[Hakuiyori tipped Hanabi Hyuga a secretary recommendation letter]
Hanabi: ???
Hanabi decided to ignore her patron.
She raised her sword and walked forward.
"I made up my mind from the very beginning. I wanted to put smiles on everyone's faces. What this world needs least is a painful, tragic story."
"So you're even more naïve than I am. Cough, cough..." Nagato coughed up blood. "Then I'll entrust these eyes to the future!"
"Ninja Art—" Nagato brought his hands together, preparing to cast a technique.
But in the next instant, Hanabi charged forward.
The two passed each other in an instant.
Hanabi sheathed her blade.
Nagato fell to the ground.
"Fire Release."
Hanabi lightly stomped her foot.
Then, Nagato and Konan's corpses began to burn, eventually turning to ash and leaving nothing behind.
Nagato was reduced to ashes.
As for the Rinnegan—of course Hanabi took it.
But she could not let anyone notice.
At that moment, Konoha's onlookers were watching as well.
So what Hanabi let them see was Nagato about to use a ninja technique, only to be killed by Hanabi a moment earlier, after which his Fire Release rebounded on himself.
"Did we... win?"
The Anbu still found it hard to believe.
Jiraiya had already arrived ahead of them.
"Nagato... Konan..."
Watching his disciples gradually turn to ash, Jiraiya wore an expression that was impossible to tell whether it was relief or sorrow.
"Is it all over... all of this...?"
Jiraiya felt so tired.
"No." Hanabi turned around. She closed her eyes again. "The enemies on the surface have died, so the ones behind the scenes will gradually emerge from the shadows afterward."
"This has only just begun."
Author's Note:
The secretary has been decided, 233.
First update desu~
Although Uchiha Itachi, Obito Uchiha, and Nagato were all