Chapter 220: How Could You Turn Hostile So Quickly, Woman!
The orange pupils shrank nervously…
The brightly painted fingernails trembled unconsciously…
Konan gazed at the reanimated figure before her, teardrops falling like ripples as she let the rain beat down on her face. "It's Yahiko…"
The founder of the Akatsuki, the core leader of their trio, Yahiko.
His strength was not great, and his personality was a bit passionate and impulsive. Even after Kitahara revived him with the stolen Edo Tensei materials, it had immediately wanted to release the jutsu and send his soul to heaven…
At the critical moment, Yahiko had stopped it. This young man lived in the world with a carefree spirit, relying entirely on his thick skin… He had requested to see his friends one last time.
o((⊙﹏⊙))o!
After thinking for a second, the fierce-looking crow had agreed. In reality, Kitahara was a kind-hearted Great Sage… In any case, Yahiko didn't understand the real situation, so he might even be useful.
The real Yahiko fighting the fake Pain, just thinking about it is exciting!
"Hahaha… this Great Sage probably wanted to revive someone else, but ended up reviving me instead! It originally wanted to send my soul to heaven, but I asked it to let me see you all one last time in the mortal world…"
"Do you know what a Great Sage is? It's just like the Toad Sages from Mount Myoboku that Jiraiya-sensei summons! This crow is a Great Sage, you know!"
"I'm actually not that bored in the underworld. I miss you guys occasionally, but I really don't want to see you underground! Ha, I hope you all live to be a hundred!"
"Hey… Konan… don't cry…"
The female ninja with the iris flower in her hair had almost been unable to continue crying as she listened to Yahiko speak. She understood the terror and power of the crow better than her childhood companion did. That crow was the main culprit behind their organization's plans…
Just as she was about to stop her crying and show a cold face to Kitahara on the railing, she heard Yahiko's last sentence. All the grievances and sorrows of the past years welled up again, and tears immediately streamed down once more.
Konan's strength shattered in an instant. It was because of Yahiko's sacrifice back then and his will to protect Nagato that the female ninja had become so mentally resilient.
When Yahiko was by her side, he was a true older brother who could take care of his younger siblings. At that time, she only needed to follow him and Nagato, working hard for their shared dream…
Not like now, becoming a behind-the-scenes manipulator of war in the ninja world.
Yahiko watched the tear-streaked Konan for a while, then turned to look at the crow, as if to ask if it had any way to stop Konan's tears.
The great Lord Kitahara immediately shook its head. It had always been skilled at making little girls cry sadly, not at making them happy…
Yahiko thought for a moment on his own and picked a new topic. "Konan, why do I see the ninjas and civilians of the Hidden Rain Village all carrying bundles… Are you leaving this place?"
Konan: "…"
This question was a bit awkward… especially with that crow standing on the railing next to them. Why are the people of our Hidden Rain Village fleeing? Don't you have any self-awareness?
And it's still tilting its head and looking at her with those big, innocent eyes!
Stop pretending to be innocent!
"Let Yahiko go…" Konan let the rain wash over her face, and reason returned to her mind. She lowered her head to look at the crow on the railing and continued, "Spare the entire Hidden Rain Village… Name your price…"
"Konan…" Yahiko was stunned as he looked at the woman flying in the air, a pained smile on his face. "…What… are you talking about?"
The crow was also stunned. Was this an unexpected windfall?
It had deigned to come to the Hidden Rain Village on a rare trip precisely to destroy the entire Akatsuki and deal with the masterminds, Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu…
Konan seemed to have thought of something and continued through her pain, "I have a lot of money now, more than Orochimaru can give you…"
Back then in the Hidden Hot Water Village, she had personally witnessed a not-so-harmonious transaction between Orochimaru and Kitahara. Orochimaru had mentioned that this crow was probably quite greedy for money…
"CAW!"
Kitahara was getting a little ticked off listening to this…
The esteemed Great Sage Kitahara was not short on that little bit of money!
Yahiko awkwardly translated, "Konan, it's not short on money… Can you tell me, what conflict do you two have that requires a fight? Didn't we found Akatsuki precisely to stop the Hidden Rain Village from being plunged into war?"
As the orange-haired youth's words fell, the scene fell into a strange silence. Konan looked at her dear friend with a guilty expression.
Unfortunately…
The Akatsuki was no longer the Akatsuki of the past…
At this moment, this sentence flashed through both Kitahara's and Konan's minds at the same time…
If even money couldn't buy off that crow, then its purpose in reviving Yahiko could only be to influence Nagato and, in turn, destroy the entire Akatsuki…
Women are very perceptive when it comes to emotions…
Back then, Yahiko had chosen to willingly die to save her from Hanzo of the Salamander, and he had died at Nagato's own hand… After seeing the revived Yahiko, that fool Nagato would either launch a suicidal attack on the crow or sacrifice himself!
The result would be the same…
A pair of origami wings quickly formed on Konan's back, carrying her body backward to hover in mid-air. Konan's expression struggled for a moment, then she said with tears in her eyes, "I'm sorry… Yahiko…"
"That crow is our enemy!"
"It is now leading Konoha ninjas to destroy the entire Hidden Rain Village!"
"Reviving you is that crow's scheme! It definitely wants to control you! Don't be influenced by it! Believe in yourself! First, break free from the Edo Tensei's control!"
Hearing Konan's words, Yahiko quickly lowered his head. He needed to think.
Ever since he was reanimated, Yahiko had been following Kitahara's lead and hadn't had a chance to understand the situation of his old companions.
Konan is my friend, so what she's saying should be right…
No one would revive a person for no reason and fulfill his wish without asking for anything in return. This Great Sage Crow must have some kind of scheme.
No, this thinking thing…
Yahiko really wasn't very good at it. He thought and thought, but he could never have imagined that his companions had turned his own corpse into a puppet Pain and were attempting to create a weapon of war capable of wiping out a country in a single blow.
"CAW!"
(I haven't even thought of my terms yet, and you're already turning hostile, woman?!)
The crow abruptly raised its head, its crimson eyes staring at the hovering Konan. After hearing last night that it had defeated the reanimated First Hokage, it had roughly estimated its current combat power. Annihilating the Akatsuki shouldn't be too difficult…
As long as some reanimated Madara Uchiha or the like didn't pop out…
Kitahara did indeed want to eliminate the Akatsuki, but destroying an entire ninja village at the drop of a hat… how could that be the style of a Great Sage!
It wasn't some maniac with a world-destroying tendency!
In the air, Konan suddenly spread the white paper wings on her back, and countless sheets of paper shot towards Kitahara like blades. "Dance of the Shikigami: Paper Shuriken!"
"CAW!"
A Tailed Beast Bomb instantly shot out from the crow's beak, detonating all the paper shuriken!
At the same time, a pitch-black feather suddenly shot out from its wing, flying towards Konan like a senbon! Engraved upon it was a Flying Thunder God seal!
The crow's figure spun, and in an instant, it appeared on Konan's shoulder from the railing, its sharp claws gripping her throat tightly. "CAW!"
(I made an exception and revived Yahiko without sending his soul to heaven, and this was for the sake of your Hidden Rain Village!)
Konan glanced contemptuously at the black, fierce bird on her shoulder and said in a deep voice, "Do you think you've won?"
"CAW!"
(I've never lost a fight!)
The crow's crimson eyes looked at Yahiko, commanding the reanimated orange-haired youth to leap towards the high tower of the Hidden Rain Village!
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