Hermit Purple.
Lin Qing took out the polaroid. A moment later, it spat out a photograph.
The image was pitch-black and incredibly dim, impossible to make out.
"Star Platinum."
Lin Qing handed over the photo, then took out paper and pen from the Ghost Room. The raindrops falling from the sky naturally parted around him, avoiding any interference with Star Platinum's drawing.
Star Platinum merely glanced at it before rapidly sketching in the notebook. Before long, the image gradually took shape.
It was a pair of lifeless gray eyes.
Below them was a face buried beneath fine sand and soil. Most of the body below was likewise buried, but the exposed portion revealed the red clouds of an Akatsuki cloak.
Further down...
The waist, abdomen, and legs were all gone.
This greatly reduced Star Platinum's workload. It finished by drawing a hand, wearing a ring inscribed with the character "White."
Akatsuki's White Tiger, namely—
"Konan."
Boom!
Golden flames ignited the sky, instantly evaporating and vaporizing every dark cloud and drop of rain. Lin Qing released Hermit Purple to guide his direction, his speed soaring to its limit.
Konan lay amid the ruins.
She was about to die.
More precisely, she should have died four days ago.
Four days earlier.
Obito had launched a surprise attack on Amegakure, naturally seeking Nagato's Rinnegan.
Konan had long anticipated his malicious intentions, so she had kept something in reserve. She had laid traps in advance and prepared an enormous number of Explosive Tags specifically to counter Obito's intangibility.
Yes, Konan had foreseen Obito's arrival.
But she had not asked Lin Qing for help.
Because at heart, she was a proud person with delicate emotions.
She was Nagato's last companion, and it was her duty to protect his body.
And since Nagato had not