In his tower, a crippled and ill Nagato is revealed to be the true 'Pain', speaking to Naruto via his Deva Path. Realising that the real Pain must be nearby and in the highest tower near Konoha in order to control the Six Paths of Pain, they decide to locate him. Guided by the spirit demon within him, orphaned Naruto learns to harness his powers as a ninja in this anime adventure series. Inoichi recalls the memory he had glimpsed inside YЕ«dachi's mind and remembers that Pain lives in a high tower. Meanwhile, Shikamaru decides that they should find the real Pain as to not let Shizune's death to have been in vain, claiming that they will glean whatever they can from everyone, including dead bodies. As the years pass, eventually the fear would dissipate, after which humans would no doubt use the tailed beasts against one another, once again causing massive destruction that would spur fear and quell conflict. After such destruction, the world would be frightened and inspired by that very fear to not cause wars and thus peace would be stabilised. Pain divulges that by acquiring the Nine-Tailed Fox, he would soon have the power of all nine tailed beasts, after which he would be able to use their power to destroy entire nations. Naruto recalls Jiraiya bestowing to him his wish to break the cycle of hatred and bring about peace, and responds that he does not have an answer. Pain states that he lost his family and friends due to the shinobi cycle of hatred and thus understands the pain Naruto must be feeling, and asks Naruto what approach he would take to ensure peace. Pain explains that he and Naruto are fighting for the very same peace that Jiraiya wanted, and that he is merely having his vengeance on Konoha for what they did to Amegakure during the Second Shinobi World War, in which Ame was treated as a battleground by the Lands of Fire, Wind and Water. Naruto calls Pain a hypocrite for preaching about peace after killing Jiraiya and Kakashi while also destroying Konohagakure. Having trapped the jinchЕ«riki, Pain tells him that the world shall finally know true pain, after which peace shall be created. Irritated yet surprised that he has been pushed this far, the Deva Path uses BanshЕЌ Ten'in to pull in Fukasaku and kills him Naruto, trying to catch the toad, falls to the ground as Pain stabs his hands with his black pole, pinning Naruto. However, the Path consumes too much and turns into a frog statue, effectively being destroyed.

Realising that not being able to move is a good thing, Naruto takes the opportunity to stand still and gather natural energy, which the Preta Path acquires. Naruto's Sage Mode deactivates as the Preta Path begins to absorb his chakra. The Deva Path then uses its BanshЕЌ Ten'in to pull Naruto towards it as the Preta Path restrains him. ' Nine-Tails, Captured!' ( д№ќе°ѕжЌ•зЌІе®Њдє†, KyЕ«bi Hokaku KanryЕЌ) is episode 165 of the Naruto: ShippЕ«den anime.ДЇukasaku and Shima begin to prepare their genjutsu so that Naruto may be able to exploit Pain's five-second intervals.

Naruto vs pain episode 170