Fugaku has gone mad; he's going to create a new Uchiha clan in Kirigakure.

"Pain, or rather, Nagato..."

With the help of the Mangekyou Sharingan, Fugaku Uchiha could clearly see the other person: the black trench coat embroidered with red clouds, the extremely cold purple Rinnegan, and the expressionless face that seemed to be a god looking down on an ant.

surprise.

This was Fugaku Uchiha's first reaction.

This was indeed beyond his plans.

According to his understanding of the "future," the Akatsuki organization at this stage should have been in a low-key development phase, lurking underground like a mole, carefully collecting funds, recruiting members, and accumulating strength. In this process, his beastly son even helped a great deal.

Why is Nagato here, and why is Pain himself making the trip?

To be honest, he was a little curious; it couldn't be a coincidence, could it?

But it doesn't matter what it is anymore.

Fugaku Uchiha could clearly see what Nagato was saying.

"He is dangerous, so I have decided to grant him death."

He didn't know where he had offended Nagato. Logically speaking, saving Obito Uchiha and leaving this place together would have been the best choice.

Of course, he chose to wage war against himself, and he was not afraid.

The reason is simple: he's the kind of person who always thinks three steps ahead before acting. The only time he didn't was when he was crossing the road recklessly and was transported to this world...

Today, he was facing Obito Uchiha, one of the three ultimate bosses in the entire story. He couldn't be too careful, so how could he not have a backup plan? However, Obito Uchiha was a bit weak at this point in time, and his backup plan was completely useless.

That's perfect, these backup plans can be used against Nagato.

He stood still, seemingly waiting for the other party to make a move, but in reality, he was just thinking about a problem.

Could we take advantage of Nagato's appearance and the Akatsuki's early unveiling?

Because before this, he had actually thought about what to do with his future.

The good news is that after he was able to summon the [Blade of the Underworld], he had a vague idea, but it wasn't clear enough yet.

However, when Nagato appeared and those Rinnegan locked onto him, his thought finally became clear.

Therefore, he not only has to fight this battle.

And also...

win.

...

Nagato's Rinnegan also looked at Uchiha Fugaku.

The Rinnegan, being nearly omnipotent, possesses the functions of telescope, magnification, and X-ray vision. Therefore, he could clearly see Fugaku Uchiha's expression, without fear, tension, or hesitation due to his own power.

Instead, he saw the same emotions in the other person's eyes as he did.

prey.

She saw him as prey because he would affect her Tailed Beast Plan.

And he, too, saw himself as prey...

At this moment, Nagato suddenly thought of Itachi Uchiha, that somewhat eccentric boy in his eyes, who, in the name of so-called "peace," had come up with the bizarre idea of ​​slaughtering his own clan.

Why would a father who speaks of uniting all forces that can be united raise such a son?

To be honest, in his opinion, the only explanation is that the other party simply did not teach his son at all.

Or rather, in order to hide his true self, he even deceived his own son, all in order to lead the Uchiha clan away from Konoha.

Without a doubt, regardless of the other party's motives, Nagato knew that she had made the right choice today.

Otherwise, he might face an even more terrifying enemy in the future.

"Universal Guidance!!"

Nagato raised his hand, aimed it at Uchiha Fugaku, and used the Bansho Ten'in technique.

"Buzz—!!!"

An invisible gravitational field was instantly generated, centered on Pain's palm, unleashing a terrifying attraction!

Fugaku Uchiha, who was far away, suddenly froze. It was as if he had been grabbed by an invisible giant hand. His feet left the ground instantly, and he shot towards Pain!

The gravel, soil, charred wood chips on the ground, and even the scattered kunai and shuriken in the distance, were all pulled by this gravitational force, like iron filings attracted by a magnet, frantically converging towards Pain!

"Oh, him!!"

"Fugaku!!"

Mikoto Uchiha and Mei Terumi exclaimed almost simultaneously. They instinctively wanted to rush out, but just as they lifted their feet, they stopped abruptly.

because--

"roar--!!!"

A deep, guttural roar, as if from the abyss, resounded!

Centered on the spot where Uchiha Fugaku originally stood, the pitch-black [Yellow Springs Pool] mud beneath his feet suddenly boiled, and the viscous silt shot into the sky, rapidly condensing and shaping in mid-air, transforming into a ferocious, pitch-black dragon made entirely of silt!

The mud dragon arrived faster than Fugaku, which was being pulled by gravity!

It snaked its way up to Fugaku's figure, coiled its body around him, and protected him in the center. Its head was raised high, the Blade of the Underworld was in its mouth, and its scarlet eyes were fixed on Pain in the distance.

This means one thing.

Their husbands (future husbands) were not powerless to resist; the fact that the black dragon arrived first and protected him was proof of that. Therefore, they did not continue to rush forward. Not only them, but even the ninjas of Kirigakure were stopped by Mei Terumi.

"Everyone, back off!"

Mei Terumi's voice was calm and decisive.

"This is a battle we cannot participate in."

The ninjas did not refute Mei Terumi's words.

Just kidding. Neither Konoha's barrier nor that previously unseen ninjutsu were things they could mess with. In their eyes, the destructive power they caused even surpassed the Fourth Mizukage's Tailed Beast Ball!

In Kirigakure, the last ninja with such abilities was the Second Mizukage, Hozuki Gengetsu, who passed away many years ago.

Faced with such ninjas, their two or three hundred men were simply no match.

In the ninja world, there are real-life examples of this.

During the Third Shinobi World War, the Third Raikage, in order to protect the main force of the Hidden Cloud Village, chose to cover the rear alone and fought against 10,000 Hidden Stone Village ninjas by himself.

He fought for three days and three nights, then died from exhaustion.

Despite the death of the Third Raikage, Iwagakure fared much worse. Rumors suggest at least 5,000 Iwagakure ninja perished, including a large number of Jonin and Chunin. This is because the Third Raikage never intended to return alive; he specifically targeted and killed the most skilled ninja...

...

In an instant, Fugaku Uchiha was drawn to Pain by a powerful attraction.

But he stopped abruptly two meters away from Payne!

Because of the muddy black dragon that was wrapped around Fugaku Uchiha, its huge body merged into the earth, and the ground within a radius of tens of meters seemed to be a huge whole, all tilting and bulging in the direction of Pain, as if the entire earth was about to be uprooted, but in the end it still maintained a balance, which can be considered as breaking the enemy's move.

Seeing that the enemy was able to resist Universal Pull, Pain remained expressionless and simply raised his other hand.

"call out--!!"

A jet-black iron rod, about half a meter long, shot out directly from his palm like a black lightning bolt, heading straight for Uchiha Fugaku, who was being protected in the center by the black dragon!

"Clang—!!!"

The mud dragon suddenly opened its mouth and spat out the [Blade of the Underworld Pool] that it had been holding in its mouth!

The longsword drew a dark arc, perfectly blocking the incoming black stick!

Then, for the first time, a hint of surprise, even astonishment, flashed in Pain's eternally calm eyes.

"Gurgle...gurgle..."

A sound like a swamp swallowing its prey rang out.

The jet-black blade transformed into viscous sludge, climbing and spreading along the blade, quickly enveloping the entire black stick. Under Pain's gaze, the black stick, which had an extremely strong restraining effect on all ninjas and even jinchūriki, "melted" and disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye, being completely swallowed into the sludge.

Then, the silt flowed back along the black dragon's body and reformed into an ancient longsword in Uchiha Fugaku's hand.

Fugaku Uchiha smiled slightly, flicked his wrist, and performed a beautiful sword flourish.

Then, stomp your foot hard!

The mud dragon suddenly shuddered, its body unleashing terrifying power, propelling Fugaku Uchiha like a cannonball, transforming him into a dark afterimage as he hurtled towards Pain!

Pain remained expressionless, flipping his hands over.

Grabbing a black stick in each hand, he charged toward Uchiha Fugaku!

Knives and clubs clashed!

A piercing metallic clang rang out, and a visible shockwave spread outwards from the two men, leveling the already ravaged ground once more!

Using the force of the recoil, Fugaku Uchiha advanced instead of retreating, frantically slashing at Pain. Each slash was accompanied by a shrill whistling sound that tore through the air. Wherever the sword light passed, deep trenches were plowed into the ground, and pebbles flew everywhere like bullets!

Faced with such a fierce attack, Pain, who was also not good at close combat, could only rely on the high stats of his Rinnegan to counter the attacks.

Well, how should I put it?

To the onlookers at the Hidden Mist ninja, these two weren't even worthy of being called swordsmen or staffmen. But if you let them fight, they'd probably be cut down in two or three strikes and turned into meatballs in a few blows...

The reason is quite simple.

Fugaku's sword is fast and powerful, Pain's staff is powerful and fast...

"Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang—!!!"

As the battle continued, the sounds of clashing swords and clubs grew increasingly frequent, like a torrential downpour. The two figures were no longer confined to one place, but instead dodged and weaved. The camp originally built to resist Konoha, having been successively struck by Raiga Kurosuki's Heavenly Lightning and Pain's Shinra Tensei, was now finally collapsing completely...

...

"The black rod will be absorbed with each collision..."

Another wooden wall was destroyed.

Pain flashed away, temporarily creating distance between himself and Fugaku Uchiha. He glanced at the black rod in his hand; in this brief exchange, he had already used three different rods, and the one in his hand was less than half empty...

After a moment of contemplation...

Pain, under Nagato's control, absorbed the black rods, then raised his hand and faced at Fugaku Uchiha, who was rushing towards him.

"Shinra Tensei..."

A calm voice rang out.

A powerful repulsive force erupted once again, centered on Pain, like an invisible giant hammer, slamming into Fugaku Uchiha, who was charging towards him again!

Almost at the same time, another black dragon made of mud emerged from the ground, firmly protecting Fugaku Uchiha in the center, its body closely connected to the ground beneath its feet.

"Pfft~~~"

A dull, resonant impact sound.

The immense repulsive force of Shinra Tensei struck the black dragon's body, sending it flying backwards with Fugaku Uchiha wrapped around it. However, the dragon's tail embedded itself firmly in the ground, scraping a deep dent in the earth and gradually dissipating the enormous force...

Whoosh~~

The silt fell.

Fugaku Uchiha emerged from behind the mud, his clothes completely free of even a speck of dust...

Taking advantage of this opening, Pain stretched out his right hand and pointed to the dense forest in the distance.

All things guide the heavens!

Whoosh!!

In an instant, a figure was pulled over directly. It was a ninja dressed similarly to Pain, and he landed not far from Pain.

"Spiritual communication!"

After landing, the man did not hesitate at all. He formed a hand seal and with a bang, a huge crab, about the size of Jiraiya's toad, was summoned.

Beast way...

Upon seeing this suddenly appearing fellow, Fugaku Uchiha made a judgment immediately.

According to the original text, Fugaku Uchiha remembered Nagato saying that the reason he created the Six Paths of Pain was because his original body was incomplete. He had no choice but to transfer the power of the Six Paths to the six corpses through the Rinnegan and the black rods. Each corpse could only strictly use the power of one of the Six Paths, and the one who was proficient in summoning techniques could only be the Animal Path.

Just as Fugaku Uchiha was squinting and pondering something, the crab's enormous body slowly rose up, carrying Pain's Deva Path and Animal Path, looking down at him from above, and giving him no time to continue thinking.

"BOOM—!!!"

The giant crab, carrying two Six Paths of Hell, charged towards Fugaku Uchiha like a moving mountain. Every time its eight thick crab legs rose and fell, the ground rumbled!

Faced with the impact of this behemoth, Fugaku Uchiha's eyes narrowed, and the mud beneath his feet began to boil once more!

A mud dragon, much thicker than before, gushed forth.

The mud dragon coiled around the crab like a giant python, its thick, black mud instantly enveloping the crab's shell and legs. Then, it contracted, squeezed, and controlled the crab's movement. At the same time, the black mud began to slowly spread outwards, clearly intending to envelop and seal the large crab...

However, just as the mud was about to cover most of the crab's body...

"Gurgle... gurgle..."

Under the immense pressure of the mud dragon, the crushed parts actually sprouted brand new crab heads, bubbling and squelching!

"Water Release: Foam Waves!"

The Animal Path Pain formed hand seals, his deep voice coming through the rain-like foam.

"puff!!!"

At the same time, all the deformed crab heads opened their terrifying mouths, and a massive amount of foam gushed out.

A massive amount, literally!

Like a flood bursting its banks!

It surpassed the total amount of water-style attacks from the previous two hundred Hidden Mist Ninja!

In an instant, the entire area where the two were located was completely submerged by this turbid, churning torrent of white foam. The water level rose at a visible speed, forming a temporary bubble lake, and even more bubbles scattered in all directions due to the force of the water flow, seemingly even taking over the sky...

Even more bizarrely, this foamy water seems to possess some special properties.

The pitch-black mud pool at the feet of Uchiha Fugaku, formed by the [Yomi Tan] and possessing a strange viscosity, seemed to have encountered its natural enemy the moment it came into contact with this foamy water!

The viscous silt was washed away and diluted at an astonishing speed, losing its strange cohesiveness and dragging force, and quickly turned into ordinary, turbid black muddy water, which spread and dissolved in all directions.

But the most eye-catching thing was the mud dragon, which was no smaller than a crab, and looked as if a candle had been dropped into boiling water, melting and disintegrating visibly!

"The Guiding Force of All Things".

Once again, Pain raised his left hand towards Fugaku Uchiha.