It had placed a pause on the war-torn mortal world.
That was the mission of a god!
Yet now, the appearance of another pair of Rinnegan had violently shaken Nagato's beliefs.
I... don't seem to be the most special one?
Shadow's delicate brows furrowed slightly. "I'm not looking for you. Where is Itachi Uchiha?"
"What does this lady want with me?"
A flock of crows flew in from the horizon, gathering together and transforming into Itachi before everyone's eyes.
"Izumi Uchiha asked me to pass along a question... Why did you kill her?"
A message from the dead?
Konan's eyes widened slightly, and she could not help turning to Pain. Could Yahiko possibly...
"Don't believe it so easily. It's probably a tactic meant to disrupt our minds."
Pain could guess Konan's thoughts. After all, wasn't he the same? It was just that...
Compared to a message from the dead, it was more likely that someone had brought the dead back to life.
"Mm, I understand."
Konan came back to her senses and nodded. Then she asked in confusion, "Who is Izumi Uchiha? Was she especially important to Itachi Uchiha?"
How else could she disrupt his mind if she were not?
"In a sense, Izumi Uchiha could be called Itachi's lover."
A spatial vortex twisted, and Obito stepped out, explaining the entanglement between Izumi and Itachi to Pain and Konan.
"Izumi?"
It had been less than half a year since the Uchiha clan massacre, yet hearing that name now made Itachi feel as though a lifetime had passed.
Itachi's mind went blank for a moment, but he quickly recovered. With a silent sigh, he swept away the sorrow he should not have felt.
He scrutinized Shadow for a long while before asking in a deep voice, "Are you Izumi?"
Faintly, he