89 Chapter 89 Sun vs God (1/5)

Chapter 89 Sun vs God (1/5)

A few hours ago, Amegakure Village.

The heavy rain controlled by the gods continued to pour down on this strange steel jungle.

The raindrops are like thousands of tentacles sprouted from the clouds, sensitively covering every inch of the land here, greedily sensing everything.

What is different from the past is that even in such bad weather, there are still people frequently moving and interacting among the gullies of high-rise buildings.

Although compared to a large village like Konoha, Amegakure Village still seems a bit too quiet and empty; but compared to the Sanshouo no Hanzo era when residents did not dare to go out at all, this situation is like a dead tree blooming, which is surprising.

Although there are many inconveniences to living in this village (such as not being able to go out, strict confidentiality, etc.), everyone can eat well, look up at the sky freely, and no longer have to worry about being bullied or killed by ninjas at will...

Such days are already so wonderful compared to the past.

While the residents of Amegakure Village were enjoying their beautiful daily lives, the owner of a pair of pale purple eyes was standing motionless at the highest point of the city, silently looking down at every figure below.

Deva Path's face studded with black short sticks was extremely stiff, more solemn than Konoha's Hokage Rock, as if nothing or anyone could bother him in the slightest.

Although this is not what a living person should look like at all, it just satisfies some people's fantasies about "gods".

But in fact, in the heart of Pain, who no one can see, he is somewhat proud of his achievements in the past two months.

Two months ago, Sanshouo no Hanzo, "ninja demigod", failed to survive a single blow in his hands and was easily defeated.

Then, when recruiting talents for the Akatsuki organization, whether it was Kakuzu, who had fought against the first Hokage, the "God of Shinobi", or one of the famous "Legendary Sannin" - who is as famous as Jiraiya-Sensei. Orochimaru, also under the power of Shinra Tensei, has no power to resist.

Therefore, at this moment, Pain, standing at the highest point in the center of the ninja world, has unprecedented confidence in his own power.

He had doubts about Uchiha Madara's claim that he was the reincarnation of the "Six Paths Sage" before, But then this solid record completely eliminated his uneasiness about calling himself a "god".

In other words, although Pain seems to have a rigid face now, he is actually very proud in his heart, and increasingly believes that everything in the world must develop according to his plan.

No one can stop him from taking even one step forward. If there is, then destroy the opponent!

Pain is now very sure that no one in this world can be his opponent.

And this power is the reason why he can call himself God.

As everyone knows, this is exactly the idea that Uchiha Obito and Zetsu spent several years instilling in him.

In order to prevent Pain from questioning this, they are working hard to eradicate all Uchiha who possess the Mangekyo Sharingan before he gets hit...

Then again.

Just when Pain's heart was racing and he was imagining the bright future for himself and the Akatsuki organization, he looked up to the north as if someone tapped him on the shoulder.

That was the reaction between Rain Tiger at Will Technique and the ninja's chakra -

He clearly felt that it was Konan who was back.

Two minutes later, a figure with white wings on its back and wearing a large fire cloud robe flapped its wings in the sky, getting closer and closer to Pain's position.

Residents of the Kingdom of Rain along the way would express gratitude or worship when they heard the sound of the wind above. Some of them would even clasp their hands and kneel down, chanting the name of "angel" to seek blessings.

Their hard-won peace is the work of this angel and the God she represents.

"Pain."

Konan seemed a little anxious this time. Instead of saying hello to the people below, she flew straight to Pain without any hesitation.

She looked tired, but more guilty, and lowered her eyes and said, "I'm sorry, I came back too late."

Then, before Pain could reply, she added as usual: "Wait a moment, I'll change my clothes, make something to eat, and then go over to your place. Okay?"

This "you" naturally refers to Pain's manipulator, that is, Nagato himself, who cannot take care of himself.

That is a special individual who needs others to take care of him even for eating and defecation.

Konan felt even more ashamed when she thought about Nagato's inconvenience.

This time she left for two days without leaving even a clone behind. This was the first time since Yahiko's death.

"No need."

Perhaps Konan's comforting tone reminded Pain of his "real situation". The latter was more eager to eliminate the weak part of himself, so he answered rather stiffly.

In addition, the confidence he had just brewed was pierced by Konan's tenderness, which also gave his answer a hint of anger: "It's the same when I manipulate the world to do these things. If you are not here, there is nothing wrong with me."

As soon as the words came out of his mouth , Pain regretted it a little, but it was hard to recover.

After all, it sounds like "you're not as important as you think."

After hearing this, Konan's eyebrows flashed with panic.

This was not because she was worried that Nagato would be dissatisfied with her, but because she thought that her absence for the past two days made Nagato feel abandoned.

As the only person (other than "Madara") who knows the truth, Konan knows one thing very well - that is, how strong Pain is, and how sensitive Nagato's heart is.

"Okay. Let's talk about what you have gained in the past two days."

Seeing that Konan's lips were slightly open and she wanted to say something, Pain quickly interrupted her, trying to cover up the embarrassment between the two with business matters.

"Have you found the boy with yellow hair?"

He originally had a zombie face, so there was no flaw in the cover-up. Konan couldn't judge his true thoughts from his expression, so she could only answer his questions.

"I didn't find him."

Konan shook her head, but did not show any disappointment.

Then she changed her voice: "But fortunately, I searched all over the Country of Rain in the past two days, and finally found a village in the jungle between the Amegakure Village and the border of the Country of Fire, with a total of five to six hundred people. "

"So many people?"

Pain's face was expressionless, but the improvement in his tone still revealed his doubts.

For large settlements like this, Amegakure Village is given priority to move in. Why are there so many people living outside?

"But what does this have to do with the person we are looking for?"

"Most of the people in the village are children and old people. Many people are disabled. There are no powerful ninjas. It is impossible to survive there just by relying on themselves. There were several huge beasts guarding the village, and they couldn't tame them, so I became suspicious."

Konan landed on the rooftop and slowly analyzed the gains of his trip: "After contacting them, Only then did I learn that it was the place opened by the young man we were looking for."

"His name is Rengoku Kyojuro. Since more than two years ago, he has placed the rescued people there and tamed the wild beasts to protect them. It's just that there were very few people rescued at that time, and everyone lived in caves, so they were very hidden. Later, this Rengoku Kyojuro saved more and more people, and the number of people in the village also increased, and it reached its current scale. I investigated carefully and found out that the people in this village usually collect berries from the rainforest and rarely go out. It's no wonder that we haven't discovered them. "

"so. "

Pain pondered for a while, and then asked: "In that case, didn't you tell them that Sanshouo no Hanzo is dead?

"Amegakure Village has just regained its vitality. It is the time when the population needs to be replenished. They can move here. There is still a lot of food purchased by Kakuzu last time, and subsequent replenishment will not be a problem."

"Well, about that..."Konan's face was slightly stiff, and she hesitated for two seconds before saying: "Those people are very wary of Amegakure Village. I also told them about the Sanshouo no Hanzo and the food. Although they were a little interested, they were still not at ease. They said they wanted to discuss it before making a decision."

Sure enough, as soon as he said this, Pain stopped speaking and remained silent in the rain like a piece of cooling iron.

This is the first time that they have been politely shunned or even rejected when trying to recruit homeless people from outside.

Pain didn't understand. He killed Sanshouo no Hanzo, Amegakure Village had food and drink, and was protected by him. It was a benefit without any harm. Why on earth would these people hesitate?

To be fair, for Pain, who now regards himself as a god, these people's "disobedience" is really a bit disrespectful.

He didn't believe that this was the decision of those who wanted to survive. It didn't make sense.

[Could it be said that those people also obey the orders of others? ]

Suddenly, he thought of the previous invitation to Rengoku Kyojuro to join the Akatsuki organization but was rejected, and his tone became cold: "Could it be the person named Rengoku Kyojuro who arranged for them to do this?"

"Probably not."

Unexpectedly To Nagato's surprise, Konan answered simply.

"According to the people in the village, this child named Rengoku Kyojuro will appear every few days, but he will not stay too long."

"Every time he brings someone over, he will make sure that the other person is out of danger. He always looks anxious when he leaves, and no one knows when he will show up next. Pain, although he seems a little strange but he will not be very involved in the lives of these people. In other words, he only wants to save people and has no interest in building his own village or power. He is very different from the rebels we eliminated."

"There are very few people in the entire village who can extract chakra, and this is proof."

But there were some other words that she didn't say for fear of arousing Pain's hostility.

That is, the people in that village are different from Amegakure Village. Although they have a single food, a limited number of people, and no clear leaders and managers, until I appeared...

They all felt safe, and they all are very generous and there style of doing things is very different from the "narrow-minded Rain Country".

Although Amegakure Village looks peaceful, this peace is a compromise under Pain's absolute power. There is still not much trust between people. It seems that every time there is one more person in the village, the remaining people will worry that the food they receive will not be enough to eat, as if everyone is a potential competitor.

But in that village where even food resources were poor, it was full of humanity and would not give anyone less food just because they were disabled.

This made Konan very puzzled, but she only thought it was something special that could only be found in a small village, so she didn't tell Pain.

On the other hand, the more Pain thought about it, the less he could understand the reason why Rengoku Kyojuro did these things.

It would be too unbelievable to simply save people's lives without any extended purpose.

This kind of behavior is outrageous in the ninja world where people are nothing but tools.

"It's best that you say so, he has no ambitions."

Pain could not come to a conclusion and could only say in a solemn tone: "I admire his potential very much, but if he stands in the way of the Kingdom of Rain and the powerful Akatsuki organization, On the way, even if it is a strange flower that can save people's lives, I have to hoe it away."

God's will should not be shaken or violated. If he was rejected two or three times, what prestige would he have?

Moreover, what seemed to concern him was that in the Land of Rain, his title of "god" was the result of his and Konan's deliberate promotion, in order to overshadow Hanzo's "demigod".

But the other party's title of "Sun of Hometown" was spontaneously called by the people of the Country of Rain out of gratitude.

It should be noted that people do not have God, they just lose the weather vane that guides them.

But if there is no sun, it will be difficult to survive.

Although this title is just a metaphor, it is enough to explain some problems. This guy named Rengoku Kyojuro is young, but he is a very influential person. If such a person takes the lead in opposing him, there will be a lot of trouble. After all, it is difficult to win over people's hearts with force.

Suddenly, Pain absurdly understood why Sanshouo no Hanzo wanted to eradicate the Akatsuki organization.

And this young man, who I have never really met, was standing in their position back then...

"Pain..."

Konan frowned slightly.

In this case, Pain would not have said it two months ago.

In the past, people like Rengoku Kyojuro were only befriended and protected.

But now, Pain is a little different, and he can't see anyone who disobeys him.

He was filled with murderous intent when he said those words just now, and it didn't look like he was just talking.

Konan didn't know whether this change was good or bad, so she could only make a break to ease the atmosphere.

"I will go to that village again in two days, and maybe I will see him. I will have a good talk with him and explain our philosophy clearly. After all, he is still very young, and we have to be a little patient."

"I understand. Just like that-"

"Pain?"

Seeing that he suddenly became silent after finishing his words, Konan thought there was something wrong with Nagato's body, and kept asking: "What happened?"

"..."

Pain first looked towards the entrance of Amegakure Village, then looked back at Konan, and said in a strange tone: "You don't need to go, he came here by himself."

"What?" Konan was stunned for two seconds. Then she asked in a pleading manner: "Rengoku Kyojuro?"

"Well, his chakra is very special, I will not get it wrong."

Pain pondered for a while, sensing the news from Rain Tiger at Will Technique, he was even more surprised.

"The amount of chakra he has is more than three times that of the last time we met. He should be the real body. It seems... he is planning to join us."

Nagato in the depths of Amegakure smiled, feeling that he had probably guessed it right.

The other party had experienced the power of the Animal Path last time. Considering the thinking of a ninja, if he was hostile, he would never take risks himself.

Since the main body has come, it should be with a quite friendly attitude.

Suddenly, the dignity of the god that had been hurt before seemed to be satisfied all of a sudden, and Pain felt much better.

Seeing the tail of Pain's robe fluttering, as if he wanted to take action himself, Konan spread her wings and flew into the sky first.

"Both Kakuzu and Orochimaru are not here. I'm going to receive him."

"Hmm." Pain nodded, feeling that there was a gap between this boy and Orochimaru and Kakuzu, and it would be too much to make a fuss about it in person.

"I'll wait for you in Akatsuki's lobby."

"Okay." Konan turned around and flew towards the entrance of the village. The moment she turned around, her face became solemn.

[I hope you really come to join Akatsuki, otherwise...]

[Nagato will have a hard time accepting being rejected...]

At the same time, at The gate of Amegakure Village.

Under the gazes of the gatekeeper ninjas as if they were facing a formidable enemy, Rengoku Kyojuro took off his hat, revealing the golden-red hair that was rumored in the Land of Rain. It was like a solid bright flame, dispersing the surrounding water mist.

"My name is Rengoku Kyojuro! I came here this time to meet your leader! Please don't worry, I don't have any hostility!"

He gathered the bamboo hat behind his back, and blossomed into a figure that could make everyone stand out in the pouring rain. A warm smile appeared on his face.

Then, he stretched out his hand to a boy among the gatekeeper ninjas and said hello.

"Yasujiro, long time no see!" ( The oldest child that Kyojuro saved with the help of Tsunade and Shizune.)

"Shedding tears is not the etiquette that old friends should have when meeting each other!"

"So, let's have a laugh! What do you say?"