Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-26636534-20200616201221/@comment-6769189-20200616211026

Konoha would be pretty much unstoppable. With Jiraiya's and the 3rd Hokage's guidence even if Yahiko died Nagato would be ablento deal with it in a more healthy way.

Yahiko's death was kind of Nagato's last straw. Forming connections in Konoha would cushion the blow