Hidden Rain Village.
On the high platform where the "God" resided, ordinary people were never allowed to approach. In the past, ninja would sometimes carry things in, but they would be taken away by Lady Konan halfway through. They were not allowed to get close. Only in subsequent speculations did they vaguely know that the things being carried in might be corpses.
Now, this forbidden land of the gods seemed so precarious, as if in a storm. That violent chakra, like a tempest, had shot into the sky and gathered in the body of the Deva Path. This scene had not only been noticed by Kusuo, but the villagers were also worshipping it. Such unfathomable power and methods... as expected of the god who could save them from fire and water.
Swoosh!
Extremely fast. No one could even see clearly what had just flashed past. They vaguely saw a red robe flicker and then disappear without a trace.
POW!
A huge roar. The heavy metal door was kicked open.
Kusuo held his sword and stepped into the very top of the high tower. "I was thinking you guys were going to run."
Looking at the innermost part, at Konan who was like a great enemy, and the weak and exhausted Nagato, Kusuo was surprised. Nagato's condition... he's basically lost all his combat ability, right? Two consecutive Super Almighty Pushes... even without the Gedo Statue absorbing his life force, it would be very difficult to withstand.
"I'll cover you!" Konan did not give up. The moment she saw Kusuo, her heart jumped. She subconsciously stood in front of Nagato, wanting to use her own life to buy him some time to escape.
"No need. I know my own body."
In the dark space, Nagato's eyes were dim and unclear. His weak tone showed that he had indeed almost reached the end of his life.
Kusuo looked at the two of them with interest. And at that pair of eyes, which were still bewitching in the darkness—the Rinnegan. This item... he must have it.
"Dance of the Shikigami! Spear!"
SWISH!
A dozen paper spears radiating a sharp aura were instantly shot out under Konan's command. Carrying a fierce wind, they were about to pierce through Kusuo's body in the blink of an eye.
"These little tricks are useless against me."
Kusuo didn't even blink. He swung his sword. In an instant, the oncoming paper spears were all broken, losing their original form. Finally, they turned into white paper and scattered on the ground.
Konan's pupils contracted. She never thought that at such a close distance, less than twenty meters, and with her own sneak attack that she had prepared long ago, it would still be cut down by a single slash.
In her struggle, another determined look flashed in her eyes. It was... the look of someone willing to perish together.
This look was quickly captured by Kusuo, making him surprised. If Konan had laid down 600 billion exploding tags here, although he was confident he could withstand it, the Rinnegan would be destroyed.
"In that case, I have to act with lightning speed and get my hands on the Rinnegan first."
Having made up his mind, Kusuo knew very well the principle that delay breeds change. The black mark on his forehead suddenly became hot, spreading across half his face. As long as he didn't use that one slash from before, the effect of the Mark could last for a long time. Therefore, his current physical strength was comparable to the Six Paths.
VMM!
With a hum of his sword, a light tremble, he swung it at Konan's body.
"Dance of the Shikigami! Paper Shield!"
Faced with the unstoppable slash, Konan was horrified and hurriedly used her defensive jutsu to block. At the same time, her figure shot backward, avoiding the range of the sword aura.
"Now!" Kusuo shouted in a low voice, his figure shooting out. The next second, he had already appeared in front of Nagato. And the longsword in his hand danced, the result of years of daily practice. Coupled with the talent of Yoriichi Tsugikuni, the entire blade was as easy to handle as his own arm.
With a cut precise to the millimeter, the pair of light purple, ripple-patterned eyes were plucked out. Two lines of bloody tears flowed from Nagato's eye sockets. Having lost his Rinnegan, Nagato's eyes were now two black holes. Coupled with the continuously seeping blood, he was a tragic sight.
"Nagato!" Konan cried out in pain, but she was helpless.
After taking the Rinnegan and putting it in a special container, Kusuo put it away. "Finally, a great success."
A relaxed whisper fell into the ears of Konan and Nagato.
"Who on earth are you? Your goal was the Rinnegan from the very beginning, wasn't it!?" Konan suddenly realized something and questioned him sharply. Even Jiraiya's investigation and intrusion... were all part of his plan. One link after another. Until Nagato let his guard down, and then he sent this boy to deliver a fatal blow. Konoha... what fine methods.
"Er...?" Kusuo was a little baffled. Although he had blinded Nagato, there was no need for Konan to look so resentful, right? Nagato was more emotional than she was.
The Akatsuki had joined forces with the three great nations to invade Konoha. Then he had fought back. Now these eyes were the spoils of war. Kusuo asked himself, there was no logical or moral error here.
But he was too lazy to argue with her. That was purely the behavior of an idiot. The Rinnegan was already in his hands. It was time for Nagato to pay the price for his past heresy, for trying to kill his own teacher.
"Moon Breathing, Second Form! Pearl Flower Gazing!"
Two giant crescent moon blades roared out, carrying with them countless fine blade winds, wanting to cut Nagato's body from top to bottom.
"Nagato!" Seeing this, Konan's eyes were about to split. She felt the world spin, and she was about to faint. Her heart was torn to pieces. She desperately wanted to block this slash for Nagato.
Unfortunately, how could her movements be as fast as the flying sword aura? In a single breath, the sword aura was about to cut Nagato's body.
Suddenly, a spatial distortion appeared out of thin air. With a ripple-like fluctuation, a face with a spiral mask was revealed.
Obito's icy gaze first saw Nagato's empty and bloody eye sockets, and his face darkened. Without time to think too much, he directly grabbed Konan and Nagato's bodies and instantly disappeared into the spatial distortion.
Everything happened so fast, so suddenly. It even made Kusuo a little puzzled. Aren't Nagato and Obito supposed to be against each other? Why did he show up to save him? And the position where Obito appeared was also very worthy of consideration. It was as if he had been specially guarding behind Nagato, appearing at the last moment before his sword aura could touch Nagato's chest.
That position is... the heart!
Kusuo had a sudden realization. A powerhouse like Madara Uchiha, how could he not have left a backup plan? Even the Mangekyo Sharingan can store and pre-set the timing to release a dojutsu. There's no reason the Rinnegan can't. That move just now... should have been set up to prevent Nagato from committing suicide.
But so what? The Rinnegan was already in his hands. Kusuo now felt completely relaxed. Without the Rinnegan, Obito and the others couldn't even complete the Eye of the Moon Plan.
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