Amegakure, on the water's surface.
Konan stared coldly at the masked man before her, rainwater streaming down her face. She had already resolved to die. She planned to use the countless Explosive Tags she had prepared long ago to die together with Obito.
"You're the one who needs to face reality, you demon!" Konan gritted her teeth.
Not far away, Obito stood calmly on the water's surface. Though his face was hidden behind a mask, his silence radiated indifference. He showed no reaction to Konan's words.
"Why did you have to betray me? You and Nagato once supported my Eye of the Moon Plan, but you broke the agreement and betrayed me."
"Betray you?" Konan let out a bitter, mocking laugh, "Someone like you who is born in darkness will never understand the preciousness of the flower of hope, and will never be able to create a perfect new world."
"The darkness lies in this world… in the Shinobi System, in those who profit from endless wars." Obito looked at Konan calmly and opened his arms, "A world like this holds no hope. It's nothing but despair."
"It was you... It was you who dragged us into this! Yahiko didn't have to die!" Konan's voice trembled slightly, and rain seeped through her hair.
"That was Nagato's fate. He carried something that was never meant to be his. He was destined to follow the script written for him." Obito said.
"Your so-called 'fate' is just empty words!" Konan's chest heaved with fury, and her eyes were glaring at Obito like blades, as if she wanted to vent all the anger in her heart.
"Have you ever considered the endless suffering and torment your 'fate' brought us? You never cared. Our pain was your doing!"
"I never did care. But it's too late for this conversation now." Obito replied coldly, "Since you betrayed me, you've lost your worth."
"Tell me where Nagato is. I don't want to kill a former subordinate. Just hand over the Rinnegan, and I'll spare both your lives."
"I don't know. The Rinnegan belongs to Nagato. I won't let you take what's his." Konan glanced at him coldly, "Those eyes are the treasure of the village, and also the foundation of Amegakure's protection."
"Did Uzumaki Naruto tell you all this? Or did you discover it on your own?" Obito tilted his head slightly, "Probably the former. It seems that Uzumaki Naruto has convinced you."
"He only spoke the truth. That's all there is to it." Konan said darkly, "Besides, compared to trusting you, I'd rather trust Naruto."
"Since you're about to die anyway, why don't you tell me what kind of hallucinogen did Uzumaki Naruto feed you?"
Hearing this, Konan instantly remembered the scene when Naruto 'talked' to Nagato. But when she thought about it, the words that echoed in her mind weren't some grand, inspiring speech, but only the trash talk.
"…"
"What?" Obito frowned.
"Nothing." Konan's aura sharpened as she hurled a barrage of paper shuriken at Obito. She had learned about the secret of Obito's Kamui's time limit from Naruto.
Combined with the conclusions she had drawn from her own investigations, she discovered Kamui's weakness and devised a countermeasure.
"I've prepared for this day for a long time. You won't lay a finger on Nagato." Konan gritted her teeth and suddenly launched her Ninjutsu, "Go to hell with me!"
[Paper Person of God Technique]
In an instant, the calm sea beneath Obito's feet transformed into towering walls of white paper. The massive barriers split apart, revealing a bottomless abyss beneath him.
"What…!!!" Suigetsu, who had been watching from the water in the distance, almost dropped her jaw in shock. His mouth formed an O shape and his eyes were about to pop out when she he this scene.
Realizing the danger, he frantically swam away as if his life depended on it, because it did.
"What kind of insanity is this?! The ocean is splitting open! If I don't run, I'm dead!'
…
In the distance, Sasuke and the other two were watching the battle.
"What's taking Suigetsu so long? Did that idiot really drown?" Karin complained bluntly, "Did he turn into some stinky fish?"
"I can still sense Suigetsu's Chakra, he seems to be watching the fight." Jugo added.
"Watching? With this kind of destruction happening? That guy's got some nerve." Karin remarked with a click of the tongue, "I always thought he was a coward, but I guess he's got some guts after all."
Sasuke's Sharingan slowly spun, and in the crimson vision, he could clearly see a figure, which should belong to Suigetsu, desperately swimming for his life.
When he saw Suigetsu running for his life, Sasuke was too lazy to say anything.
What really attracted him was the battle itself.
'There was such a terrifying Ninjutsu in the world. Could it really be done by the flashy Paper Ninjutsu?'
The towering walls of paper stretched like an insurmountable chasm, defying human limits.
When Sasuke saw this, he couldn't help but feel he'd made the right choice coming here
'Maybe this time, we really can take advantage of the chaos.'
'That man who called himself 'Uchiha Madara' was full of inconsistencies. Too many things didn't add up.'
'Maybe all the misfortunes I've suffered are connected to him. Otherwise, too many events couldn't be explained. And this 'Uchiha Madara' had appeared far too conveniently.'
'Why is it that ever since he showed up, everything's gone wrong for me? That didn't make sense.'
Besides, Sasuke refused to be fooled. There's no way Madara could possibly still be alive today.
'No one can defy time. In the end, everyone turns to dust.'
…
The wind and rain became even more violent at this moment, and the sea surged violently, with waves rising like towering walls.
The countless sheets of paper instantly turned into Explosive Tags, and at the moment when Obito fell into the abyss, they flew towards him as if they had intelligence.
A doomsday-like scene unfolded on the sea, with sea of Explosive Tags detonating simultaneously. A pillar of fire erupted into the sky, and steam and smoke started billowing into the air.
Obito managed to evade the explosions, but some Explosive Tags were still inevitably sucked into the Kamui Dimension. Blood sprayed from his injuries before he vanished into the churning waves.
The huge consumption of Chakra almost drained all the reserves in Konan's body. She collapsed onto the water's surface, utterly exhausted.
Only a trace of Chakra remains in her body, maintaining her vital signs.
Just as she gasped for breath, Obito, who was missing an arm and a leg, quietly materialized behind her. Taking advantage of her weakness, he stabbed an iron rod into her heart.
When Konan felt the pain in her chest, her pupils suddenly dilated, and a mouthful of blood welled up in her throat.
"Impossible… You couldn't have survived my Ninjutsu."
"You underestimate the Uchiha Clan's eyes. This power is a force close to that of the Sage of Six Paths." Obito used his only remaining hand to push the black iron rod deeper.
Then, Konan spat out a mouthful of blood, stumbling forward before collapsing to her knees.
"This is the end." Obito said something very unoriginal, "Since you're going to die soon, there's no need for me to explain too much to you."
He stretched out his hand, grabbed Konan's neck, then lifted her up and crushed her throat. Konan's vision blurred instantly, and her life force drained away.
"Just die alrea…"
Boom!!
A missile streaked through the air, detonating in a massive explosion that sent a towering water spout erupting from the sea. Obito was forced to retreat as the blinding flash engulfed the area.
"Let her go." Asura Pain descended onto the water's surface.
"The Six Paths of Pain? Heh." Obito tossed Konan's limp body aside, as if he was throwing away garbage, and his gaze instead locked onto Nagato's location.
"You're using that power again. Even if I do nothing, you won't last much longer."
"I know. But before that, I will kill you!" The brand-new Deva Path flashed from a distance and landed not far from Nagato in an instant.
[Shinra Tensei!]