Naruto: the Uchiha Rules the World

[Amegakure]

Although the village was closed off and xenophobic, Jiraiya still infiltrated the village using his excellent infiltration skills.

After entering the village, basically no one questioned him.

The village was not tight on the inside and loose on the outside, but rather, Amegakure had too few people and could only defend the outer perimeter.

Jiraiya, wearing a raincoat, walked on the street, surrounded by people dressed similarly.

For people living here, this kind of weather was nothing new.

Their faces were all calm.

Jiraiya searched back and forth, thinking about where he should start to look for Konan.

After walking some distance, he suddenly stopped.

Seeing a nearby snack shop, he ordered two skewers of dango and a cup of hot tea.

When the server brought the items over, Jiraiya pointed to a paper decoration and asked, "Say, what is that thing?"

The waitress was a bit surprised and looked up, "Ah, that is Lady Angel."

"You don't know? As long as you hang Lady Angel's paper decoration in front of your store, it's said to bring better business."

"Angel… huh?"

Just having seen Konan spreading her wings in Konoha, Jiraiya naturally connected the dots.

'Has Konan submitted to Hanzo the Salamander?'

Jiraiya pondered while looking around, hoping to discover some clues.

Suddenly, Jiraiya saw a pink signboard, and his expression instantly turned lecherous.

"Looks like there'll be a fierce battle."

———

After a while, Jiraiya, face flushed from drinking, walked out from the brothel.

Of course, he went in there to gather information.

And naturally, if he wasn't in a hurry to find Konan, Jiraiya wouldn't mind relaxing a little.

However, the information he obtained inside the brothel deeply puzzled Jiraiya.

The actual ruler of the village had already changed from Hanzo the Salamander to someone named "Pain."

And judging from the way the brothel girl spoke, it seemed that Hanzo the Salamander was already dead.

This made Jiraiya even more curious.

But he still hadn't found Konan's whereabouts.

At this time, a ray of sunlight fell on Jiraiya.

He looked up to the sky and saw that the dark clouds had scattered, and the sun was out.

"Hmm? That is?"

Jiraiya's expression tightened, and he quickly looked around and found a higher spot.

He took out a whistle and placed it in his mouth.

He blew hard into the whistle.

The whistle emitted a sound that human ears couldn't hear.

A messenger bird circling in the sky seemed to have found its target and rapidly flew toward Jiraiya.

Jiraiya stretched out his hand and caught the messenger bird.

The messenger bird had probably been flying for a long time in the rain, as half of its feathers were soaked.

If it hadn't found Jiraiya soon, it would've had to make an emergency landing.

Jiraiya first took off the message tied to the bird's leg, then fed the bird something.

Upon opening the intel, Jiraiya was shocked.

He hadn't expected that right after he left Konoha, something this big would happen.

And both Iwagakure and Kumogakure were at the border.

But the Third Hokage didn't assign Jiraiya to the border; instead, he said the Uchiha would handle it.

His mission was to ensure that Tsunade was brought back to the village.

Because Orochimaru had returned to the village, and it was the Uchiha who brought him back.

As for Danzo, he had already been imprisoned. If possible, they would bring Konan back as well.

Jiraiya fell into deep thought, Tsunade's position in Konoha didn't need explanation.

Not to mention her influence among the general populace.

Just among medical ninjas alone, Tsunade was a god-like existence.

If it were Tsunade, she definitely wouldn't just watch as the Uchiha seized power through force.

Orochimaru's return to the village was something that brought Jiraiya joy as well.

Among the three Sannin, the bond still remained.

But the three of them had all left the village for different reasons.

Lately, Konoha had suffered successive tests, and its prestige had plummeted.

If the three Sannin could reunite, Konoha's strength would skyrocket again.

It would serve as a direct deterrent to lowlifes.

After receiving the intel, Jiraiya went out again to investigate.

After confirming that he couldn't find Konan, he decided to find Tsunade first, Konan could wait until later.

———

[Land of Fire]

High in the sky, a pair of giant white wings sliced through the air.

Konan was flying with her wings spread, heading toward Konoha.

Tied to her body was a rope, and hanging below it was a cylindrical wooden barrel-like object.

Nagato's body was inside that.

Flying at high altitude, the wind was very strong.

This might not be a big deal for other shinobi, but for Nagato, who only had half a breath left, situations like this could easily claim his life.

So staying in a cylinder was the simplest and most effective method.

Nagato merely swayed a little inside, he wasn't feeling much discomfort.

Most things in these past years had been handled by Konan, but carrying Nagato on a long flight like this, it was the first time.

Usually, it was Pain who carried Nagato's body, but this time, in order to avoid being discovered by Zetsu and Obito, this was the safest method.

Nagato's two forms were actually extremely contradictory.

Pain was an omnipotent god, while Nagato was a sickly cripple.

On one hand, he had to hide his true body and avoid danger to fulfill Yahiko's dream.

On the other hand, Pain's overwhelming strength made Nagato feel omnipotent.

But now, that wall had been broken.

What Nagato felt now was even fear and panic.

Because, what he once relied on was nothing more than a castle in the sky.

Without the Rinnegan, he was nothing more than a cripple.

Compared to the fear of losing control of the Rinnegan, being carried like this was nothing.

To save chakra, he had already stored the Six Paths of Pain in a storage scroll.

Konan only needed to carry Nagato's true body, but even with just him, it was still very exhausting for her.

She hadn't landed once since flying out of the Land of Rain.

After entering the Land of Fire, she only rested once.

Although Konan had never complained of being tired, Nagato truly experienced how hard it was for her.

The emotions suppressed by the god-like persona of Pain were gradually being released.

Nagato was experiencing reality.

His real self was this weak.

"Konan, what's the truth really?", Nagato's voice transmitted directly into Konan's mind, a simple use of the Magic Lantern Body Technique.

Although the distance wasn't far, Nagato couldn't exactly shout with the wind so loud.

"Nagato, you already have the answer, don't you?"

Konan also sighed internally. These past few days had been the most depressed she'd ever seen Nagato in all these years.

He had never been this dejected, not even when he lost the use of his legs. Nagato still tried every way to fulfill Yahiko's dream.

But now, that dream seemed shattered.

Nagato didn't speak for a long time.

"All this time… you've worked so hard, Konan."

Konan continued gliding forward.

Hearing Nagato say such words for the first time, she showed a tired smile on her face.

"We're family, Nagato."

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