"Let's move on to the next location." After dealing with the Asura Path, Kaoru slung the rune sword over his shoulder, then selected a scene of disaster and headed toward the next incident site.
"Boom, boom, boom!" At this moment, the Asura Path Pain was recklessly firing missiles. In the next instant, his head was opened, revealing a hollow cavity filled with chakra, which then released a chakra cannon!
"Boom!" Another building was destroyed by the destructive power of the chakra cannon.
Kaoru didn't walk far before encountering the Asura Path, who was still indiscriminately launching missiles. This Pain was covered in chakra weapons—his arms and head could either emit lasers or fire missiles.
Among the Six Paths of Pain, he was the most destructive, aside from the Deva and Animal Paths. This guy could be called a robot among the Six Paths—capable of fighting effectively in both close and long-range combat. But such a guy also had obvious weaknesses.
"Hey, Pain, we meet again." Kaoru's lips curled into a malicious smile. He knew that all the Six Paths of Pain were puppets; only Nagato was the true controller, which is why he was joking so boldly.
"Honestly, this is so boring. First I meet the Naraka Path, then the Asura Path—these Pain are all insignificant," Kaoru shook his head indifferently.
"Uchiha brat, how dare you challenge the divine authority multiple times!" The Asura Path Pain growled fiercely.
But Nagato, although claiming to be a god, was not stupid. The Naraka Path was easily defeated, and now Kaoru was after the Asura Path. Kaoru was no longer someone a single Pain could handle. Nagato secretly ordered the Deva and Animal Paths to rush here.
"Such a load of nonsense... I'll deal with you quickly and move on to the next," Kaoru clapped his hands, then closed his eyes lightly before suddenly opening them again.
"Sage Mode!" A shadow suddenly appeared in the corner of Kaoru's eyes. In the next moment, Kaoru's body vanished from the spot. When he reappeared, he was already above the Asura Path!
"Boom!!!!"
The rune sword slashed mercilessly, and Kaoru's sword directly shattered the Asura Path into a pile of scrap metal!
"Too easy—this is the power of a god? How laughable. All these guys are just one-move solutions..." Kaoru kicked aside the broken, scrap-metal body of the Asura Path and glanced at the thick smoke billowing from other parts of Konoha. Then he took another step forward.
In the original story, Naruto could instantly kill this Asura Path with a single strike after activating Sage Mode. So for Kaoru, killing the Asura Path in one blow was even easier.
"Damn... I've already wiped out two in the blink of an eye. I can't keep losing people one after another like this," the footsteps of the Deva and Animal Paths, who were rushing toward Kaoru, also halted.
The Six Paths of Pain are strongest when working together. Now, it seems that if Kaoru keeps breaking them apart one by one, it'll be a matter of minutes.
"First, evacuate Konoha and consolidate the Six Paths. Otherwise, the divine authority will truly be...," Nagato thought, and the Animal Path immediately retreated, quickly escaping from Konoha.
"Summoning Technique!" As soon as he arrived outside the village, the Animal Path performed hand seals and slapped the ground hard. Instantly, six figures appeared in the scene, two of whom were already lying on the ground.
However, just as Konan asked this, she saw two Pain lying on the ground—one cut into pieces, the other shattered into fragments.
"What is this...?" Konan frowned.
"It's Uchiha Kaoru..." Deva Pain said, his tone calm but with evident anger that Konan could sense.
"This guy took out two Pain with a single move. If he keeps searching inside Konoha, I'm afraid Pain will be broken apart one by one. The divine authority must not be defiled!"
At this point, the Naraka Pain raised his hand, and a huge monster resembling Yama, the King of Hell, emerged from beneath the ground beside him. The Yama monster opened its mouth, and two tongues extended out, grabbing the already damaged Asura and Naraka Paths, swallowing them whole.
After the Yama monster chewed for a while, the repaired and intact Animal and Naraka Paths emerged again from its mouth.
"So, what do we do now?" Konan asked with a frown. "Maybe we should retreat first."
"Are you joking, Konan... The divine power must not retreat!" Deva Pain coldly said, then cast a glance at Konoha. "Let's first deal with Uchiha Kaoru..."
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Meanwhile, after finishing off the Asura Path, Kaoru was preparing to head to the next incident site. But at that moment, the corpse of the Asura Path, kicked aside by him, suddenly spoke.
"Uchiha Kaoru, if you have the guts, meet me one kilometer southwest of Konoha. I will show you... the power of a god..." Although the Asura Path was dismembered, it continued to speak intermittently before spewing smoke and disappearing.
"Summoning Technique..." Kaoru glanced at where the Asura Path disappeared, then looked into the distance—the huge centipede that was still destroying the village had also vanished.
"Trying to prevent me from breaking them all apart and retreating temporarily? The so-called divine power..." Kaoru slightly lifted his lips and headed toward outside the village. Pain had challenged him, and he couldn't just ignore it.
At this moment, Hinata and other Konoha ninjas were also at the edge of the village.
"Miss Hinata, it seems the destruction has stopped," said a Hyuga clan member with Byakugan, responsible for protecting Hinata.
"Has the enemy retreated...?" Hinata looked puzzled, then activated her Byakugan to observe the surrounding situation.
"I see them!" Suddenly, Hinata spotted seven figures over a kilometer outside the village. Each had surging, refined chakra within their bodies.
"They've retreated outside Konoha now. I must quickly report this intel to Hokage-sama!" As Hinata was thinking this, a figure suddenly appeared beside her.
Seeing who it was, her face turned red, and she quickly asked worriedly, "Kaoru, the Akatsuki members are gathering outside the village. We'd better not leave the village. We need to tell Hokage-sama!"
"Then, Hinata, you go tell Hokage-sama. Also, have her reinforce the entire village. No one should leave, and I'll handle that Pain," Kaoru said with a gentle smile.
"You... those Akatsuki members are really powerful..." Hinata murmured in reply.
"It's nothing much," Kaoru answered calmly. "Just pass my words to Hokage-sama honestly."
After saying that, Kaoru activated the Flying Thunder God Technique and disappeared.
"Alright... Kaoru, you must come back safely," Hinata muttered to herself as she watched him vanish. Then she shook her head—now was not the time for idle thoughts but for carrying out her mission.
Without delay, Hinata headed toward the Hokage Tower.
Meanwhile, about a kilometer outside Konoha, Kaoru was slowly walking through the area.
The surroundings were eerily silent—no sounds of birds or beasts.
"Where is it?" Kaoru muttered, observing the lush, dense trees nearby, as if playing hide-and-seek.
Suddenly, he seemed to sense his impatience. A huge shadow descended from the sky, rushing toward Kaoru on the ground!
Like a hunting dog, it had a large metal spike inserted into its snout, wings on its back, and sinister Rinnegan eyes emanating fierce murderous intent!
That... was the proliferation summoning technique!
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