At the residences of the two Advisors in the south of Konoha Village.
Sasuke, holding his kusanagi sword, looked at Homura Mitokado and Utatane Koharu, who were lying on the ground, covered in wounds from his attack, and asked with an icy expression:
"Do you have any last words?"
After Adam left, he had the rest of the Taka team withdraw from Konoha, while he infiltrated the Advisors' residences alone, knocked out a group of guard Ninja, and found the last two high-ranking officials involved in the Uchiha clan massacre.
That person named Adam was too terrifyingly strong; even with Karin's healing, his injuries were not fully recovered, and destroying Konoha this time was most likely impossible.
He could only fish in troubled waters, to see if he could kill Homura Mitokado and Utatane Koharu, which would count as avenging Itachi for the most part.
"Sasuke, you must understand Itachi's painstaking efforts. If Itachi were alive, he would never want to see you kill us like this, or see you become a rogue Ninja of the Konoha he most wanted to protect.
Spare us..."
Homura Mitokado and Utatane Koharu were too old, and their strength was already inferior to that of an average Jonin. How could they be a match for Sasuke, who had awakened his Eternity Mangekyo Sharingan?
Even though Sasuke's injuries from Adam's punch hadn't fully healed, he could still easily defeat the two of them.
So, to save their lives, they could only try to use Itachi to manipulate Sasuke, urging him to stop.
Unfortunately, it would have been better if the two of them hadn't mentioned Itachi; bringing him up only made Sasuke angrier:
"I've already killed Danzo; you two can go join him!"
With lightning Chakra covering his blade, Sasuke severed both their heads with a single swing, which landed perfectly side-by-side on the ground.
"Itachi was killed by you, by Konoha. I will avenge him."
Sheathing his kusanagi sword, Sasuke turned, intending to temporarily leave Konoha.
Killing Danzo, Homura Mitokado, and Utatane Koharu was only the first step of his revenge; next, he planned to destroy all of Konoha.
But not now; he still needed to go back and plan carefully.
"You're here. Why do you smell a bit off?"
Space distorted, and Obito's figure suddenly appeared before him. He was about to tell him about Adam and ask about his next plan, but he caught a strange smell coming from Obito.
"There was an unexpected development; Adam appeared. Let's get out of here first."
Obito's body stiffened for two seconds. Without elaborating, he immediately took Sasuke into the Kamui Dimension.
Although he had done a quick clean-up and changed clothes after entering the Kamui Dimension, time was limited, and he couldn't clean up as thoroughly as needed.
In a cave on a small mountain ten kilometers from Konoha Village.
Nagato, who had been remotely controlling the Six Paths of Pain in battle with his eyes closed, suddenly opened them:
"Zetsu, is something wrong?"
"It's time to end this. Uchiha Madara wants you to concentrate all your ocular power and Chakra to unleash the Super Shinra Tensei and destroy Konoha in one go."
Zetsu's figure slowly emerged from the ground.
While the Super Shinra Tensei's power was immense, it was unlikely to kill Adam, but unleashing it would eliminate ninety-nine percent of Konoha's enemies.
Moreover, after unleashing the Super Shinra Tensei, Nagato's power would be greatly weakened, allowing him to take control of Nagato to perform the Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique to revive Uchiha Madara.
"Alright, it's dragged on long enough. It's time to put an end to all of this!"
Nagato nodded, not refusing, as this was already part of the plan before they came.
Konoha's resistance had somewhat exceeded his expectations, but as long as he activated his god-like power and unleashed the strongest Super Shinra Tensei, all resistance would become futile.
At Konoha's first battlefield, all of Konoha's Jonin, including Asuma, were severely wounded and lying on the ground, being urgently treated by Katsuyu.
Only Jiraiya still stood, albeit with difficulty, and his Sage Mode had already been involuntarily deactivated.
His Sage Mode was not the perfect Sage Mode like Naruto's; it required the cooperation of the two Great Toad Elders to be performed.
However, precisely because the two Great Toad Elders helped absorb natural energy, he didn't have to worry about running out of natural energy and could maintain Sage Mode for extended periods of combat.
However, summoning jutsu had a time limit. When the two Elders' summoning time expired, they returned to Mount Myōboku, and his Sage Mode would naturally be dispelled.
But they weren't without achievements.
Of the original Six Paths of Pain, only Pain remained, and even the Naraka Path, which could infinitely revive the Six Paths of Pain, had been jointly eliminated by them.
Now, if they could just defeat Pain, Nagato would lose.
"Nagato, stop this. In the past, you had no choice, but now you do.
Amegakure has developed well under your management. If you abandon your current plan and become a good leader for Amegakure, I will have the Naruto explain the situation to you and the other Ninja villages."
Jiraiya panted heavily as he tried to persuade him.
His Chakra reserves were also low, and he wasn't confident he could defeat Pain.
Pain slowly floated up:
"Jiraiya-sensei, you are a good person, but you are too naive.
This World is cruel, and human nature is greedy. Only by making them feel pain, the same pain I feel, will they be afraid, will they not wage war, and only then can true peace be achieved."
"What are you going to do, Nagato?"
Feeling the increasingly intense Chakra fluctuations from Pain, Jiraiya's expression changed drastically.
"Feel the pain! Experience the pain! Accept the pain! Understand the pain!"
Pain slowly spread his arms:
"Super Shinra Tensei!"
At the same time, Kakashi, Adam, and others finally arrived at the first battlefield.
Naruto looked at Pain ascending into the sky, a bewildered expression on his face.
"He's gathering a massive amount of Chakra to destroy Konoha in one go, Adam, stop him quickly!"
Jiraiya saw Adam appear and immediately shouted, clutching onto his last hope.
"Don't worry, with me here, he won't be able to destroy Konoha."
Adam looked at Pain high in the sky, who was about to unleash a super-powerful repulsion, and quickly got into position:
"Super Kamehameha!"
A massive pillar of energy erupted with a roar, shooting directly towards Pain.
"Boom!"
With a loud bang, the super-repulsion that was about to engulf Konoha was blocked by the energy pillar. After a stalemate of less than a second, it was broken through, slamming into Pain, who had his arms outstretched.
A blinding light instantly erupted above Konoha.
When the light faded, everyone saw that Pain in the sky had vanished without a trace.
"We... won!"
Seeing Pain completely obliterated, the Konoha Ninja lying on the ground couldn't help but cheer.
This battle had been too arduous.
If not for Tsunade's Katsuyu providing timely treatment, they would all be dead now.
If Adam hadn't appeared at the end to kill Pain, the entire Konoha Village might have been destroyed.
"It's not over yet. Nagato's main body is still on that mountain.
However, my time is almost up. The rest is up to you."
Pointing towards a distant mountain, Adam spread his hands, and his figure gradually disappeared from everyone's sight.