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Ahmeddilmi.2003 wrote: pretty sure 12 years old Konohamaru destroyed a Pain Path. Naraka path, yes, the weakest of them all by a fair margin. He also won because Naraka didn't expect a genin to have both one of the most powerful low-level techniques and Shadowclone (a forbidden jutsu).

Pain is another argument that Konohameru wouldn't just rasengan him from the start without checking for annoying powers like Preta powers or invisible floating monsters.