140 Chapter 140: Divine Punishment

Hidden Rain Village.

Two figures were desperately fleeing through the crisscrossing sewer pipes.

"Heh..."

Aburame Tatsuma was panting heavily, his body drenched in sweat, and one of his sleeves was empty, having lost an arm.

Just now.

He had experienced the most difficult and desperate battle of his life, watching helplessly as his comrades were slaughtered and fell at the hands of Pain.

The Root division was finished.

The one escorting Tatsuma out was a Root member wearing a white tiger mask, codenamed "Fruit Fly", who was also a member of the Aburame clan.

They were the only two survivors.

Whoosh.

After finding a hidden corner, the two hid and began to recover their strength.

"When Pain catches up, I'll lead them away. You must escape and find a way to save Dan once you're back in Konoha."

Tatsuma gave a solemn order to Fruit Fly.

He was severely injured and knew he couldn't escape. He could only leave the chance of survival to Fruit Fly, which was his way of taking care of his younger clan member.

Fruit Fly silently nodded.

Just then.

Whoosh.

The air in front of them suddenly rippled like a whirlpool, and to their surprise, a figure appeared out of thin air.

Uchiha Obito.

Recognizing the Mangekyō Sharingan, Tatsuma summoned a swarm of insects, ready to fight.

"Don't be nervous."

Obito spread his hands, indicating he had no ill intentions, and said to them, "I've broken ties with Akatsuki. I'm not your enemy. On the contrary, I'm here to become friends with you."

"Really?"

Tatsuma 's face was expressionless, clearly not believing Obito's words. If Obito took one more step, he and Fruit Fly were ready to attack.

Seeing this, Obito sighed and revealed a secret:

"Do you know why you were discovered by Pain?

Because Pain has infused his chakra into the rain. Every drop of rain that falls in Hidden Rain Village is closely connected to his perception. From the moment you infiltrated Hidden Rain and were touched by the rain, you were exposed under his Rinnegan.

Your attempt to escape from here without Pain noticing is destined to be futile."

Upon hearing this, Tatsuma and Fruit Fly exchanged a glance, both seeing the despair in each other's eyes.

"However."

Obito spoke again, pointing to his right eye, "I can help you escape from here, using the power of this Mangekyō Sharingan."

Everyone in the ninja world now knew about Obito's Kamui ability, so he openly displayed it.

Faced with Obito's extended hand.

"Why would you help us?" Tatsuma asked in a deep voice.

"Simple, because Danzo and I share a common enemy, the Uchiha clan."

Obito's gaze was intense.

He promised them not only to help them escape from here but also to rescue Danzo from the Root prison.

After that, Obito hoped to cooperate with Danzo to deal with the Uchiha clan.

Tatsuma was clearly moved.

Obito glanced at the end of the sewer pipe, where several powerful chakra sources were rapidly approaching.

"Pain is almost here, let's talk somewhere else."

He then walked towards them, extending his hands and placing them on Tatsuma and Fruit Fly's shoulders.

Neither of them resisted.

Whoosh.

With a powerful suction from Obito's right eye, they were both sucked into the Kamui dimension and disappeared from the spot.

In a room deep within the central tower of Hidden Rain Village

A gaunt red-haired man sat, his back pierced with black rods. Due to his crippled legs, he was forced to sit in a large wheelchair.

He was Nagato, the true leader of Akatsuki, a man with the eyes of a sage.

Just now using the power of his Rinnegan, Nagato remotely controlled the Six Paths of Pain to eliminate the Root shinobi from Konoha who had come to assassinate him.

Suddenly, Nagato's eyebrows furrowed.

"What's wrong?" Konan, who was by his side, quickly asked.

"I sensed Obito's chakra. He used Kamui to help two Root members escape," Nagato said, displeased.

Although he wasn't afraid of Obito, the latter's persistent interference was becoming a nuisance over time.

However, right now Nagato didn't have time to deal with Obito, as his greatest enemy was Konoha.

These Root shinobi who had infiltrated Hidden Rain brought back memories of the darkest day of his life years ago.

At that time, the Root division and Hanzō had jointly besieged the Akatsuki, leading to Yahiko's death and Nagato losing his legs, becoming permanently disabled.

Now.

This assassination attempt by the Root division, combined with old grudges, successfully ignited Nagato's towering anger towards Konoha.

He decided to retaliate.

The best way to retaliate would undoubtedly be a direct attack on Konoha, but Nagato had to consider whether such a move would be too risky.

After all.

The Six Paths of Pain were essentially a type of puppet technique, receiving Nagato's chakra through the black rods installed in the bodies. The two couldn't be too far apart.

This meant.

If Nagato wanted to attack Konoha, his real body would also have to leave Hidden Rain and move with the Six Paths of Pain.

The risk would greatly increase.

In the end.

Nagato calmed down, giving up the plan to directly attack Konoha and opting for the next best thing.

Thinking of this, he asked Konan:

"Have you gathered information about Konoha's army?"

From Konan.

Nagato was surprised to learn that the Uchiha clan, which he was most concerned about, was not part of Konoha's three-thousand-strong army.

In other words, this army was nothing more than a ragtag group.

"Since that's the case, let's wipe out this army tonight."

Nagato's eyes turned cold.

Tonight.

He decided to bring a small shock to Konoha and the entire ninja world.

Divine punishment was about to descend.

...

On the border, the Konoha army camp was brightly lit.

Inside the main tent.

Torifu Akimichi was listening to a report from his subordinates.

Over the past few days Konoha had sent out many elite squads to infiltrate the Land of Rain to scout the terrain and gather information. They had also launched several small-scale attacks, eliminating three Hidden Rain bases and capturing many enemies.

It could be said that they had reaped a lot.

At present, Hidden Rain's defenses were retreating step by step, with almost all Rain ninjas retreating back to Hidden Rain Village.

For Konoha, the situation was very good.

Torifu Akimichi couldn't help but smile. Now, they just had to wait for the Uchiha clan and Jiraiya to arrive at the front line, and he could command the Konoha army to enter Hidden Rain and win this war in one fell swoop.

With that Torifu Akimichi would have put a perfect end to his ninja career, having dedicated his life to the Will of Fire.

It was time to rest. Torifu Akimichi rubbed his forehead, feeling a bit tired. Age was catching up, and he couldn't deny it.

But just then.

Boom!

A violent explosion suddenly came from outside the tent, followed by the cries of Konoha shinobi:

"Enemy attack!"

What?!

Torifu was shocked. He quickly put on his armor and rushed out of the tent.

As soon as he got outside, his pupils contracted. Giant summoning beasts were rampaging through the Konoha camp.

There were split dogs, hell crabs, rhinos, centipedes...

"Caw!"

A sharp bird cry came from the sky. Torifu looked up to see the Animal Path of Pain standing on the back of a giant bird, diving towards the crowd and stirring up a wild wind with its wings.

Not far away.

Boom, boom, boom.

The Asura Path of Pain raised its arm, firing countless missiles into the crowd, causing a series of explosions. Flames and thick smoke rose into the sky.

In addition.

The Human Path, Preta Path, and Naraka Path also descended on the battlefield, slaughtering Konoha shinobi with their respective strange and powerful abilities.

Torifu was outraged and was about to organize the Konoha troops to counterattack.

Whoosh.

The Deva Path of Pain descended from the sky, landing in the center of the camp. His purple Rinnegan eyes indifferently looked at Torifu.

"So you're the commander of Konoha?"

He muttered to himself, walking step by step towards Torifu, intending to capture the leader first.

"Protect Lord Torifu !"

In an instant, hundreds of Konoha shinobi rushed up to surround Pain. All sorts of kunai, shuriken, paper bombs, and ninjutsu were unleashed towards him.

In response.

Pain simply opened his arms expressionlessly and coldly uttered four words:

"Shinra Tensei!"

The next second.

Centered on the Deva Path of Pain, an invisible repulsive force suddenly erupted, not only deflecting all the attacks of the Konoha shinobi but also sending them flying!

Looking down from mid-air.

The power of Shinra Tensei had cleared everything within a hundred meters, even the air was expelled, leaving only a vacuum area.

With one move, hundreds of Konoha shinobi were killed.

From a distance.

Torifu struggled to get up from the ground, watching in horror as the Deva Path of Pain approached him.

Was this really the power of a human shinobi?

Banshō Ten'in!

Pain attacked again, pulling the severely injured Torifu Akimichi towards him. Torifu couldn't resist and was killed on the spot by a black rod.

The death of Torifu Akimichi dealt a heavy blow to the morale of the Konoha army.

Under the attack of the Six Paths of Pain, the Konoha army was no match. They quickly suffered more than half casualties and eventually broke into a large-scale rout.

As Nagato had said.

In the face of divine power, the number of enemies was meaningless, whether it was three thousand or thirty thousand.

Divine punishment lasted all night.

By dawn, the bodies of Konoha shinobi were scattered all over the place, and blood flowed like a river.

In this war, Konoha suffered more than two thousand five hundred casualties. Only a few hundred lucky ones managed to escape, fleeing towards the forests of the Land of Fire in the east.

"Konoha will understand that their war against Hidden Rain and Akatsuki will ultimately lead them into the abyss of destruction."

Pain left behind a prophecy and turned to leave.

Konoha Village.

The morning sun rose, and the warm sunlight spilled onto the streets, painting a tranquil and prosperous scene.

However, this beautiful scene was soon ruthlessly torn apart by a continuous, sharp alarm.

Woo-la woo-la.

The urgent alarm echoed over Konoha.

At this moment.

The villagers on the streets looked up in confusion, their faces filled with surprise. Until they realized, this was—

The village had sounded the alarm for a first-level state of war readiness!

In an instant, the entire Konoha fell into unprecedented panic.

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