Naruto: Starting from the time when the Six Paths of Pain was Kira Yoshikage

The door to the room was gently pushed open, and Nagato, sitting in a wheelchair, slowly came into Xiaonan's view.

"Nagato, are you alright?"

Xiao Nan quickly stepped forward and asked with concern. Her once delicate face had become haggard due to the hard work of the past few days, and it was full of worry.

Looking at the pretty figure in front of her, Nagato opened her lips, which were dry from not drinking enough water for a long time, and said, "I'm sorry, Konan, for making you worry about me."

At the same time, he silently chanted in his heart, "From today onwards, I am Nagato."

Konan shook her head slightly; as long as Nagato was alright, she didn't care.

Her lips trembled slightly, as if she wanted to say something, but didn't know where to begin.

The two used to be inseparable friends, but now they seem to have grown somewhat estranged...

Actually, that's not the case. One of them had just experienced a major life crisis, while the other was still adapting to a new identity.

Nagato saw through Konan's thoughts, so he took the initiative to start a conversation: "Konan, how many people does the organization have left to use?"

However, it would have been better if he hadn't spoken, because his words struck the softest spot in Xiao Nan's heart.

She recalled the message she received through the origami ninjutsu...

"Nagato, Akatsuki is gone, Kyusuke, Daibutsu, Kaiyo...they...they're all dead..."

Konan's voice trembled constantly. She could no longer suppress the grief and indignation in her heart and threw herself onto Nagato's body, tears streaming down her cheeks.

At this time, the Akatsuki organization had experienced a great calamity, with almost all of its main members wiped out. Not only did its leader Yahiko perish, but even the ambitious young people who followed him also returned to the Pure Land while pursuing their dreams.

died...

They're all dead...

Some died as a result of the machinations of Hanzo and Danzo...

Some died on their way to support Nagato and his group, killed by Obito Uchiha, who called himself Madara Uchiha...

"Yeah..."

Nagato remained calm, as if he had known all along. He gently patted Konan's back and softly comforted the 'angel' who was crying in his arms, saying, "Konan, it's alright. As long as the two of us are still here, Akatsuki will never disappear."

At the same time, he silently added a sentence in his mind.

Strictly speaking, Nagato is dead too... but I will inherit everything from him and become a different Nagato.

The demise of Akatsuki was almost inevitable; too many people did not want them to exist, nor did they want their ideals to remain. If the world were at peace, those rats hiding in the shadows would have no reason to exist.

"What doesn't kill us makes us stronger!"

Nagato's voice, though weak, was firm and resolute: "We will rebuild Akatsuki, and Akatsuki, reborn from the ashes, will be even stronger..."

"Nagato..."

Before Nagato could finish speaking, Konan interrupted him, hugging him tightly and choking back tears, saying, "I've already lost Yahiko, I've lost everyone, I can't lose you too..."

"Let's leave here, let's go somewhere no one can find us..."

Hearing Konan's words, Nagato sighed.

Leave? Even if he agrees, can they really leave?

Even if they give up on revenge, will others let them go?

Will Obito let them go?

Will Madara Uchiha let them go?

Will Black Zetsu let them go?

Even if they manage to escape these people's pursuit, will they be spared when the Otsutsuki descend in the future?

There may seem to be a choice, but there is only one answer: once you enter the game, there is no turning back, especially since they were just pieces on the board from the very beginning.

In the future, Nagato will consider himself a god, but in reality, he will only be a puppet in the hands of others.

In truth, Nagato in the original work was quite pitiful. The Rinnegan he was so proud of was not his own eye, but Madara Uchiha's. Madara Uchiha merely used Nagato's body to nourish the Rinnegan. Nagato's life was manipulated by Madara Uchiha like a puppet on a string.

Aside from the genuine feelings he shared with Minami and Yahiko, everything else was just a script, a script that had been written long ago.

Fortunately, he had woken up. He was not Nagato, so how could he let these people have their way?

Even puppets will one day develop their own thoughts.

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Xiao Nan said this simply because she didn't want to see her cherished companions fall again.

Especially the final Nagato.

All she had left was Nagato.

After calming Konan down, Nagato asked, "Where is Yahiko's body?"

At this stage, it is still very necessary to create the Six Paths of Pain, since I am unable to move my legs and have to rely on the Six Paths of Pain to do many things.

"It's in here."

Xiao Nan pulled out a scroll with a gloomy expression.

Sealing techniques in the Naruto world are incredibly convenient abilities; theoretically, anything except living people can be sealed.

"Let's...bury him together."

As Xiao Nan spoke, her voice choked up again, trembling slightly, as sadness enveloped her heart and lingered for a long time.

Her best friend died, and even though so many days have passed, she still can't get over it.

However, Nagato did not agree. He looked at Konan with an unprecedentedly serious expression and said, "Konan, release Yahiko. Also... I need your help."

Konan was slightly taken aback, looked at him with confusion, and asked, "Nagato, what are you going to do?"

Nagato didn't answer Konan directly. Instead, he turned his gaze to the window and looked into the distance, saying in a very peculiar tone, "Yahiko is the leader of Akatsuki, he was, he is, and he will be."

"I will use his own hands to fulfill his dream."

Konan didn't know what Nagato meant, but that didn't stop her from doing what Nagato said, because she trusted Nagato.

Now, her world consists only of Nagato, and only Nagato remains. No matter what kind of request the other party makes, she will fulfill it unconditionally.

Just like how Nagato is now having Konan use the black rod behind him as material to perform a "minor surgery" on Yahiko.

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The surgery went smoothly and was over in less than half a day.

As expected, Yahiko's body was transformed into a cyberpunk style, with a whole bunch of lip rings, nose rings, and earrings. But there was no other way; otherwise, it would be impossible to control him remotely.

Under Konan's incredulous gaze, Yahiko, who had been dead, slowly stood up.

Konan's first reaction was surprise; for a moment, she truly believed that her best friend had been resurrected. However, upon seeing Yahiko's lifeless face, her smile gradually froze.

Those eyes belong to Nagato's Rinnegan.

This is not Yahiko.

Yahiko is dead and has not been resurrected.

"He is not the real Yahiko, but one day I will bring the real Yahiko back to life."

Seemingly unwilling to see Konan's sorrowful face again, Nagato gently comforted her.

In the world of Naruto, it's not difficult to bring the dead back to life.

The Rinnegan is an innate ability, a skill possessed by anyone with the Rinnegan, provided someone is willing to sacrifice themselves.

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"From this day forward, his name will be Pain, the Deva Path of Pain."

Nagato looked at Yahiko, whom he had transformed into a Heavenly Path puppet. Yahiko's six-ringed Rinnegan seemed to be looking at him as well.

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"We have lost too many companions, and their pain has made me grow... Only by experiencing pain can an ignorant and foolish child grow into an adult."

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"Only when people, nations, and the world have all felt pain, experienced pain, and understood pain... can they truly comprehend pain and revere pain... and only then will the future that Yahiko hopes for be realized."

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"Let the light of dawn illuminate the world!"

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"Let the world feel pain!"