Jiraiya and Konan took turns speaking, quickly recounting everything from Yahiko's death to when Nagato and Konan were ambushed by Madara and Black Zetsu, who stole the Rinnegan. It left Yahiko, who had once dreamed of stopping war and changing the world, deeply moved. However, he bore no resentment toward anyone and was sincerely happy to have been given the chance to see his friends and teacher again after death. That alone showed why Yahiko had been Akatsuki's leader back then, rather than the one who possessed the Rinnegan... Upon arriving at Xuanyuan Xue'er's bedroom, they finally saw Xuanyuan Xue'er lying on the bed, her life and death uncertain.
He Meng and Ming Yitian turned their heads to the right at the same time, and a red sports car appeared before them.
For the rest of the journey, neither of us spoke again. Each of us had our own thoughts. I kept wondering why Chen Xin had reacted so abnormally, while Chen Xin lowered her head in thought as well, not knowing what she was thinking about.
Zhang Lin had no way to answer Gao Yuan. What could she say? Friends? Zhang Lin kept questioning herself inwardly. How had the two of them reached the point where they had to ask whether they were still friends? Should she blame herself? Blame herself for being too cowardly, for lacking courage, for being like an ostrich that only knew how to bury its head and run away.
Gu Yunmeng could no longer stand by and watch. Everyone knew that Chen Tianming's father had been promoted by Old Master Gu. What Zhou Qian'er was doing was clearly a slap in the Gu family's face. Gao Yuan did not know the full story, but she could not refrain from stepping in to stop it.