Konoha: Unable to learn ninjutsu, they had to develop their own.

but now.

He had to admit that this guy named Yagyu Chiba was really skilled, and he wasn't sure he could beat him, but retreating like this would be too much of a loss.

Let's not even talk about Nagato.

One hundred thousand White Zetsu—that was his hard-earned fortune!

They mobilized all their forces this time, yet they still failed to take the lead. Instead, Konoha turned the tables on them, cutting them down like vegetables. Now, their momentum is irreversible, and they're practically on the verge of being chased down and attacked.

He remained silent for a few seconds.

"Let's go take a look first."

……

He used the blade attached to the Truth-Seeking Ball to cut the black rod and removed the remnants of the black rod for Nagato, then successfully completed the surgery for Nagato.

"what happened?"

"It's nothing. Obito can be ruthless when he gets angry. He risked his body to break through the blockade between me and Kakashi, but it's not a big problem."

Chiba withdrew his hand.

He sealed his eyes shut and then said, "Open your eyes and see, how is it?"

Nagato opened his eyes.

He was not as clear-headed as before, but the terrible burden had disappeared from his body. The black rods behind him were removed one by one and then replaced with white Zetsu cells.

For him, losing the Rinnegan didn't seem to be such a big deal.

Nagato looked behind him.

What do we do with this?

"I'm thinking about it too."

Chiba is having a headache.

The Rinnegan can be sealed or destroyed, but this thing cannot; it is the shell of the Ten-Tails and the body of Kaguya Otsutsuki.

He wanted to destroy her, but he couldn't do it himself.

but.

Chiba reconsidered.

If we can kill Black Zetsu or Obito, then it doesn't seem to matter if we don't seal the Gedo Mazo.

The Gedo Mazo can become the Ten-Tails by absorbing the power of the Tailed Beasts.

but.

As long as it is not given enough Ten-Tails chakra, it cannot actually produce much destructive power, but it can still activate some of the Ten-Tails' characteristics.

So……

It has the potential to be sealed away.

of course.

Whoever wants to be the Ten-Tails' Jinchūriki can be, he certainly won't.

Too dangerous!

"Seal him off, but not now. Send him to the Death Forest first; it's safer there. A major battle might break out here soon, you..."

Chiba looked at Nagato.

Although Nagato has broken free from the Gedo Mazo and received some chakra replenishment, making him less weak than before, he is still far from healthy.

after all.

Three feet frozen, not a cold day.

As a member of the Uzumaki clan, Nagato already struggled to carry the Rinnegan and the Gedo Mazo, and the current Gedo Mazo is quite different from the one Madara had back then.

Madara uses the Gedo Mazo, from which he can obtain life force feedback. This is why he was able to live from the time of Hashirama Senju until Obito appeared.

Nagato won't do.

He was more of a receiver.

He hasn't run out of energy over the years, which is a testament to the special physique of the Whirlpool Clan.

"Let me take you back to Xiaonan's place first."

"Xiao Nan? Do you know where she is?"

"Of course she's looking for you."

Chiba said.

He had previously carved the Flying Thunder God mark on Xiaonan's paper. Although the shadow later disappeared, the Flying Thunder God mark itself never truly vanishes.

The same applies to Obito.

"it is good."

Nagato hesitated for a moment, then finally nodded.

He didn't know if his choice was right or wrong, and at this moment he was actually a little afraid to face Xiao Nan, but no matter what—he still had to let Xiao Nan know that he was alright.

……

"Where did it go? How did it disappear again!"

Xiao Nan was extremely anxious.

Nagato!

Nagato was one of her few remaining "relatives" in the world. If Nagato also died, she really didn't know what to do.

perhaps--

"If we really can't find him, we might as well go and fight Obito. Anyway, Yahiko will definitely die because of his conspiracy."

Xiao Nan felt a pang of sadness.

Just now.

A ripple appeared in the space, and the surrounding papers were drawn towards it.

It's that guy again?

All the surrounding paper was instantly replaced with explosive tags.

Xiao Nan is ready.

The moment the opponent flew over with his Thunder God technique, she used explosive tags to hit him twice.

Even Chiba...

wrong.

That guy really isn't afraid of explosive tags!

Xiao Nan was extremely annoyed.

As she hesitated, the space-time tunnel was completed, and a figure appeared.

"Ok?"

Xiao Nan was about to detonate it, but upon closer inspection—

"Nagato? How could it be you!"

"you are not!"

Xiao Nan was both surprised and delighted.

To his surprise, Nagato returned safely, but his eyes and the Gedo Mazo were gone; to his delight, however, were the two missing as well.

Before she could say anything, Nagato said, "If you don't catch me, I'll die."

Their voices faded into the distance.

Konan immediately transformed into a piece of flying paper, supporting Nagato, and then slowly coalesced into her true form.

She was overjoyed: "Nagato, I, I'm so happy!"

"I'm sorry, Minami. I can't achieve Yahiko's goal, and perhaps a peaceful world is impossible."

Nagato said guiltily.

In the end, he essentially surrendered. Otherwise, even if he couldn't defeat Chiba, he could at least have self-destructed or sent his eyes into the Gedo Mazo.

to be honest.

He himself doesn't have much fighting spirit, and there's a hint of him giving up.

Konan comforted her, saying, "How could that be? We tried our best, but in the end, there was really no way. And do you know that the current route is the right one? Who knows, Madara or Obito might lead us to a different path in the end."

"That's what you said."

Nagato was not good with words, and his previous ideas were mostly inherited from Yahiko. He also put himself in Yahiko's mindset and thought about what Yahiko would say.

Facing Xiao Nan...

He couldn't bring himself to say those words.

They stood on clouds formed of paper, looking down below, when Nagato's eyes sharpened.

"Look over there!"

"what happened?"

"It looks like it's Scorpion and Kabuto."

“Let’s go take a look, if we can help fix it—uh, I forgot you’re blind.”

"I still know some ninjutsu."

Nagato thought for a moment and said, "Let's go take a look; maybe we can help."

They descended halfway before discovering that Obito had also appeared.

Xiao Nan immediately stopped, sealed them off with paper, and completely disguised them as the sky.