With his left hand, he gently but firmly helped Konan to her feet, then drove the short black rod in his right hand straight into Yahiko's body.
"Yahiko isn't dead. He's still alive."
Looking at Yahiko's corpse, Nagato spoke with conviction.
Before Konan could figure out what Nagato was doing, Yahiko suddenly opened his eyes where he lay on the ground. His eyes were identical to Nagato's, bearing the concentric rings of the Rinnegan.
Nagato manipulated Yahiko's body into standing, but even the grief-stricken Konan noticed something was wrong.
"Yahiko will always be with us. Before he died, he told me that peace in the shinobi world requires strength, not words."
"This world is twisted. Only by making it feel pain first can we make it accept peace. Dry your tears, Konan. We have to fulfill Yahiko's dream for him."
Nagato buried his grief, as though he had lost all emotion. Raising his head to look at the sky outside the cave, he spoke with unwavering resolve.
At the same time, he said inwardly:
Let the world feel pain!!!
News that Chihane had slain Hanzō in Amegakure soon spread throughout the shinobi world.
The people of the shinobi world led dull lives. Aside from their daily work, they spent most of their time at home making babies.
So whenever there was gossip, it spread incredibly fast. Besides, Hanzō was the esteemed Demigod of the Ninja World, and spies from the other major shinobi villages had always lurked in the Land of Rain.
In less than a day, the news had spread throughout the entire shinobi world.
Meanwhile, in Kumogakure.
"Lord Raikage, this intelligence just arrived. Do you think we should consider cooperating with the Iwa Shinobi?"
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