Konoha: Starting with a sign-in for Hashirama cells

If you want to see Madara, why don't you just come find him?

"Knowing Madara, knowing that I created six clones of Madara, and being able to influence the Akatsuki's actions, there's only one person I can think of who fits these criteria."

Naruto took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and used his senses to observe Kaguya's chakra deep within his body.

"It was my negligence that gave you an opportunity, allowing you to let Black Zetsu escape without anyone noticing," Naruto said.

"It was discovered so quickly. What is Black Zetsu doing? We can't be more discreet," Kaguya thought, and said calmly, "You've deceived me quite a bit. Consider this a return gift."

"We really can't afford to be careless at all." Naruto sighed. He had been extremely cautious, but he hadn't expected this...

After thinking for a moment, Naruto formed hand seals.

The power of the Rinnegan.

Senjutsu Chakra.

It is being consumed, like a waterfall cascading down.

“Spiritualism, heretical statues.”

Bang!

The smoke cleared.

The enormous, chakra-less Ten-Tails husk, the Gedo Mazo, sat cross-legged on the sea, its hands and feet bound by chains.

“With the Rinnegan, we can control the Gedo Mazo. Just in case, it’s safer to keep it under our own control,” Naruto said.

"By the way, Nine-Lama, if you move in, will you be able to control it?"

“No,” Nine Lama said.

"It is the source of chakra, which can be compared to a dried-up ocean. No matter how vast my chakra is, it cannot shake it in the slightest."

"On the contrary, it will promote its awakening. My chakra itself originates from it."

“Outside, I can be free, but if I go inside, I will fall into a deep sleep and be unable to do anything.”

So how should we deal with the demonic statue of the heretic?

Should it be placed outside?

That's not safe.

As Naruto was pondering this, the Gedo Mazo suddenly vanished into thin air. He was startled, but quickly realized, "Nagato?"

Since it's Nagato, if we try to summon him again, he'll be summoned back immediately, which would be a waste of effort.

"Let's go to Amegakure."

Have an open and honest talk with this senior brother from the Nagato sect. If the talk doesn't work out, then take action.

While we're at it, let's find Black Zetsu and seal him away.

After thinking it over, Naruto changed into his tracksuit, activated the Flying Thunder God Technique, and jumped to a place outside the Land of Rain, where the heavy rain couldn't reach.

Earlier, Kotoamatsukami had two or three more uses left and had considered controlling Konan to obtain a large amount of funds.

During that time, the shadow clone often lingered in the vicinity, trying to lure Xiao Nan out by using the mission.

Unfortunately, it did not succeed.

"Huh?" Naruto looked up and murmured, "The rain has stopped..."

Meanwhile, Xiao Nan, who was busy in the office, also noticed this phenomenon.

"The rain has stopped! What happened?"

I put down my pen, got up, and went to the window.

As the rain stopped, the sky cleared, and a rainbow appeared, Xiao Nan frowned.

The Rain Tiger Free Technique was used by Pain to monitor Amegakure and also to block external perception.

Whether in Amegakure or traveling far away for a period of time, this technique will not stop.

Puzzled, Konan went to find Payne, wanting to know the reason.

"Pain, Payne."

Seeing no response from Payne, Konan moved closer.

His face suddenly changed.

Pain was created using Yahiko's corpse. The reason he possessed the Rinnegan was because Nagato transmitted his eye power and chakra remotely through chakra rods.

In other words, if the transmission is cut off on Nagato's side, then Yahiko will not have the Rinnegan.

Was there something wrong with Yahiko's body, or...?

Thinking this, Xiao Nan found five more paths and saw that the eyes and hair of these people had all returned to their original state.

"problem occurs!"

Feeling uneasy, Konan rushed to the secret room where Nagato was as fast as she could.

Instead of seeing Nagato, Konan was startled to see a tall, unfamiliar man. She exclaimed, "Who are you! Where are you here?!"

"I don't know, I'm looking for him too," Naruto said.

"You're looking for him too..." Xiao Nan's eyes were full of suspicion.

Nagato has disappeared without a trace, and then a mysterious person appears, claiming that the two are completely unrelated—nobody would believe that.

Furthermore, the appearance of this mysterious person at such a crucial moment is highly suspicious.

“Refusing to tell the truth…” Konan’s body began to turn into paper. She suppressed her worry for Nagato and focused all her attention on Naruto’s back.

"Then I'll find the answer myself."

A large number of white papers suddenly scattered, covering Naruto with overwhelming force, enveloping him and surrounding him.

Immediately afterwards, some of the paper tightened, wrapping Naruto up like a mummy.

"If you don't want to die, answer my question honestly: Where are the people here?"

Konan, still in her paper form, revealed half of her body, floating in mid-air. With her right hand, she made a grasping motion, conjuring a paper spear that she aimed at Naruto's neck.

"Even if you say that," Naruto said, "I don't know, I still don't know, I just arrived."

"You just arrived and people are already disappearing? What a coincidence!" Xiao Nan said coldly.

"I know you're better than me at taking him away silently, but don't be so arrogant. Believe me, I'll take you down with me."

“Calm down, listen to me…” Naruto said.

“Answer my question,” Xiao Nan interrupted. “Don’t change the subject. This area is already full of explosive tags. If you say another word, I’ll detonate them right now.”

Naruto was exasperated. He wanted to talk things out properly, but why was it so difficult?

With a snap, Naruto clasped his hands together and formed hand seals at top speed.

Xiao Nan was shocked. She hadn't expected that even though she was trapped by her magic, she could still move and seemed completely unaffected.

"Immortal Technique, Toad Oil Bomb."

This is a technique unique to Mount Myōboku, which can refine chakra into oil.

Oil is the best medium to break the paper escape, making it impossible for Konan to maintain her paper form that grants immunity to physical attacks.

Naruto was too fast, far surpassing Konan. Before Konan could react, she was engulfed by the oncoming river of oil.

"Hungry Ghost Realm".

Naruto grabbed Konan, who was forced to leave the paper form, and extracted her chakra.

To prevent Xiao Nan from actually detonating the nearby explosive tags, he took her with him and activated the Flying Thunder God Technique to jump to another location.

Chapter 161 Activating the Ten-Tails

"The power of the Rinnegan!" Konan exclaimed in disbelief, her voice hoarse with rage.

"you!"

"Kill Nagato! Take his eyes!"

"Ahhh!"

"I will not let you go! I will never let you go!"

"Senior sister, look closely, our Rinnegan are different." Naruto said, "This one was awakened by me. See, it can be turned off."

Xiao Nan was stunned.

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Naruto Uzumaki, and Jiraiya is my teacher," Naruto said.

"For some reason, I wanted to keep the demon statue of the heretic with me. It was just summoned here, but it was summoned away again not long after."

"So I thought I'd come and talk to my senior brother, but who knew I wouldn't see a soul in sight. Then you rushed to the scene."

Looking at Naruto's azure Rinnegan, his Konoha headband, and listening to Naruto's explanation, Konan remained silent.

“My ninja certificate is at home. If you don’t believe me, I’ll take you to see my master and confront him face to face,” Naruto said.

"No need," Xiao Nan said sullenly.

Given their current position, the other party is the butcher, and she is the fish on the chopping block, at their mercy. There is absolutely no reason for her to lie to or deceive her.

If it's truly a lie, a deception, then what kind of bored and twisted sense of humor would someone have to resort to?

Is it fun to toy with your defeated opponents or prisoners?

After clearing up the misunderstanding, Naruto absorbed the oil from Konan's body. This oil was extracted from chakra and could be absorbed by the Preta Path.

With a flash of golden light, they took Konan back to the secret room where Nagato usually stayed.

“I’ve sensed it, and there’s nothing unusual. Can you check if there are any clues?” Naruto said.

He arrived earlier than Konan, and his Sage Mode brought him super-strong sensory abilities, including Chakra Perception Technique, Spirit Transformation Technique (passive), and Soul Perception.

I used all the available perception methods, but gained nothing.

Having had a lot of chakra drained by Naruto, Konan, feeling somewhat weak, barely mustered her strength, collected all the papers, and carefully observed them.

After a long pause, he said dejectedly and with difficulty, "No..."