Traveling through Nagato, from conquering Konan to dominating the ninja world

"No need." Nagato smiled and said, "There's no need to spend time looking after them."

Xiaonan put down his hands and asked in confusion: "Then... should we find a place to tie them up?"

Now without a stable rear base, it will be difficult to handle these details.

Nagato smiled and said, "No need. I have already thought about how to arrange for them since I decided to capture them."

Konan: "Don't tell me... you want to hand them over to Orochimaru?"

"No, we can't cause him any more trouble."

Perrin walked forward, took out the spiritual contract of the Animal Realm, took the hands of the three of them, and pressed their handprints one by one.

Putting away the scroll, Perrin said harmlessly, "This way, no matter where they run to, I can bring them back with just a few moves, just like flying a kite, hehe..."

"Is that so? It's really amazing that you could think of this." Xiaonan was completely convinced.

Nagato strode over to Konan and smiled.

"Hot spring, let's go~."

Chapter 42 Let's Choose This One

The night was dark.

In Konoha Village, Minato summoned the clan leaders of each major clan and the village's jonin to hold a meeting to discuss the attack on Konoha that occurred the other night.

"I'm sorry to waste your precious rest time, but we haven't figured out the enemy's identity and motives in the previous invasion. It's time to gather intelligence and take targeted measures."

"But before that, there is something I want to report to you all."

Minato said solemnly: "The Book of Sealed, after joint confirmation by me and the Third Generation, has six and a half techniques that were taken away by the enemy!"

"Why do you say... six and a half?"

"That half is my Flying Thunder God Jutsu."

"That page was torn in half during the fight. The remaining six techniques are all confidential or dangerous... no less than the super S-rank forbidden techniques of Flying Thunder God."

"I didn't expect that they were all S-rank... We thought that what we lost was an A-rank forbidden technique like Shadow Clone."

As soon as the meeting began, a heavy atmosphere enveloped it.

Minato stood up and bowed to apologize: "On this matter, I want to sincerely apologize to everyone for not being able to protect the legacy of our ancestors!"

Aburame Shihui said: "Please don't blame yourself, Fourth Hokage. Facing such a difficult invader, it was already extremely difficult to recover most of the "Book of Seales."

Minato sat down again and said, "Now, let's collect and analyze the intelligence of the invaders. Kai, you and Kakashi were the first to encounter the invaders, but Kakashi is unconscious at the moment. You can tell us about the situation at that time..."

"Yes, Lord Fourth." Might Guy said in a clear voice, "At that time, Kakashi and I acted separately in the name of competition. The one I fought was the Third Kazekage who was defeated by the Third. I don't need to say much about his abilities. And the one Kakashi encountered was a masked invader. I don't know his abilities."

"But when I came to my senses...Kakashi was already seriously injured and was carried on a stretcher!"

Hiruzen held his pipe in his mouth, turned around and said, "The enemy wearing a mask... Minato, after Mizuki blew himself up, was that the enemy you summoned the giant toad to fight?"

Minato said carefully: "Yes... the intruder had a penetrating wound on his shoulder caused by Chidori. He must be the same person as Kakashi's opponent."

"It was she who helped Shuimu and took away the remaining scrolls of the Book of Seals. The ability she displayed was a rather tricky spiritualism. At the last moment, she even demonstrated a reverse spiritualism similar to Sanshao, and she escaped right in front of me."

"I suspect that she used that kind of summoning technique to conceal her identity and break into Konoha's sensory barrier, making us mistakenly believe that there was only one intruder at the beginning!"

Nara Shikaku nodded in agreement: "That makes sense."

At this time, Yamanaka Inoichi said: "According to the latest feedback from the medical team, the injuries suffered by Hatake Kakashi are not serious enough to cause him to remain unconscious. Therefore, it can be inferred that he must have suffered a severe mental shock."

"This situation is just like when he was rescued from the Kirigakure battlefield half a year ago. No, it might even be worse than that time."

"What kind of mental stimulation could make Kakashi like this? Could it be that he saw something when he was fighting with the masked intruder?"

Haiyi paused and asked, "Fourth Hokage, if Kakashi doesn't wake up for a long time, do you want the analysis team to intervene and take a peek into his brain?"

Invading the brain also deepens and awakens traumatic memories.

In the end, Minato couldn't bear to see his disciple suffer any more.

"The analysis team doesn't need to get involved. What they see is not the most important thing. What's important is to understand the enemy's capabilities."

"The ability used by Mizuki is similar to the trick of extracting souls, the one used by the masked woman is the trick of summoning spirits, the ability used by Ding Mao is the trick of absorbing ninjutsu and chakra, the ability used by the Third Kazekage, in addition to the Sand Iron Magnetic Release, is similar to the trick of summoning mechanical armor, using missiles and light, and the above..."

"Fourth generation, are you missing something?"

A gloomy voice was heard, followed by... "Ta, ta." It was the dull sound of a cane.

Shimura Danzo's arrival changed the faces of all the participants.

“……”Seeing him walking straight towards this side.

Aburame Shihui's expression changed slightly under her sunglasses, and she actually stood up and chose to stand aside.

Danzo didn't care about this, he just sat down in his seat, glancing at Uchiha Fugaku who was sitting there across from Hyuga Hiashi.

Said: "According to the public's response, at least two unknown invaders appeared in the Uchiha clan... But up to now, the Uchiha clan has not reported anything about these two invaders, right?"

Fugaku said in a deep voice: "Master Danzo, are you questioning us?"

Danzo said coldly: "So what if you question? The police force is so arbitrary!"

The atmosphere was instantly filled with gunpowder.

Hiruzen tried to smooth things over: "Danzo, please don't be so aggressive. Fugaku went on an important mission and only came back last night. He knows nothing about this matter!"

Danzo's mouth curled up: "Know nothing? Maybe. But if you talk about the mission, why did the Uchiha genius, Shunshin Shisui, come back with a broken arm? Did he really accidentally trigger the trap on Mount Kikyo and get blown up?"

"Crack!" Fugaku clenched his palms tightly, and a cold light seemed to flow in his closed eyes.

At this moment, Minato said in a deep voice: "Mr. Danzo, this is an intelligence summary meeting regarding the Konoha invasion. Could you please not talk about irrelevant things?"

Danzo's eyes suddenly became sharp, but then... they were hidden.

He lowered his head and said slowly: "Well, Shunshin Shisui, even if he is called a genius, he is still a young man after all. I hope that the lesson of breaking his arm this time will make him a more mature ninja."

"Swish!" Everyone present looked at Minato sideways.

The Fourth Hokage was really courageous. He was able to shock Danzo, the notorious elder of Konoha...

In silence, Minato rested his chin on the back of his hand and smiled, "Mr. Fugaku, if it's not difficult, can you tell me what you learned afterwards?"

Fugaku lowered his hands from his chest, sat up straight, and said, "Ah, I was just thinking of talking to you about this at this meeting..."

"Of course... I have never seen it with my own eyes, and I only learned about it from my people."

……

In the town of Tianguo.

Nagato and Konan came to the hot spring hotel while eating oden meatballs.

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Oh, you two came at the perfect time. I just came back from my trip, and there are no customers visiting our hot spring today!"

Nagato looked at the 'Mixed Bathing' sign and sighed inwardly, but ultimately he didn't have the guts to say 'Let's bathe together'.

"Come on, Xiaonan, let's go to another one."

He turned around and was about to leave, but Xiaonan grabbed his sleeve.

Nagato turned his head and looked in surprise: "Konan..."

Xiaonan swallowed the meatball in his mouth, his eyes flashed, and he spoke in his usual emotionless voice.

"Just this one..."

Chapter 43 Bathing with Nan!

Under the starry night sky, the hazy mist enveloped the open-air hot spring, reflecting the bright moonlight into a perfect picture.

"Gulp, gulp..." Nagato's nose and below were immersed in the spring water. His fair skin soon turned rosy, and along with the bubbles rose and fell, there were also thoughts that were not suitable for children.

Because...right behind the hot rock he was leaning against, Xiaonan was splashing water naked.

Oh my God, Xiaonan, she actually took a bath with me without any hesitation... Did she not regard me as a man?

Or...she already regards me as a man!

"Nagato." Just as Nagato was daydreaming, Konan's voice came from behind the stone.

"!" Nagato shuddered and his heart began to pound wildly.

He quickly calmed himself down, suppressed his inner throbbing and anticipation, and said, "What's wrong, Xiaonan?"

On the back of the spring stone, Xiaonan was soaking in the water, and the white moonlight shone through the water and rippled on her chest.

She passed her hands through the ripples, scooped up a pool of spring water, reflected her face, and gently told the people behind her what was in her heart.

"It's been almost a month since we left Yuyin. A lot of things have happened in this month."

Nagato's restless heart was calmed down by Konan's calm and gentle words. He floated to the surface of the water, looking at the moonlight above his head, feeling touched.

What kind of life was he living a month ago, and what about now?

He changed from Lin Feng to Nagato, and in the world of Naruto, he had an important bond and a goal to strive for...

His life was ignited because of the Hokage.

"Yeah, it really feels like a lifetime ago."

This sigh...contains so much.

Of course, to Konan, this was just Nagato's emotion.

Taking advantage of the comfort and relaxation brought by the hot spring, she continued to speak what she could not say in a normal atmosphere.

"In this month, I saw another side of you that I didn't know before."

These words made Nagato's heart suddenly rise.

Could it be...that she saw something?

Nagato... No, Lin Feng, could not completely play the role of Nagato. Even for the sake of his beloved Konan, he could not completely hide himself, so he had decided from the beginning to use Nagato to play himself!

If he was discovered, he would accept it. At worst, he would just have to confront Xiaonan...

But in this matter, he obviously thought too much. The existence of the second dimension, the perspective of understanding things, is also limited to the second dimension. Xiaonan has no such concept of time travel in his mind. If there is no such concept, how can he associate it with it?

Nagato quickly regained his composure and said, "Oh? What is my other side, Konan? Tell me about it."

Konan said, "To be honest, Nagato. In the past, you were regarded as the savior by Yahiko, everyone in Akatsuki, and me... The reason for this was ultimately because of your pair of Samsara eyes and the halo brought by the Six Paths mythology behind them, not because of yourself..."

"But now, I gradually see that apart from those eyes, there is the glittering qualities, wisdom, and responsibility of the ninja of Nagato..."

Nagato couldn't help but say with some complexity and shame: "Konan, maybe I'm not as good as you think."

Konan shook her head gently, "No, that's because you, Nagato, are slow in this area and you can't notice it yourself, but I can see it clearly..."

At this time, Nagato boldly asked: "Konan, then tell me, what else is different about me, for example... personality and so on."

Xiao Nan smiled: "Yes, sometimes you would be alone and wonder what you are thinking about, winking and making faces to yourself, and sometimes showing some expressions that I can't understand, but I think it should be because you were hit on the head by a stone when you saved me from Hanzo!"

Nagato clenched his palms. He wanted to take this opportunity to find out what was in Konan's heart. "If that's the case, could it be someone else?"

After thinking carefully, Xiaonan said, "Of course not. In my opinion, even if the stone hits your head and causes an impact, it won't show that you don't have a personality. Since it has been shown, it means that these are the characteristics that you already have in your personality."

"So, Nagato is still Nagato, and that will never change in my eyes."

Nagato thought to himself: Thank you... Stone Immortal, I will definitely build a big temple for you in the future!

"Xiao Nan, to be honest, since I woke up from my ten-day coma, I have noticed changes in myself. But no matter what, it is difficult for me to be myself again. But I don't know how to explain this to you. I am troubled by this."

"Don't worry, Nagato. No matter what time it is, you just need to be yourself. In the past, you have always been burdened with the expectations of the Akatsuki people. The identity of the savior is undoubtedly a heavy burden and shackle for you. I don't want you to be bound by it. You can do whatever you want."

"Xiao Nan, everyone's expectations and the savior are not a burden or a shackle to me, but a driving force... I want to save this world and bring stability and peace to the world. This is my sincere wish. Even if I get hit on the head by a rock a hundred times, it will not change!"

Nagato's firm words moved Konan, "I am honored to be able to stand by your side, accompany you, and witness you."

"No...it's me who's honored, Konan." Nagato said this to himself in his heart.

The rippling water in her palms reflected Xiaonan's knowing smile: "Originally... the uncertain future made me a little uneasy, but now, I feel at ease."

"Wow!"

She slapped the water in her palms on her face and stood up from the spring. In the swirling hot air, her curvaceous body was faintly visible.

She gently twisted a strand of wet hair around her ear, and turned her beautiful eyes to Izumi behind her, "Also, Nagato, no matter what, don't force yourself..."

Force yourself?