The reason Kai had descended upon the moon once again!
His primary purpose was to ensure Hinata possessed the ability to protect herself. After all, his current schemes were vast, and Kai couldn't guarantee he could always remain by Hinata's side to protect her.
The Ōtsutsuki clan's Reincarnation Eye had granted Hinata the power to control attractive and repulsive forces, as well as the ability to summon puppet reincarnations.
Hinata's strength could be said to have skyrocketed directly from chunin level to Kage level!
Combined with the ocular power Kai had infused into Hinata'sReincarnation Eyes, even peak Kage-level powerhouses would be completely helpless against Hinata!
This was the power of the Reincarnation Eye! A power that was in no way inferior to the Rinnegan!
Land of Rain.
"As long as the peace negotiation proposal we've submitted to the three great nations of Fire, Wind, and Earth can pass, then our Land of Rain will welcome peace." A young ninja with a head full of orange hair looked at his two companions beside him, his face naturally breaking into a smile.
"Yes, Yahiko, your dream is about to come true! Right, Nagato?" A purple-haired woman beside him also wore a smile as she looked toward their other companion.
"Mm, Konan." Nagato nodded.
"Alright, enough talk. We need to hurry to the meeting location now." Yahiko said with a relaxed smile.
"Mm." "Okay."
Nagato and Konan nodded in response.
...
"Huh, Nagato, have you seen Konan?" As they neared the meeting location, Yahiko suddenly noticed Konan didn't seem to have followed.
"When we left the base, Konan said she had some things to handle and would come later," Nagato replied.
"That's good then." Yahiko nodded in response.
For some reason, Yahiko suddenly felt an ominous premonition rise in his heart.
Soon, the two arrived at the meeting location.
But they only saw two squads of ninja standing on the rocky cliff, along with Hanzō of the Salamander who had Konan bound, and Danzō Shimura!
"Hanzō! What are you doing! Where's the peace negotiation? And let Konan go!" Yahiko shouted at Hanzō, who stood on the cliff holding a kunai to Konan's neck.
"Yahiko, you're truly too naive. There was never any peace negotiation—it was all just your wishful thinking." Hanzō looked down at Yahiko below, speaking without mercy.
Yahiko's eyes widened, unable to accept everything Hanzō was saying.
Hanzō continued: "To me, your organization is a big trouble. Yahiko... as the leader, you should die here. If you dare resist, this woman will lose her life!"
As he spoke, Hanzō pressed the kunai against Konan's neck, drawing a line of bright red blood.
He then pulled another kunai from his ninja pouch, threw it at Yahiko's feet, and said: "That red-haired guy over there... use this to kill Yahiko. That way both you and this woman can be saved."
"Don't! Nagato, Yahiko! Don't worry about me—both of you run!"
Konan screamed from the cliff, but both Yahiko and Nagato below completely ignored her pleas.
"Kill me." Yahiko said calmly. Seeing Nagato remain motionless, he suddenly roared: "Hurry up, Nagato! Do you want to watch Konan die?"
"Hurry up, or this woman dies!" Hanzō shouted from the cliff.
Hearing Hanzō's words, Nagato's face remained expressionless, like a walking corpse. He picked up the kunai Hanzō had thrown from the ground. Just at that moment!
Yahiko beside him suddenly moved, rushing forward and grabbing Nagato's arm holding the kunai, thrusting it into his own chest. Then, leaning against Nagato, he spoke with difficulty:
"You and Konan... no matter what, you must survive... I believe... you are this world's savior..."
Looking at Nagato standing frozen in place with a dazed expression, Hanzō on the cliff coldly commanded:
"Kill him!!"
With Hanzō's command, countless kunai gleaming with cold light shot toward Nagato.
However, just as the kunai were about to strike Nagato, he suddenly raised his arm. All the kunai in the sky were instantly repelled and scattered by Shinra Tensei.
...
Using repulsive force directly, Nagato leaped onto the cliff and rescued Konan. However, Nagato's legs were also blown nearly useless by Hanzō's explosive tags.
"Kid... not bad. You actually managed to dodge my explosive Fire Release." Hanzō praised Nagato.
Suddenly, Hanzō's expression became grave as he stared intently at Nagato's eyes: "Those eyes... this is bad! I must eliminate him quickly!"
He was about to attack Nagato, but it was already too late!
"Summoning: Gedo Statue!!!"
With a great roar, Nagato slammed a blood-soaked palm onto the ground!
The earth behind Nagato suddenly split open with a great crack!
A massive wooden arm suddenly appeared! The wooden giant palm backhanded and sent all the attacking Root ninja flying!
Then another wooden arm emerged from the earth. Supporting the ground with both arms, a colossal monster appeared!
The Gedo Statue!
The shell left behind after the Ten-Tails, the incarnation of the Divine Tree, had its chakra extracted!
From the center of the Gedo Statue's chest, a sharp needle-like protrusion generated by Yin-Yang Release extended out, then sprouted lateral spikes that pierced deeply into Nagato's body.
"Ahhh!!"
Nagato suddenly widened his eyes, his face instantly aging decades as nearly all his life force was drained. Under the Gedo Statue's power, all of Hanzō and Danzō's subordinates had their souls extracted and died.
Watching Hanzō of the Salamander disappear before his eyes using the Body Flicker Technique, Nagato's eyes filled with unwillingness, but he had no way to stop him as he collapsed heavily to the ground.
Lacking Nagato's chakra support, the Gedo Statue was about to disappear.
"After waiting so long for you to appear, I can't let you disappear again!" Kai's voice rang out as massive sage chakra poured into the Gedo Statue.
His figure also materialized. Kai looked at the fallen Nagato and spoke indifferently:
"I can revive Yahiko... but... you'll need to pay a certain price!"
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