"Yahiko, I will make you, the leader, die here! Anyone who dares to resist this woman will lose their life!"
Hanzo grabbed Konan's hands with one hand and held Kunai against Konan neck with the other.
Konan, the person involved, even felt the threat from the Kunai, and her whole body tensed up.
But Hanzo wouldn't stop his actions because of Konan's feelings.
"That redhead killed Yahiko with this Kunai. If you lay a hand on him, I'll let you and this woman go!"
Hanzo's voice echoed across the battlefield, Nagato stood there stunned, his eyes wide open.
"Stop! Nagato, don't worry about me!"
"You two, run!"
Konan, who was being held firmly by Hanzo, shouted loudly, unwilling to see Yahiko and Nagato kill each other because of her.
But ultimately, the choice was not in her hands.
Feeling completely Nagato, Nagato instinctively looked at Yahiko, hoping to get the right choice from Yahiko as before.
Kill me!
"Nagato!"
Yahiko roared, making Nagato's already chaotic mind even more confused.
Subconsciously, I wanted to do as Yahiko said, and subconsciously, I objected, not wanting to hurt Yahiko...
"Stop!"
Konan's mournful cry once again assaulted Nagato's mind.
What to do?
Nagato stood there, holding his Kunai, completely at a loss for what to do!
Should I choose Yahiko or Konan?
"Hurry up and do it! Don't you care about this woman's life?"
Seeing that the time was ripe, Hanzo's voice came at just the right moment, like a death knell bringing annihilation.
Looking at the Kunai in his hand, Nagato murmured to himself, "Konan, Yahiko..."
As he spoke, he turned slightly to look at the two of them.
Pfft!
The sound of a sharp weapon piercing flesh rang out!
The Setsuna Nagato looked at Yahiko seized the opportunity and rushed towards the Kunai in Nagato's hand!
A trickle of blood slowly flowed from the corner of Yahiko's mouth as he leaned weakly against Nagato.
This sudden scene instantly widened Nagato's eyes.
How could this be...?
Just as Nagato's mind went blank, Yahiko spoke.
"You and Konan..."
"We must survive, no matter what."
"Because you... are the savior of this world..."
"If it were you... really..."
Before Yahiko could finish speaking, his body collapsed to the side.
Nagato was hit hard and stood frozen in place.
'I have a huge dream!'
'Become a person who leads to peace, like Hanzo!'
Yahiko's former voice, appearance, and smile flashed before Nagato's eyes.
"Yahiko!"
It wasn't until Konan's sorrowful voice came that Nagato's consciousness was pulled back to reality.
This also brought Hanzo back to his senses, allowing him to take the next step.
"Do it!"
At Hanzo's command, he released his grip on Konan, no longer caring whether Konan posed a threat to him.
At the same time, the Rain Ninja also threw their Kunai at Nagato.
Nagato, standing beside Yahiko's body, raised his right hand.
The Kunai was originally moving swiftly, seemed to be frozen in mid-air.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
"What happened? The Kunai that was suspended in mid-air was suddenly bounced away!"
A Rain Ninja gasped in astonishment at this illogical scene.
"They're here!"
Standing on the Hanzo, Nagato saw Nagato leaping towards him and instantly retreated, splashing water on the rain-soaked ground.
As Nagato arrived at the spot where he had been standing, Hanzo hand on the ground, revealing a series of Explosive Tag hidden beneath the soil!
Konan helped Konan up, Nagato had collapsed to the ground. Just then, Hanzo's Explosive Tag wrapped around Nagato's legs!
Upon seeing Nagato, Nagato was startled, his eyes widened, and he picked up Konan and jumped towards the bottom of the boulder.
Bang!
A dazzling fireball suddenly shot up from the ground!
"Was it successful?"
Standing outside the blast radius, Hanzo watched the billowing black smoke and muttered to himself.
Even with the Rinnegan, the body is still made of flesh and blood. Being at the epicenter of the explosion, shouldn't they already be dead?
On the other side, Nagato barely escaped the explosion, cut the rope binding Konan's hands and pulled it out.
Due to being bound for so long, Konan could only lie weakly on the ground.
"Nagato..."
Looking at Nagato who had come to her side, and his bloodstained legs, Konan spoke weakly.
Especially since Nagato is still surrounded by white smoke from the explosion...
The black smoke from Hanzo's Explosive Tag dissipated.
Nagato stared intently at Hanzo, whose figure was still vaguely visible through the black smoke, and casually gave Konan some instructions.
"Konan, hold onto Yahiko and don't run around."
Even though Hanzo didn't find Nagato and the other's bodies within the blast radius, he already had a premonition.
But when he saw Nagato and the other two again, he couldn't help but say:
"You're something else, kid! You managed to escape after taking my Fire Style!"
Hanzo remained standing on the boulder, looking at Nagato and the other man, habitually offering his assessment with the air of a superior.
Meanwhile, the previously inconspicuous Rain Ninja Anbu have stepped forward to make their presence felt.
"Superior!"
A dozen or so masked Rain Ninja Anbu rushed towards Nagato.
Facing a group attack, Nagato sensed the information transmitted by the Rinnegan and slammed one hand on the ground!
"Summoning Technique: Demonic Statue of the Outer Path!"
A wooden, humanoid "tree stump" roared as it burst forth from the ground behind Nagato!
The sheer force of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path sent all the charging Rain Ninja Anbu flying!
"What is that?!"
Hanzo watched this scene from afar and asked a question.
Neither the intelligence reports about Akatsuki defections nor the spies he planted within Akatsuki contained any mention of this "monster"!
"Nagato, you can't use this!"
Looking at the roaring Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, Konan guessed Nagato's next move.
Splatter! Splatter!
Dozens of black Chakra rods shot out from the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and pierced into Nagato's back!
Nagato roared, and a pale purple Chakra attack condensed from the wide-open mouth of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path Mazo!
As Nagato channeled his Chakra, a dragon-shaped Chakra entity twisted and swept across the battlefield.
The Rain Ninja's Chakra and soul were instantly extracted upon contact, leaving only a limp body lying on the ground!
The remaining Rain Ninja quickly dodged and avoided Nagato's attack.
"Get out of the way! If that thing touches you, you're dead!"
The Rain Ninja cried out, but they still could not escape the fate of having their Chakra and souls extracted.
"Nagato..."
Rieko watched in shock as all the Rain Ninja, whom she had previously only been able to fight with using Shadow Clone Technique, collapsed. She looked at Nagato, who was controlling everything.
After rescuing Rieko, the purple dragon-shaped attack turned and head towards Hanzo.
"Body Flicker Technique!"
"Is this the power of the Rinnegan?"
Hanzo Body Flicker Technique moved away from his original spot, looking at the crumbling boulders and the scene that had just claimed so many lives, and immediately became alert.
This is somewhat excessive for traditional ninjas.
'But this kid probably won't last much longer!'
Seeing Nagato's sunken cheeks, Hanzo's hope was rekindled.
We can fight this battle!