Nagato gasped for breath, utterly weak as he spoke to Konan. "...Konan, come here."
Konan walked up to Nagato, looking at him with pained sympathy.
She pleaded with him. "Nagato, please, stop talking. I've already lost Yahiko. I can't lose you, too."
Nagato coughed violently, spitting up blood, but still forced himself to speak.
"...Konan, I'm sorry. I'm almost done for."
"Take my Rinnegan and escape. Go to a country without war, somewhere free of conflict."
"If you can, bury Yahiko where we trained with Teacher Jiraiya."
"Yahiko and I are going home!"
Konan wiped away her tears, shaking her head like a rattle. "No, no, Nagato, don't die! There's still hope for you. There has to be!"
"You're the Child of Prophecy Teacher Jiraiya spoke of. You're the Reincarnation of Six Paths Sage, the one who will bring change to the world."
"..."
Nagato smiled weakly. He lifted his head and looked at Yahiko's Corpse beside him. "From the beginning... I was a coward."
"I believe them now. Maybe someone transplanted my Rinnegan when I was young."
"How can someone like me, who can't even protect his friends, be a Savior?"
Nagato shakily reached toward his eye sockets, as if he meant to remove his Rinnegan.
Konan grabbed his hand, her voice choked with tears. "There has to be a way! There has to!"
"Right—Liao Wu! Liao Wu's Forbidden Technique!"
Konan shouted toward where Liao Wu was. "Liao Wu, save Nagato! I'll do anything you ask!"
"...Konan... don't..."
The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path had stopped moving. Danzo's Baku had blown away the Poison Mist Ibuse released, revealing the scene beneath the statue.
Hanzō was overjoyed when he saw it. "Nagato's finished! Of course—how could using a Ninjutsu like that not have side effects?"
"Ha ha... The Rinnegan