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

These words became Ren Yin's last words.

"Puff!!" Because the next moment, Pei Ai clenched his palm lightly, and his head exploded like a watermelon!

Ren Yin's headless body fell at Pei Ai's feet, splattering blood.

——Water Escape Water Dragon Bomb!

"Wow!" Behind Pei Ai, a stream of water suddenly surged. It was a water dragon bomb that Xin Chou had reorganized using the water that escaped from the earthen prison!

But Pei Ai didn't even look at it. He gently swung his wings backwards, and with a "bang", the water dragon bomb exploded into a stream of water!

"Alas." Xin Chou put down his hands that were in seals and sighed. He knew that he would soon follow in Ren Yin's footsteps, so he simply stopped struggling.

He looked at Pei Ai and said with a fearless attitude: "At least, our main force has retreated, and Lord Danzo will soon receive the latest information about you."

"No one can escape, and all must die." At this time, Pei Ai spoke coldly.

"You said...what?" Xin Chou suspected that he had heard wrongly. He put on a forced smile and said, "Stop bluffing! Our troops evacuated in a dispersed manner! And the speed was quite fast! No matter how strong you are, how can you possibly kill them all!"

"Then open your dog eyes wide and watch carefully!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Pei Ai took off his left wrist and raised his arm high!

"Pizz, zizi, zizi...!!" Lightning surged violently at the cut on the wrist!

This Shurado-transformed body has a 'chakra memory device'. All chakras that have attacked me will be automatically marked and identified!

“And then… just like this!!”

"BOOM!!!" A beam of lightning shot high into the sky, and at the highest point, it suddenly split into seventy strands like flowers scattered by a fairy, and the tips turned into sharp "arrows", tracking the seventy root members scattered in all directions, coming to claim their lives...!!!

——Shura Heavenly Punishment Cannon!

"!?" The Root members who were scattering like birds and beasts below were all shocked by the sudden lightning that fell from the sky! !

"Aaaaah!" It was too fast... He didn't even have time to use the body-flickering technique or the substitution technique. His body was ruthlessly pierced through and he fell to the ground!

"Click!" Pei Ai put his wrist back and walked to Xin Chou who was already stunned.

The face beneath the Xin Chou mask trembled: "I never thought... Akatsuki Nagato's strength has reached this level!"

"Bang!!!" Pei Ai punched him through the chest!!

At this point, the two large forces sent by Danzo to cooperate with Hanzo were annihilated by Pea alone!

Pei Ai glanced at the land beside him and said, "Then you can come out too."

"Swish, swish!" The White Zetsu who was hiding there came out and flattered him prostrating himself, "Excellent, wonderful~, Lord Nagato, your Shurado Pain is simply too powerful~!"

During the four months that Nagato and Konan were in charge of Rain Village, White Zetsu No. 0 who broke into Obito's lair was not idle. So far, no less than 20 White Zetsu have been assimilated by it.

These White Zetsu would report any developments in Obito and the ninja world to Nagato from time to time, depending on the situation.

The White Zetsu in front of me is number 18.

After a round of flattery, No. 18 said seriously, "Sir Nagato, this time I have good news, bad news, and a piece of news that is neither good nor bad. Which one do you want to hear first?"

These little cuties, as always, love to keep people in suspense.

Pei Ai said: "Let me tell you the good news first."

No. 18 said: "The good news is that Obito already knows that you have eliminated Hanzo's forces and occupied the Hidden Rain Village!"

Nagato thought: It can't be hidden anymore. It's a shame that I have been able to keep it a secret until now thanks to Akatsuki's intelligence network.

"This doesn't seem like good news, does it?"

"Hehe, after all, when I first received the news, Obito was very happy and praised your growth rate, saying that you will soon become a more useful chess piece~!"

"Oh." Pei Ai asked, "What's the bad news?"

No. 18 said: "Bad news, in the past few months, he has had his peers searching for Orochimaru and Kabuto to no avail. He is suspicious and suspects that you have taken them in!"

"Next, he will most likely use his divine power to sneak in and check the situation. Please prepare for it as soon as possible!"

“…” Pei Ai’s gaze was deeply focused.

"This information is very valuable."

"So, what is the news that is neither good nor bad?"

No. 18 said: "The news is neither good nor bad. Your master, the Sannin Jiraiya seems to have returned to Konoha Village."

Nagato fell into deep thought.

During Kushina's pregnancy, Jiraiya-sensei did go back and visited Minato's house, and dramatically named 'Naruto' through a book.

"But at that time, Kushina was at least nine months pregnant."

"This time, Jiraiya returned to the village several months earlier than expected. Could it be that because I attacked Konoha, Jiraiya returned to the village early..."

"Then, Minato will inform Jiraiya-sensei, right? If the teacher knows that Pein has the 'Rinnegan', will he make any associations...?"

"Boom!" A flash of lightning streaked across the sky outside the Yuyin Tower.

Nagato temporarily suppressed his worries and looked at the fragile and weak angel in his arms.

"Xiao Nan, tell me the truth, are you..."

Chapter 71 Although this boy is shy, he always speaks his mind!

"Xiao Nan, tell me the truth, have you ever done anything to hurt yourself without telling me?"

In response to Nagato's question, Konan's eyes flickered and she avoided his gaze.

In order to relieve the physical and mental fatigue caused by staying up late, every night when it was quiet, Konan would rely on the "black stick" to let Nagato's chakra flow in and get stimulation from it.

The incident was exposed to the public tonight when she fell in the women's bath and Perrin discovered the puncture marks on her arm.

"I'm sorry, I really don't want to cause you any trouble..."

"No, I'm the one who should say sorry, Xiaonan."

Nagato blamed himself very much for not discovering this earlier, otherwise he would never let Konan do such a thing.

"That forbidden technique, 'Night Dark Higanbana', let's not learn it, okay?"

"There are many ways to become stronger. There is really no need to practice this kind of self-abuse technique."

"If I had known it would turn out like this, I would have burned that page of the Sealed Book rather than showing it to you."

"Really, I can't bear to see you like this."

An inexplicable smile appeared on Konan's lips: "Nagato, you finally spoke your mind."

Yes, Nagato knew that with Konan's awareness, she would not allow herself to retreat, but he still couldn't control his emotions and said something that he knew would backfire.

"Then you have to promise me that you won't stab yourself with the black stick again."

"If I don't get the tattoo, what if I get sleepy and fall asleep?"

"It's fine if you sleep, but you're not allowed to stab me!"

"Hey, hey, no, I won't. I didn't expect you to be so childish."

Having said that, we have to find a way to resolve this matter. It is not a solution for Xiaonan to continue like this.

We have to think of a way to help Xiaonan relieve his sleepiness other than using the black stick.

Looking at the 'black outline' that had become part of Konan's eye makeup, Nagato suddenly had an idea.

By the way, speaking of guys who never sleep, isn’t there one in the Sand Village, although he hasn’t been born yet!

Gaara has had Shukaku of the Sand implanted in his body by his father Rasa since he was a child. Once he falls asleep, Shukaku of the Sand's murderous intent will invade his consciousness. Over time, due to fear, he developed "insomnia". It's not that he doesn't want to sleep, but... his brain has lost the reflexes and functions related to sleep.

The only effect of sleeplessness on Gaara was darker circles under his eyes. He still looked energetic on weekdays.

From this, Nagato can conclude that the biggest challenge facing Konan is not the burden that not sleeping puts on her body, but the fact that the brain's instinct to feel sleepy is difficult to overcome.

If there was a way to make the cerebral cortex's instinct to feel sleepy disappear, or to temporarily suppress it, just like Gaara's insomnia, perhaps Konan would be able to successfully overcome the next difficulties!

When Nagato had this idea, he immediately expressed it through the mouth of Perrin, who accompanied Orochimaru back to the experimental base.

After hearing this, Orochimaru fell into deep thought.

"Insomnia? To suppress the nerve center and the reflexes of the sleep-related areas, the most direct way is to use drugs."

"Does the medicine have side effects?"

"Of course, it's a drug, so there are side effects. That's inevitable."

Orochimaru sat on the sofa, propped up his chin with one hand, and smiled: "Anyway, I'm free at this stage. If Nagato-kun needs it, I'll try to develop it and try to minimize the side effects~."

"How long will it take?"

Orochimaru thought for a moment and said, "One month is enough."

On the tower.

Nagato told Konan what Orochimaru had said.

"Orochimaru, is that what you said?"

"Well, it's okay. If you don't want to take medicine, we can try other methods."

"It seems that there is nothing we can do about it." Xiaonan sat up, holding the cup of water.

At this time, Nagato said: "Konan, can I... ask you a somewhat private question?"

Konan turned her eyes to Nagato, and seeing that the latter looked serious yet a little shy, she couldn't help but tighten the water cup in her hand.

She lowered her head slightly: "Well. You said..."

Nagato's eyes rolled unnaturally. "You have a ring on your belly button, right?"

Suddenly quiet.

Nagato turned his head and saw Konan, staring at him without blinking...his old face couldn't help but blush.

"That's right, I accidentally saw it when I was helping you put on your clothes... I'm sorry, I really, really didn't mean it."

Nagato clasped his hands together and said, "And I swear! I only saw a little bit! I didn't see it anywhere else!"

"No, it's okay." Xiaonan's eyes flashed with an imperceptible urgency, "It's normal to see it, it's nothing..."

"Then...does the matter you asked me have anything to do with the topic we just discussed?"

At this moment, Konan met Nagato's gaze seriously.

"Speaking of a connection... is there really one?" Nagato took out a 'navel ring' made of a black stick and turned his eyes to the side.

"It will take Orochimaru about a month to develop the drug. You can use this to replace the ring on your belly button. This way, it can have a similar effect to the black stick, and it won't cause any harm to you. Of course, if you don't like it..."

"Thank you."

"Hahaha, as expected, this is a bit inappropriate..."

"I love so much."

"Eh?"

Under Nagato's astonished gaze, Konan took the navel ring from him, and the inexplicable smile from before reappeared: "Nagato, is this the first gift you gave me after my coming-of-age ceremony?"

"This, this, doesn't count." After adjusting his mood, Nagato said solemnly: "As the first gift after the coming-of-age ceremony, I actually have something better to give you."

There was a gleam in Xiaonan's eyes: "Really... Then I am really, really looking forward to it."

Then, she said with some interest, "Oh, actually, not only does I want a belly button piercing, I also want to get a lip piercing, but I just haven't made up my mind yet."

Nagato smiled and said, "I think the lip stud is unnecessary."

"Why?" Xiaonan asked, looking at him without blinking.

That look...made Nagato's mood, which had just calmed down, become agitated again.

But...even though this boy is shy, he always speaks his mind!

"Because, in my opinion, your face, Xiaonan, is already flawless and doesn't need anything extra to decorate it!"

After saying that, Nagato scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "Having said that, it is indeed not appropriate for me to interfere with your personal hobbies. If you like, then..."

"I won't do the lip piercing anymore."

Xiaonan replied calmly but firmly.

(To be honest, I've been having a bit of a writer's block lately, so I'm going to make up for some of the emotional scenes. I hope you don't find my writing awkward, I'm shy!)