Escaping the Mist Ninja starts with backstabbing your teacher.

"Live on! You and Xiao Nan must live on!"

A supreme curse, the final words of the dead, has been activated at this moment.

Yahiko's final words, falling into Nagato's ears who was still filled with fear and confusion, shattered all illusions and brought her back to reality.

pain!

It hurts so much!

This world, which should be destroyed, is filled with too many misfortunes. Faint hope always flickers, just a little, in the darkness.

This attracted countless malicious people, and those who hid in the darkness and could not see the light would do anything to extinguish that light.

Nagato never had any goals or ideals; he just wanted to live well with Yahiko and Konan, and cherish this small happiness.

All he needed to do was watch Yahiko's back and follow him.

But now, Yahiko is dead, he died at his hands, and the faint light has been extinguished.

He tried desperately to protect it, desperately to hold on, but he couldn't stop it, and ultimately he was completely plunged into darkness.

Endless darkness engulfed Nagato's heart; he could do nothing, he could do nothing!

Ah!

Ahhhhh!

A silent cry echoed in Nagato's heart, leaving him standing frozen in place, unresponsive to the outside world.

This was observed by Hanzo, who was standing on high ground. He chuckled inwardly, thinking, "What a naive bunch! They actually trust the enemy."

They were ninjas, people who would stop at nothing to achieve their goals, all for the sake of their missions. How could they trust him based on a few words and just throw their lives away like that?

Now that Yahiko is dead, the remaining two are no longer of any use, and the Akatsuki must be completely eliminated.

"Let's do it!"

Upon receiving the order, the Rain Ninjas standing nearby threw out their kunai.

Nagato reacted instinctively, raising his hand and slightly opening his purple Rinnegan, an invisible repulsive force resisting the attack.

This instinctive use gave him a better understanding of the Rinnegan, which Nagato had no idea how to use.

Only when faced with a crisis will that instinct bring out their abilities.

Looking up and staring intently at Hanzo, Nagato felt nothing but endless rage. He gripped the kunai in his hand tightly, the blood of Yahiko on it washed away by the rain.

Save Xiao Nan, and... kill him!

Nagato had only one thought in his mind, and he leaped into the air, heading straight for his opponent.

When Hanzo saw the power of Nagato's defensive kunai, he was startled and retreated without hesitation in the face of the attack.

As expected, the other party did not give chase at all, but prioritized their companion and took the woman away.

Well then, it wasn't a waste of the trap he left behind; let's both of them perish here!

Hanzo slammed his hand on the ground, and the area where Konan and Nagato were located instantly turned into a vortex, with explosive tags appearing one after another, sweeping and entangling around them.

Nagato pulled Konan up, but he couldn't care less about himself. His feet were entangled in explosive tags, so he used the repulsive force he had just mastered to defend himself again.

boom!

Countless explosive tags detonated, engulfing Nagato and Konan.

……

Meanwhile, on the other side, Izumi and his two companions, who were on their way to Amegakure, immediately noticed the commotion nearby.

The three of them stopped in their tracks instantly. Izumi's right eye bulged with veins, and he activated his Byakugan, constantly looking in the direction he had sensed.

"Hmm? This is...?"

A colossal figure was summoned out; the withered, bizarre, and terrifying monster was none other than the Gedo Mazo summoned by Nagato, which was also the Ten-Tailed Divine Tree.

At the same time, he saw Hanzo and Danzo, which made him snort coldly in his heart, and he turned his attention back to Nagato.

The enormous Chatonra within the opponent's body was being continuously absorbed by the Gedo Mazo, causing the opponent to become noticeably thinner.

This made him sigh, "As expected of the Uzumaki clan, only such a Chatonra could make the heretical demon absorb like this."

Although it was a step late, it wasn't too late, or rather, it was just the right time.

"Walk!"

With a low shout, Izumi grabbed Momona from the illusory skeleton, and chakra erupted from beneath his feet as he sped forward.

The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, having absorbed Nagato's chakra and even life force, finally activated, opening its ferocious maw and spewing out countless illusory dragons.

It swept away all the Rain Ninjas who attacked, extracting their souls and leaving only their empty bodies that crashed to the ground.

This caused Hanzo's pupils to shrink. The technique was incomprehensible, and the power was terrifying. Could this be the power of the Sage's Eye?

Faced with the attack, he did not hesitate or resist at all, and directly used the Body Flicker Technique, consuming a large amount of chakra to dodge.

Evacuate, we must evacuate. If he dies, we'll have nothing left. This kind of power is simply beyond his ability to resist.

This man, who was known as a "demigod" in the ninja world, turned and ran without the slightest hesitation.

Not far away, Danzo, who had witnessed all of this, was also extremely wary and dodged the attack from the phantom dragon.

Their gaze fell upon the Rain Ninja who had died silently, and they finally issued the order to evacuate.

Based on his guess, it was probably a kind of "Spirit Transformation Technique" similar to the "Severance Technique," a ninjutsu that directly attacks the soul and is impossible to defend against.

He valued his life and didn't want to die here, so he could only curse inwardly that he shouldn't have come here himself.

"Watch out, Lord Danzo!"

Just as he was about to leave, an ANBU ninja appeared in front of him and tackled him to the ground.

boom!

A violent explosion rang out, and the aftershocks sent Danzo flying into the air before he crashed heavily to the ground.

As he got up again, he looked at his subordinate lying on top of him, whose back was covered with bone spurs, and his pupils immediately contracted.

Taketori Izumi River! ?

A name surfaced in his mind: the power of the Corpse Bone Clan. Had his men failed? Why had they come here?

Despite some doubts in his mind, the sensations continued unabated, with explosions raining down on the area.

Danzo, like a scrambling rat, desperately tried to evade him, which fueled Danzo's anger.

Fortunately, none of these attacks were as terrifying as the previous one, and the blast radius was also smaller.

"Earth Release. Earthflow Wall!"

The Root ninjas, recovering from the explosion, rushed to Danzo's aid and defend against the attack.

"Lord Danzo, there is an unknown enemy. We must evacuate!"

Danzo, his face ashen, had no idea where the attack came from, but he couldn't expose his arms or eyes.

He could only glare fiercely at the direction of the attack, then look warily at Nagato. He swallowed his anger for now, but he would definitely get his revenge later.

Meanwhile, Izumi, still some distance away, continued firing his bone bow, his only means of attacking from an extremely long distance.

Even rushing there at top speed, they were still unable to stop Danzo, who, upon witnessing the power of the Gedo Mazo, was solely focused on escaping.