"The sky... was cleaved apart? Is this what the name Saiki Yuu means?"
Konan stared blankly at the blue sky as warm sunlight fell across her face.
How long had it been since she had basked in the sun?
Konan raised her hands in front of her eyes.
The sunlight was dazzling, yet exceptionally warm.
Her gaze slowly lowered.
Looking at the cheering people of Amegakure, Konan found herself at a loss for words.
How long had it been since she had seen such heartfelt smiles on their faces?
"Sunlight..."
Slowly raising her head, Konan narrowed her eyes slightly beneath the glaring light, the corners of her lips unconsciously curling upward.
"Konan, what happened?"
As Konan stood there blankly gazing at the sky, a figure suddenly flew to her side.
"...It was Saiki Yuu's attack," Konan said as she slowly came back to her senses.
"What happened? Why did Saiki Yuu suddenly launch an attack?"
Pain frowned as he spoke.
Just moments ago, he had been standing amid the wind and rain, savoring his solitude.
Then, in the next instant, everything had been torn apart.
The feeling left him immensely irritated.
"...I don't know why he suddenly attacked. He hasn't even entered Amegakure yet," Konan said.
"Damn Saiki Yuu."
The Rinnegan of Deva Path Pain darkened.
He had long heard that Saiki Yuu was temperamental and unpredictable, with a way of doing things that no one could make sense of.
He had already prepared himself to swallow this humiliation, letting Konan make the arrangements to receive Saiki Yuu properly, so he would not notice anything unusual about Amegakure.
But in the end, Saiki Yuu had not arrived—his slash had arrived first!
If not for the bigger picture, he would have already left Amegakure and fought Saiki Yuu to the death!