"That way, you should settle down a bit." The Deva Path of Pain said calmly.
"Damn it!"
Unable to gather Chakra, Naruto couldn't move his arms but didn't give in. He used his leg to kick at Pain.
Thud!
Two black rods pierced Naruto's thighs.
For Nagato, as long as Naruto didn't die, it didn't matter if he was maimed.
After all, essentially what he needed was the Nine-tails inside Naruto, not Naruto himself.
"Bastard, let go of that kid!"
The toads from Mount Myoboku ignored the biting Split Dog and charged towards the Deva Path of Pain.
"Almighty Push!"
Bam bam bam!!
Due to their massive size, Gamabunta and the other toads were directly blasted out of Konoha by the impact of the Almighty Push. Some collided into mountains, others flew into lakes, all severely injured.
"This is bad, I've become little Naruto's weakness." Fukasaku Sage sweat ran down his forehead.
In this battle, Naruto had really done his best, while it was they, the sages, who were dragging him down.
"Why did you call Jiraiya-sensei? What exactly do you want to do!" No longer able to move, Naruto looked at the Deva Path of Pain and asked.
Even in death, Naruto didn't want to die confused.
"It's simple, because I also learned ninjutsu from Jiraiya-sensei. If we count by time, I'm still your senior." Nagato answered calmly.
"As for what I want to do, in short, it's to create peace and achieve justice."
"To turn Jiraiya-sensei's unfinished business into reality."
Naruto stared hard at the Deva Path of Pain, feeling that the other was talking nonsense. Killing the pervy sage, destroying Konoha, killing Kakashi-sensei, how can this possibly be creating peace and achieving justice?
Naruto's reaction was within Nagato's expectations, as this ninja world was always like this — hate could never be eradicated, and people could never truly understand each other.
"Then what do you intend to do, Uzumaki Naruto." Nagato controlled the Deva Path of Pain to ask.
"Defeat you, defeat the Akatsuki, and bring true peace to the world!" Naruto answered without hesitation.
The Deva Path of Pain laughed, as if hearing something particularly funny.
Originally, what he should do was to immediately take Naruto away and extract the Nine-tails to seal within the Gedo Statue.
But because of their shared mentorship, because of Naruto's laughable justice, and because now he had assured victory, the Deva Path of Pain decided to argue with Naruto before taking him away.
Nagato talked about Konoha's wars, about the war that turned countless Rain Village children into orphans.
Naruto remained silent, born in a peaceful era, he never thought that the village he was protecting also had such a history.
"Actually, the justice you want to impose on me is the same as the justice I impose on Konoha. We are all just people driven by hatred."
"The ninja world is essentially ruled by hatred, and people can never truly understand each other."
Naruto felt Nagato's words were wrong, but didn't know how to refute him.
Jiraiya talked about a world where people understand each other, but even Jiraiya himself said he didn't know how to make such a world come true.
When Nagato mentioned using the Tailed Beasts to create an ultimate weapon to destroy countries and create terror to achieve peace, Naruto couldn't help but refute.
Although he didn't know how to make people understand each other, he absolutely didn't recognize the peace Nagato spoke of, the kind of peace created through deaths and fear.
Ultimately, neither side managed to convince the other.
During the tug-of-war between Naruto and Nagato, Shima Sage and Fukasaku Sage tried to attack the Deva Path of Pain but were entangled by the Animal Path and its summoning beasts.
Meanwhile, Hinata, though weaker in strength, moved stealthily within range of the Deva Path of Pain thanks to her 360-degree Byakugan.
Hinata didn't attack the Deva Path immediately but snatched the Summoning Scroll near the Deva Path of Pain and hurled it towards the two sages.
She didn't know what that would do, but based on previous observations, it should help Naruto.
Next, to prevent the Deva Path of Pain from using ninjutsu to interfere with the Summoning Scroll, Hinata instantly gathered chakra and rushed towards the Deva Path of Pain.
"Hinata, what are you doing here? Quickly leave, you're no match for him!" Naruto said anxiously.
Not even Hinata, even if Sasuke were here, it wouldn't be possible for just one person to beat the Deva Path of Pain.
"Almighty Push!"
Nagato ignored the scroll and released Almighty Push towards Hinata. By now, Naruto's chakra was sealed by the black rods, it was irrelevant what the scroll could do.
Bang!!
Hinata, rushing towards the Deva Path of Pain, was violently smashed to the ground by the immense repulsive force, creating a pothole, blood trickling from her mouth.
"Damn it, why come to such a dangerous place!"
Naruto struggled to muster his body's strength to break the black rods' restraint, but failed.
"It seems you share a strong bond, experiencing the death of someone dear right in front of you might give you deeper insight into my words."
Nagato noticed their expressions, controlled the Deva Path of Pain with a black rod in hand, and walked towards Hinata.
He became the person he was now precisely because he had twice witnessed beloved ones die before his eyes.
The first time was his parents killed by Konoha Ninjas; the second was Yahiko, though not blood-related, their long companionship made them family without blood ties.
So Nagato felt that killing Hinata in front of Naruto would offer Naruto more comprehension.