At least before Yahiko died, the Akatsuki had still been a good organization that advocated achieving peace through dialogue and other nonviolent means.
And in Konan's eyes, that was indeed the truth.
Only after Yahiko's death, when Nagato's mindset changed drastically, had he advocated collecting tailed beasts to achieve lasting peace through violence.
Between Yahiko and Nagato, Konan ultimately chose Yahiko.
She had supported Nagato before partly because she had recognized the Shinobi World's cruelty, and partly because she wanted to avenge her dear friend.
Now, times had changed.
The Shinobi World had become even crueler-brutal, even.
The blood debt owed to their dear friend still remained-one could even say it had grown.
Yet Konan could only change her position, abandon her support for Nagato, and support Yahiko instead.
There was no other reason.
The Fifth Hokage was simply too powerful, powerful enough to collect multiple tailed beasts single-handedly, powerful enough that the Akatsuki had no way to contend with him.
Konan understood perfectly well that if the current Akatsuki continued opposing the Fifth Hokage, he would only destroy them completely.
If there were no other path, Konan could only choose the "path of confrontation" and fight the Fifth Hokage to the bitter end.
But now the Fifth Hokage had offered them a way to survive, and even allowed the Akatsuki to "regress" to its original form.
What was there for Konan to agonize over, then?
As for the blood debt of the Fifth Hokage killing her and Nagato...
Weren't she and Nagato still "alive" now?
They would leave it at that. What else could they do, get revenge?
Yahiko understood the deeper meaning behind Konan's weary gaze, and then they both looked at Nagato.
Whatever the case, after Yahiko's death, Nagato had taken over the Akatsuki. He was its