The newcomer had short purple hair and melancholy, indifferent eyes. Only when she looked at Nagato did a hint of concern show through.
Who else could it have been but Konan!
"Nagato, don't let his honeyed words fool you."
Seeing signs that Nagato was wavering, Konan finally stepped out to stop him in time.
At her words, Nagato shook his head and pulled himself out of his thoughts.
"Oh... you must be Konan. Quite an impressive ability."
Yechen's mocking voice rang out.
"You think I'm lying? Then why would I lie to you?"
"Because you're just like those people. You want to use Nagato to achieve your own goals, don't you?"
Konan looked at Yechen and answered earnestly.
"And what does he have that would be worth using? His Rinnegan?"
By then, Yechen had already appeared before them, no longer speaking to them from a distance.
It was precisely this move that kept Nagato and Konan from acting rashly.
Yechen had come straight to them through space. Possessing such an ability meant that his mastery of space power was far from ordinary.
When Konan saw Yechen's eyes, she was stunned. They were just as mysterious and unfathomable as Nagato's.
"Y-you have the Rinnegan?"
"That's right. Do you still think I'm interested in Nagato's Rinnegan?" Yechen asked with a teasing grin.
"Someone else in this world actually has the Rinnegan..."
Having spent so long at Nagato's side and been a founding member of the Akatsuki, Konan knew quite a lot about the Rinnegan.
She had thought Nagato was the only person with the Sage Eye. Now that she had seen Yechen's eyes, she found herself believing some of what he had said earlier.
As the person closest to Nagato, Konan knew better than anyone how powerful the Rinnegan was.
The name