"Found him!"
After a period of frenzied bombardment by the Six Paths of Pain, most of the high towers in Amegakure were destroyed, and Adam finally located the tower where Nagato was hiding.
"It seems I underestimated you. When did Konoha produce such a powerful Ninja? What is your name?"
On the half-destroyed tower, Nagato was revealed, his body emaciated, riddled with black chakra rods, half-submerged in a machine.
Beside him was Konan, with a pair of white paper wings, looking like an Angel.
"I wouldn't consider myself a Konoha Ninja. You can call me Adam."
Now that he had found Nagato's main body, Adam was no longer in a hurry.
From Jiraiya's appearance until now, such a huge commotion had been caused, it was likely that Zetsu and Obito were already hiding nearby.
Once he revealed his intentions, Obito's vigilance would certainly increase greatly.
"Adam, why did you become the Kyuubi Jinchuriki? Did the previous Jinchuriki die?"
Nagato's face showed a puzzled expression; he had never heard that name before.
Zetsu would report intelligence from all major Ninja Villages to him, and Zetsu's focus was always on the more famous Ninja in the Village.
Someone like Adam, who had not publicly displayed his strength in the Village and did not have a true Ninja identity, was naturally not within Zetsu's scope of interest.
The only time he displayed his strength was when he captured Kakuzu and Hidan, but that was not in Konoha, and Tsunade had issued a gag order to the relevant Ninja, so the news did not spread.
Even Danzo and the two Advisors did not know that Adam was the one who captured Kakuzu and Hidan.
"Regarding this, I think it's hard to explain in a few words. How about we get a little closer to talk?"
Adam smiled, intending to move a short distance towards Nagato.
However, he was quickly stopped by the Six Paths of Pain under Nagato's command:
"I hope you recognize reality. You won't escape today!"
Besides Konan protecting Nagato and the Six Paths of Pain surrounding and intercepting, the surrounding destroyed high towers were also filled with Amegakure Jonin, Chunin, and Genin, poised for action.
"You're quite confident. Let's try then."
Adam looked up at the high-hanging Sun and the scattered dark clouds, which had previously gathered for the Paper Ninjutsu to search for Jiraiya, and a brilliant smile appeared on his face.
"Summoning Technique!"
The Animal Path attacked first, directly summoning four powerful summoning beasts: the Split Dog, Hell Crab, Chameleon, and Fighting Bull, launching an immediate assault on Adam.
Next was the Asura Path, immediately revealing its three-headed, six-armed mechanical body, with a snake-like saw extending from its back, and a laser cannon firing from its head towards Adam.
The Human Path hid in the shadows, the Hell Path, capable of reviving the other five Paths, came to Nagato's side, and the Preta Path, capable of absorbing energy attacks, stood in front of Nagato, protecting Nagato and the Hell Path alongside Konan.
The Deva Path flew into the sky, using Bansho Tenin to lift the wreckage of the high towers and hurl them at Adam.
The Amegakure Ninja, one by one, unleashed their most skilled Ninjutsu to attack Adam.
"What's going on?"
However, they soon discovered a problem: all their attacks seemed to pass through Adam's body, failing to hit him.
"How is this Ninjutsu like mine... No!"
At this moment, Uchiha Obito, hiding in the shadows, was startled to see all attacks pass through Adam's body.
This was because it was precisely the ability of his Mangekyo Sharingan, "Kamui," which allowed him to make the attacked part of his body intangible by sending it to another dimension, thereby evading all attacks.
However, he quickly realized something was wrong, because Adam suddenly dissipated a moment later, and he had already appeared in front of the Preta Path.
"Get out of the way!"
Using Afterimage Fist to deceive everyone, Adam rushed to the Preta Path at top speed, then delivered a powerful slap that sent the Preta Path's head flying.
The Preta Path could absorb energy, but its weakness was that it couldn't absorb the kinetic energy from physical attacks like the Black King.
"Stupefy."
While striking down the Preta Path, Adam's other hand also touched Konan's forehead.
Konan's Paper Ninjutsu allowed her to transform into paper, making her immune to physical attacks, but she couldn't immune mental attacks like the Stupefy.
With the Preta Path and Konan, the two obstacles in front of Nagato, cleared, Adam reached out as if to attack Nagato's main body.
However, at this moment, a figure suddenly appeared behind Adam; it was the Human Path, who had been hiding in the shadows. While Adam was dealing with the Preta Path and Konan, he came behind Adam and began to activate his ability.
"Soul Extraction!"
The Human Path had two abilities: one was to read memories, and the other was to extract souls.
Once the Human Path got a chance to extract a soul, no matter how strong you were, if you had no research in the soul aspect, you couldn't resist.
However, the stronger the person, the slower the soul extraction speed.
But as long as the soul was extracted, the body would naturally become immobile and could be easily killed by the other five Paths.
"We won!"
Upon seeing Adam's soul being pulled from his body, Nagato, and the hidden Zetsu and Obito, all felt that the outcome was decided, instantly letting out a sigh of relief, their tense nerves relaxing.
Adam's speed just now was too fast, and both the Preta Path and Konan were taken down instantly.
If it weren't for the Human Path as a backup plan, Obito would have already activated his ability to save Nagato.
"How could it be so fast?"
However, at this moment, a doubt arose in Nagato's mind.
The stronger the person, the slower the soul extraction speed. Logically, given the strength Adam had just displayed, it should take at least half a minute to extract his soul.
But he found that Adam's soul was drawn out in less than a second.
"Getsuga Tensho!"
The moment his soul was extracted, Adam, clad in Shinigami robes, unleashed a Getsuga Tensho, cleaving the Human Path in half on the spot.
In fact, he had long detected the Human Path's sneak attack and deliberately allowed his soul to be extracted, all to lull Nagato and Obito into a false sense of security.
The opponent had indeed fallen for it.
If an ordinary Ninja had their soul extracted, they would naturally be doomed, but he was different; he was also a Shinigami, and he could only unleash his full power when his soul left his body.
After slicing the Human Path in half with a single strike, Adam immediately returned to his body, then softly exclaimed:
"Solar Flare!"
Suddenly, dazzling light emanated from Adam's body, causing all eyes that had been drawn to the Human Path suddenly splitting in half to instinctively close.
This included Nagato and Obito, who was secretly observing.
Adam seized the opportunity to rush to Nagato at top speed, reaching out and plucking out one of his Rinnegan.
"Ah!"
Nagato immediately let out a pained cry.
Hearing Nagato's scream, Obito's expression changed. He forced his eyes open, activated his ability, appeared beside Nagato, and pulled Nagato into a different dimension temporarily.