Human Path

The granted the user the ability to remove the soul of any target they touched as well as read their mind. This power was channelled into one of Nagato's Six Paths of Pain.

Appearance
When it was alive, the Human Path belonged to a tall, slender man from Takigakure. 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. The Human Path, like all of the six paths, possessed Nagato's Rinnegan. It had long, loose orange hair, which was a light grey-blue colour while it was alive. It 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.

Influences
In Buddhism, the Human realm (also known as the "Manuṣya realm") is based on passion, desire, doubt, and pride. It is widely believed that the Human realm is the form of rebirth most likely to attain enlightenment, due to both the availability of information and teachers, and the ability to reason without falling victim to the obsessive aggression or carnal delights inherited by the higher planes.