Pain's corpse lay on the ground.
Jiraiya and Orochimaru appeared in front of Pain's corpse. They also realized that this Pain was a puppet controlled from behind the scenes.
Obviously.
The person controlling Pain must be Nagato.
And Nagato and Konan were still hiding inside this Akatsuki hideout.
"Nagato and Konan..."
Jiraiya turned to look at the cave.
"It's dangerous inside..."
Orochimaru seemed to understand the dangers of the cave and chuckled as he reminded, "You're already lucky to have infiltrated here."
Inside the cave.
Beneath the terrifying Gedo Statue.
Nagato, sitting in a wheelchair, slowly opened his palm and finally had to admit a fact: "Konan, the Deva Path Pain has lost..."
When Nagato had to force Pain to abandon the Dojutsu of the Rinnegan and resort to Taijutsu, the battle was essentially already lost.
"Let's leave here first."
Konan frowned, reaching out to push Nagato's wheelchair.
Konan's body began to produce sheet after sheet of origami paper, and even the stone walls of the hideout's cave subtly formed the appearance of origami, splitting open to reveal an escape door.
"As long as we leave here first, if they step into this hideout, I'll immediately destroy it, using explosive tags to eliminate them..."
This was Konan's ability.
The entire Akatsuki hideout seemed like a cave, but inside, it was disguised with Konan's Paper Person of God Jutsu, which was why she could detect Jiraiya and Akihara Kagura sneaking into the Akatsuki hideout.
There were countless explosive tags hidden within!
This was the final measure set by Konan!
"No!"
Nagato stopped Konan, sternly saying, "Konan, push me out. I must reclaim Yahiko's body; he is the only leader of the Akatsuki..."
"..."
Konan remained silent, not responding.
Nagato had created the most powerful Deva Path Pain from Yahiko's body, but Pain had already been defeated by Akihara Kagura, and that body was now outside.
Reclaiming Yahiko's body was indeed important...
However, Nagato's safety was more important than the deceased Yahiko!
"There is still a chance..."
Konan looked at Nagato in the wheelchair, unwilling to agree to this matter.
Even though Nagato and Pain were essentially the same person, Konan's attitude towards Nagato was somewhat different than towards Pain: "Nagato, in the future, once you've completed creating the Six Paths Pain, you can still reclaim Yahiko's body..."
"Push me out."
Nagato's voice was unwavering, softly commanding, "I don't want to endure the pain of losing Yahiko again. Moreover, if we can't deal with that little guy, our future plans will have many problems. Let's go, Konan..."
Nagato raised his head, looking at the Gedo Statue deep within the cave, quietly saying, "With the Gedo Statue here, dealing with that little guy won't be too difficult..."
This Gedo Statue...
Every time it was used, it would draw out his Chakra and life force.
Yet, it was precisely because of the power of the Gedo Statue that he survived the siege by Salamander Hanzo and Shimura Danzo back then.
"But it can't kill him..."
A voice suddenly appeared by Konan and Nagato's ears.
Red Sand Sasori's Hiruko appeared here with Kakuzu, speaking in a raspy voice, "That kid possesses the Flying Thunder God Jutsu. I've suffered at his hands... perhaps reclaiming Pain's corpse won't be possible either."
"Scorpion?"
Konan was somewhat puzzled.
This guy saw Pain defeated, yet didn't choose to escape?
"I had anticipated this."
Red Sand Sasori's Hiruko slowly walked over, speaking in a deep voice, "Konan never left Pain's side unless something more important was inside the hideout..."
"..."
Konan and Nagato couldn't argue back.
This guy observed quite meticulously!
"We must leave here."
Red Sand Sasori looked at the two of them, continuing, "A spy I control with Memory-Concealing Manipulative Sand Jutsu brought a message: Ninja Demigod Salamander Hanzo is leading a large force here. Perhaps Jiraiya passed on the information that this is the Akatsuki hideout. If we don't leave here soon, it will be too late..."
"..."
Konan and Nagato's expressions changed abruptly.
Jiraiya and Akihara Kagura were already tough enough to deal with, and now with Salamander Hanzo and a large number of attacking Hidden Rain Ninjas...
"Let's leave together first."
Red Sand Sasori's Hiruko glanced at them, looking at Nagato's Rinnegan, speaking in a serious tone: "Orochimaru hasn't arrived yet, so let's have Orochimaru cover the rear."
"Okay."
Konan thought Red Sand Sasori made sense.
After all, she had long been displeased with Orochimaru. Better to quietly leave him to fend for himself here, letting him perish here wouldn't be so bad.
"What about this big guy?"
Red Sand Sasori looked at the hidden Gedo Statue within the cave, continuing, "Is it essential for the future plan? Is there a way to take it away?"
"It doesn't matter."
Konan was not worried about the Gedo Statue, saying, "Once we reach our destination, Nagato can use the Rinnegan to summon it over."
Taking advantage of Nagato's momentary distraction, Konan and Red Sand Sasori quickly decided to leave Orochimaru behind and make their escape from the hideout discreetly.
Of course.
The plan to have Orochimaru cover the rear...
In reality, it was just to have Orochimaru divert the others' attention.