Original subtitles

-Well, infiltration accomplished.

Actually, it was easier than I thought-- perhaps too easy.

ANGEL: Pain, what's the matter?

-Someone has circumvented my rain.

From the feel of this chakra, he's very powerful.

-All right.

Where to start?

Ooh, that's hot.

I'll take one of these pork buns if you please, granny.

-Why, thank you.

I don't think I've seen your face before.

Not from around here, are you?

-No, I'm not.

I'm a traveling writer.

I journey around from place to place and write about cuisine

from wherever I happen to be visiting.

-Oh, I see.

So tell me, how do you like my pork buns?

-I must say, they're quite delicious, ma'am.

I had heard they were good, but now that I've had one,

they're amazing.

-Yes, I know.

Aren't they tasty?

-You know what?

I would love to write about these in my magazine.

Would that be OK?

-My pork buns would be in a magazine?

-Yep, that's right.

Though once I write about them, you'll have such a crowd here

you'll never have a moment to yourself.

-Oh, yes.

I see.

That would be quite a problem, wouldn't it?

-Boy, it's certainly nice and peaceful around here, isn't it?

-Yes.

This village is no longer plagued

by war or any other discord, thanks

to the efforts of Lord Pain.

We're all very grateful for what he's done.

-Lord Pain?

-That's right.

Lord Pain's our leader.

-Your leader?

What happened to Hanzo of the Salamander?

-Huh?

-I said, Hanzo of the Salamander.

Well, uh, thanks for your time, granny.

SHOPKEEPER: Thank you for waiting.

-Say, do you know what that thing is over there?

-Huh?

Oh, that's Lady Angel.

Didn't you know?

They say if you hang an origami of Lady Angel at the door,

your shop will always have good fortune.

-An angel.

Huh.

JIRAIYA (VOICEOVER): What is going on here?

This land isn't divided into two.

It's already united.

The Hidden Rain Village used to be

led by Hanzo of the Salamander.

So where is he?

Looks like I'm going to need to check

this place out very thoroughly.

And I think I should start at [inaudible].

TEZUNA: Oh, sir.

Surely you're just joking with me.

-No.

I'm not even capable of telling a lie.

Everything I said is completely true.

-Oh, well, I'm flattered, then.

-Oh, yes.

What an intense battle this is.

-Mister, you have really good taste

for picking me to sit with you.

-Well Tezuna, you remind me of someone that I know.

You look just like her.

Even your names are similar.

So I couldn't help but request your company.

This is well worth the long journey, that's for sure.

-Oh, I see.

So you aren't from around these parts then, I take it?

-Well I heard there might be work

for an old mercenary like me, so I came right away

to see if anyone was hiring.

I think it was Hanzo of the Salamander

who was looking for--

-Shh.

You mustn't talk about such things here.

-Oh?

And why is that?

-If they here that you're one of Hanzo's old associates,

then you're going to be killed.

-Oh!

Well, that's disturbing news.

-The new leader of the city, Lord Pain,

is a very strict and unforgiving ruler.

He shows no mercy to anybody, or at least

that's what my husband tells me.

-What was that?

Are you telling me you're married?

-Yes, I am.

My husband is just a genin and doesn't earn much.

So I have to work this job in order

to make sure that our bills get paid.

-Wow, that must be rough for you.

TEZUNA: According to my hubby, Lord Pain

uses his jutsu to make it rain all over this village.

And then, the rain actually tells him

what everybody in this entire place is doing.

-Really?

That sounds like a very scary jutsu.

-I know.

So it's better to watch what we talk about.

-Hey, Tezuna.

-Hmm?

Oh, excuse me a minute.

JIRAIYA (VOICEOVER): So I'm already

under this Pain's watch, then.

-"I'm coming home now with a present."

Yeah, right.

It's probably something from that lame gift

shop by Shibuki Bridge.

-Huh, what a sad piece of writing.

PAIN: Konan, when I stop the rain,

ferret out the intruder with your jutsu.

KONAN: Leave it to me.

PAIN: Are you ready?

-On it.

-Man, it's really coming down.

-I have an idea.

Want to go get a drink while we wait for the rain to stop?

-I wish, but there aren't any bars

we can duck into at ground level like this one.

We'd have to go up to one of the higher levels.

-Well, then let's head up there and get some cover already.

But you sure it's OK?

Didn't you tell your wife you were heading straight home

with a little gift?

-It's OK.

This is an emergency mission.

-I never heard of drinking being an emergency mission.

-Well, look here.

We're in luck.

-Come on in, gentleman.

-Hey, just two.

-We'll have two sakes and some snacks, OK?

Wait, today isn't Sunday, is it?

-I guess that something must have come up for Lord Pain.

Maybe he's going to go to another nation or something.

-Yeah.

I don't recall it ever raining this hard on other days

before, you know?

RYUSUI: Maybe he's doing something

that requires a lot of power.

- But if it keeps on raining like this.

-Hey, you watch what you say.

Lord Pain gives so much of himself for all of us

in this city, and you know it.

So stop your whining.

-Yeah, OK.

I guess you're right.

-Sorry to keep you waiting.

RYUSUI: Huh?

Hey.

YUDACHI: Where's our order?

You didn't bring out anything.

-No, no.

You two guys have an absolute enormous stroke

of luck tonight.

Because this evening, the both of you

get to enjoy our grand opening special.

-We do?

Seriously?

-So what is it?

Tell us.

-It's a little thing I like to go

the club frog torture special.

-Hey, who the hell are you?

-I'm the one asking the questions here.

And I have quite a lot of them to ask.

RYUSUI: Now, run!

-What?

JIRAIYA: Just give it up, you two.

[screaming]

[music playing]

[music playing]

-Konan, do it.

-Right.

JIRAIYA: Now, then, judging by the way

you were twirling your kunai, I'm

guessing that you two are just underling shinobi.

Am I right?

And does that rogue ninja symbol signify

that you're loyal to Pain?

-Damn it.

-What the hell is this place?

-You're inside the stomach of a toad.

No matter what you may try, you'll never be found here.

No one will ever come to your aid.

-But who-- who are you?

-I already told you that I'm the one who's

asking the questions here, remember?

-What-- what are you gonna do with that feather, huh?

JIRAIYA: Tickle you, of course.

If you don't want to die from laughing,

then I suggest you answer my questions.

Now tell me all about your leader, Pain.

Start talking.

Tell me everything you know about this man, Pain.

-Don't give in!

-I won't talk.

I won't betray him!

-You're pretty stubborn, aren't you?

Well, I still have one other trick.

-What-- what are you gonna do?

-If the both of you refuse to talk, then I'll use my jutsu

and flog you into frogs.

Flog and frog.

Do you get it?

-Just what do you want from us, anyway?

-For you to talk.

-Listen, you.

We may only be underlings, but we would never

betray our comrades, no matter what you do to us.

You'd better not take us lightly.

-Well, then I guess I have no choice.

Ninja Art Toad Transformation!

-No, don't!

-You bastard!

That's not fair!

-All right, then.

I guess you're next.

Come here, little toad.

-Lord Pain lives in the tallest tower

on the west end of the village.

That's what people say.

-Now, what was that you said?

It was something about not turning on your comrades,

right?

Well, no matter.

But what did you mean by "that's what people say"?

-Actually, nobody really knows very much about Lord Pain.

He's a mystery.

-What you mean by that?

-They say that he's of Fuma clan lineage.

But no one's ever seen him up close.

And some people even go so far as

to claim that he doesn't really exist.

-I just walked through town a little while ago,

and every single person that I talked to

just sang his praises.

So don't lie to me.

-In this village, Lord Pain is considered a god.

It's not a question of if he exists.

He's always out there, watching over every one of us.

He has a representative do things like ceremonial rites,

speeches, and the issuing of orders.

That's all done through Lady Angel.

JIRAIYA: Her again.

He's your leader, isn't he?

So why must he hide himself from the people he rules over?

-For times just like this.

-Well, that makes sense.

-You're not one of the holdovers from the old Hidden Rain,

are you?

Just who the hell are you?

-Never mind about me, now.

But what's all this stuff about the holdovers

from the old Hidden Rain Village?

-You really don't know anything at all, do you?

Outsider, huh?

Until recently, those remnants of the old days

would try to infiltrate our land.

But that isn't a concern anymore.

Only very few, very lucky foreigners

like you ever manage to slip in from the outside.

-It isn't a concern?

What do you mean by that?

I had heard this land was going through a civil war.

-I'm not surprised.

This land's closed to the outside.

But I'll tell you the truth.

The civil war here ended a long time ago,

and we were triumphant.

That's why Lord Pain is so legendary.

He conquered the Hidden Rain all by himself.

-I can't believe it.

No matter how powerful this Pain might be,

the leader of the Hidden Rain was Hanzo of the Salamander.

Everyone in the shinobi world knows about him.

-Yeah, that's right.

And not only was Hanzo extremely powerful, he was also cautious.

He made it very hard for anyone to come near him.

He surrounded himself with bodyguards 24 hours a day

and required full body searches of everyone

who approached him, even children.

-So how was Pain able to defeat Hanzo?

Just what ability does he possess?

-I already told you, we don't really know anything about him.

HANZO: I'm surprised that you could drive me

into a corner like that.

You are young, but you are capable.

I predict that the Hidden Leaf will emerge victorious

from this battle.

Therefore, I'll let the three of you live.

-Keep your sympathy!

We can still fight you!

-No, Jiraiya, stop!

HANZO: You three are very strong.

You survived even this battleground.

In return, I will give you time.

Become stronger, and then return to fight me again.

In exchange for your lives, tell me your names.

-Jiraiya.

-Tsunade.

-Orochimaru.

HANZO: Your names have been etched into my memory--

Jiraiya, Tsunade, Orochimaru.

And so I, Hanzo, hereby christen you

three the Hidden Leaf's Sannin.

-I just can't believe it.

There's no way he could have defeated Hanzo by himself.

-Of course he could.

He's a god.

He wields formidable jutsu.

Even so, that isn't the real reason to fear Lord Pain.

-Huh?

-What's truly frightening about him

is his merciless heart of unbending steel.

He has systematically eliminated all who question or threaten

his vision.

He didn't stop at just destroying Hanzo.

Hanzo's parents, his wife and child, his relatives

and friends, even their infants--

he killed all of them, then he burned their homes

to the ground.

And then he killed emissaries of villages allied with Hanzo.

He erased them all.

It was retribution.

Is that not godlike?

-A god, huh?

-That's right.

-All right.

Then what exactly is your god trying to accomplish here?

Even a couple of lowly underlings

like you must know that much.

-His are the works of a god.

We couldn't know what he has in his mind.

-I see.

Then enough about your god.

At the very least, you must know some information

about the Akatsuki.

-Never heard of it.

-Your arms and legs have been bound,

so it's impossible for you to move.

But that's not all that this trap does.

Your pulse is also being measured.

And if you lie, I'll know instantly.

Now, go on.

Tell me everything you know.

Otherwise, you're both going to spend

the rest of your miserable lives eating flies.

-Now, then.

Time to hunt the intruder.

[music playing]

JIRAIYA (VOICEOVER): I taught you ninjutsu

so you could survive those turbulent times.

You were all undoubtedly my students.

The world may indeed be a cruel place,

but to attack me without even a greeting is just too much.

ANGEL: You know nothing of what happened to us after you left.

JIRAIYA (VOICEOVER): No, I don't.

But I do know that what the Akatsuki is doing is wrong.

PAIN: This is the choice I've made, Jiraiya sensei.

JIRAIYA (VOICEOVER): Next time-- "The Man Who Became God."