More than half an hour ago.
Nagato and Itachi entered the Land of Rain together.
Because of the Rain Tiger at Will Technique, as soon as they entered the Land of Rain, they were discovered by this world's Nagato, who immediately dispatched the Deva Path to investigate.
Naturally, this was also because the two did not deliberately hide their presence.
Nagato understood himself very well.
If unknown outsiders entered the Rain Ninja Village, he would always investigate first. If the opponent had a sufficiently large amount of Chakra, he would send the Deva Path to negotiate.
The Deva Path came alone before Itachi and Nagato, staring at them with his indifferent Rinnegan, and asked, "Who are you? Why have you come to the Rain Ninja Village?"
Nagato, on his side, didn't waste time and directly removed his mask.
When the Deva Path, or rather, this world's Nagato who was controlling him from behind, saw the face of the otherworld Nagato, he was momentarily stunned.
Just then, the otherworld Nagato said, "I am you, Nagato."
"I'm here to tell you some truths!"
"You are me? Ridiculous."
Pain pointed to his eyes and said, "Do you have the eyes of a god? Do you have the power of a god? Do you have the mission of a god?"
This world's Nagato knew that since the other party had spoken his real name, he knew him, and hiding was useless. The most important thing now was to figure out who the person in front of him was.
Could he be his long-lost brother? Or was someone impersonating him using some strange Transformation Technique?
Hearing Pain's three consecutive questions, Itachi, still wearing his mask, looked at the otherworld Nagato.
The otherworld Nagato, meanwhile, was very awkward.
"Ahem..." He lightly coughed twice to ease the awkwardness and said, "I know the Rinnegan is powerful, but you need to know that these Rinnegan do not belong to you; they were transplanted into you by Uchiha Madara. All the suffering you've experienced has also been manipulated by someone."
Pain, upon hearing this, did not reply, but instead extended a hand and used Universal Pull, intending to control the otherworld Nagato first.
The otherworld Nagato was familiar with all of Pain's techniques. Seeing the Deva Path's movements, he knew that his persuasion had failed.
"It looks like my chuunibyou is quite severe in this world!"
As he spoke, the otherworld Nagato's feet firmly adhered to the ground, while his hands quickly formed seals, directly raising a two-meter-wide stone wall in front of him to block the gravitational pull.
Just then, a very modern-looking rocket launcher shell slammed into the stone wall, shattering it completely.
When the smoke and dust cleared, what greeted Itachi and Nagato's eyes was no longer just the Deva Path, but all Six Paths of Pain.
"You in this world certainly have a short temper," Itachi teased.
"Hehe..."
What could Nagato say? He could only give an awkward laugh. It was a good thing Pain hadn't uttered his favorite 'words of god' from before, or he would have been even more embarrassed.
Just as the otherworld Nagato had that thought, Pain spoke.
"You have blasphemed God! Therefore... God will kill you!"
Otherworld Nagato:
"Hey, you're not a god at all! Snap out of it! The peace you envision will only bring destruction. You're being used."
The otherworld Nagato could only continue to persuade him.
"It seems you know a lot. I'm starting to believe that you are me!"
"But so what?"
"I have grown beyond mortals through infinite suffering, transforming from a mortal into a god."
"And you do not have the qualifications to become a god, which means your suffering is not enough!"
The otherworld Nagato knew what he meant by 'not having the qualifications to become a god' was the Rinnegan.
He really wanted to say that his Rinnegan had already been crushed by him.
But before he could say anything else, the Six Paths of Pain had already moved.
"Let's retreat, Nagato."
Itachi pulled Nagato, and then the two quickly withdrew from the Rain Ninja Village.
On the way, Nagato began to explain the abilities of the Six Paths of Pain.
Itachi listened very carefully, and after hearing the explanation, Itachi complained, "Don't you feel very embarrassed?"
Nagato: ...
Nagato was indeed very embarrassed. He used to think calling himself a god was awesome, but when he looked at it from a third-person perspective... he felt like his toes could dig out a three-bedroom apartment.
The two were thus chased by the Six Paths of Pain for over ten kilometers outside the Rain Ninja Village.
They decided to eliminate the Six Paths of Pain here, and then meet this world's Nagato in person to discuss how to cure chuunibyou.
Pain, who was chasing them, saw that Itachi and Nagato had stopped running. They also stood on the treetop of a large tree, watching the two.
Uchiha Itachi didn't want to listen to Pain's chuunibyou remarks anymore. He decisively activated his Mangekyo, and then a Great Fireball Technique, infused with his control-type Nen Ability, was spewed from his mouth.
Seeing a fireball with a diameter of over ten meters rushing towards him, the Preta Path decisively blocked it, extending his hands to absorb the Fire Release.
But what he didn't expect was that he did indeed absorb the Chakra within the flames.
However... the flames did not dissipate; they still struck his body.
This Fire Release directly took out the Preta Path.
The otherworld Nagato also looked at Itachi beside him with an incredulous expression.
"How did you do that?"
Itachi, under his mask, smiled mysteriously and said, "Because he can only absorb Chakra."
Just now, the Fire Release Itachi spewed out was also mixed with Nen. Although the flames would diminish when Chakra was absorbed, with the enhancement of Nen, it still had considerable power.
With a single Fire Release, he eliminated one Preta Path, which made the otherworld Nagato feel less constrained when taking action.
Although Nagato no longer had the Rinnegan at this time, he was proficient in the Chakra nature transformations of six attributes.
Namely, Yang, Lightning, Fire, Earth, Wind, and Water.
And the Preta Path was his greatest counter. Without the Preta Path, he could play a greater role.
"Itachi, be careful to restrict the Naraka Path! He can revive and repair the other Pains."
As he spoke, Nagato began to form hand seals, and various ninjutsu, as if free, blasted towards the Pains.
On Pain's side, without the Preta Path blocking in front, they had no choice but to disperse. As for the various elemental ninjutsu released by Nagato, they were annihilated by the Deva Path's Shinra Tensei.