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

Although the forest where magical beasts roam at night is dangerous, it also depends on who enters it.

After casually taking down several unknown monsters that tried to attack the two of them, Rem quickly found the missing children in Aram Village thanks to her extraordinary sense of smell.

He was found unconscious on a small hillside.

"The monster didn't kill these children..." Rem's expression immediately darkened after checking the children's condition. "But it cursed them."

Fortunately, Rem was also skilled in some healing magic, so she immediately offered help to the children.

One of the little girls, after receiving treatment, struggled to lift her head and point in one direction: "There...there's another one...who was taken away..."

That location was deeper in the forest, surrounded by countless dense foliage.

"It seems we have to part ways." Pain stood up, looking in the direction the girl pointed, and said, "Rem, you stay here and heal them well. I'll be right back."

"Be careful," Rem said seriously. "That looks like a trap."

To be more precise, this whole thing was a trap from beginning to end, luring them here and then getting them to split up.

"It doesn't matter..."

Pain shook his head slightly and said confidently, "No one can attack a god."

"You're so arrogant, but..." Rem's tone was somewhat helpless, but she added, "You must come back safely."

As Pain stepped into the forest, he sensed countless demonic beasts lurking around him, staring intently at him. He ignored them and continued forward. Before long, he finally discovered a petite figure with light blue hair lying next to a fallen tree.

It seems to be the remaining girl.

Pain walked to the large tree, not immediately approaching to check on the other person's condition. Instead, he looked down at them coldly. After about thirty seconds, he slowly spoke, "How much longer are you going to pretend here?"

He slightly raised his head and glanced around.

"Did you lure these monsters here?"

The surroundings were quiet, and no one answered Pain's question; only the girl's soft breathing could be heard.

"Aren't you going to get up?"

Pain's tone seemed somewhat helpless as a black rod slid out of his sleeve and was flung directly at the unconscious girl on the ground.

"!!!"

Clang... A canine-like magical beast with a single horn pounced out, shielding the girl with its body, then let out a mournful howl and collapsed to the side, lifeless.

The girl who had been lying down had stood up. She stared coldly at Pain, her tone tinged with confusion: "How did you figure that out?"

An ominous aura emanated from her, mana... or rather, magic...

"I am extremely sensitive to killing intent... I can easily detect even the slightest hint of killing intent that someone unconsciously emanates..."

Pain explained simply that even without any murderous intent, he could tell that the breathing was too regular and the body twitching was too slight, not at all like someone in pain. Such clumsy acting could only fool people with little experience.

"You're after me, aren't you? Aren't you going to introduce yourself?"

"Oh dear, oh dear~ We've been found out~"

The girl tilted her head, drawing out her words in a languid tone completely out of character for her youthful appearance. Her deliberately forced coquettishness distorted her otherwise delicate face, making her look like a child clumsily imitating an adult's clothes. She raised a hand to brush a stray strand of hair from her forehead and announced her name with feigned elegance: "Merry Bordold!"

Her name alone reveals her relationship with Elsa Granhild; she is clearly here to avenge Elsa. Although her own power is less than one-tenth or even one-hundredth of Elsa's, she has an alias: "Beast Tamer."

He possesses the ability to control hundreds of magical beasts at once.

"You killed Elsa!"

Merry's voice suddenly turned shrill, her feigned gentleness vanishing instantly. She took a step forward, her previously narrowed eyes widening into a raging, almost insane hatred. Before Pain could respond, she screamed hysterically, "So... I want you dead!"

Her movements were exaggerated, her tone sharp as if slicing through the air, and her fierce expression bore a striking resemblance to Elsa's when she was angry. Especially their unpredictable tempers, changing faster than turning the pages of a book, were practically identical.

Elsa's madness possessed a deadly allure, while Mary's imitation only came across as comical. Her petite frame and still-childish face made her ferocity seem like that of a mentally unstable brat.

A poor imitator gives the impression of a clumsy attempt at copying someone else's work.

What's even more intriguing is that she's not imitating Elsa's signature yandere temperament, but rather a near-manic neuroticism. Her eyes lack Elsa's twisted love, filled only with empty hatred and chaos, as if she were a madwoman who had lost her mind. It's unclear whether her revenge stems from obsession or simply from wanting to imitate the "Elsa sister" she idolizes.

However, even if a person's brain isn't the best, their abilities are still quite good.

"Kill him! Tear his guts out and shred them!"

With a command from Meryl, countless blood-red eyes appeared in the forest behind her, followed by a multitude of demonic beasts rushing towards Pain.

It's exactly the same as that one-horned canine monster we just saw.

Volgam, the most numerous magical beast inhabiting this forest, is not particularly strong individually, but they always act in groups and are very skilled in sorcery. Anyone bitten by a Volgam will be cursed, and if bitten more than a certain number of times, even the strongest warrior will die because all the mana in his body will be drained.

When a person's strength reaches a certain level, quantity becomes meaningless.

In just a few breaths, Pain instantly killed dozens of Vulgarm with only a single black rod, including the Vulgarm King, who was hiding among the Vulgarm and commanding them in the form of a small dog.

"What exactly made you mistakenly believe that these weak creatures could kill me?"

Pain swung his black rod, removing Vulgarm's blood from it.

Can dozens of newly graduated genin defeat one jonin?

Moreover, these Volgam are not even as good as newly graduated genin, and Pain is countless times stronger than an ordinary jonin.

Pain's strength exceeded Merry's expectations, but she still showed no panic: "Did you think I only have these naughty little animals?"

Because she still has a trump card up her sleeve.

Volgam was just an appetizer.

As Meryl called out, several strangely shaped magical beasts, completely unlike unicorn hounds, were summoned.

The demon beast Giltirau, with a lion's head, a horse's body, and a serpentine tail, is known as the king of the dark forest. There's also a gigantic black hippopotamus over five meters tall, the incredibly resilient rock dolphin, and the bear-like demon beast, Flower Queen Bear, whose back is covered in flowers...

Each of these monsters is far more powerful than the Volgarm Horde.

After waiting for a long time and seeing that no new magical beasts appeared, Pain finally spoke: "It seems that these are all the tricks you have up your sleeve."

five minutes later...

All the powerful magical beasts summoned by Merry fell to the ground, leaving only Pain and Merry standing.

Just as Pain was about to speak, a huge and deep voice suddenly came from the sky.