Amegakure.
Whoosh.
Shinichi used the Flying Thunder God Technique to travel straight to Kumogakure. He had arranged this with Orochimaru long ago, handing Kunai marked with the Flying Thunder God Formula to Orochimaru's subordinates so they could plant them within Amegakure's territory in advance.
Naturally, this was so Shinichi could teleport to Amegakure with the Flying Thunder God Technique whenever he wanted.
Ignoring Amegakure's small-fry ninja, Shinichi pushed his sensory abilities to their limit and soon located Nagato and Konan deep within the village.
Once he had pinpointed their spatial coordinates, he willed Kamui into action and appeared directly inside Nagato's secret chamber.
Inside the dark chamber.
Countless black rods pierced the body of a skeletal, red-haired man, connecting him to the enormous Demonic Statue of the Outer Path behind him. His gaze was cold and indifferent. This was none other than the tragic Nagato from the original story.
Beside Nagato stood a beautiful blue-haired woman. Who else could she be but Konan?
"Hey there, you two!"
Appearing without warning, Shinichi grinned and offered a greeting.
"You're... Madara Uchiha?"
Nagato was startled. Upon seeing Kamui's spatial ripples, his first thought was that Obito, who called himself "Madara Uchiha," had come to see him again.
His initial reaction was surprise, because Obito always wore a spiral mask when meeting them. Why wasn't he wearing it today?
"No, he isn't Madara Uchiha."
Konan immediately rejected Nagato's guess, declaring, "He's Hatake Shinichi of Konoha! His Mangekyō Sharingan has the same space-time ability as Madara Uchiha's!"
As one of the Akatsuki's leaders, Konan was unlike Nagato, who spent all day hiding in his secret chamber. She kept up with plenty of intelligence from the shinobi world and naturally recognized the handsome man before her as Hatake Shinichi, Konoha's Hero, who had recently taken the