A person is writing a diary in an American comic book, and Iron Man collapses at the beginning.

Chapter 420 The despair brought by Payne made this world feel pain!

In any case, it's a good thing that Jiraiya didn't die.

However, Minato Namikaze still dared not let his guard down. Although his battle with Pain was only a brief exchange, Pain's strength still made Minato wary.

Pain, or rather Nagato, was a formidable and suffocating adversary.

Minato knew very well that the battle against Amegakure did not represent the opponent's true strength; the opponent must have many trump cards and powerful moves that they had not yet used.

After all, the diary clearly states that Pain destroyed Konoha!

And now?

Pain's plan is gradually coming to light. Minato knows that the opponent's target is the nine tailed beasts, and Konoha's Nine-Tails is also one of his targets!

Then the event Pain mentioned in the diary, which involves attacking Konoha, is probably not far off!

Even Shuimen couldn't help but feel a sense of pressure.

"Teacher, I'm so glad you're alright. I still have a lot of things to take care of. I'll come see you another day."

"Naruto, spend more time with your teacher."

With that in mind, Minato Namikaze decided not to waste any more time with Jiraiya.

After greeting Jiraiya, he quickly left the hospital.

Despite his seemingly carefree demeanor, Jiraiya is actually quite shrewd.

He watched Minato Namikaze's departing figure and silently said in his heart, "Minato, Konoha will have to rely on you this time!"

It is no exaggeration to say that Konoha is facing the greatest danger in its history!

He had lost an arm, and his injuries would take at least ten days to two weeks to heal. If Payne came knocking on his door during that time, it would be a real problem.

Therefore, Jiraiya was well aware of how heavy the burden was on Minato Namikaze's shoulders this time.

"Naruto, you should leave too. I don't need you here."

Jiraiya also kicked Naruto out, saying, "What needs you now is your father, and Konoha!"

Although Naruto is not too old yet, he is already undoubtedly one of Konoha's top combatants.

"You lecherous immortal, I'll come see you another day."

Naruto knew the importance and urgency of the situation, so he quickly ran out and reunited with Minato Namikaze.

Minato Namikaze glanced at Naruto, but didn't say anything. Instead, he immediately went to the Third Hokage.

He informed the Third Hokage about Pain's situation.

"Minato, I think the Pain invasion of Konoha that Zhou Cheng mentioned is about to happen."

The Third Hokage took a puff of his pipe and made the same judgment as Minato Namikaze.

"Do what you need to do, and I will fully support you!"

Although the Third Hokage might have his own little schemes, he naturally worked together with Minato in this situation.

"I understand, Third Hokage!"

Minato Namikaze responded with a heavy thud.

Needless to say, Minato Namikaze began making various preparations to prevent Pain's invasion.

The village was placed under a state of emergency, and some of Konoha's combat forces stationed elsewhere were recalled to gather comprehensive intelligence on Pain.

wait wait wait.

In short, Minato Namikaze did everything he was supposed to do.

Even so, Minato Namikaze was still somewhat uneasy.

Regardless, Pain was a ruthless man who destroyed Konoha with a single Super Shinra Tensei!

Even if Minato Namikaze is incredibly powerful, it's hard not to feel a bit apprehensive when facing a strong opponent capable of wiping out entire villages.

"Father, you don't need to worry."

Fortunately, Naruto offered Minato some final words of comfort: "No matter how strong Pain is, he can't possibly be stronger than people like Clark or Thor."

Minato Namikaze finally felt somewhat relieved.

He clearly remembered the shock that Thor had brought to everyone when he summoned the lightning in Konoha.

That's completely beyond the scope of regular ninjutsu, okay?

"Naruto, are your friends really reliable?"

Because of the gravity of the matter, Minato Namikaze confirmed it repeatedly.

"Don't worry, Father, they are all my partners and can be trusted."

Without a second thought, Naruto replied with absolute certainty, "We've known each other for a long time, and I've been to other worlds several times. You can rest assured."

Minato Namikaze naturally wouldn't completely change his attitude because of Naruto's words, but now that things had come to this, he could only treat those people as a trump card for Konoha.

If things really escalate to a point where they become uncontrollable, then Naruto's friends might really have to step in.

In short, Minato Namikaze did everything he was supposed to do.

As it turns out, Minato Namikaze's efforts were not in vain.

Just as he was hastily preparing, six figures actually appeared outside Konoha Village.

A figure wearing a red cloud uniform.

Without a doubt, it was Pain of the Six Paths.

"Let the world feel pain, starting with Konoha!"

Pain surveyed the bustling village ahead and uttered those words with a cold and aloof air.

It was like a judgment made by God upon the world.

"Next, we'll split into two routes: luring the enemy and exploration."

"Let me confirm, the trap is set in the Asura realm, the animal realm, or the hungry ghost realm."

"Exploration is the way of heaven, the way of humanity, and the way of hell. Xiao Nan, you are also exploring this path."

"clear!"

After issuing a brief order, Pain quickly set off and stormed into Konoha Village.

"Enemy invasion!"

Konoha wasn't going to take this lying down. The sensory team members sensed it immediately; someone had broken into Konoha through the barrier.

And this information was immediately reported to Minato Namikaze.

"Pain is here!"

Minato Namikaze dared not be negligent and took the lead, using Flying Thunder God Technique to quickly teleport to the location where the enemy appeared.

Sure enough, they found Pain from the Hell Path standing there arrogantly.

Then, Pain of the Hell Path used a summoning jutsu to summon the other Pains as well.

"Leave Minato Namikaze to me, you all disperse!"

Pain gave orders to the other Pains and began charging towards Minato Namikaze.

Whoosh whoosh!

The other Pain members faithfully carried out Pain's orders and began to disperse to Konoha to "rule the law".

Fortunately, Konoha had made preparations over the past few days, so although it was still rushed, they were not caught off guard.

The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Naruto who had reached Kage level, Jiraiya who had recovered halfway from his injuries, and other powerful figures came out to meet the enemy.

In addition, there were the other ninjas from Konoha.

Of course, there is another important ninja clan that cannot be ignored: the Uchiha clan!

In short, everyone worked together and waged an earth-shattering battle against Payne and his allies.

The outcome of this battle was completely different from that in the anime.

In the anime, Konoha lost its Third and Fourth Hokage, Jiraiya died, Naruto and Might Guy were no longer in the village, and the Uchiha clan was wiped out early on.

Almost all of the high-ranking combat personnel are gone.

How do I fight Payne?

But what about now?

It's so much stronger than before. Even if Pain were incredibly powerful, he still couldn't take down Konoha.

They were completely blocked by Konoha.

Of course.

The fight in Konoha was still quite difficult, since Pain's techniques were practically overpowered.

Putting everything else aside, the sheer number of giant summoned beasts from the Animal Path and the barrage of advanced weapons from the Asura Path alone would be enough to give the Konoha ninja a run for their money.

The two sides were locked in a fierce battle, seemingly evenly matched.

In the end, Pain was forced to use his ultimate move.

Whoosh!

Pain took to the air, hovering arrogantly high above, coldly looking down at the group of Konoha experts below.

Then he slowly raised his hand, and a huge amount of energy began to gather in his palm.

"Shinra Tensei!"

He slammed his hand down hard.

A terrifying energy descended upon them, causing all the Konoha ninja below to feel a sense of suffocation and despair.

boom!

next moment.

The earth trembled violently, and the ground within a radius of 500 meters sank in, creating a large crater.

All the ninjas inside the crater collapsed to the ground.

Only the most skilled experts survived; everyone else perished instantly.

Even the top experts were seriously injured and had almost no fighting ability left.

It's worth mentioning here that the Shinra Tensei that Pain is using right now is far more powerful than the usual Shinra Tensei; it can be considered the so-called "Super Shinra Tensei".

However, the Super Shinra Tensei here is far inferior to the one in the anime.

Since Pain's target was the Nine-Tails, and the Nine-Tails' Jinchuriki, Kushina, was in Konoha, Nagato naturally couldn't destroy Konoha with a single powerful attack like in the original anime.

He needs to capture Kushina first.

Even so, this powerful attack was virtually invincible for the Konoha ninjas.

The third and fourth generation masters were all watching with their veins throbbing, yet they had no way to deal with it.

Firstly, an attack of the level of Shinra Tensei is indeed too overpowered; ordinary ninjutsu simply cannot block it.

Secondly, Pain, the Deva Path, was flying in the sky and unleashing his ultimate attack, leaving them even more helpless.

After all, there are only a handful of ninjas in the entire ninja world who can fly.

Those people are not in Konoha.

Boom boom boom!

that's it.

After Pain unleashed several consecutive Shinra Tensei attacks, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse, giving Konoha a real hard time.

"Third Hokage, I'll deal with him!"

Fortunately, at the critical moment, Fugaku Uchiha stepped forward.

"Chief Fugaku, are you confident?"

Seeing Fugaku Uchiha's confident demeanor, Minato Namikaze asked one more question.

"Leave it to me!"

Fugaku Uchiha didn't say much, but the pupils in his eyes changed, quickly transforming into the Mangekyou Sharingan.

"That Fugaku Uchiha guy really knows how to hide his true colors."

The fourth generation was surprised, but mostly pleased, while the third generation was somewhat annoyed.

Why did Fugaku keep such a significant matter from the village? What was he planning to do?

However, the Third Hokage understood Fugaku Uchiha's decision to reveal this secret.

The Nine-Tails' rampage and the subsequent rebellion caused the Uchiha clan's reputation in the village to plummet.

The Uchiha clan desperately needs an opportunity to regain the village's trust.

Now is undoubtedly the best time.

Even if it exposes the Sharingan, compared to the village's fear of having another pair of Sharingan, the most important thing is for the Uchiha to save Konoha once again.

What's more, the current Hokage is Minato!

Given Minato's personality, even if he was wary of the Uchiha clan gaining an extra pair of Sharingan, he wouldn't be able to do anything to them.

"Susanoo!"

Fugaku Uchiha used several Body Flicker Techniques to rush to Pain's feet, his eye power rapidly circulating, and a massive surge of green energy erupted forth.

A giant several tens of meters tall quickly materialized around Uchiha Fugaku.

boom!

At that moment, Pain's Shinra Tensei struck again.

Fugaku Uchiha controlled the Susanoo Giant, gripping the Susanoo Blade tightly with both hands, and swept it upwards.

boom!

A terrifying burst of energy erupted like a raging torrent, leaving everyone around feeling a sense of awe and fear.

However, Pain's attack was successfully blocked by Fugaku Uchiha.

"Excellent! Lord Fugaku did it!"

"Is that the power of the Sharingan?"

The surrounding ninjas were all invigorated.

"This can't go on."

"Father, we must find Nagato!"

Taking advantage of this brief respite, Naruto Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze quickly adjusted their strategy and grasped the crux of the problem.

They quickly reached a consensus and, while Fugaku was blocking Pain's path, began to try to find Pain's true form, Nagato.

"Is this the Uchiha clan?"

"It is indeed a bit troublesome."

Even Nagato, hiding behind the scenes, couldn't help but frown, but he wasn't worried.

Even Susanoo was only slightly troublesome for him, not something he couldn't handle.

After all, he's a god!

However, ordinary moves were clearly not enough to deal with that giant, so they had to use that one move.

Under Nagato's control, Pain began to dodge Fugaku Uchiha's attacks while simultaneously releasing a "black sphere".

After the black ball flew into the air, it released an incredibly powerful suction force.

Click click click!

The ground was lifted off, and large chunks of soil began to solidify towards the black sphere.

Even the colossal Susanoo Giant is no exception!

They were all sucked into the air by the black ball.

Then it was covered by one large stone after another, layered several times inside and out, and finally completely imprisoned inside by a huge earthen ball.

quack quack!

The Konoha ninjas, who had been overjoyed, froze, followed by immense shock and uncontrollable panic.

Even such a gigantic giant couldn't stop Payne?

Faced with such a powerful enemy, what kind of person could possibly stand up against it?

Even Naruto is deciding whether or not to try and call for help from the diary.

"Found it!"

Fortunately, at this crucial moment, Minato finally located Nagato.

"Father, I'm going to talk to Nagato!"

Upon receiving the news, Naruto immediately used the Body Flicker Technique and rushed towards Nagato's location.

When Naruto read his diary before, he had no idea what "talk-no-jutsu" meant, but now, he felt that he vaguely understood it.

The diary mentions that Nagato ultimately sacrificed himself to revive the people of Konoha.

My senior brother isn't a bad person at heart.

So Naruto wanted to talk to Nagato first.

(End of this chapter)