Naruto: Set a goal, conquer the universe.

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"Sage Art: Yang Release: Eight Directions Return to Origin!" Naruto crouched down and placed his hands on Jiraiya's body.

The powerful Yang Release instantly enveloped Jiraiya's entire body, bathing him in golden light.

His previously unfocused gaze began to sharpen, his almost-quiet breathing gradually returned to normal, and his heart began to beat strongly.

Naruto's chakra coalesced into six chakra arms, which pulled out all the black rods stuck in Jiraiya's body and tossed them aside.

Pain turned around and looked at Jiraiya's gradually recovering body. [His heart had stopped beating!!!]

Asura Path Pain raised his hand and fired several rockets at Naruto as a probing attack.

"Boom boom boom!!!" The explosions rang out.

However, all of these rockets were blocked by a golden chakra arm, and could not cause Naruto any harm at all.

"Reinforcements?" Pain asked, watching Naruto crouch down and heal Jiraiya.

After stabilizing Jiraiya's injuries, Naruto breathed a sigh of relief.

If he had arrived any later, Jiraiya would have been truly beyond saving.

"Grandpa Fukasaku, take the perverted sage back first. I'll take over the battlefield now!" Naruto said to Fukasaku.

"Naruto... Naruto!!!" Jiraiya regained consciousness, his voice weak and trembling, his vocal cords not yet fully recovered.

"What's wrong?" Naruto asked with concern.

"The real body isn't here!!!" Jiraiya took a breath and managed to make his words clearer.

Naruto nodded slightly and said, "Ah, I already knew about this through your chakra when I was helping you heal, Pervert Sage."

"Take the perverted sage back to Konoha quickly and let Granny Tsunade treat him. I'll go back after I've dealt with things here," Naruto said to Fukasaku.

"Be careful, Naruto!" Fukasaku nodded, then disappeared on his own. Soon after, Jiraiya's body also turned into smoke and vanished.

He was taken away by the reverse psychic technique.

"Naruto Uzumaki! The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, good, saves me the trouble of looking for you!" Pain said indifferently, looking at Naruto. "Begin capturing the Nine-Tails!"

Naruto turned his head, his azure eyes filled with killing intent and coldness: "Try it!"

However, Pain was not intimidated by Naruto's killing intent. He closed his eyes and then slowly opened them: "Utterly ridiculous!"

After saying that, he leaped towards Naruto first, and a black rod appeared from his sleeve, intending to attack Naruto.

But Naruto merely raised his eyes and glanced at him coldly, then reached out and severed the black rod in Pain's hand, grabbing his wrist in return.

"What?" Pain's eyes widened slightly.

"A product created using Yin-Yang Release? It's far inferior to Truth-Seeking Balls!" Naruto said calmly, already gathering a Sage Art Rasengan in his hand, aiming it at Pain's head.

"Shinra Tensei!" Pain immediately used his repulsive force to try to push Naruto away.

However, this terrifying repulsive force only made Naruto stiffen slightly, and then his Sage Art Rasengan continued to imprint itself on Pain's head without any pause.

The powerful attack caused Pain's head and even his upper body to explode.

"This ability isn't bad, but the strength is still a bit weak!" Naruto said, looking at Pain, who was now only half-dead.

The other five Pain also launched an attack on Naruto.

But Naruto only glanced at them.

His body transformed into a golden flash, weaving through the several Pains like lightning, as if drawing golden lines on a canvas.

As Naruto stopped, the heads of the five Pains rolled off!

Naruto pulled out a black rod from a puppet corpse and closed his eyes slightly to sense the direction of chakra control within the rod.

He quickly received feedback, raised his eyes and looked into the depths of Amegakure, his figure instantly disappearing from the spot.

Hidden in the shadows, Nagato's eyes widened suddenly. "This kind of power?"

"What's wrong, Nagato?" Konan asked Nagato with concern.

"The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki has come to reinforce Jiraiya-sensei. His power is immense!" Nagato's eyes were filled with seriousness.

Xiao Nan frowned slightly, then suddenly looked towards the door, already in a fighting stance.

Naruto slowly walked into the secret room where Nagato and Konan were.

"Is this your true form? Your body looks quite unwell." Naruto looked at Nagato's emaciated body, sitting inside a machine, showing no signs of moving even after seeing him, and guessed.

Konan wanted to rush over and attack Naruto to protect Nagato.

"Step back, Konan! You are no match for him." But Nagato stopped her from going to her death.

Judging from Naruto's instant kill of six Pain members, Naruto's strength far exceeds his imagination. Even Konan would be instantly killed by Naruto.

"Nagato?" Konan, who always obeyed Nagato, immediately stopped and turned to look at him.

“He’s right. If you had rushed over just now, you would be dead!” Naruto said, glancing at Konan.

Even if he were a disciple of the lustful immortal, he would not allow enemies to get close to him.

Although everyone is a disciple of the lustful immortal, they are still strangers, so it's best to keep a distance.

"What? The strong are here to teach the weak a lesson? That makes sense, after all, that's the truth of this world," Nagato said, looking at Naruto.

"At this distance!" Nagato secretly gathered chakra, ready to fire his black rods at any moment to kill Naruto.

"With my speed, you should give up on the idea of ​​a sneak attack. The reason I didn't attack directly is that I just wanted to talk to you!" Naruto said, looking at Nagato.

With his Sage Fox sensory abilities, he could naturally sense that Nagato was mobilizing his chakra.

Nagato paused for a moment, glanced at Konan briefly, and finally calmed the chakra within him.

"What do you want to say?" Nagato asked.

"I learned about your affairs from the chakra of the Perverted Sage!"

“You are all disciples of the Perverted Sage, and you also possess powerful eye techniques like the Rinnegan. You once dreamed of changing the chaotic state of the ninja world. Why did it turn out like this?” Naruto asked.

Even if he wanted to achieve unification, it wouldn't be a bad thing to listen to the paths others had taken.

This allowed him to gain more experience in achieving peace.

“Alright, then I’ll tell you about our past,” Nagato said, nodding.

His self-proclaimed status as a 'god' has been shattered by Naruto, and now Naruto has the upper hand.

He also really wanted to hear what Naruto would think after learning about their experiences.

After all, they were all Jiraiya's disciples.

Chapter 59 Painful Ideas Are Too Naive

"I, Konan, and Yahiko were all orphans caused by the war that broke out in Amegakure during World War II. During the war, we met the Legendary Sannin of Konoha."

Nagato began to recount how they met Jiraiya and his companions, and how Jiraiya decided to stay and teach them ninjutsu, giving them the strength to survive in the chaotic world.

Nagato said with a hint of excitement, "We have been deeply influenced by Jiraiya's teachings and have decided to gather a group of like-minded friends to change this war-torn world, starting with Amegakure."

"We founded the Akatsuki organization to bring light to this dark world. As our ideas spread, more and more people joined our organization."

"And so our abilities have grown stronger and stronger, to the point that even the leader of Amegakure, Hanzo the Salamander, who is known as a demigod, cannot ignore our power."

"Hanzo himself is a peace-loving person. He welcomed our organization's work for peace and reached a cooperation agreement with us."

"Gaining the approval of a demigod in the ninja world has greatly boosted our morale and further strengthened our resolve to pursue peace!"

At this point, Nagato's tone turned somber, and Konan's face also darkened.

"What happened?" Naruto asked seriously.

"The appearance of one person ruined everything!" Nagato gave Naruto a deep look: "That person is Danzo, the elder of your Konoha Village!"

Naruto's eyes widened: "He's participating too?"

“These are all things I learned from Hanzo’s memories and analyzed after I killed him,” Nagato said.

"Konoha is a major power, and they cannot allow a small country like the Land of Rain to have an existence that can threaten them."

"The Rain Village already has a figure like Hanzo. If we add our Akatsuki organization to that, then the force would be far too great."

"So Konoha sent Danzo to sow discord between us and Hanzo, making Hanzo believe that our goal was actually to take over Amegakure and overthrow his position."

"The naturally suspicious Hanzo was swayed by Danzo, the guy known as the Dark Lord of the Ninja. They overturned their cooperation with us and even joined forces with Danzo to plan the annihilation of our Akatsuki organization!"

"Our Akatsuki members are dying one by one in their combined attack! Even Konan has been taken hostage!"

"Yahiko is dead too, killed by my hand. I had to kill Yahiko to save Konan!" Nagato's voice was filled with sorrow, and Konan's face was also pale.

"So after that, the pain taught us to grow, and the way to achieve peace is never as simple as Jiraiya-sensei thought."

"The idea that peace can be achieved through mutual understanding and communication is wrong. Jiraiya-sensei's idea is far too naive!" Nagato said seriously to Naruto.

This is a conclusion they reached after experiencing tragic events.

"Only when everyone has experienced pain and everyone knows about pain will people avoid choosing to give up war because of pain. And to do all this, we need great strength."

"This is why I want to collect the power of the Tailed Beasts. By combining the power of the nine Tailed Beasts to form a forbidden weapon, I can threaten the five great nations and prevent them from easily launching a war. Peace will then naturally come."

After Nagato finished explaining his changes and thoughts, he looked at Naruto and asked, "So, after hearing about our experiences, what are your thoughts?"

Naruto remained silent for a while, and Nagato did not urge him, but waited for him quietly.

After a long while, Naruto finally spoke, "Danzo is dead!"

Nagato and Konan were taken aback.

"He was killed by me and Sasuke working together. He ultimately died from the backlash of the First Hokage's power." Naruto first recounted Danzo's fate.

"Is that so?" Nagato lowered his eyes slightly. Hanzo was killed by him, Danzo was dead, and it seemed that Yahiko's revenge had been avenged.

"Peace achieved through communication and mutual understanding is not a way to achieve lasting peace!" Naruto said firmly.

Nagato looked at Naruto seriously. Both of them were Jiraiya's students, and neither of them agreed with Jiraiya's philosophy. His idea was indeed a bit too naive.

Even now.

Therefore, Nagato said that he had not made any progress.

"So, you agree with my ideas?" Nagato asked, her tone a little urgent.

Besides Konan's support, Nagato, who has been pursuing this philosophy alone, also wants to gain his junior's approval.

"No!" Naruto shook his head. "Relying on forbidden weapons to deter other major powers from starting a war is far too naive!"

Nagato and Konan were stunned.

"Naive...?" Nagato swallowed hard, his brows furrowing slightly. "What do you mean?"

This was a conclusion he reached after experiencing pain, and it was somewhat disheartening to be considered a naive idea by others.

“The chains of hatred can never be broken by new violence! When you inflict pain, you will inevitably provoke hatred in return.”

"The suppression of the rebels will only sow new seeds of hatred! The confrontation between the five nations, the division of ninja villages, and even your Akatsuki organization's collection of tailed beasts that sparked the war are all just different links in this chain of hatred, suspicion, and conflict!"

He clenched his fist: "The old order, the terrifying balance that relied on a few powerful ninja villages, or rather, the temporary peace maintained by ensuring destruction, was actually just a way of expressing hatred."

"It plunges all nations and ninja villages into an abyss of endless arms race and suspicion."

"You are trying to achieve peace by using the power of forbidden weapons to create deterrence, but this deterrence itself is the biggest source of violence! Other countries will only continue to accumulate strength to resist, and the hatred will not diminish or disappear!"

Naruto's voice suddenly rose, filled with undeniable power: "The only way to eradicate this endless cycle of hatred and end this desperate era of war is to end the old ninja world's divided and fragmented structure! To carry out a complete transformation!"

"A complete transformation?" Nagato stared wide-eyed at Naruto, whose eyes were gleaming. He could sense the convincing courage and domineering presence emanating from his junior brother.

"My goal is the unification of the ninja world, to establish a single, unified polity encompassing all existing nations, all ninja villages, and all ethnic groups, with shared ideals and objectives!"

"Under this new alliance, ninjas are no longer tools that depend on the interests of different countries and carry out bloody missions, but have transformed into joint public servants who maintain the internal order of this new alliance, protect the safety of the entire ninja world, and serve all the people."

"The task delegation system will be replaced by a more standardized and transparent public service system and public security management system, completely severing the chain of mutual destruction between money and specific national interests."

"It exists within the framework of a unified core constitution, a common defense policy, and basic economic rules, eliminating the rigid barriers and pointless struggles between each other."

"The Tailed Beasts, these forces that were once regarded as pure weapons, will be shared and managed by the state. They will no longer belong to any particular country, but will become a strategic deterrent force for the entire union and a common cornerstone for maintaining world balance."

"Its use will be strictly regulated and supervised by the Supreme Council of the Union, and no one may seize it without authorization or use it for aggressive purposes other than public safety!"

Chapter 60 Welcome to join us

Naruto's eyes blazed as he stared directly in Nagato's direction: "This is not wishful thinking! The path of change will inevitably be difficult and arduous. We will encounter the mad obstruction of those who benefited from the old system, as well as countless suspicions and shortsightedness."