Konan had set out from the Land of Rain on the same day Naruto left Wave Country.
She had prepared to approach the Nine Tails Jinchuriki as early as two months ago. However, the new member Black Zetsu had brought in had been researching a forbidden technique, and she had spent some time observing him in secret, which delayed her plans.
She did not know whether it was intuition or some special sense.
She always felt that Black Zetsu had been plotting something lately. She had felt this way ever since Black Zetsu brought back intelligence on the Nine Tails Jinchuriki.
Of course, it might have simply been her imagination, since she had never trusted Black Zetsu much to begin with.
He had been brought in by Madara Uchiha. Although Black Zetsu had maintained a very low profile in Akatsuki over the years and had diligently handled intelligence gathering, he had always been one of Madara Uchiha's people. The same went for Kisame Hoshigaki.
From the moment that secretive fellow had suddenly joined Akatsuki, she had felt that he had ulterior motives.
But those involved could not see as clearly as those standing aside.
No matter how she warned Nagato, Nagato, who had completely gone to extremes and considered himself a god, never took the man seriously.
So she could only make some arrangements in secret herself.
After observing for so many years, she had vaguely uncovered some clues about Madara Uchiha's strange eye technique.
Long ago, she had already begun preparing methods in the Land of Rain to deal with Madara Uchiha.
She had originally wanted to observe for a while longer, but the mission had already been delayed for too long, so she had no choice but to complete it as soon as possible.
Yet Nagato's safety did