IW: Chapter 141 - Konan: Undercover in Konoha Village from the Start! Be a Secretary?
"I'm just looking around here, it shouldn't be a problem, right?"
Although Konan was a little surprised that her identity seemed to have been discovered by the person in front of her, it was only a moment of hesitation, and in the end, she decided to just admit it.
Since the other party had taken the initiative to reveal his identity, it was useless for her to argue.
Moreover, before leaving, she actually wanted to talk to Bai Ye to see how he planned to develop the Land of Shinobi next.
However, before that, Konan still maintained a trace of vigilance.
"No problem. How do you feel about it here? Do you want to stay and live here?"
Bai Ye stood at what was once the Hokage Rock of Konoha, which had become a landmark building of Konoha, and was not overthrown due to the joining of other Ninja Villages.
And the former Kages of other Ninja Villages also appeared here in other ways.
This is a memorial place belonging to the Ninja Country. Standing here and looking down at the Village, you can see everything in the Village at a glance.
Approaching Konan was not a whim; he invited Konan to stay, actually to invite Pain over.
At least Pain at this time, in Bai Ye's opinion, could still be saved, but Kenji definitely wouldn't come back. That guy was the Uchiha's number one love-brain.
No Ninja in the entire Uchiha clan had ever been more of a love-brain than Kenji.
"Stay here?"
Konan originally thought that Bai Ye approached her because of her identity.
After staying here for a while, she found that Ninjas from various former Ninja Villages had already begun to re-register.
And although she had hidden herself very well, she also knew that she might have been seen through by Bai Ye last time.
He was able to handle Iwagakure, Sunagakure, and Kumogakure by himself. His strength, in Konan's opinion, was definitely on par with Pain.
No matter how well she hid her Chakra, it would still reveal flaws in his eyes.
Therefore, when a strange Ninja with considerable strength appeared, it would be impossible for Bai Ye to be indifferent.
"That's right, isn't it good to stay here? Everyone here is a Ninja. Even if you don't want to do missions in the future, you can do other things here. At least it's good for supporting yourself. Future missions will probably become more and more difficult to accept. Isn't having a big platform here better than being outside?"
As Ninjas and people continuously gathered here.
After that, there would only be fewer and fewer people and missions outside. In fact, it was somewhat similar to the Shinobi Sect model after the Infinite Tsukuyomi was just resolved.
Moreover, haven't Konan and Nagato always been pursuing peace?
Now that peace has come, there should be no reason to make the great nations feel Pain again, right?
"Sorry, I'm used to wandering outside, so I'm not very accustomed to staying in one place."
Konan shook her head and rejected Bai Ye's invitation. Although staying here for this period of time did make Konan feel an unprecedented sense of relaxation.
And Konan believed that this was the happiest period of time after Yahiko's death and Nagato's blackening. If it was just her alone, she might consider staying here, but she still had Nagato. Because of her, Nagato became like this, and at the same time, the Akatsuki Organization fell apart. All of this was her fault, and Konan also needed to atone for herself.
She had enjoyed enough during this time. As for Bai Ye's invitation, she definitely wouldn't stay.
"Is that so? Wandering Ninjas also have their advantages. Some things won't be as free once you join a Village."
Bai Ye didn't force it. If Konan really stayed, that would be strange.
"How do you plan to transform the Land of Shinobi? Is it really equality for everyone?"
After Konan finished speaking, she looked at Bai Ye seriously, not missing any of his expressions. If Bai Ye lied, she would immediately catch it. She wanted to know what Bai Ye was really thinking.
In fact, she had also noticed these past few days that although hatred still existed, everyone was gradually choosing to let go for a better life, and Konan saw this.
But all of this couldn't compare to Bai Ye's thoughts. Here, she knew that it was Bai Ye's one-man show. Although there were five decision-makers, anyone who wasn't a fool knew that these five decision-makers couldn't influence Bai Ye at all.
At least in this generation of leaders, Bai Ye would not be bound.
Therefore, this gave Konan an idea: if Bai Ye was unwilling to change all of this and was just saying it, then the tragedy of the Ninja World would not end.
Just like what she heard Bai Ye say to Naruto and others at Iraku Ramen that day, Konan was not sure if Bai Ye was sincere or just saying it.
"Of course, it's to try to achieve equality for everyone. After all, I don't think it's very realistic to achieve it completely. Are you very concerned about this?"
If he wanted everyone to be completely equal, Bai Ye definitely couldn't do it.
He actually knew what Konan was thinking. These past few days, Konan had personally felt a kind of emotion called hope bursting forth here.
"I was born in a small country. When I was very young, people lived very hard lives because of wars. As a small country, we always had to suffer the pressure from great nations. Similarly, whenever a war broke out, we small countries would be the first to suffer.
And the people in small countries suffered even more, so I hope to see peace in the Ninja World and no more wars."
Konan recounted the helplessness of their small country. The Land of Rain was located in the middle of three Ninja Villages. To avoid being affected, the major Ninja Villages tacitly chose to fight in other countries.
And the small countries became their sacrifices.
And they, harboring dreams of changing the world, only realized how ridiculous they were when they faced the bloody reality in the end.
"Peace needs to be exchanged with blood. In the past wars, everyone fought for their own interests, but no one ever thought of unification. I can't comfort you."
In fact, Madara had proposed it before, but Hashirama had rejected it.
Actually, Madara's proposal was very good. At least if Konoha didn't hand over the Tailed Beasts to other Ninja Villages, then other Ninja Villages wouldn't have the idea of starting a war.
After all, when Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama were still alive, others simply didn't dare to make a move. In the end, peace requires military deterrence.
And Senju Hashirama's theory that people need to understand each other, in Bai Ye's opinion, simply wouldn't work.
Although Uchiha Madara's approach might still collapse later, it wouldn't have escalated to this extent. The Ninja World Wars became more and more intense each time.
"So we have always longed for the arrival of peace."
"It has come now."
Konan didn't answer, but looked at the human activity below. It seemed that peace had indeed come.
But what did it have to do with their Land of Rain?
That country, which cried year-round, still had its people living hard lives. Perhaps following them would only make their lives harder. No wonder people from the Land of Rain seemed to have started coming here to seek a living.
"Can peace obtained through force truly last forever?"
Konan murmured. In fact, she also knew that this reliance on Bai Ye was just like Nagato. His ideal might briefly achieve a glimmer of peace, but what then?
After Nagato's death, would this peace still continue to exist?
In fact, wasn't the path Bai Ye was taking the same path Nagato wanted to take?
"Ninja Miss, since you love peace so much, would you like to become a member of maintaining peace?"
"Maintaining peace?"
"That's right, I see you have extraordinary bones; you are definitely a one-in-ten-thousand Ninja prodigy. From now on, the important task of maintaining peace in the Ninja World will be entrusted to you. Stay with us and see. If you think this place is not bad, then we can work together to maintain world peace."
Bai Ye didn't expect to immediately impress Konan, but rather wanted Konan to think about it carefully, and then slowly tell Nagato about the changes here after she returned.
He believed that Nagato would also change, because wasn't the peace he wanted right here?
"Sorry, I haven't made up my mind yet."
Konan shook her head. She didn't plan to stay here and was preparing to leave soon.
"Alright, then we'll meet again if fate allows."
Bai Ye nodded in response. The two looked at each other, nodded, and then left.
Konan had observed enough here; it was time to go back and report the situation here to Nagato.
"Konan, you're too slow, aren't you?"
When Konan came out of the Land of Shinobi, Zetsu emerged from a tree trunk and looked at Konan, complaining.
He had already investigated everything and left, but to wait for Konan, he had waited outside for several days. If he didn't know that Konan was a staunch supporter of Nagato, he would have thought Konan was going to betray them.
After all, it doesn't take that long to investigate intelligence, and this period of time was also relatively chaotic, making it much easier to investigate intelligence.
"Let's go."
Konan glanced at Zetsu. She had always shown little good grace towards those associated with the Masked Man.
Finally, looking at the direction of the Ninja Village, Konan suppressed the last trace of emotion in her heart. In Konan's opinion, she was indeed moved by Bai Ye for a moment.
He described it very well, but unfortunately, she couldn't possibly stay.
"How cold!"
White Zetsu pouted and didn't say much. He was already used to Konan's attitude.
The two quickly rushed back to the Akatsuki Organization and then reported the intelligence they had gathered from the Land of Shinobi to Nagato.
Zetsu's main focus was on the Jinchuriki issue.
"Currently, all Nine Tailed Beasts have been returned to Konoha!"
There were still some small countries that possessed Tailed Beasts, but now all the Tailed Beasts have been collected in Konoha.
Jinchuriki would not be monitored, but they could not leave the Village for the time being. Moreover, according to previously gathered information, it seemed that Bai Ye was considering extracting the Tailed Beasts while ensuring the Jinchuriki's lives would not be harmed.
This was done under the premise of returning the Tailed Beasts to freedom while also keeping the Jinchuriki alive.
This received unanimous approval from the Jinchuriki. Many perfect Jinchuriki had actually become friends with their Tailed Beasts, so they naturally wanted to see the Tailed Beasts have freedom. And for the former Kages, they no longer cared.
After all, Tailed Beasts were no longer strategic targets, so there was no need to create Jinchuriki anymore.
Similarly, the Tailed Beasts were even more excited. No one doesn't want freedom. Although they still couldn't leave this vicinity even after the seal was released, it was at least much better than being confined within the Jinchuriki's bodies before.
Black Zetsu believed there was a way to extract the Jinchuriki, but whether Bai Ye could master it was another matter.
At the same time, this actually reduced the difficulty for them, as Jinchuriki were even harder to deal with than Tailed Beasts.
"So, to collect the Nine Tailed Beasts now, we have to go to war directly with Konoha?"
Obito actually wanted to start a war, but thinking about his own combat power, he probably wasn't Bai Ye's opponent. The Akatsuki Organization was even less likely to be the opponent of the current Ninja Alliance. What would they fight with?
He had 100,000 White Zetsu, but lacked high-end combat power. He absolutely needed to revive those guys, and recently they also needed to provide materials, otherwise Orochimaru's experiments wouldn't progress so quickly.
"Let's just leave it like this for now. We can't start a war."
Nagato directly refused. What a joke! He knew very well that he couldn't win against Nine Tailed Beasts + Bai Ye + other Kages, no matter how arrogant he was!
First of all, if the opponent didn't die, his own body would be dragged down.
Even with the Akatsuki Organization added, it would be the same.
"Then we can only investigate intelligence for now and wait for the right moment to act!"
Regarding this, Obito and the others were not in a hurry. Since they had already cooperated with Orochimaru, he could continue to wait.
As long as the opportunity was right, it wouldn't be impossible to directly seize Nagato's Rinnegan then.
Anyway, Uchiha Madara would eventually need to be revived, but Madara in Edo Tensei state was more beneficial to him.
So, Nagato's Rinnegan, he had to keep it himself in the end!
After the two left, Nagato also asked Konan about the situation in Konoha.
Had that place truly entered the so-called era of peace?
And after listening to Konan's recent observations, a hint of longing flashed across Nagato's face. This seemed to be the peace he had always sought.
It seemed that peace had truly arrived. Should he still capture Tailed Beasts then?
If he continued to capture them, it would only ignite a war. And after experiencing this war, others seemed to have also felt the Pain, understood the Pain, and knew that peace was hard-won.
"Konan, do you think we still need to execute this plan?"
Nagato recalled the time when he, Yahiko, and Konan had just founded the Akatsuki Organization.
It seemed that they thought that way back then. Although Yahiko's method was to persuade the Ninja Villages to stop fighting, after Yahiko's death, he changed his policy.
But now, for him, it seemed that the plan was no longer necessary to execute.
"Nagato, I support you."
After some hesitation, Konan finally decided to support Nagato.
No matter whether Nagato decided to start a war or anything else, she would unconditionally support Nagato.
And after hearing Konan's words, Nagato hesitated, then looked at Konan with determined eyes and said, "We don't have a chance to start the plan temporarily. While the organization is still preparing, why don't you go to Konoha for a while? He invited you anyway. Just observe in Konoha and see if it's really as Bai Ye said.
If possible, try to climb higher. Only at the top can you understand more."