The Pale White Paper Person shattered, Konan's fatal wound vanished, and her chakra surged by an astonishing amount!
The spectators in the stands had no idea what had happened. Beyond saying "Amazing," they had nothing more to offer.
Only a handful of people could see what was really going on.
Obito said, "That technique called Pale White Paper Person-was it based on the principles of Izanagi? But how did it make her chakra surge?"
Zzt!
Naruto switched to his Byakugan, his gaze piercing the paper figures' surfaces to reveal what lay within. "Just as I thought..."
Obito asked, "What's going on?"
Naruto said gravely, "The enemies we'll face from now on will have no shortage of ways to kill us in a single strike. Without a lasting means of staying alive to give us more room for error, we won't be able to hold our ground on the battlefield. With that tactical principle in mind, Konan devoted herself to developing a new technique, using paper as the medium."
"The spells on the paper figures can transfer damage, much like Izanagi. The drawback is that each one can only be used once, so she compensates with numbers. Besides, Izanagi is a forbidden technique that continually weakens its user. Staying unkillable costs an enormous amount of chakra. Obito, even if you can use Cessation of Arhat to eliminate the price of blindness from Izanagi, you still can't overcome that limitation, can you?"
Obito nodded. "No. Chakra is the foundation of every technique. After visiting the Netherworld, I'm even more certain of that. After all, the supposedly limitless chakra of Impure World Reincarnation comes from the Soul Society."
Naruto smiled. "But Konan wanted to overcome that and create an immortality technique superior to Izanagi-one that actually strengthens her chakra once activated. That also