Human Path (character)

He was a Takigakure shinobi that Jiraiya encountered during his journey for his disciple. He was later killed and his body used by Nagato as the Human Path.

Personality
In the anime, he was shown to have been a level-headed ninja who believed that all he could do to try and achieve peace was to teach the next generation to survive the battles with other ninja until it came.

Appearance
When he was alive, he was a tall, slender man. He had long, pale blue hair that parted at his shoulders. He also gray-green eyes and a pale complexion. He was seen wearing a blue shirt with a dark blue flak jacket on top.

When his corpse was used as the Human Path, like all of the Six Paths, possessed Nagato's Rinnegan. His long hair was also dyed orange and had multiple piercings, including a diagonal bar through its nose, two circular studs in a vertical row on each of its cheeks, two studs placed horizontally on its chin, and a stud on each of its shoulders near its neck. The diagonal nose piercing makes it the only Pain with asymmetrical facial piercings.

Abilities
During Pain's battle with Jiraiya, the Human Path's eyes were damaged and it was left unable to see. For this reason, it used only taijutsu during the battle, where it displayed incredible strength and speed. The Human Path was later shown to have the capability of mind reading simply by placing its hand over the target's head, and could extract any information or secret being hidden by the victim against his/her will. However, using the technique will inevitably pull the soul out of the target's body, causing instant death. It was also incredibly fast, able to move into the vicinity of several sensors before they could even detect him.

Itachi Pursuit Arc
The Human Path was first summoned during Pain's fight with Jiraiya. It was quickly blinded, however, by a powerful kick from Jiraiya. It was later trapped in a bound by genjutsu and seemingly dispatched. When the other three of the Six Paths of Pain arrive, the Human Path is freed and all six attack Jiraiya which culminates in the latter's death.

Invasion of Pain
The Human Path is later seen during the invasion orchestrated by Nagato. It is delegated the task of reconnaissance and when summoned into the village, begins extracting information from the villagers with its ability. It later teams up with the Animal Path and infiltrates the Konohagakure Intelligence Division where it follows a group of shinobi that escape from the division. Ambushing them, it is able to extract information from Shizune on the whereabouts of Naruto Uzumaki, killing her in the process. Later when Naruto returns to the village, the Human Path is destroyed by his Wind Release: Rasenshuriken which obliterates it completely after it is sacrificed to save the Animal Path.