Uchiha Shigure vs. Konan

"Konan, that's enough. If you channel any more chakra into me, you'll have difficulty moving," Nagato said.

"Nagato, are you sure you want to extract the Six-Tails here? What if the enemy catches up?" Konan asked.

"Enemies? Who else could it be? The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path must have already destroyed seventy or eighty percent of the Shinobi Village. Their village's top ninja Uchiha Itachi, is trapped by my Chibaku Tensei. Even if the other ninjas wanted to drag you and me along, it wouldn't be so easy."

"You move by flying, so even if they have the best tracking techniques, they won't be able to track our location." Nagato's spirits had recovered somewhat.

"To avoid any unforeseen complications, let's extract the Six-Tails here. If we return to Amegakure, Uchiha Shigure will come looking for us, which would be counterproductive." Nagato's idea was quite good.

However, Nagato was extremely unlucky. He had no idea that at that very Shiyu had already punched and destroyed the paper tree that Konan had created using Paper Release.

A loud bang echoed from the entrance, reverberating throughout the paper tree.

"Someone has invaded? How is that possible? It's been so long, and someone still managed to come knocking on our door?" Nagato was also taken aback, then immediately said, "Konan, buy me some time! The Heavenly Dao will recover in a little while."

"Okay!" Konan immediately ran towards the entrance.

Shiyu, dressed in a long white robe with numerous Truth-Seeking Orb above and behind him, appeared before Konan.

"Long time no see, Konan. The last time we parted was in Amegakure. Back then, I joined Akatsuki Organization and fought against Hanzo of the Salamander Yahiko. Those days are still vivid in my mind. How come Akatsuki Organization has changed so much in the blink of an eye?" Shiyu immediately questioned.

"The Akatsuki Organization hasn't changed. Our goal remains to save the world. However, unlike Yahiko's methods, we intend to nurture true peace through suffering," Konan said firmly.

"It seems that a lot has happened in Amegakure while I was away, causing you to be different from who you were back then."

"Unexpectedly, Nagato, the boy from back then, after possessing and learning to control the power of the Rinnegan, has become the terrifying Six Paths of Pain, wanting to make the world feel pain."

"I never expected things to develop to this point again."

Shiyu also felt a little sad, after all, the original plot was like a spring, no matter how hard you tried to pull it, it would still bounce back.

"It seems you are very familiar with Pain's abilities." Konan also looked at Shiyu with suspicion. She had personally witnessed Shiyu, who was only a few years old, defeat Demigod of the Ninja World, and Shiyu was still full of fear of him.

"Konan, I want to know how Yahiko died? And how Hanzo died? Could you tell me about the past?" Shiyu asked.

On one hand, Konan wanted to buy Nagato time to recover, and on the other hand, she really wanted to explain things to Shiyu, so she began to recall, slowly saying:

"Since you left Amegakure, peace has been restored here. Hanzo and Yahiko have worked together, and the village has become more and more peaceful and prosperous."

"More and more ninjas joined the Akatsuki Organization, which at that time became the largest official lobbying organization in Amegakure, and everything seemed to be developing in a better direction."

"However, one Amegakure's Hanzo, the leader of Akatsuki Organization, launched a surprise attack on the organization, and in that attack, they killed Yahiko."

"Nagato had always been resentful of Hanzo, and after Yahiko's death, his hatred for Hanzo intensified. He unleashed an extremely powerful energy, which Nagato eventually learned to control, ultimately killing Hanzo."

"All of Hanzo's relatives and friends were killed. I think you already know what happened next. The Akatsuki Organization transformed from a lobbying group into an action-oriented one," Konan said.

"Hanzo is a ninja with the last vestiges of Bushido. As Demigod of the Ninja World, he has already won over Yahiko and me. Why would he launch a surprise attack?"

"Doing this won't do him any good. Could it be that Hanzo has been instigated again? Or has he been controlled by someone?" Shiyu also raised many questions.

"What's the point of saying all this now? Hanzo is dead, Amegakure is unified, and Pain was the one who accomplished all of this," Konan said.

"I understand. It seems someone is misleading you all behind this. I guess it's either the Masked Man or Jue." Shiyu also made a guess.

"Whether it's a misleading statement or not, there's no going back," Konan said coldly. Although she couldn't help but think of the past, her voice was resolute.

"I understand the feelings between you and Nagato, but you attacked my village while I was away, which has crossed my line. Konan, you want to buy time for Nagato to recover, right?" Seeing Konan's wary expression and her readiness to attack, Shiyu immediately waved his hand and said, "Konan, there's no need to rush into fighting me."

"I'm only giving you a little breathing room out of consideration for our past relationship. If I really wanted to deal with you, you'd be defeated in less than five seconds," Shiyu said casually, seemingly not taking Konan and Nagato seriously at all.

"It's been a long time since we last met, so you probably don't know how strong I am now." Konan's entire body had turned into half a sheet of paper.

Two paper-like angel wings also appeared on its back.

"Dance of the Shikigami! Paper Rain!" Konan then waved her wings downwards, and countless sheets of paper burst forth.

"Ding ding ding!" The papers hit Shiyu a few meters away from her body before falling to the ground.

Konan immediately controlled the pieces of paper to make them fly again.

"This is God's will! Destroy you! Dance of the Shikigami!" Konan controlled countless sheets of paper to form a circle, which began to rotate around Shiyu.

"Whoosh!!" The papers made a loud whooshing sound. If it were an ordinary person, they would have been cut in half by these papers in an instant. However, when these papers got close to Shiyu, they were bounced away by the phantom on Shiyu's body.

"What is that? Some kind of defense that can deflect attacks?"

Konan couldn't understand it, nor did she intend to. At this moment, she had condensed all her chakra and paper into a huge and sharp paper spear in the upper right hand.

"This is my strongest single-target piercing attack. Almost no one can survive this move. Shiyu, you certainly can't either." Konan was very confident.

"Angel Judgment!"

"Boom! Whoosh!" Konan swung her hand downwards, and the huge spear shot towards Shiyu at an astonishing speed.

"Ha!"

Shiyu chuckled lightly, and the illusory figure on her body immediately transformed into a gray solid. Without making any defensive moves, she directly met the attack head-on.

"They didn't even put up a defense?!"

"Shiyu, you will definitely fail. You will lose miserably. "Konan said with absolute certainty.

"Bang!"