He felt a swirl of complicated emotions.
Still… you'd never expect this, would you?I'm actually… not even dead yet.
The Pure Land
[Hashirama Senju: Madara! Was that eye technique really from the Sharingan?]
[Uchiha Madara: Hashi-ramama! As expected of you — you're absolutely right!]
[Hashirama: Then tell me, what kind of dōjutsu was that? I've never seen it before.]
[Tobirama: Nii-san, neither have I.]
[Izuna Uchiha: Big Brother, I haven't seen it either. Don't tell them — message me privately!]
[Madara: Hmph! Figure it out yourselves.]
Madara smirked in his heart.
As expected of Obito's eye — truly exceptional.
The footage continued.
[Konoha — Rooftop of the Hokage's Office]
[Chōji landed with a thud:]
"We've figured out one of the enemy's abilities!"
"Male, between 25 and 30 years old — especially distinct by having six nose rings and seven earrings!"
"His ability is something akin to gravity and repulsion."
"He can pull targets toward him and also repel all ninjutsu attacks."
"But after using that ability, there's about a five-second cooldown before he can use it again!"
Konoha — Chūnin Exam Grounds
Chōji: "Kakashi-sensei, I did it! I completed the mission!"
Kakashi: "Well done."
Across the other Hidden Villages, shinobi were all noting down the information carefully.
Land of Rain — Akatsuki Base
Deidara: "Leader, this isn't looking good! Soon everyone will know about your ability."
Nagato (Pain): "It doesn't matter. In the face of overwhelming power, information is meaningless."
The footage continues.
[Konoha — Underground Base]
[Danzo looked at his Root subordinates, visibly excited.]
"So… Tsunade's reign is about to end."
"Of course, we can't just hand the Nine-Tails over to the Akatsuki — that's out of the question."
"Until the chaos above settles down, we'll remain in hiding here."
[Root Ninja 1:]
"Shouldn't we help them?"
[Root Ninja 2:]
"Even if you're trying to guide the people of Konoha, if they're all wiped out… what's the point?"
[Danzo:]
"She's a princess — a Hokage. Since she's summoned Katsuyu, there's no way she'll be wiped out completely."
"There may be casualties… but those are necessary sacrifices for my path."
"To ensure that I become Hokage!"
Konoha
The common shinobi and villagers erupted in outrage.
"No wonder we didn't see Danzo or any Root members helping out — they've been hiding underground this whole time!"
"We're just… sacrifices for his path to becoming Hokage?"
"Even if Konoha falls, I'll never accept Danzo as Hokage!"
"Pfft! Danzo? You think you're Hokage material? Dream on!"
Root Base
Danzo was drenched in cold sweat.
"Damn that scroll… it even exposed this!?"
"Now becoming Hokage is going to be a lot harder…"
He understood clearly now — he had just angered the entire village.
"Tch… at this point, there's only one choice:Silence all dissent — eliminate everyone who stands against me."
Chūnin Exam Grounds
Hiruzen Sarutobi sneered inwardly.
Danzo, you old bastard… you've gone too far this time.
Yes, I've done questionable things too — but at least I truly did it all for the village.
Whether it was the Uchiha or the Senju…
Of course, what Hiruzen didn't know yet…
…was that all his past misdeeds had already been fully exposed in the Pure Land — not even his underpants were spared.
The Pure Land
[Hashirama: Otōto! Look at the kind of students you took under your wing!]
[Tobirama: I… I know I messed up, Nii-san!]
[Madara: Hahaha! I'm dying! The so-called "strongest Hokage in history" — and he only managed to seal his student's arms? That's it?]
[Madara: And Danzo? Sacrificing countless Konoha citizens and shinobi just to become Hokage? Pathetic!]
[Izuna: Big Brother, Konoha is finished — and it's all thanks to Tobirama! Hahaha!]
[Tobirama: Izuna! Have you forgotten how you died?]
[Izuna: We're both dead already — what's there to be afraid of? Besides, I've got Big Brother to protect me. Can you beat my Big Brother?]
[Tobirama: I've got a Big Brother too — and my Big Brother is stronger than your Big Brother!]
The footage continues.
[Konoha — Intelligence Division]
[Shizune and Inoichi Yamanaka were exchanging intel about Pain's abilities.]
[Suddenly — Animal Path Pain launched an attack on the Intelligence Division.]
[Three Anbu from Squad Two quickly engaged.]
[As expected of Anbu — their teamwork was flawless.]
[Unfortunately, Animal Path's summoned beasts were overwhelmingly powerful.]
[Animal Path Pain stepped forward.]
"Summoning Technique!"
[Inoichi, Shizune, and the others split up as the battle erupted.]
[Animal Path unleashed a series of powerful summoning techniques, calling forth various terrifying beasts.]
"What's going on? Why hasn't Uzumaki Nagato appeared yet?"
"So it's confirmed! That woman with the summoning ability — Animal Path — she's definitely Uzumaki Nagato!"
"I've memorized her face now… but it's no use. She's way too strong, and her comrades are just as powerful. I'm giving up on trying to steal that Transformation Pill from her."
"No wonder it's called 'Animal Path Group' — it's not just one beast, but many powerful summoned creatures."
"Tsunade's Katsuyu appeared too… no wonder her ranking was lower than Nagato's. She just can't compare to the full scale of Animal Path."
"Still, I think Katsuyu is amazing — her combat power may be low, but her support is top-tier."
The footage continues.
[As the battle between Animal Path and Anbu Squad Leader Ibiki Morino raged on—]
[Ibiki's true background was revealed, along with the shocking truth about the Animal Path: it was a corpse.]
Konoha
"Wait, seriously? I thought Ibiki was just the Chūnin Exam proctor! Turns out he's Konoha's top interrogation expert?!"
"His torture ninjutsu is insane! If those were living people, no one could survive his interrogations!"
Ninja World — Various Villages
"What the hell!? Those six so-called 'Paths'… they're corpses?!"
"The Pain who made the rankings — Uzumaki Nagato — was a corpse?! That can't be right…"
"Actually, maybe that woman — Animal Path — isn't really Nagato at all."
"If all six are corpses, then there must be a controller behind them — that person must be the real Uzumaki Nagato!"
"Holy crap… every one of those six Paths is insanely strong. If Nagato can control six bodies at once… what kind of monster is he?!"
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