The Deadly Threat

The Deadly Threat is the Second Episode of Mega Man ZX Shippuden. It was released on April 8, 2016.

Synopsis
After Konan's Defection from the Akatsuki, Paul Gekko fights Deidara to save Gaara the Jinchruiki from being extr

Plot
The episode begins at the Underground cave. After Team Vent discovered the real Pain, Paul Gekko explains the story of the Grand Civil War and the Previous Leader of Konohagakure. Interested in seeing how the new jinchūriki's differ from his own, Nagato explains how Konoha ninja killed his defenseless parents when he was a child. Overcome with grief, Nagato awakened his Rinnegan to avenge them. After the death of his parents, Nagato wandered Amegakure to look for food, something that was in scarce supply due to the ongoing Second Shinobi World War. When he was about to die of starvation he was found by fellow war orphans Konan and Yahiko. They saved him and became a sort of family, but they could not escape the terrible realities of the war. Upset by the constant deaths, Yahiko vowed to someday rule the world to establish peace, a philosophy Nagato also adopted.

Jiraiya began training the Ame Orphans. Although it was partially to help them look after themselves, it was also to teach Nagato to take advantage of his Rinnegan. Since Jiraiya wished for peace, he hoped Nagato, having the same eyes as the Sage of the Six Paths, could unite the world just as the Sage had. Nagato and the other orphans accepted this quest when Jiraiya left them and spent their adolescent years preaching an end to war. Hanzō, leader of Amegakure, interpreted this as threat to his rule and kidnapped Konan. He then gave Nagato a choice: kill Yahiko or sacrifice Konan. So that Nagato would not need to make the choice, Yahiko killed himself, entrusting Nagato with their dreams of peace. Having lost a friend, Nagato concluded that diplomacy would be useless in obtaining world peace.

With Yahiko, the apparent leader of the Amegakure peace-seekers, dead, Hanzō tried to eliminate Konan and Nagato. Nagato protected Konan, called upon the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and bonded with the statue. Afterwords he slaughtered Hanzō's men and tried to kill Hanzō too, but Hanzō escaped. Nagato severed his ties with Amegakure and adopted the alias of Pain, setting him upon the path to peace by world domination. His story done, he asks how Paul Gekko would have done things differently. Paul secretly reveals that Yuki Buxaplenty is the Ten Tails' Jinchuriki who killed so many Hylian Poachers and accidentally killed his grandfather at the end of the Grand Civil War wit the help of the Shroobs and their Leader. Shocked of this Revelation, Nagato remembers that the main character of the book which was named "Yuki the Rich Boy" Yuki is not only named after the character in the book, but he has adopted the character's beliefs, which themselves were the philosophies of Nagato. Because Paul Gekko has chosen to carry the burdens of the world by the name of the Shinobi King, Nagato decides to put his faith in Paul Gekko and his teammates and the very ideas he once abandoned.

To help Paul on Yuki's redemption, Nagato revives Yuki Buxaplenty's grandfather, who died in the Grand Civil War. The surviving villagers witness Nagato's change-of-heart firsthand and, by extension, of Team Vent's Story, Yoko's Parents were resurrected. Nagato dies because of his technique. He uses his last breath to warn Team Vent that the path he has chosen will not be easy, but that Naruto is the only one who can walk it. Konan takes Nagato's body and the Deva Path with her back to Amegakure, vowing the village's allegiance to Naruto since he now carries the dreams of her friends.

Team Vent goes to Sunagakure to see the sky filled with explosions.

Characters

 * Paul Gekko
 * Vent
 * Aile
 * Paul Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik
 * Nagato
 * Konan
 * Yahiko
 * Gaara
 * Deidara
 * Queen Shroob
 * Gau Anthony Meguro "Dickson" Uno
 * Nagato
 * Konan