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

The land of birds.

Located in the central part of the Ninja World Continent, its territory borders the two great nations of Wind and Earth, as well as smaller countries like the Land of Rain, and its land area is similar to that of the Land of Rain.

Unlike the Land of Rain, which is plagued by the rainy season all day long, the Land of Birds, although it also has abundant rainfall, only experiences a short period of rain throughout the year. The climate here is pleasant, with spring-like weather all year round. The country is dotted with lakes where many migratory birds inhabit, and everywhere you look is green, making it a beautiful and peaceful city.

In theory, small countries like this are easily annexed by large countries, especially countries like the Land of Wind, which always wage war for resource-poor nations.

Furthermore, the Land of Birds has no ninja villages, and even ninjas are merely employees, which makes the country's military strength extremely weak.

However, although the scenery of the Bird Kingdom is very beautiful, the whole country has no other resources besides birds. There is very little land suitable for planting, and the fact that it is spring all year round means that there are more insects in this land than in other places, otherwise it would not be able to support such a large bird population.

Furthermore, annexing the Bird Country means that the Wind Country's territory will directly border the Earth Country, leaving no room for reconciliation between the great powers, just like the relationship between the Lightning Country and the Earth Country, making them lifelong enemies.

The disadvantages of invasion outweighed the advantages, which is why this country has survived to this day.

At this moment, on the border of the Land of Birds, a young ninja with a green ponytail and a huge shuriken on his back was moving through the forest with all his might.

He looked very nervous, glancing back every now and then as if something terrifying was chasing him.

However, the woods behind him remained quiet and still.

He is a ninja of the Fuma clan.

Besides the five great nations and numerous ninja villages, there are actually some places in this world that still retain the traditions of ninja families from the Warring States period.

The Fuma clan is such a ninja clan.

They live in the Land of Fields and are a veteran power there.

The young man was a Jonin of the Fuma clan. Theoretically, ninja clans could not compare with the Five Great Nations or even small ninja villages in terms of strength or influence. Although their ranking system followed that of the large ninja villages, its value was even lower than that of the small ninja villages.

However, this young man's strength is genuine. He is a young prodigy of the Fuma clan and is known as the ninja with the greatest hope of reviving the Fuma clan. He once fought against Jiraiya, one of the Legendary Sannin of Konoha. Although he was easily defeated, he was able to escape unscathed.

Therefore, even if their strength is not comparable to that of the ninjas of those major countries, they are still considered good fighters among those of smaller countries, and are among the top-ranked strongmen.

Even so, he was being chased like a stray dog ​​fleeing in a sorry state.

After running for another few dozen kilometers, looking behind him where there was still no one, the young ninja of the Fuma clan began to slow down.

"Having traveled so far, you should..."

Just as the young man was secretly relieved.

Suddenly, a cold, emotionless voice came from beside me.

"You mean you dumped him, right?"

The young man's face turned deathly pale in an instant. He struggled to grab the huge shuriken behind him, but a large hand pressed down on his face, which was filled with despair, before he could.

"I told you, you can't escape."

As those cold words pierced the young man's ears, they were the last sounds he would ever hear in this world.

'Kaba'

With a crisp sound of bones breaking, the young man's breathing gradually stopped.

Sometimes life is just that fragile.

It only takes a light touch.

A figure in a black robe emerged from beneath the red clouds.

There is no doubt that the killer was a member of the Akatsuki organization.

Pain lifted the already dead youth with one hand and tossed him aside as if he were crushing an ant.

"Xiao Nan, I'm sorry to trouble you again."

As Pain's words fell, countless white paper scraps fluttered around, enveloping the dead youth and forming the shape of a mummy.

Pain flicked non-existent dust off his body, as if he had only done a trivial thing.

In the Naruto world, the gap between strong individuals is sometimes greater than the gap between ordinary people and ninjas.

Konan used a sealing technique to seal the corpse of the young man from the Fuma clan into a scroll, intending to make it back at the base.

"Pain, I don't understand why you would go all the way to the Bird Kingdom to kill this person."

After doing all this, Konan asked Nagato about her doubts: "If it's for the sake of puppets, shouldn't we have chosen more powerful ninjas?"

To prevent information leaks, Konan never calls Nagato by his real name when they are out together. Instead, she refers to him as Pain or by his code name "Zero".

Nagato was the same; he also referred to Konan by her codename—'White'.

In response to Konan's question, Nagato simply explained, "My technique is different from the puppet technique; the corpses of powerful ninjas are meaningless to me."

"If I had to pinpoint why I chose him... it would be because this ninja is related to Jiraiya-sensei."

After hearing Nagato's explanation, Konan was silent for a few seconds, then nodded and said, "Jiraiya-sensei, I understand."

The name Jiraiya is of great significance to Konan and Nagato. If it weren't for him, the three of them would never have been able to form the Akatsuki organization, or even grow up to be adults.

Konan believes that Nagato chose the corpses of ninjas associated with Jiraiya to commemorate their teacher.

In fact, the person Nagato chose from the Fuuma clan was originally one of the Six Paths of Pain. It was purely to avoid any accidents. What if the Six Paths of Pain made by someone else could not create clones in other worlds?

That's why Nagato chose this young man from the Fuma clan, who was exactly the same as the character in the story.

Furthermore, the strength of the deceased in life is linked to the strength of the Six Paths of Pain puppets. Puppets modified from the bodies of strong individuals are definitely more effective than ordinary corpses. However, when Nagato used the Six Paths of Pain, he only used the Rinnegan's abilities and didn't care about the puppets' abilities in life at all, so it didn't matter whether they were strong individuals or not.

Pain, who was about to speak to Konan, suddenly stopped, turned his gaze to a large tree, and shouted sternly, "What are you doing hiding there so sneakily..."

Seeing no movement, Pain slowly raised his right hand, his five fingers slightly bent: "If you're not coming out, then I'll personally invite you."

Upon hearing this, the tree, which had been completely still, finally showed a change. A huge plant slowly grew from the rough bark, and as the serrated leaves slowly opened, it revealed a human-shaped body that was half black and half white.

He looks exactly like a vegetative person resembling a "needle plant".

The vegetative patient opened his tiny, yellow eyes, the size of mung beans, and looked at Pain with admiration: "As expected of Pain, he was able to detect me..."

Zetsu, codenamed "Xuan" in the Akatsuki organization.