Everything had worked out perfectly according to Anyo's plan. His teacher had been reborn, and Sasori's parents had also been resurrected. Now, he was only one final step away from his ideal.
Anyo could sense the burning intensity radiating from Sasori's soul even more clearly. His joy was beyond words, but his divided soul should not be subjected to too much stimulation.
"Sasori, take your parents back to the village. Tell them everything that has happened over the years on the way, and give Grandmother Chiyo a surprise while you're at it."
"All right," Sasori answered, then said, deeply moved, "Kurotsuchi, thank you."
Anyo chuckled and replied, "There's no need for thanks between us."
After Sasori left, Anyo said to White Fang, "Teacher, you've been gone for so many years. Kakashi has grown up, and he's suffered a lot. Go back to the village and see him first."
"Ah, I can imagine." White Fang sighed, nodded to Anyo, and turned to leave.
"Uh, wait..." Anyo suddenly called him back.
White Fang asked in confusion, "What is it?"
Anyo thought carefully for a moment, then said with some uncertainty, "Konoha is a little different from how you remember it now. How about I take you there?"
White Fang laughed. "Don't worry. You've grown a great deal, but don't underestimate your teacher. Konoha is the village I grew up in. Even if it were razed to the ground, I could still find it."
Watching White Fang stride away so freely, Anyo could not help marveling, "That's my teacher for you. Such keen insight-he already knows what Konoha looks like from this far away."
With that, Anyo walked over to Konan and released the restraints on her body.
In that brief time, Konan had already figured everything out. So Nagato's Rinnegan had been