Being a rogue ninja is worse than being Hokage.

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"So, you, who are always by Nagato's side protecting his frail body, are here alone—Pain and his men have vanished, and Amegakure is in this terrible state again..."

Obito Uchiha's gaze was fixed on the raindrops falling from the sky.

Ever since Nagato transformed into Pain and reigned supreme over Amegakure in the name of "God," the rain has become his eyes and ears.

But now, the rain falling on Amegakure is so crystal clear under the Sharingan's powerful perception, without even a trace of chakra impurity.

"...Nagato is dead, isn't he?"

The use of Rain Tiger Free Technique ended with the death of Nagato, who possessed the Rinnegan.

Xiao Nan responded with actions instead of words.

Countless paper shuriken rained down on Obito Uchiha while he was distracted by the raindrops.

But such an attack was ultimately futile against Obito Uchiha.

The paper shuriken did hit Obito Uchiha's body, but they immediately passed right through him without causing any real damage.

"If you obediently return the Rinnegan, I might let you die without suffering so much."

Although she was still unclear about the cause of Nagato's death because she had lost contact with White Zetsu, Konan had no reason to fear Obito Uchiha without the Pain.

"The Rinnegan belongs to Nagato; it's a treasure of Akatsuki and Amegakure. Don't talk about it as if it were your own!"

The paper shuriken was just a feint; the real attack came from Konan herself!

The Dance of the Shikigami allows Konan to transform her body into countless pieces of paper, which she can move and change at will!

Now, countless pieces of paper are being swept towards Uchiha Obito.

"You little girl are underestimating the Uchiha clan's eyesight."

There was no need to sense it at all; simply observing with his crimson eyes, Konan's true form, hidden within the dance of shikigami formed from countless pieces of paper, was exposed to Uchiha Obito from the very beginning.

With a physical reaction matching the Sharingan's keen perception, Obito Uchiha easily grabbed Konan's neck the moment her true form approached him.

Once restrained, Konan immediately prepared to use Shikigami Dance again to disperse her main body.

But how could Obito let her escape so easily?!

Upon confirming that Konan had been captured, Kamui was activated through Obito's right eye.

The spiral of distorted space began to suck Xiao Nan in.

Luring and capturing enemies and imprisoning them in the Kamui dimension was a consistent tactic of Obito's.

Konan, who had worked with Obito in the Akatsuki organization for a long time, was also very clear about this.

This is exactly the opportunity she's been waiting for!

A large number of explosive tags are mixed in with the white paper of Shikigami Dance in Konan's main body!

Her initial goal was to have Obito absorb her!

With her plan succeeding, Konan began injecting explosive tags into the spiral of space that Obito had distorted!

The detonator exploded violently in the distorted space!

However, at this distance, Xiao Nan was also at the center of the explosion of the detonation tag.

From the very beginning, she was prepared to fight to the death and perish together with Obito Uchiha!

Obito, who accidentally sucked the explosive tag into the Kamui dimension, was forced to interrupt his space-time eye technique.

This also gave Xiao Nan a chance to catch her breath.

Obito's right hand, which was originally grabbing her, was shattered by the explosive tag. Konan immediately turned her body into pieces of paper, scattered them, and then reformed her body at a certain distance from Obito.

The explosive tag blew off Obito's right side.

Even though Konan's Shikigami Dance ability mitigated the impact of the exploding tags, her situation wasn't much better.

She only had time to condense her upper body, which consisted of only her head and a small portion of her chest.

The remaining "paper pieces" that make up Konan's body are explosive tags that Obito has already absorbed.

"Compared to Nagato, you have absolutely no talent as a ninja."

Although Obito, who survived the ordeal, was left in a sorry state by Konan's explosive tag attack.

Xiao Nan's attack undoubtedly failed.

Such a suicide attack will never work twice!

"Your strategy of trying to take the enemy down with you is a testament to your lack of skill as a ninja."

Obito Uchiha stood up on the lake again, his only remaining left hand supporting the spiral mask that had been somewhat damaged in the previous explosion.

His three-tomoe Sharingan has long since developed into the pattern of the Mangekyou Sharingan.

He stared intently at Konan with his Mangekyou Sharingan and said:

"Don't underestimate the power of the Uchiha's eyes, you naive little girl who only knows how to blindly obey Nagato!"

Konan's deliberate attack against Kamui had a good effect, but she still lost to the Sharingan's terrifying insight.

The failure of this attack, which inflicted heavy damage on both sides, did not discourage Xiao Nan.

She never imagined that Uchiha "Madara"—a legendary ninja who could be compared to "Shinobi God" Hashirama Senju—could be killed so easily.

The real highlight is yet to come.

"Ban, I have never underestimated your eyes."

Konan extends one hand, her fingers slightly spread, and chakra gathers in her hand through her meridians.

The next moment, Obito finally noticed the anomaly.

The lake beneath his feet suddenly parted.

In an instant, Obito lost his footing.

He was forced to fall to the bottom of the lake!

The lake, which was originally divided on both sides of the strip of soil like a straight cliff, suddenly turned into tons of stacked white paper.

"But don't overestimate your eyesight!"

Konan's words rang in Obito's ears.

Ninja Art: God's Paper Technique!

This technique takes the dance of shikigami to its extreme; the paper used as the medium for casting the spell can even be completely disguised as the vast lake surrounding Amegakure.

This is Konan's trump card, which she practiced countless times in order to kill Uchiha "Madara".

The lake was disguised by 6000 billion explosive tags, and the disguise was so sophisticated that even the Sharingan could not detect it.

"Your ability to penetrate matter lasts for five minutes. If you want to achieve the effect of spacetime travel by absorbing yourself, you need to materialize your body first. This is information that Nagato has repeatedly confirmed. And these 6000 billion explosive tags that I have carefully prepared will explode continuously for ten minutes!"

"In five minutes, once you materialize the explosive tag, it will attach to your body. Even if you want to use space-time ninjutsu, the explosion will follow!"

Detonating such a large number of explosive tags would almost exhaust Konan's own chakra.

However, the frequent and dense explosions of the detonating tags meant that Madara Uchiha would never be able to escape through his own eyes!

Just as Xiao Nan said, the explosions of the detonator continued for a full ten minutes.

The ten-minute God Paper Technique finally ended because Konan's chakra was insufficient.

Now, even the Shikigami Dance, which allows her to maintain immunity to physical attacks, is difficult for Konan.

"In that case, this battle is mine..."

Using her remaining chakra to keep her body afloat on the lake surface without sinking is already Konan's limit.

She was breathing heavily and weakly, and her exhausted body was causing Xiao Nan's spirit to begin to slacken as well.

Furthermore, Konan firmly believed that even a powerful ninja like Uchiha Madara would have no chance of survival against the continuous bombardment of 6000 billion explosive tags...

He must also be—

"—Is he dead?"

The deep voice that suddenly sounded behind Xiao Nan was like the most terrifying nightmare in a nightmare.

A simple rhetorical question was enough to send chills down Xiao Nan's spine, making even her soul tremble.

Uchiha "Madara"—he is still alive.

No matter how unreal or unbelievable the illusion.

But it is also an absolute fact.

In the past, Uchiha "Madara" appeared before Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan, claiming to be a vengeful spirit.

Could it be that he has already died once and is now able to escape the vengeful spirit of death?

"Haven't you considered that if Nagato deliberately allowed himself to be monitored by White Zetsu, I could do the same and expose my 'weakness' to him?"

The more severely shattered spiral mask had revealed the upper half of "Spot's" face.

He always appeared with a single-eye mask that only revealed his right eye, but unexpectedly, his hidden left eye was also a perfectly intact Sharingan.

But soon, under Konan's gaze, the three-tomoe Sharingan in her left eye lost its color and turned grayish-white.

His left eye is blind.

"I originally intended to save this technique for Nagato to prevent him from losing my control after he acquired the Rinnegan. But I never expected it would be used on you. It really is unpredictable."

To Xiao Nan's astonishment, a black iron rod pierced through her body from behind.

Blood mixed with rainwater and fell into the lake, scattering in an instant. In the blink of an eye, Xiao Nan's feet were covered in blood.

"I won!"

Obito Uchiha ruthlessly pronounced Konan's defeat in this battle.

Although Konan's special move to counter his trump card did indeed inflict considerable damage on Obito.

However, the final result was exactly as Obito had predicted.

He is the winner of this battle.

Next, use genjutsu to get information about the Rinnegan from Konan and then retrieve it.