Amegakure.
The two people wearing red clouds and black clothes Akatsuki were walking on the road. Konan was holding an oil-paper umbrella to protect Pain from the rain.
At this time, a child suddenly ran in front of them.
The child was also holding an umbrella, but he was holding another patched umbrella in his hand.
With a smile on his face, as if he had just done a good deed, he ran past Pain and Konan with a whoosh, hid at the corner of the alley, and looked at the place.
"Even if Rain Tiger at Will Technique stops, the rain will still continue."
Pain whispered, then suddenly stopped and looked at the place where the child was paying attention.
Konan didn't speak, but followed Pain's gaze and looked in the same direction.
It was a clothing store, and a man dressed as a poor man walked out of the door.
In his arms was a new piece of clothing he had just purchased. The size of the clothing was too small for him to wear. It was probably a piece of children's clothing bought for his own children.
Just walking out of the clothing store, leaving behind the shopkeeper's somewhat disgusted face, and looking around with his joyful eyes, the man suddenly panicked.
His umbrella is missing...
"Take it."
Just as the man was looking around for the umbrella that should have been placed at the door, a blue-haired woman suddenly walked up to him and handed it forward.
An expensive-looking oil-paper umbrella was handed into his hand.
"This... you are..."
"We borrowed your umbrella. I'll give you this one in exchange."
In Amegakure, Konan was called an angel by the villagers and was loved and worshiped by everyone, but now this man seemed to not know her at all, looking at the oil-paper umbrella with slight confusion, which looked much better than his own umbrella.
He may have suspected fraud, but Konan didn't explain much, put down his umbrella and turned around to leave.
The man picked up the umbrella hesitantly, opened it, his eyes lit up, and without thinking about anything else, he hugged his clothes and got into the rain.
But he didn't notice that at the corner of the alley not far away, a little boy ran away in the rain with his head in his hands with a face full of terror.
"Pain, this umbrella..."
"Just one person can support it."
Konan looked at the large patch of umbrella above Pain's head, and silently opened the umbrella in his hand that the child had previously held.
"Pain, we..."
"Konan, it's just you and me."
"... What will become of Nagato, Amegakure?"
"Without gods and angels, maybe it will return to its original state, just like what we just saw." Pain paused and walked forward a few steps faster, so that Konan could only see his back, "This time I go to Konoha, if... forget it, remember you promised me that no matter what the situation, save your life and bring Yahiko's body back for burial."
"... Okay." Konan pursed his lips, "But Nagato, do you really want to do this? The teacher also said in the letter later that he did not need to participate, and he would fulfill his previous agreement with us..."
"I want to do this myself. This should be my only chance. You don't have to persuade me."
At this point, the two of them stopped talking. As they moved forward, Wudao's figure, also wearing Akatsuki clothing, also followed.
Otogakure, underground research room.
"How about this body?"
Listening to the slightly joking voice in his ears, Orochimaru, who had just walked out of the experimental cabin naked, closed his eyes and did not answer.
Reshape Organization Leader Menma didn't care either, folding his arms and waiting aside.
After a long time, Orochimaru slowly opened his eyes and looked at him. "Don't you wear Mask anymore?"
"Someone told me that you have to show your true colors to be sincere."
"True face... hiss." Orochimaru laughed darkly as if he had heard a very funny joke, but did not refute, "Why is it you, Kabuto?"
"Before us, we have been staying at Konoha for several days."
Hearing the word Konoha, Orochimaru's pupils shrank, his arms trembled slightly, and he couldn't suppress his inner impulse. "Then let's go there now?"
"Almost, Quan and the others are already waiting for us at the village gate."
Otogakure Village entrance.
The scorpion that used Puppet to wrap itself glanced at Uchiha Izumi who was looking at the sky, and made an adjusted voice. "You are not pretending?"
"Are you very insecure?" Quan asked.
"Feeling safe... never before."
"Really..."
Quan nodded and continued to look at the sky, looking at the rising sun that should have been very dazzling - now her pupils could no longer feel the stimulation of the sun.
At this time, Menma appeared in front of them with Orochimaru, looking at them with a smile, "Everyone is here, let's go."
Xie glanced at his Leader: "Why don't Flying Thunder God Technique take us directly to Konoha?"
"This is so uninteresting. It takes almost the same amount of time to walk all the way, and isn't it a pity that we haven't had a good group tour since the establishment of our organization?"
Orochimaru said.
"You're in a pretty good mood." Xie looked at Orochimaru, and the puppet's pupils shrank, "This body..."
"Why, it fits your artistic aesthetic very well."
"It's extremely ugly..." Xie sneered, "Eternal life is not such a dirty thing."
"Really? It seems that our artistic views are still so incompatible." Orochimaru shrugged and looked at Uchiha Izumi, who was already walking in front of the team, "You see how much of a team spirit Deputy Leader is."
"I'm not Deputy Leader..." Quan responded calmly, "And if we don't leave quickly, we might not be able to make it in time."
"It's true, get on your way quickly, otherwise you'll be in trouble if you're late." Menma laughed, "After all, Konoha can no longer use Space-Time Ninjutsu to break in."
"Oh?" Orochimaru looked interested, "The new Barrier?"
"Who knows, Naruto Uzumaki and I agreed to take me to Konoha once to meet someone, but all the Mark I kept there were invalid." Menma shook his head.
"Who did you meet?"
"Of course I went to see Kabuto and Deidara, and I met a shady guy on the way." Menma suddenly rubbed his hands and approached Orochimaru, "Don't forget to promise me."
"Of course." Orochimaru smiled and nodded, but there was no smile in his eyes. "The premise is that Kabuto can come back alive."
"... You wouldn't have cared so much about other people before, right?"
Menma sighed helplessly.
Orochimaru said nothing and looked down at his palms.
[After all, the things I once dreamed of have now come true.]