The Uchiha clan, which was wiped out entirely, lacked vision.

Just as the phosphorus-borne insects were about to burrow into his brain, Uchiha An was not worried at all.

He gave an unusually strange smile as he looked at Aburame Torune lying on the ground. Faced with Torune's hateful yet expectant gaze, Uchiha An suddenly burst into laughter.

"Ha ha……"

"I've been keeping this a secret all along, waiting for this wonderful moment!"

"As Danzo's right-hand man, how could I not have thought about how to get rid of you?"

"Come on, look at the gift I've prepared for you!"

While laughing wildly, Uchiha An manipulated his Susanoo to remove the herb gourd behind him, aimed it at himself, activated his chakra, and inhaled forcefully.

Then, to Aburame Torune's despair, a wisp of purple smoke emerged from Uchiha An's body and drifted toward the herb gourd.

The mist composed of nano-poisonous insects struggled and writhed like living creatures, but it was powerless to resist under the pull of the sealing power and was sucked into the herb gourd.

Uchiha An's body quickly changed from purple back to its normal skin color.

This herbal gourd was carried on the back of the energy giant when Uchiha An activated the second form of Susanoo. Aburame Torune had seen it before, but Uchiha An never took it off to use it. Therefore, Aburame Torune didn't know what the gourd was for.

He never expected that this herb gourd would actually be a sealing technique!

His deadly move, which he had placed so much hope in, was unexpectedly easily countered by the enemy. This caused Aburame Torune to be heartbroken and cough up blood several times before he could no longer hold on.

Although the phosphorus-damaged insects still caused great damage to Uchiha An during this process, the tissues eroded by the toxins recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye under the effect of his eye technique.

Uchiha An canceled Susanoo, looked at the dying Aburame Torune at his feet, and laughed triumphantly again.

"Ha ha……"

"That's exactly the feeling!"

"First give you hope, then let you despair!"

"This feeling is just too wonderful!"

"This is what revenge feels like!"

"Ha ha……"

A flash of hatred crossed Uchiha An's eyes. He raised his foot high and stomped down heavily on Aburame Torune's head.

With a "plop," Aburame Tori's head was crushed like a rotten watermelon, his brains and bone fragments splattering everywhere.

Looking at the already "brain and liver splattered" Aburame Torune, Uchiha An's hatred had not subsided. He raised his head and stared at the remaining Konoha ninja.

But before he could make a move, a whooshing sound suddenly came from his ear, and a kunai flew right in front of him.

Then, a flash of yellow light appeared, and a golden-red figure suddenly appeared, raising one hand high. A Rasengan the size of a human head spun violently, emitting a shrill sound as it tore through the air, and slammed down on him.

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A moment ago.

Minato Namikaze instantly appeared beside Choza Akimichi, quickly retrieved medicine from his person, gave him a quick bandage, patted him on the shoulder, and whispered, "Hang in there a little longer."

Then, he bent down and picked up a bag of kunai from the ground, tied it around his waist, picked up a short sword, and scanned the faces of the Akatsuki members watching the battle from a distance.

He paused for a moment on Orochimaru and Itachi's obvious Sharingan eyes, then looked away, glancing sideways at Uchiha An who was having a great time fighting Aburame Torune, but ignored him, instead looking up at Pain in mid-air.

"I am Minato Namikaze. Enough people have died today. Can this battle end here?"

Although Pain found it very strange that Minato Namikaze, a dead man, had suddenly "resurrected" and appeared, and that he was living in the body of a child, the ninjutsu in the ninja world was incredibly diverse. The Rinnegan could even revive people, so Minato's "pseudo-resurrection" was not a big deal.

He lowered his gaze and asked coldly:

"Are you feeling pain?"

Do you now understand the preciousness of peace?

Minato Namikaze frowned, finding this kind of mystical talk quite troubling, but still nodded in response:

"I have always known the value of peace and I do not want war to break out anywhere."

"Konoha has never launched an invasion against any country and has always been committed to maintaining peace in the ninja world."

"Liar!" Pain shouted, interrupting him, and asked coldly, "You say you felt the pain and understood the value of peace. Then I ask you, won't Konoha retaliate against Amegakure for what happened today?"

"This..." Minato Namikaze was speechless for a moment.

He was well aware that although Konoha had always pursued a peace strategy, in reality, the only people they could talk about peace with and negotiate with were the Five Great Nations.

So many people have died in Konoha, and the enemy wasn't even one of the Five Great Nations, but a small village called Amegakure. Neither the Konoha leadership nor the ordinary ninja and civilians can accept this outcome.

Even if it's just to deter the other four potential major powers and prevent them from thinking Konoha is weak and wanting to take the opportunity to invade, Konoha Village will inevitably retaliate.

However, if it were any of the other five great nations, rather than Amegakure, that killed these people, given Konoha's consistent appeasement policy, they would likely just issue a condemnation and let it go, and the people would not find it unacceptable.

But not Amegakure!

To put it bluntly, a small country like Amegakure doesn't deserve it!

For a time, Amegakure was on par with the Five Great Nations, but that was because of the demigod Hanzo of the Salamander, who earned his reputation through sheer force.

This was enough for the various countries to reluctantly acknowledge the status of the Land of Rain. However, as Hanzo of the Salamander aged, the Land of Rain returned to its rightful place and was bullied by the ninjas of the Five Great Nations.

He had been Hokage before and was very clear about the conflicts within the village. Therefore, he understood perfectly that although the blond enemy in front of him might be stronger than Hanzo the Salamander back then, Konoha Village absolutely could not accept negotiating without a fight.

Even if he were alive, let alone already dead, he would still only have one choice in this situation.

That means winning the war first, and then negotiating.

He has a rather bold personality and is unwilling to deceive others with words in this regard, even if the person is an enemy.

Faced with Minato Namikaze's silence, Payne naturally knew what the outcome would be.

"So, that's why you people of Konoha don't say things like 'you Konoha people love peace and hate war'!"

"You simply take it for granted that the pain and death of war won't befall you!"

"As for where this suffering and death landed, you don't really care!"

Those who have never experienced suffering cannot understand the preciousness of peace!