
Ryosuke waved his hand, "The masked man already ran away, what's the point in us fighting now? Or..."
He raised his thumb and pointed at the mess that was Hidden Mist Village.
"You think this kind of tragedy… is correct?"
Pain didn't immediately answer Ryosuke's question, looked in a direction, where Preta Pain, Animal Pain and the others were bringing Konan.
He summoned the King of Hell. He grabbed the body of Asura Path and threw it into the King's mouth. After a chew, a renewed Asura Path walked out.
So, the Six Paths of Pain were gathered.
The intimidation of six Rinnegan pairs shook hearts. No one dared speak, after all, the one in front of them had created a celestial body from nothing, a "god."
Pain finally spoke, "People who haven't experienced pain will never know what happiness truly is."
"The pain here, even if it lasts ten years or a hundred years, will always only be for the happiness of a few."
Ryosuke stepped forward, not caring at all about Pain's pressure, "Do you think… this is right?"
Pain was silent for a long time, then slightly nodded, "I want to take Konan away."
"Of course."
White Snake appeared, waved his hand.
Ryosuke said, "Your 'command' is lifted."
Konan touched her chest, vaguely felt the persistent thought wrapping her fade away. She nodded to Pain.
"Let's go, Konan."
Pain turned and left. He had no reason to stay. After a few steps, he stopped again, suspiciously looked at Konan.
Konan looked at Pain, then turned back to look at Ryosuke, showing a troubled expression.
"I… I don't want to leave yet."
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