Originally Posted by
rinnebadass
afro, i believe that you are wrong, pein wasnt that smart.(proof? fighting the famous kiuby jinchurikki without deva's path after fighting and destroying the entire village) he was like sasuke is now, going head on against anyone. he did that because he needed to check if naruto was there. once he knew he wasnt, he destroyed the village. if he wasnt concerned about naruto and if he was the first to atack, he would've destroyed konoha in an instant.
i thought that nidaime was going to do the same against those 20 elite shinobis, or:
ambush them, space time jutsu, amazing water jutsu, edo Tenseid shinobis to fight for him against the others, and retreat.
or.. due to the situation, he was already really tired from previous battles???