Akatsuki's White Tiger-Konan

After Obito's figure twisted and disappeared into the void along with Zetsu, Itachi, and Kisame Hoshigaki...

Mei Terumi, Uchiha Izumi, and the others also returned to Feng's side.

"Master, next time... next time I will definitely bring Itachi to you to apologize." Izumi spoke first.

Kaguya Shū, Uchiha Bosawa, and the others grinned and said, "Master, we didn't let you down!"

Mei Terumi: "Hmph! Next time... I'll definitely stew that shark into fish soup."

"Hehe, I know, well done."

Go back and rest, everyone.

Feng responded with a smile and told everyone to go back to the base to rest, but he himself remained standing in the same spot, showing no intention of moving.

"Master? There's someone else?"

The most observant of Uchiha Kazue, was the first to notice something was wrong.

"Yes, there are two more groups of people, but it's alright, they're not enemies for now."

I'll handle it myself."

Feng waved his hand, indicating that everyone should ignore him and go about their own business.

Upon hearing this, everyone exchanged glances and then obediently followed Feng's orders, some cleaning up the battlefield and others healing their wounds.

Feng smiled slightly.

Earth Release: Ultra-Light-Weight Rock Technique

He flew directly to a high altitude, where there was someone he and the Nine-Tails inside him had never seen before, but who had arrived at the scene around the same time as Obito and the Obito and was watching.

A moment later, Feng saw a woman in the air with a pair of large paper wings on her back, short hair, a light blue paper flower on the right side of her head, eyeshadow, a lip piercing, and amber nail polish—a definite non-mainstream beauty.

"The Akatsuki's White Tiger - Konan".

"Why didn't you come down and play with your Akatsuki comrades earlier?"

The features were so distinctive and easily recognizable that Feng recognized the other person at a glance and then took the initiative to greet him.

The other person had clearly arrived long ago, but had been observing coldly without saying a word or making any move. Feng was also very curious as to why the other person had come here alone.

After all, she was Tenten's only bond and concern in the world, Nagato who always proclaimed himself a god. Under normal circumstances, she would definitely accompany him personally or with Pain to prevent any mishaps.

"Almost all intelligence reports say you can foresee the future, so you should know why I didn't go with them."

Konan remained expressionless and calmly responded.

"Yeah, I know. You're wary of him, and he's wary of you. You and Nagato weren't on his side to begin with."

Feng smiled slightly and casually remarked.

Upon hearing this, a glint of light flashed in Konan's eyes.

"Then, do you know why I'm here?"

When Konan said this, she both hoped that Feng really knew, and was afraid that what Feng knew was not what she hoped for, and even hoped that the other party might not know anything at all.

As for what she was really thinking, she herself didn't know.

"The future is like a tributary of a great river. Every choice we make now will lead us to one of those tributaries. I have seen many tributaries, but I have not seen them all."

Human hearts are the most fickle thing. The you in front of me may be the you I saw before a moment ago, and the you that is going to some unknown tributary the next moment.

So, I may know your purpose, or I may not.

Feng didn't answer, but instead used obscure and difficult-to-understand language to confuse and deceive Konan.

However, it wasn't entirely a lie, since as a transmigrator who had actually read the original work, he genuinely knew about the future.

However, he genuinely didn't know anything about things not mentioned in the original work, so naturally he couldn't explain them to fool people.

"Is that so? Then let me ask you another question: Will Nagato's chosen path ultimately lead to his desired outcome?"

Or, to put it another way, is there such a thing as a future as we wish, and how can we achieve that future?

Konan remained silent for a moment after hearing this, and then asked a different question.

"Oh, I know you'll have 600 billion Explosive Tag in the future. Even if you don't have that many now, you should have at least 300 billion. Give them to me, thank you."

When Konan asked him again, Feng still didn't answer. Instead, he reached out and asked Konan for the Explosive Tag, saying thank you politely.

"Huh?" Konan was a little confused. "You're so rude. I never said I was going to give you anything, let alone Explosive Tag."

"Oh?! Isn't it impolite to just extend your hand like that? But I said thank you."

Compared to those who ask me for things without even saying thank you, I think I'm very polite.

Feng smiled, looking at Konan with a fake expression of innocence and confusion.

"..." Konan blushed instantly, having already understood Feng's meaning.

Before criticizing others, she herself took it for granted to ask Feng for an answer, so if anyone was being impolite, it was she who was impolite first.

But after only a moment, Konan recovered and spoke again:

"I have been presumptuous. So, Uchiha Feng, what must I offer in exchange for your answer?"

"The price? Heh, simple, just one."

"When Nagato dies someday, Nagato Rinnegan will be mine."

"This...! So, we didn't succeed?"

"Um... you're quite clever, you know how to grasp the key points."

"Can you tell me why? Is our method wrong, or is peace just wishful thinking, and impossible to achieve?"

As a reward, I will give you the three hundred billion Explosive Tag you just mentioned. As for the Rinnegan, that belongs to Nagato, and I cannot make that decision for him."

"Three hundred billion Explosive Tag? Forget it, you can keep them for yourself."

Hehe, as for the answer, since you're so pitiful, I'll give it to you for free—you get both.

You didn't understand the nature of war, so you went down the wrong path from the very beginning.

Because of the nature of war, lasting peace is impossible. What we can do is to maintain relative peace in the world while trying to control the scale and casualties of each war."

"The essence of war?! It's nothing more than the great powers wantonly crushing the small powers, and the strong trampling on the weak."

"Wrong! That was the result of the war, not the cause."

As for the reason, let's take your childhood with Nagato as an example.

Your constant stealing is like the frequent wars in the Ninja World; it's part of the process. You know stealing is wrong, and the countries that wage war also understand that war is wrong, but in order not to go hungry, everyone has to keep repeating this mistake.

Now, you no longer need to steal or go hungry; that's a positive outcome.

You interpret this as a result of your increased power, which allows you to live a comfortable life.

Then, you, with your flawed thinking, applied this understanding to the national level, believing that as long as you possess enough deterrent power to destroy the world, you can force the entire Ninja World to accept "permanent peace."

But you've overlooked one point: just because you're doing well doesn't mean others are.

Or you can think of it this way: when you were kids, every extra serving of food you stole meant someone else got to eat one less serving, and since others didn't get to eat one less serving, you'd have to go hungry for a meal.

If we consider the present and even the future, you no longer need to steal food and can eat normally. The general environment of the Ninja World hasn't changed, which means there are children like you were when you were young who are starving because they can't steal anything.

But which of those starving children wants to go hungry?

Haha, no one would agree to that, so they'll have to keep finding ways to steal your food.

Unfortunately, you don't want Nagato to go hungry, Nagato won't let you go hungry either.

That's just how the Ninja World is; it can't take care of everyone. Someone will always go hungry—either you or them. So what do we do? The strong eat first!

And this is the origin of the scene you see: large countries arbitrarily crushing small countries, and the strong trampling on the weak at will.

When you see this, you think the strong are wrong, so you kill the strong or prevent them from eating, but you yourselves are still eating.

Therefore, the result is that you, as the stronger ones, trample on the strong, unknowingly repeating what you believe to be the mistakes.

Ha, the dragon slayer becomes the dragon himself. Shouldn't there be new warriors to slay you new dragons in the future?

"And since neither of you, Nagato, wants to die, or rather, neither of you wants the other to die, then you see, war has come."

Feng spoke eloquently, and the more he talked, the paler Konan's face became.

The saying, "The dragon slayer becomes the dragon himself!" completely negates the principles she and Nagato have always upheld.

It's also telling her: 'You are not burdened travelers who spend your whole lives in darkness pursuing lasting peace, but fools who are running wildly down the wrong path without realizing it and are even feeling sorry for yourselves.'

Furthermore, you will not bring peace to the Ninja World; you will only unknowingly become the very people you once hated most.