"What?!"
Nagato and Konan cried out at the same time, their faces filled with shock and disbelief!
Though Nagato's body was weak, upon hearing those words, he tried to rise but found he could not move at all. He could only ask hoarsely, "You... what did you say? Revive Yahiko? How is that possible?!"
He also knew that there was a jutsu in the ninja world capable of reviving the dead.
It was the Rinne Rebirth Jutsu he possessed.
But Nagato had not used it.
The reason was simple.
Yahiko was the spiritual leader of Akatsuki, while he himself possessed the immense power of the Rinnegan.
Therefore, having himself survive was more effective and faster in fulfilling their shared dream of "world peace" than reviving Yahiko, whose strength had been relatively ordinary.
Thus, Nagato had merely turned Yahiko's corpse into Pain's Deva Path rather than simply reviving him.
Konan also hurried forward and anxiously grabbed Jiraiya's sleeve, her purple eyes brimming with hope. "Jiraiya-sensei! Is this true? Yahiko... he really can..."
Just as Jiraiya was about to explain—
A flash of golden light lit up the room, and Naruto Uzumaki appeared in an instant, his hand resting firmly on someone's shoulder.
That person had familiar short orange hair. His face held the bewildered confusion of someone who had just been teleported, along with...
Upon seeing Nagato and Konan, an irrepressible excitement that transcended life and death.
Yahiko's gaze lingered on Nagato's frail figure and haggard face for a moment before he murmured, "Nagato... how did you end up like this?"
At the sight of Yahiko, both Nagato and Konan wore utterly incredulous expressions. Their pupils constricted sharply, as if they had witnessed the most unimaginable miracle in the world.
But soon, the initial shock in Nagato's eyes was swiftly replaced