Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-38812954-20190919173043/@comment-43403813-20191013115444

@Senjutsu Yeah I get that, but again Pain's shared vision would make it more difficult to achieve on Deidara's part. Deidara is just below Sasori imo, but he is still really strong.

Also, since C0 is classified as a ninjutsu, and the explosion is a result of a large amount of chakra being built up in Deidara, it could be possible for Preta to shield the others behind him. Granted, he obviously wouldn't absorb the whole explosion, but he would create a little pocket behind him to protect the other Paths. I agree that Chaotic Shinra Tensei might not be enough to nullify the explosion, but it would at least take a chunk of the force out of it.

But if you're convinced that Pain can't do anything to directly defend himself against C0, the best bet would be for Asura path to use its launcher to throw the Animal path far away, and the Animal path reverse-summons the other paths. I don't think the Asura path can throw the Animal path 10k lmao, but it would give them a headstart, or they could just keep doing it like leapfrog. Also, if Sasuke was able to protect himself with Manda, at point blank range, then I guess Pain could summon the Panda to tank the hit as well being a fair distance away, the Panda might die, but that's never an issue since they can be revived (case and point, the dog summoning has died three/four times lmao.) or the pains could hide inside the body of the chameleon.

@Frwt

Preta wouldn't be pulled, Deva did the same thing to Kakashi behind Asura path.

How do you know Ohnoki would be able to fly perpendicular in the first place? I reckon the force of Bansho Tenin would be too strong for Ohnoki to alter his own trajectory. If it was that simple to move out of Bansho Tenin, the chain that Kakashi threw on the rock would have been enough to get him out of the technique, but 1. Bansho Tenin isn't like a vacuum, its a pinpoint technique and 2. Deva just boosted the power of Bansho Tenin to get Kakashi off that chain.

I was kidding about the Hidan thing, but I always thought White Zetsu was too pacifistic, and all he did pre war-arc was just hide in rocks and watch people lmao.