Current Akatsuki members: Konan, Zetsu, Pain, Kisame; the rest have all perished in battle (Deidara sacrificed himself during his fight with Sasuke by self-detonation, Sasori of the Red Sand was defeated by Chiyo and Sakura and later replaced by Obito, Itachi was killed by Sasuke, Hidan was buried underground by Shikamaru using explosive tags, and Kakuzu was defeated by Naruto and Kakashi). Jiraiya also perished in battle against Pain. Before his death, Itachi helped Sasuke awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan, which now has a "six-pointed star" pattern. Sasuke declared an intention to attack the higher-ups of Konoha but stated he didn't want to kill innocents indiscriminately.
The Sage of Deep Stream appeared in Konoha, bringing the news of Jiraiya's death and confirming Naruto as the "Prophet Child." The medical team and the code-breaking squad were analyzing the information left behind by Jiraiya. After learning about Jiraiya's death, Naruto became disheartened. Shikamaru took Naruto to visit Teacher Kurenai, who was carrying Asuma's child, and used this opportunity to counsel Naruto, hoping that Naruto could provide information for decoding the message.
Naruto believed that the number "9" in the code "9, 31, 8, 106, 7, 207, 15" wasn't the number "9" but rather the katakana character "タ," leading him to associate the numbers in the code with the page numbers of Jiraiya's book "Makeout Tactics," deducing that the code might mean "no original body." Meanwhile, Akatsuki prepared to attack Konoha to capture the Nine-Tails within Naruto, while Sasuke and his "Taka" group were tasked with capturing the Eight-Tails.
Since it would take a long time to fully decipher the code, the Sage of Deep Stream asked Naruto to follow him to Mount Myoboku to undergo Senjutsu training. Additionally, the "Taka" group had already donned the Akatsuki's red-cloud uniforms, reached the Land of Lightning, and located the Eight-Tails. After a fierce battle, Sasuke, using his Mangekyō Sharingan, managed to defeat the Eight-Tails with Amaterasu. Meanwhile, Naruto completed his Senjutsu training and entered Sage Mode, ready to confront Akatsuki.
Pain, along with Konan and his six assistants, began their attack on Konoha! They first sent one person in to confuse the people. Then, they boldly entered Konoha and started causing destruction... On the other hand, Naruto's Senjutsu training showed great results, surpassing even Jiraiya. In Konoha, Ibiki had extracted some information from one of Pain's subordinates. However, at this point, Konoha had already been severely damaged. Iruka was attacked by Pain while helping his comrades but was fortunately saved by Kakashi and the father-and-son duo of Choji. The battle between the Sharingan and the Rinnegan began! But it seemed that the Rinnegan had the upper hand. Tsunade, in her office, urgently summoned Naruto back (which likely failed as the frog messenger was cruelly killed by Danzo).
In the battle between Kakashi and Pain, Pain (Devil Path) evaded all attacks from Kakashi and the father-and-son duo of Choji. Pain had an overwhelming advantage and dealt a fatal blow to Kakaha with a nail at the end of the battle.
Konoha suffered heavy casualties, and the Fifth Hokage, Tsunade, was doing her best to treat the wounded. At this time, Danzo, who had escaped surveillance, was plotting a coup. On the battlefield, after shooting Kakashi, Pain left, but in reality, Kakashi had deflected the nail with his Sharingan. Choji's father sacrificed himself to protect Choji, leaving Choji heartbroken. Kakashi told Choji not to let his father's sacrifice be in vain and urged him to report Pain's abilities to Tsunade while he still could. At this moment, the Naraka Path, who had been critically injured by Kakashi, was still barely alive! He redirected his attack towards Choji, attempting to stop Choji's actions. Kakashi, in order to protect Choji and save Konoha, risked certain death and once again activated his Sharingan to deflect the attack, depleting all his chakra in the process... He saw his long-dead teammates Rin and Obito, as well as his father, but it is unclear whether he truly died...
On another front, Pain's Animal Path led a powerful summoning beast to attack the code-breaking squad, but the Animal Path had already been killed by Jiraiya earlier. What is the secret behind Pain's bodies??