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Chapter 186: Meeting, Straight to the Main Body
Night.
The rain pattered pitter-patter down. Dark clouds weighed heavily, not letting through a sliver of moonlight.
Konan walked quietly on the water, toward Amegakure ahead. Letting the rain wet her. The familiar rain, familiar village, familiar aura, all made her feel like a lifetime had passed. It seemed she really returned to the Amegakure in her memory.
Alex lay on Konan's left shoulder. Raindrops fell patter, patter, sliding off his paper body, not wetting a single fiber.
"Konan." He looked at Amegakure, close at hand. "He should know we're here."
Konan nodded and continued walking toward the village entrance.
Both she and Alex could sense a trace of chakra in the rain. Extremely weak, ordinary ninjas couldn't discover it at all. This was Nagato's exclusive "Rain Tiger at Will Technique." Through the enveloping rain, sensing anyone approaching Amegakure.
Konan came to the village entrance, and Mind's Eye of the Kagura covered the entire Amegakure. Clearly sensing the chakra locations of Nagato, the Six Paths of Pain, and her other self. They were all hidden inside the village. Startled by her unfamiliar arrival, they were on alert and didn't show up immediately.
This situation was almost identical to when Jiraiya sneaked into Amegakure back then. Thought he wasn't discovered, but in reality, the moment the rain hit him, Nagato sensed him.
After advancing to Otsutsuki, Konan's current chakra was very different from before. It could be said to have undergone an essential change, distinct from her parallel world self. Relying solely on the perception of the "Rain Tiger at Will Technique," Nagato couldn't judge the owner of this unfamiliar chakra.
Konan didn't stop walking, stepping into the familiar Amegakure. The Rain ninja guarding the village entrance stood there blankly, continuing their work, as if they didn't see her.
It was late at night, and there were hardly any human voices in the entire village. Only the clamorous sound of drainage from pipes. A few scattered buildings had lights on; it was dim everywhere. Konan walked on the street, making tap, tap sounds on the rain-soaked road. Not walking fast. Looking at the surroundings, ripples gradually arose in her heart. Every grass, every tree, every building was the same as the Amegakure in her world. Living in the same village for nearly twenty years, it was hard not to be touched by the scene.
Konan walked towards the tallest building in the center of the village. At the top, there was a tongue-shaped vertical slab extending outside the building. That was the position where Deva Path Pain stood most often, getting rained on. Looking up now, a blurred figure seemed to be standing there.
Crack—!
A bolt of lightning streaked across the dark clouds, suddenly illuminating Amegakure below. The loud thunder of rumble, rumble followed closely.
By the light, the figure on the tongue-shaped vertical slab was clearly visible. Orange hair, purple ripple eyes, face embedded with black rods. It was Deva Path Pain! Looking down coldly.
Rustle, rustle, rustle!
Just then, sheets of familiar white paper flew from all directions. Then converged and formed a human shape, blocking in front of Konan.
It was her parallel world self!
Similarly cold eyes, body full of impressive killing intent.
Konan stopped walking, looking at her other self, her expression a bit dazed. Around twenty years old, the grief deep in her eyes was so thick it couldn't dissolve. Always immersed in the despair of Yahiko's death and Nagato's broken legs.
Without an accident, such grief would continue for a full sixteen years. Until finally dying at Obito Uchiha's hands. This was something she had experienced personally.
But Alex's appearance changed her established fate. And made her re-gain closer, more important companions. Brought new hope, goals, and courage to live on.
Now. Konan could also change the tragic fate of her parallel world self. With the power of this moment, she could do it, ending the parallel world self's pain ahead of time. No need to suffer bitterly for sixteen years.
"Speak!" The parallel world's Konan said coldly. "Who are you?"
Unknown why, looking at the white-masked person below, she felt an inexplicable familiarity.
Alex lay quietly on Konan's shoulder, his voice ringing in her mind: "Konan, what do you plan to do?"
"Subdue them first." Konan had long made a decision. Exactly because she understood herself and Nagato, she knew how strong their vigilance was. A sentence or two couldn't explain her existence clearly at all. As for gaining their trust, it would take more time.
She didn't have that much time to waste here. Subdue them first, do what needed to be done, and they would understand in the end.
Konan took a light breath, her figure suddenly disappearing. Rushing into the tallest building in front in an instant. The speed was extremely fast, like teleportation.
The parallel world's Konan in mid-air only felt her vision blur, and the person she was staring at tightly below was gone. Her heart was instantly shocked; the comer's strength was way stronger than she imagined. Such speed, she couldn't react at all. The other party could totally take this opportunity to give her a fatal blow.
But that person...
"Not good!" The parallel world's Konan turned her head violently, only seeing the back of the other party disappearing into the building. "That person's target is Nagato's main body!!"
How could it be, how could that person know Nagato's main body was hidden in the building's underground space!!
Too late to think much, she instantly turned into paper sheets filling the sky with a poof and dissipated. Transmitting the memory back to the main body. Turns out it was just a Paper Clone.
Konan and Alex, who also possessed Paper Style, recognized this the moment they saw her. They wouldn't waste time with this Paper Clone. Chose to strike straight at the heart!
Under Mind's Eye of the Kagura, Konan had accurately located Nagato's position. No difference from the hidden position in her memory. Both were in the underground space beneath the central building. After Nagato died, she modified that place into a resting place for Yahiko and Nagato.
Inside the building.
Konan's speed didn't diminish, one punch smashing the hidden wall, revealing a pitch-black entrance. Then she flashed in.
"Bansho Ten'in!!"
Just then, Deva Path Pain rushed over, raising his hand with a burst of suction. Unfortunately, half a step late, sucked lonely air. Konan had already entered the underground tunnel.
"Who exactly are you!" A flash of astonishment appeared on Deva Path Pain's cold expression. Completely unexpected, how the other party could accurately find the underground entrance. Strength was also so powerful, actually smashing the barrier he set up with Rinnegan power in one punch. The strength and intelligence revealed by the comer were almost crushing. Yet he couldn't even figure out the other party's face and identity. Simply more terrifying than that person wearing an orange mask and calling himself Madara Uchiha. Even "Madara Uchiha" couldn't find where his main body was.
This was a secret only he and Konan knew.
Deva Path Pain had no time to think carefully, flying into the tunnel close behind. Then the rest of the Pain bodies rushed over at extreme speed, all pouring into the tunnel rapidly, rushing toward the main body's location.
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