Just as Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke encountered the enemy, Nagato, far away in a tower in Amegakure, suddenly sensed a surge of Chakra.
"Reverse Summoning Technique?"
"Konan?"
Nagato immediately formed hand seals. Then, a puff of white smoke drifted from his palm. As the smoke cleared, a pristine Paper Crane lay quietly in his hand.
Nagato could not help frowning, instinctively beginning to worry.
Judging by the timing, Konan should have only arrived in Konoha not long ago. Had she already run into some trouble, or obtained some important intelligence worth reporting?
Hopefully, it was the latter...
With an uneasy heart, Nagato opened the Paper Crane in his hand. Yet the intelligence written inside made his already tightly furrowed brow twist into something even more distorted.
"Damn it..."
"Senya actually came back? And he supposedly has strength comparable to mine?"
"Impossible! That's impossible!"
"I am the only ruler of this world, the one and only Kami!"
Then he tore the Paper Crane in his hand to shreds and scattered them into the air.
Before long, however, Nagato calmed down again and began considering the intelligence.
Konan would not lie to me. But she had only gotten a rough sense of his Chakra, so it was normal for her to feel that way.
Perhaps the Uchiha bloodline and the Mangekyō Sharingan had given him an enormous amount of Chakra, but compared to me, I possess the Sage Eye!
Besides, I have now mastered that jutsu. Senya could never be my match.
As for the medical potions... that truly was a serious problem. If a large-scale war broke out, the current Akatsuki probably would not be Konoha's match. With medical potions added into the equation, their chances of victory would be even slimmer...
"Madara, Black Zetsu, it seems I'll have to rely