I am the new Hokage of Konoha.

Within the Akatsuki organization, as Nagato's partner, I devoted myself to following him closely, precisely to prevent "Uchiha Madara," the only one who knew them inside and out, from attacking Nagato.

For this reason, she specially developed the God Paper Technique.

As a ninjutsu capable of transforming paper into any object, and even disguising 6000 billion explosive tags as the ocean, which even the Mangekyou Sharingan cannot detect, it is the reason why Konan identified Pain's greatest weakness and why Nagato's true form has been protected and hidden so well for so many years.

Even Madara Uchiha, who was often in Amegakure, could not detect Nagato's location unless the two sides met on their own initiative.

However, they were discovered and forced their way in.

Unexpectedly, and given that Nagato was at his weakest at the moment, Konan had no choice but to be extremely cautious.

"Now is not the time to talk about this." As Obito Uchiha said this, he glanced slightly at Black Zetsu beside him.

He didn't know Nagato's exact location at first, until Black Zetsu told him.

As for why the latter knew this...

As two key pieces in Madara's plan to revive Nagato, Obito was equally crucial since a binding curse had been planted in his heart. Madara would surely have a hidden plan in mind, as Obito would use the Rinne Rebirth technique to revive Nagato.

After all, the prerequisite for using the Samsara Rebirth Technique is to sacrifice one's own life, and who can completely guarantee that Nagato will not do it at that time?

Before his death, Madara Uchiha revealed his secret plan for dealing with Nagato to Black Zetsu, who believed him to be the embodiment of his will.

Black Zetsu, who had just realized the situation was dire, also secretly told Obito Nagato's location.

"Senju Yunting will be here soon. The most important thing now is to get you to safety." Obito Uchiha said this with mixed feelings.

Although he had considered it beforehand, he was still quite disheartened when he learned that Payne had actually lost.

If Pain's Rinnegan couldn't defeat Senju Kumo-tei, then who in the entire ninja world could stop him?

Yourself?

While complete Kamui might make him virtually invincible, it's probably far from enough to defeat Senju Untei, who is well aware of his abilities.

Four shadows?

He's not even as good as her.

As for teaming up, a perfect Wood Release technique is not afraid of teaming up at all.

Moreover, facing such an opponent, one plus one cannot bring about a qualitative change.

So who else could it be?

On his way to Nagato's location as quickly as possible, Obito Uchiha kept pondering this question.

With Senju Untei around, not only would Nagato's ideals be impossible to realize, but so would Nagato's.

Create a world with Lin.

This is the only goal that has kept me alive all these years.

Therefore, it is not too late to sever the last ties with the past and pay a higher price.

so......

At that moment, after saying these words to Konan, Obito Uchiha glanced at Black Zetsu again, who gave him a subtle nod.

Earlier on the way, Black Zetsu had given him a suggestion.

That means reviving Madara Uchiha ahead of schedule!

To be honest, when faced with the growing strength of Konoha's forces, led by Senju Kumo-tei, Obito Uchiha had previously considered reviving Madara.

However, compared to having the resurrected Madara lead the Eye of the Moon Project, he preferred to control the Infinite Tsukuyomi himself.

After all, it's never good to be controlled by others.

Just like in the Fourth Shinobi World War in the original manga, if Orochimaru hadn't taken it upon himself to resurrect Madara Uchiha using the Impure World Reincarnation technique, Obito probably wouldn't have had the idea of ​​reviving Madara at all.

In comparison, he, possessing the Rinnegan, preferred to do it himself.

But things are different now than they used to be.

Knowing that Pain, who had mastered the power of the Rinnegan, was utterly defeated by Senju Kumo-no-Tsubasa, and that Akatsuki's plan to capture the Tailed Beasts was only just beginning and still largely unfinished.

Without external help, the Akatsuki organization would likely disintegrate quickly under Konoha's targeting.

By then, capturing the tailed beasts will undoubtedly be much more difficult.

Not to mention that the most powerful Nine-Tails is still under the control of Konoha.

If that's the case, then the ending I'm hoping for is almost impossible to achieve.

Therefore, even if I am unwilling, I can only choose the best option at the moment.

At least it still has the possibility of being realized.

After all, that was Uchiha Madara, the former rival of Senju Hashirama, the master of the Rinnegan, and whose strength was even greater than when he fought Hashirama!

Having already made up his mind, Obito Uchiha saw Nagato and Konan and urged them again, "Time is of the essence. To avoid being captured by the Senju Cloud Court, I'll send you into the Kamui dimension first. Even if they come, it will be too late. Let's hurry!"

As he spoke, he stepped forward, releasing a wave of divine power from the kaleidoscope in his right eye, which was still adorned with the orange spiral mask.

Once Nagato enters the Kamui dimension, he will be completely at my mercy.

Just as Obito Uchiha was about to take another step, a white wall made of paper suddenly appeared in front of him.

Meanwhile, Nagato, wrapped in the paper, quickly flew behind Konan, deliberately creating distance between them.

"What does it mean?"

Obito Uchiha paused and looked at Konan.

Konan replied coldly, "I will protect Nagato; you don't need to worry about him. As for the danger to Senju Kumo-tei, I will take Nagato away first. If Madara is truly willing, then please hold him off for us. As someone who once fought against Senju Hashirama, you should be able to stall for time when facing a junior."

Even now, with an unstoppable external enemy looming, her wariness of "Madara" has not diminished at all; in fact, it has intensified after witnessing what just happened.

The reason is that every ninja has a desire to explore the Rinnegan.

Even if the "spot" of the past did not have greed for some reason, it does not mean that he will not have it now that times have changed.

Therefore, after spending so much time together, Xiao Nan, who had also gained considerable knowledge of Ban's abilities, chose to refuse without hesitation.

Upon seeing this, Obito Uchiha narrowed his eyes.

Chapter 201 Nagato, Don't Blame Me

"Nagato, is this your intention?"

Obito Uchiha turned his head and asked Nagato, who was behind Konan.

Nagato, who had forcibly suppressed a cough, raised his head and spoke in his usual Pain-like tone in front of outsiders: "Konan's meaning is my meaning. Also, Mr. Madara, your actions today have crossed the line."

“Is that so? But the situation is too critical right now.” Obito Uchiha shook his head and finally advised, “For your safety’s sake, I should take you away. Nagato, you should trust me.”

"Hehe~~" Nagato chuckled meaningfully.

Xiao Nan's attitude was even clearer.

Swish swish swish~~~

In an instant, countless pieces of paper flew out from the disguised tree, transforming into paper shuriken that pointed at Obito and Zetsu amidst a series of rapidly spinning, air-piercing sounds.

"Oh dear~~ How did things get to this point! We're all on the same side, let's not fight~~" White Zetsu shouted exaggeratedly upon seeing this scene.

Black Zetsu narrowed his eyes, realizing he would have to resort to force!

Obito Uchiha shared the same thought.

He didn't even glance at the paper shuriken scattered around him, but stared at Nagato, his tone turning cold as he said, "Over the years, I taught you the knowledge of the Rinnegan, I informed you of the Ten-Tails, and I contributed to the growth and expansion of the Akatsuki. Everything I've done has been for our shared ideals. Therefore, I absolutely cannot tolerate the plan being abandoned halfway."

"So, Nagato, no matter what you think right now, for the sake of the bigger picture, even if you are unwilling, I have to do it."

After saying that, Obito strode towards Nagato, ready to take action.

Whoosh!Whoosh!Whoosh!

Without any hesitation, Xiao Nan unleashed a barrage of paper shurikens at the two of them.

"Don't hurt the innocent! You guys fight all you want, I'll just watch the show from the sidelines."

Bai Jue covered his head while manipulating his body to sink into the ground.

Black did not stop them.

Faced with Konan's attacks, Obito Uchiha allowed the paper shuriken to pierce through his body.

"A relentless attack? You seem to know my strengths, but unfortunately, your information is outdated."

Now that he possesses both Kamui abilities, his weakness of only being able to Hollowen for five minutes is no longer present. In addition, Hashirama cells can replenish the child's energy consumption, so this attack alone is completely insufficient to stop him.

Ignoring everything around him, Obito continued charging towards Nagato.

Konan was unaware that Obito's abilities had been fully restored.

Knowing that Madara possessed the ability to become intangible, and without having prepared 500 billion explosive tags, she knew she was unlikely to be able to defeat him. All she could think of was delaying him while taking Nagato away.

Splash!

The thousands of paper pieces that made up the tree collapsed instantly, crashing heavily into the mound of earth.

Taking advantage of this moment, countless pieces of paper flew from Xiao Nan's back, instantly condensing into two enormous angel wings.

With a flap of her wings, she was about to fly away with Nagato.

"No way~ No way~ Zetsu and Madara-sama didn't just let that cold-blooded woman get away like that, did they? That's so lame!"

Not far away, a white Zetsu, who was assigned to stand guard and relay messages at any time, heard the noise behind him and subconsciously turned around. When he saw this scene, he couldn't help but mutter to himself.

"It's not over yet. It's not good to jump to conclusions right away."

Suddenly, a hoarse voice reached its ears.

"Is that so?" the white Zetsu replied instinctively.

As soon as it finished speaking, it suddenly realized something was wrong and turned around sharply. Instantly, it saw the giant snake's gaping maw swallow it whole.

Beside him, a man named Orochimaru patted the giant snake's bulging belly and chuckled, "I've been wanting to dissect you on the lab table for a while now."

Orochimaru was no stranger to this strange creature with the aura of Wood Release, which he had conducted many Wood Release experiments with Danzo's sponsorship, and naturally wanted to study it carefully.

It was inconvenient before.

Now, having already harbored ulterior motives, he naturally acted without restraint.