Pain looked at Aoki Yoru and said with a look of wariness, "You can act alone, but you must complete the organization's missions."
"You can act alone, but you must complete the organization's missions."
Aoki Yoru's strength had exceeded his expectations. He had always believed himself to be invincible, but he hadn't expected to meet such an opponent.
'When did such a person appear in the Ninja World? I must have Zetsu check on him.'
Although he didn't trust Zetsu, he didn't trust Aoki Yoru either.
However, it was good that the other party joined the organization; he could monitor him closely, and the organization would immediately gain a powerful combat force.
Aoki Yoru smiled upon hearing this. "Of course, since I've joined the organization, I will complete the missions assigned to me without fail..."
Aoki Yoru stopped before he could finish his sentence. His pupils shrank, a look of horror appeared on his face, and he suddenly looked up at the sky.
"That big guy up there wasn't summoned by you, was it!"
Pain and Konan were stunned for a moment, not knowing what he was talking about.
"You..."
Pain was just about to ask Aoki Yoru what he meant, but he froze as soon as the words left his mouth.
His expression changed; even as a puppet, one could see the extreme horror on his face at this moment.
Looking up, a dull, thunderous roar of breaking air could be heard from above.
The thick rain clouds seemed to be torn open by an invisible giant force, and a pitch-black giant rock that blotted out the sun, carrying the weight of a thousand tons, slowly descended from the gap in the clouds.
The air was compressed by it, emitting a piercing screech, and a massive shadow instantly enveloped the entire Hidden Rain Village. Even the ground beneath their feet trembled slightly under the pressure of this gravity.
"What is that?"
Konan was directly frightened by the sight before her; this was even more exaggerated than Nagato's Chibaku Tensei.
"Zetsu, do you know who summoned it?"
Obito looked up at the meteorite. Too many unexpected things had happened today.
Yagami Light's strength was unexpectedly high, being able to stand on equal footing with someone who possessed the Rinnegan.
Afterward, another surprise appeared: someone had summoned a massive meteorite. This was clearly man-made; he didn't believe it was a natural disaster.
"I don't know, I haven't found any enemies nearby."
Though he said this, Zetsu thought of a possibility: the descendants of Ōtsutsuki Hamura on the moon. The Gedo Statue had always been in their care, but after Madara awakened the Rinnegan, he had summoned it here.
Perhaps they sensed the aura of the Gedo Statue!
In the distance, Zabuza and Haku were completely stunned, unable to even speak.
Today's events had simply shattered their worldview. The battle between Pain and Aoki Yoru, that world-destroying scene, had directly crushed their perception of reality.
To put it bluntly, any one of them could kill him in an instant.
One must remember that he was someone who had assassinated the Third Mizukage and still managed to retreat unscathed. He was confident that even if he couldn't defeat a Tailed Beast, he could at least escape.
The previous battle was already enough to shatter his worldview, but now the meteorite that suddenly appeared in the sky simply exceeded the scope of human capability. Even he wouldn't be able to escape; the meteorite was falling too fast.
At this moment, whether they were Ninjas or civilians in the Hidden Rain Village, everyone who heard the thunderous roar in the sky instinctively looked up and then froze in place.
In their pupils, there was only that sun-blotting black giant rock, crashing down toward them with overwhelming force. Even their screams were stuck in their throats, and the blood in their bodies seemed to freeze.
"Is this... punishment sent from heaven?"
"Can Lord Pain and Lady Angel save us?"
Aoki Yoru looked at the massive meteorite above. If he hadn't known that Madara was still in the Pure Land and that the Akatsuki Organization's operations hadn't fully begun, he would have thought Madara had been summoned by Edo Tensei!
This meteorite was a bit smaller than the one Madara summoned during the Fourth Shinobi World War, but if it were allowed to fall, not only would the Hidden Rain Village be lost, but the surrounding towns would also be destroyed by the shockwave.
'I should help a little. Otherwise, if Nagato is forced to act prematurely and the Fourth Shinobi World War breaks out early, with the Six Paths Sage around, the outcome of the war might be predetermined, but whether I survive would depend on luck.'
He then looked at Pain and Konan. "Hey, Pain, you guys owe me a favor."
Immediately, Aoki Yoru clasped his hands together, his mental energy spreading out wildly to gather the thin Natural Energy in the surroundings.
Then, he held one hand straight above his head, palm facing upward.
Pale green Sage Art Chakra surged wildly along his arm, condensing into countless intersecting wind blades in his palm.
"Sage Art: Wind Release: Multiple Kienzan!"
With a low shout, he suddenly threw the Wind Release air blades condensed in his palm toward the sky.
The pale green wind blades rotated at high speed in mid-air, growing larger as they spun, turning into a giant cutting net that blotted out the sky. With a screech that tore through the air, it slashed toward the falling meteorite.
"Crack—!"
The massive meteorite was cut into several pieces by the wind blades, but due to gravitational inertia, it did not scatter. It remained in its original form, maintaining its falling trajectory and crashing down toward the Hidden Rain Village.
Konan was seen spreading her paper wings and soaring into the sky. With a wave of her hand, countless explosive tags flew in from all over the Hidden Rain Village.
Without time to gather all of them, billions of explosive tags converged in the air, turning into a giant dragon burning all over, which slammed fiercely into the meteorite.
"Boom—"
The earth-shaking explosion instantly swallowed the entire sky. The flames and shockwaves shattered the outer layer of the sliced meteorite, and fragments fell like rain, making the meteorite significantly smaller. The violent impact caused the meteorite's descent to slow down noticeably.
Aoki Yoru glanced at Konan with envy. This single move cost billions of Ryo; she truly was the wealthiest woman in the Ninja World.
If he didn't have any ambition, he would have shouted, 'Sister Nan, I don't want to work hard anymore!'
At this time, the remaining core of the meteorite still carried immense momentum as it continued to fall toward the Hidden Rain Village.
The cooldown for Shinra Tensei hadn't passed yet, but Nagato no longer cared about the depletion of his lifespan. He clasped his hands together, constantly squeezing his body's cells, with blood flowing from his nose, mouth, and eyes.
Deva Path Pain flew directly toward the sky.
Today, he had used several ultimate moves in succession. His life force, already being continuously overdrawn by the Rinnegan, was on the verge of exhaustion, and his Chakra was nearly empty.
But the Land of Rain was his home base; it could not be destroyed here. He could only give it his all, squeezing the last bit of life force from his body to forcibly activate Shinra Tensei.
"Shinra Tensei!"
"Boom—"
The meteorite fragments collided with the repulsive force. The meteorite, which had already been weakened by one layer, instantly shattered under this destructive repulsive force.
Most of the rocks were pushed directly off their trajectory, turning into a sky full of debris under the impact of the repulsive force. Only a few small fragments of rock, carrying weak kinetic energy, fell sporadically toward the edges of the Hidden Rain Village.
"Success! The meteorite is destroyed! We survived!"
"As expected of Lord Pain and Lady Angel, to be able to resolve such a natural disaster."
The residents of the Hidden Rain Village, having survived the disaster, burst into deafening cheers.
The thick rain clouds were torn open by the meteorite and the repulsive force, and the long-lost sunlight pierced through the clouds, gently shining on their faces like a late redemption for this catastrophe.