Seeing Nagato sink into thought, Meihui said bluntly, "Forget it. Just go, and take Yahiko's body with you. All I ask is that you stay away from Konoha from now on."
Meihui felt he could never wake someone who was pretending to sleep, so he simply stopped talking. He had already planted the seed, and sooner or later, it would sprout. That momentum was unstoppable.
Using Flying Thunder God, Meihui went straight to where Super Deva Path lay frozen. Without another word, he took him away, ice and all.
Returning to Nagato, he thawed Super Deva Path out on the spot. In truth, Meihui was gambling too-gambling that Nagato's convictions had begun to waver.
But when Nagato saw Yahiko's corpse, he did not make it attack Meihui. He felt that Meihui's words might actually hold some truth. He had always looked down on others because he possessed the Rinnegan. He really had been overestimating himself.
Now, as he carefully reconsidered the Masked Man's words, he wondered whether doing this could truly fulfill his dream. Was he sure he wasn't just working for someone else?
"Go, both of you. Don't come back. The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki you're trying to capture is my younger brother. I won't stand by and do nothing. I hope you understand that."
With that, Meihui left, leaving Nagato and Konan where they stood.
"Nagato, are you all right?" Konan hesitated. Torn between questions and concern, she chose concern.
"Konan, was I really wrong?"
But Konan only shook her head and comforted him. "Nagato, you weren't wrong. You aren't the one at fault. This world is."
"Maybe... Let's go." After Nagato spoke, Konan took him and Yahiko's corpse away.
Under Meihui's leadership, Konoha won a decisive victory in this battle.
What Meihui did not know after letting Nagato go,