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

Yuyin Village

Covering the sleeping Konan with a thin blanket, Nagato sat in his specially made wheelchair and went to the window. His leg was not fully recovered yet, and he would need at least six months of recuperation before he could move freely.

Gazing at the full moon in the sky, which resembled a millstone, Nagato fell into deep thought...

He was contemplating his future path...

Although his body is now much stronger than the original sickly Nagato, as evidenced by the fact that he could kill Hanzo, who was killed by the combined forces of the Six Paths, by controlling only Pain, his strength is still somewhat weaker than the gods of the later Naruto series.

Due to his leg injury, Nagato suspended his training in ninjutsu and taijutsu, focusing solely on chakra refinement and the manipulation of the Six Paths puppets. Fortunately, his three Six Paths clones are now on track, diligently training in their respective worlds, with a continuous flow of power feeding back into Nagato's main body.

Theoretically speaking, even if Nagato himself does nothing and just sleeps all day, he can still become a strong person as long as he is given enough time.

Even with the other six Paths clones as a guarantee, Nagato, as the main body, is not prepared to truly give up. The six Paths clones are indeed a trump card, but they cannot be the only means. The more trump cards one has, the better.

Compared to other worlds, the ninja world is a world that relies heavily on talent and bloodline, and is as realistic as it gets.

"The village chief's son will be the village chief in the future, and the son of the scapegoat will eventually become the scapegoat himself."

Although this sentence is just a meme, it also reveals the cruelty of the Naruto world.

Everything is determined at birth.

No matter how hard an ordinary ninja tries, their ultimate achievement is just so-so; they can be easily slapped to death by those god-like figures later on.

Fortunately, Nagato's bloodline was not bad either. Even though it was not explained in detail in the setting, his naturally red hair and huge chakra undoubtedly showed that Nagato had the bloodline of the Uzumaki clan.

Therefore, if he wanted to cultivate, the best option was to learn the sealing techniques that the Uzumaki clan excelled at.

In Nagato's view, sealing techniques are the most meaningful techniques in the Naruto world. They are far more useful than the Five Elements Release techniques or even many bloodline limits, and they can still exert a powerful effect even after leaving the Hokage.

Unfortunately, Nagato didn't have such a technique, and even though he had killed Hanzo and become the new leader of Amegakure, he didn't have any sealing techniques.

Amegakure was, after all, just a small village. The ninja legacy left by Hanzo consisted mainly of water-style ninjutsu, poison-making, and swordsmanship. It lacked the sealing techniques that the Uzumaki clan excelled at. The only noteworthy techniques were the Water Flicker Technique and the Iaijutsu.

Nagato is currently unable to cultivate either of these skills.

As for the Land of Whirlpools, the ancestral home of the Uzumaki clan, it is now nothing but ruins. Only the Shinigami mask beneath the shrine still holds some value. Those wondrous sealing techniques are probably only found in Konoha or Kumogakure.

Of course... Obito, who inherited everything from Madara, might also have something like that.

But now is not the time to lay all the cards on the table; learning sealing techniques must be put on hold for now...

There's something else that Nagato is quite envious of.

Spirit beast.

Although he was outmaneuvered and nearly killed instantly, and didn't play much of a role, Hanzo's salamander summon still left a deep impression on him.

Hanzo himself was quite strong, but he could never have reached the heights he had achieved on his own. It was his considerable strength, poison, and the salamander that complemented each other, which made him the legendary Hanzo of the ninja world.

A suitable summoning beast can greatly enhance a ninja's strength.

Although Nagato possessed unconventional summoning beasts like Substitute Summoning Beasts, Naruto is a world that highly values ​​intelligence warfare; some things are best kept secret if possible. And most importantly, Konan cannot use Substitute Summoning Beasts...

Nagato himself didn't understand the principles behind the creation of Stand Summoning Beasts, which are products from another world, let alone teach Konan how to use them.

Konan is the person Nagato is closest to in this world, and he absolutely does not want anything to happen to her.

When it comes to summoning beasts, Nagato subconsciously thinks of the three legendary sacred sites for summoning beasts—Mount Myoboku, Ryuchi Cave, and Shikotsu Forest.

These three places have the most suitable summoning beasts for ninjas, and they also hide a special buff that can be learned—Sage Mode.

This method can significantly improve one's physical fitness by absorbing natural energy and achieving a certain balance between natural energy, chakra energy, and spiritual energy. It is a very practical approach.

Even in the early stages of the Dragon Ball universe, it was still quite good.

If Nagato and Konan could learn Sage Mode, it would greatly enhance their combat power.

Unfortunately, just like the sealing techniques, Nagato is currently unable to obtain them. The summoning contract for Mount Myōboku is with Jiraiya, the summoning contract for Ryūchi Cave is with Orochimaru, and the contract for the Shikotsu Forest is with Tsunade.

Based on current information, the only way to obtain Sage Mode is through these three sacred spiritual sites.

If you really want to learn, you can start after Orochimaru defectes to Akatsuki...

That's all...

Nagato shook her head, clearing her mind of these distracting thoughts; these were things she would consider later.

Based on the available information, there may be a summoning beast that can serve as both Konan's and her own summoning beast.

The reason I say "maybe" is that even Nagato himself wasn't sure if this thing actually existed.

Even if one takes Nagato's place and knows the future plot, there will still be differences in the details between different versions.

For example, the summoning beast that Nagato is now planning to acquire.

The Shuzaki Lizard is a giant summoned creature so large that it can transform into a castle.

It is confirmed to exist in the Naruto anime world, but its existence in the Naruto manga world is unknown.

"You can go there first, huh?"

While deep in thought, Nagato suddenly realized something. He looked up abruptly, and the intense sunlight made him squint, even though he was used to the darkness. When he saw the scene before him, he was stunned, even though he had different experiences with different incarnations in different worlds.

In the bustling streets, besides ordinary humans, there were countless vendors with leopard heads, cat heads, rabbit heads... and most outrageously, lizard heads. The vendors were energetically hawking their goods, selling all sorts of things, from food to jewelry, weapons, and even glowing gems.

"Where...where am I?"

Nagato's brain instantly went into a state of malfunction.

Clearly, this is not Amegakure, and I am not in Amegakure's secret base.

If it were anyone else in the ninja world, their reaction would definitely be to check if they were under a genjutsu, but Nagato's experience would not lead him to think that way.

A new Six Paths clone? But I haven't created a new Six Paths puppet yet!

"Um? 』

However, Nagato soon received an answer.

It wasn't that a new Six Paths clone appeared, but rather that he came to this world for some unknown reason.

and...

"Not the real Pain... Deva Path!"

In this strange, alien world, the orange-haired Pain thought to himself.