"Do you think it's possible that the tailed beasts captured by the Akatsuki are sealed inside this Gedo Statue?"
"Now that you mention it, that could be possible."
On the screen, behind Nagato, there were many tubes attached to his body, created by the Outer Path Gedo Statue.
Anyone with a sharp eye could see that these tubes were draining Nagato's chakra, which was why he appeared so frail, just skin and bones.
If Nagato's chakra could be drained, what about the tailed beasts?
"What exactly is this Gedo Statue? How is it able to absorb the chakra of the tailed beasts?"
"Orochimaru, you were part of the Akatsuki. Don't you even know what this is? Also, we're only speculating right now. Don't jump to conclusions so quickly."
"I really don't know what this thing is."
Orochimaru shook his head.
He really didn't know what the Gedo Statue was.
When he defected from the Akatsuki, they hadn't started capturing the tailed beasts yet.
It was reasonable that he didn't know the specifics of the Gedo Statue.
"Without the chakra of the tailed beasts, this thing is already so powerful. If it absorbs all nine tailed beasts' chakra, I can't even imagine how strong it would be. No wonder Nagato was confident that brute force would work; it turns out his confidence came from this."
"I've already said, this is just a guess. Orochimaru, don't jump to conclusions."
Orochimaru smiled indifferently and looked at Jiraiya, saying, "What's the big deal? It's just a guess. You can guess your way, and I'll guess mine."
"Fine."
[Looking at the giant Gedo Statue and the dead subordinates, Hanzo was stunned for an entire year before fleeing in panic.]
[Losing his sanity, Nagato began to believe that human understanding was impossible, so he developed the idea that "if everyone fears pain, there will be world peace."]
[Afterward, Nagato used the Rinnegan to create the Six Paths of Pain, and turned Yahiko's body into the Deva Path, serving as the public leader of the organization.]
[The Six Paths are: Deva Path, Animal Path, Human Path, Naraka Path, Asura Path, and Preta Path.]
"Six Paths of Pain? So, Nagato only controls six puppets?"
The Fifth Hokage and Jiraiya thought Nagato used the Rinnegan to control many puppets, but to their surprise, it was only six.
Thanks to Danzo, they already knew about five of the Six Paths puppets; only the Human Path puppet was unknown.
"Now that we know the exact number, I feel much more at ease."
"Yeah, it's only six puppets. Once the last puppet's information is revealed, we can come up with a counter-strategy."
"I don't know if it's just me, but it feels like the puppets created with the Rinnegan aren't as impressive as I thought."
The Third Hokage glanced at his foolish son with a bit of a headache and said, "Asuma, are you really acting arrogant? Would you dare say that in front of the Fourth Raikage?"
"Uh, okay, looks like I got a little carried away."
The Hidden Cloud Village was destroyed by Nagato's Six Paths of Pain.
Even if Asuma was arrogant, he didn't think he was stronger than the Fourth Raikage.
"Now that you know the intelligence about these puppets, that's why you feel this way. If you didn't know the information, the Fourth Raikage in this world and Lord Jiraiya on the screen are both lessons for you."
"I understand, Kakashi."
After being spoken to by both the Third Hokage and Kakashi, Asuma finally came to his senses.
In the end, battles between ninjas could be seen as a battle of information.
If the Asuma on the screen had known the information about Hidan, he might not have died.
The Fourth Raikage was the same.
If he had known the information about the Six Paths of Pain, he might have abandoned dealing with these puppets and turned his attention to gathering a large group of people to leave the village and search for the real body of Nagato.
"Speaking of which, we were able to learn about five of the puppet bodies thanks to Danzo."
"What? You don't want to kill Danzo anymore?"
Looking at Orochimaru, Jiraiya shook his head. "Clear rewards and punishments are my true style. If Danzo has made mistakes, he should be punished. If he has merits, he should be rewarded."
Touching his chin, Jiraiya thought for a moment and then continued. "Alright, today let's spare Danzo from death, as a reward for his contributions."
"Heh, you're quite the good Hokage. I'll thank you on behalf of Danzo!"
"You don't have to thank me for him. After the light screen video ends, I'll have him thank me personally."
Danzo: I'll thank you... damn it!
[After Nagato used the Six Paths of Pain to take revenge on Hanzō, he inherited Yahiko's dream of bringing peace to ninja world. He called himself a god and used ninjutsu to monitor every movement of Amegakure.]
[Amegakure was completely isolated from the outside world under Nagato's terrifying rule.]
[The organization had established the goal of gathering all the Tailed Beasts, creating the ultimate weapon, and using human fear to suppress wars and bring about peace.]
[Until one day, Jiraiya invaded Amegakure.]
[Reuniting with his former disciple should have been a heartwarming moment. If there had been a bowl of soup, it would have been even better.]
[But by this time, Nagato had completely diverged from Jiraiya. After exchanging harsh words with no result, the two immediately started fighting.]
[Jiraiya wanted to clear the way because Nagato's ideology was too dangerous.]
[But Nagato's power was overwhelming, and Jiraiya struggled to keep up.]
[With six such powerful puppet bodies, it caught him completely off guard.]
[In the end, Jiraiya perished in Amegakure.]
"So this is how I died," Jiraiya murmured.
On the screen, Jiraiya was fighting intensely with three of Nagato's Six Paths of Pain.
Based on the light screen and information provided by Danzo, Jiraiya quickly recognized the Preta Path and the Animal Path.
However, he didn't know what abilities the Human Path's puppet had, since Danzo hadn't given any information about it.
"Perfect, I can use this chance to gather information about this last Human Path puppet."
Unfortunately, the screen left Jiraiya disappointed.
When Jiraiya used Sage Mode on the screen, with help from two toads, he easily took down the three puppets.
This left everyone in the office unable to see what special abilities the last puppet had.
"Sigh~ Being too strong isn't always a good thing."
Everyone: "..."
Almost everyone decided to ignore Jiraiya's boastful comment.
Only Orochimaru, his close friend, couldn't stand it and retorted, "You're so strong, yet you still got killed by Nagato, right?"
"Orochimaru, I see you're jealous that I can use Sage Mode and you can't."
"Ha, jealous of you? What a joke."
Whether Orochimaru admits it or not, he was a little jealous of Jiraiya's Sage Mode.
He, Orochimaru, had always been better than Jiraiya since they were kids. Why couldn't he learn Sage Mode, while this fool Jiraiya could?
It didn't make sense, and he couldn't accept it!
"The Curse Mark I created isn't weaker than your Sage Jutsu."
"Even if it's not weaker, it's still weak."
"Don't get cocky, Jiraiya. Once Kabuto learns Sage Mode, I'll definitely enhance Curse Mark's abilities."
"Heh, I'll be waiting for that!"
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