I became Hokage in Tokyo

Chapters 487 and 488: Asura Path - Deidara, Preta Path - Kakuzu!

"Six pairs of Rinnegan?! How is that possible?!"

Staring at the six figures in front of him, dressed in black robes with red clouds, and the identical Rinnegan in their eye sockets, Uchiha Senmon's pupils trembled in disbelief.

"Pain has indeed been resurrected."

The group consisted of six people: five men and one woman. In addition to all possessing the Rinnegan, their cold faces were also crisscrossed with iron rods, and their hair was all dyed orange.

"Aside from Orochimaru and Pain, the other four are people I'm meeting for the first time."

The Uchiha Immortal's solemn gaze swept over the faces of the other Six Paths of Pain one by one.

A young man with a topknot and a miniature telescope over his left eye;

A beautiful young boy with curly hair and a youthful face, as delicate as a doll;

A burly man wearing a hood and covering the lower half of his face, revealing only his eyes;

And the last and only woman, with a paper flower in her hair.

"That face! It's Konan, the Akatsuki member resurrected by Ashiya Doman in the Tengenichiro game, who guarded the Sakurajima barrier!"

Uchiha Senmon's eyes locked onto Konan, and after racking his brains, he immediately recalled the events.

Although he did not fight the resurrected Konan, he reviewed her information afterward.

"Since she was summoned by the Lord of Mount Tai, then Xiao Nan must be dead."

Uchiha Senmon pursed his lips, pondering deeply in his mind, remaining silent:

"And Pain, who was defeated earlier, and Orochimaru, who was killed by Sasuke, have all been resurrected. The Rinnegan's ability to completely revive three dead people?"

"Who exactly are you, Payne!"

Even the usually aloof Sasuke couldn't help but feel suspicious when he saw Pain return with five other members of the Xiao organization who possessed the Rinnegan.

The Nine-Tailed Fox beneath his feet released its jaws from the back of the Gedo Mazo's neck and spat out a Tailed Beast Ball powerful enough to obliterate a mountain peak at Pain.

"Smack."

The burly man with the hood flashed in front of Pain and the others, rushed forward, leaped into the air towards the Tailed Beast Ball, and opened his arms to face the oncoming Tailed Beast Ball.

"He's courting death!"

The destructive power of the Tailed Beast Ball is well-known; even Kage-level shinobi would have to give it a wide berth.

The next moment, an unbelievable scene unfolded!

The Tailed Beast Ball, as large as a cartwheel, was caught by the hooded, muscular man as if bathed in a gentle breeze, and then completely absorbed by him.

"You actually devoured the Tailed Beast Ball of the strongest tailed beast, the Nine-Tails! What kind of monsters are you?"

Uchiha Senmon was startled, a look of surprise and uncertainty appearing in his eyes.

"Deidara, Kakuzu, Sasori, Konan... They used to have different names, but the pain of death made them grow and transcend."

Pain's feet left the ground, defying gravity and hovering several meters above the ground, as he stretched out his hands towards Sasuke and Uchiha Senmon:

"We are the Six Paths of Pain, we are gods!"

"Boom!"

The glorious divine punishment that destroyed New York City descended once again, with a white, overwhelming light razing everything within a radius of dozens of miles to the ground, leaving behind a shocking sinkhole.

Shinra Tensei!

Pain showed no mercy whatsoever. The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and the Nine-Tailed Fox were pushed more than ten miles away, lying scattered and buried in the rubble and mud, both severely injured.

"Damn it! Not only can monsters like Payne resurrect, but there are six of them! How the hell are we supposed to fight them?!"

"All the drones at the scene have been destroyed! And there's no sign of Secretary General Uchiha or Sasuke in the satellite images... Could it be...?"

"No! No! This can't be real!"

For the high-ranking officials from various countries watching the game, the scenes before them were like a rollercoaster of ups and downs, a case of extreme joy turning into sorrow.

When the Six Paths of Pain emerged from Rashomon, they were so oppressed that they could hardly breathe, feeling even more desperate than when they saw Planetary Devastation.

Sasuke and the Uchiha Senmon finally managed to defeat Pain, but now they have to fight him all over again, and the final boss is even six times stronger!

That's blatant cheating! How can we play without cracking it down?!

After unleashing Shinra Tensei and smoothing out everything in his sight, Pain's Rinnegan glanced around for a moment before his body floated lightly towards the Nine-Tailed Fox.

Just then, a hole was torn open in the air a dozen meters behind Payne's head.

Sasuke gripped the Kusanagi sword with both hands, its blade aimed straight for Pain's back.

"We succeeded!"

"The Path of Asura".

To everyone's surprise, Payne seemed to have eyes in the back of his head, and his body suddenly plummeted downwards.

At the same time, with his left eye being a miniature telescope pointing upwards, he launched his left wrist out at Sasuke in the sky with a bang.

Strange Arm Rocket!

"boom!"

The purple Susanoo, shaped like ribs, enveloped Sasuke, who was then blasted away by the powerful impact of the monstrous arm rocket.

"Your eye power hasn't recovered yet, and you're already rushing to your death, Sasuke?"

Although Sasuke's power has recovered considerably, it is still not enough to unleash the complete Susanoo.

Asura Path aimed the severed arm at the falling Susanoo, and missiles shot out from the cut, trailing streaks of fire.

"Tit for tat. Payne, no matter how much strength you have left, you can't hide from those eyes!"

Sasuke scoffed, then ran his right thumb along the Kusanagi sword and pressed down:

"Spiritualism!"

A giant falcon suddenly appeared, carrying Sasuke as it nimbly weaved through the incoming missiles.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

The eagle flew so fast that it left the bursts of explosions and flames behind.

"Spiritualism? Trying to teach a fish to swim."

As the only woman among the Six Paths of Pain, Konan immediately clapped her hands together.

"Gah!"

In a cloud of smoke, a three-legged monster bird with a wingspan of over thirty meters soared into the sky.

The Yatagarasu soared up and landed on Sasuke's head, scattering glowing eggs like seeds. These eggs, along with the Asura Path's five-finger missiles, attacked from both sides, exploding continuously in the air.

"Bang bang bang!"

Although it couldn't break through Susanoo's defenses, the Ninja Hawk was on the verge of collapse amidst the series of explosions, forcing Sasuke Uchiha to make an emergency landing.

"Gah!"

With its wings flapping downwards, the Yatagarasu attacked Sasuke with its sharp, long beak, which could pierce through metal and stone.

Suddenly, a wooden dragon rose from the ground, wrapped around the Yatagarasu, and pulled it from the sky to the ground.

"Gagaga!"

The Yatagarasu let out a mournful cry, struggled futilely for a few moments, and then vanished in a cloud of smoke.

"Finally, they've appeared from the Kamui dimension, Uchiha Senmon."

With an expressionless face, Pain looked down at the reappearing Uchiha Senmon and coldly said:

"You can hide inside forever, but you can't move the whole world inside. For us, the Six Paths of Pain, to destroy this world is as easy as taking candy from a baby."

At the same time, the other six Paths of Pain approached and surrounded Senmon Uchiha and Sasuke.

"Among the Six Paths of Pain, there's a freak capable of launching missiles, the Asura Path...?"

As Pain closed in relentlessly, Uchiha Senmon broke out in a cold sweat, his Sharingan swirling as he analyzed the battle situation.

"It's really too much for Jiraiya to fight six Pains all by himself."

"Since you started by going two against one, don't blame us, Payne, for ganging up on you now."

"No, we're the ones with the numerical advantage!"

Uchiha Senmon took a deep breath, his left eye's Kamui Mangekyou Sharingan spun rapidly, and five figures were expelled from it.

Mineko Yuki, Tetsuya Yamashita, and Kaname Higashiyama are the three Jinchūriki.

And Tsukimi no Inaba and Saint Jeanne, two of the Five Kage.

"It's seven against six now."

All the powerful individuals on Earth who have reached the Kage level have gathered together.

As for those below the Shadow level, even if they participate in the battle, it will be of no use; they will only be sending themselves to their deaths.

Previously, all five of them were waiting in the Kamui dimension, with the Uchiha Sage Sect preparing to deploy them as surprise troops at a crucial moment to secure victory.

However, the Uchiha Sage's plan coincided with Pain's, as Pain also had a hidden reinforcement.

Under pressure from Pain's Six Paths, they had no choice but to send five Kage-level fighters off the field ahead of schedule.

"Hmm, this power... is from the Jinchūriki of the One-Tailed, the Four-Tailed, and the Seven-Tailed."

Floating in the sky, Pain surveyed the three Jinchuriki, a hint of surprise appearing on his usually cold face:

"Knowing full well that our Six Paths of Pain's target is the remaining five tailed beasts, you still walked right into our trap. Uchiha Senmon, you've made a terrible mistake. Or have you become so desperate that you've lost your mind?"

The Uchiha Senmon remained silent.

When the nest is overturned, no egg remains intact.

If Sasuke, the prophesied son, and the other two perish at Pain's hands, the other Jinchuriki have no chance of escaping. It would be better to take a gamble and send the three of them onto the battlefield.

Furthermore, the Uchiha Sage Sect had also prepared insurance.

"Where did you hide the remaining three-tailed Isobu?"

Pain's gaze fell on Senmon Uchiha's face.

"Not only the Three-Tails Isobu, but you will never get the other tailed beasts either, Pain," Senmon Uchiha sneered in response.

The Ten-Tails needs the nine tailed beasts to unite as one to be resurrected; none of them can be missing.

The sealed Isobu within the red gourd was the Uchiha Senmon's last line of defense in case of any unforeseen circumstances.

Even if they were all wiped out, and the other tailed beasts were captured by Pain, the Infinite Tsukuyomi could not be activated. Even if the world was destroyed by Pain, he could not completely exterminate eight billion humans from the surface.

Resilient humans can continue to eke out a living.

"Nine times out of ten, you've hidden it in the Divine Might Space."

The six pairs of Rinnegan of the Six Paths of Pain, as if by telepathy, glanced at the Kamui in the left eye of the Uchiha Sage, but only heard Pain's voice from the sky:

"Showing off your petty cleverness and mortal wisdom before God is laughable!"

Uchiha Senmon remained noncommittal, then turned to the three Jinchuriki behind him, along with Tsukimi Inaba and Jeanne, and instructed them:

"Don't forget the intelligence I gave you before. Now proceed according to the battle plan."

During the brief moment when they were inside the Kamui dimension, the Uchiha Sage Sect informed everyone about Pain's abilities. Based on the information he had analyzed, they devised a simple battle strategy.

"Yes, senior!"

"Understood, Lord Uchiha."

The five people looked at each other for a few moments and then nodded.

"Sasuke?" Senmon Uchiha looked at Sasuke.

"Hmph, fine, I'll do as you say."

Sasuke knew perfectly well that this was not the time to act rashly. If no one held off the other Pains, it would be difficult for him to fight against all six of them on his own.

"No matter what you're planning, it's all in vain under God's absolute power."

Xiao Nan bent her knees and slapped her palms on the ground.

"Spiritual communication!"

Two enormous bulls and rhinoceroses, each as big as a small mountain and pierced with black clubs, glared with Rinnegan the size of millstones and charged toward the Uchiha Senmon group with earth-shaking force.

"Yuki, Higashiyama, Yamashita, give me your tailed beast power!"

At Uchiha Senmon's command, the three Jinchuriki transferred a massive amount of Tailed Beast chakra to him without hesitation.

"Water Release: Big Explosive Water Wave!"

Uchiha Senmon formed hand seals and opened his mouth to unleash a massive, tsunami-like wave.

Supported by the tailed beast's chakra, the power of the Great Explosion Water Wave was overwhelming, even sweeping away two enormous summoning beasts, which turned into smoke and dissipated.

The hooded, burly man in the center leaped to the front of the crowd and pushed them forward with both hands.

In the blink of an eye, he absorbed the overwhelming torrent of water.

"Earth Release·Earth Release!"

The earth was cleaved open, and a massive cliff, as if cleaved by knives and axes, suddenly rose and fell from beneath the feet of the Six Paths of Pain, causing a dramatic change in the terrain and forcibly breaking up the Six Paths of Pain's formation.

Xiao Nan and the curly-haired pretty boy on either side sensed something was wrong and swiftly began to climb up the rock face.

But at that moment, towering trees burst forth from the ground, blocking their path like roadblocks.

"Now!"

The three Jinchūriki, along with Tsukimi Riha and Jeanne, split into two groups and dashed off to the sides.

"The human realm and the animal realm..."

Suspended in the sky, Pain was completely unaffected by the changes in terrain. He glanced down and had a clear view of the situation below the several cliffs:

"Their plan is to separate us, the Six Paths of Pain, and defeat us one by one."

Pain raised his left hand, about to react, when at that moment, his suspended body suddenly flew downwards.

An arrow from Indra shot down towards Orochimaru, the last of the Six Paths of Pain.

The hooded giant leaped into the air, repeating his previous technique to absorb the purple light arrow from Susanoo.

At the same time, giant trees burst forth from the ground where Orochimaru had landed, creating a terrifying whooshing sound as they viciously lashed downwards.

"Shinra Tensei"

At the critical moment, Pain arrived and used Shinra Tensei to uproot all the trees that the Uchiha Sage had cultivated.

"As expected, Orochimaru, no, it should be the Hell Path, is the secret to the resurrection of your Six Paths of Pain."

Uchiha Senmon stared intently at Orochimaru, who stood behind Pain, and said in a deep voice:

"And the one who can absorb all techniques is the Preta Path. The Six Paths of Pain are six in one, each corresponding to one of the six paths of reincarnation, possessing an independent system of abilities."

Aside from Pain who was flying in the sky, the Six Paths of Pain formed a T-shaped formation.

The two Pain and Asura Paths, separated from each other, stood in the front row, the Preta Path was in the middle, and Orochimaru stood at the back of the group for protection.

"I didn't expect you to be able to analyze so much in such a short time."

Although slightly surprised, Payne remained unfazed.

"It's such a shame you're my enemy."

(End of this chapter)