The place Nagato had told her to go was not the tower, but an underground chamber near Amegakure.
That was the Akatsuki's true base, where the enormous Demonic Statue of the Outer Path was kept. Nagato's real body was there, controlling the six puppets through the statue.
After slipping through cracks in the rocks and ventilation ducts, the sheets of paper gradually came together.
This was a place only she, Konan, could reach.
Looking at the skeletal Nagato in the distance, Konan's eyes flickered with pain and concern.
Nagato had once been the weakest of the three, but he had at least been able to stand and walk. Now he was so emaciated that he barely looked human, with the hideous Demonic Statue of the Outer Path constantly draining his life force.
Noticing Konan, Nagato slowly opened his eyes. Before she could ask anything, he spoke first. "Konan, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path reacted strangely just now."
"Can you find out why?" Konan asked, an unusual look flashing through her eyes.
"It might be because a Tailed Beast died, or it might be something else. The direction the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path indicated was toward the Land of Wind."
Nagato was just as puzzled by the statue's unusual reaction.
All he knew was that the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path was the former shell of the Ten-Tails, and that they needed to collect the Tailed Beasts to restore its complete form. Most of his information had come from Tobi, who claimed to be Madara Uchiha.
Things about collecting the Tailed Beasts and the Eye of the Moon Plan.
He had no desire to carry out the Eye of the Moon Plan, but he did want to collect the Tailed Beasts and fulfill Yahiko's dream of