It's better to be a rebel ninja than to be a Hokage

Uchiha Obito concentrated his chakra on the soles of his feet and stood in the vast sea-like lake with an astonishing water storage capacity that surrounded the Hidden Rain Village.

Looking at the Hidden Rain Village from afar.

It was raining heavily, which was a very common scene in the Hidden Rain Village.

But now, under the gray rain curtain, the Hidden Rain Village has turned into a messy and dilapidated ruin.

He had only been away from the Hidden Rain Village for a day or two in order to capture the Three-Tails.

But in such a short period of time, such a huge change happened in the Hidden Rain Village.

And his supposed partners in the Akatsuki now openly showed their hostility towards him and tried to stop him from going to the Hidden Rain Village to find out what was going on.

"Your behavior really surprises me. You should have no reason to betray Akatsuki."

Under the orange spiral mask, Uchiha Obito's three-magatama Sharingan's right eye looked at Konan in front of him with a gloomy look.

This "angel" who was originally inseparable from "God" now appeared alone in front of Uchiha Obito.

Coupled with the current situation of the Hidden Rain Village, Uchiha Obito felt an irrepressible worry in his heart.

"I have not betrayed Akatsuki. I am only preparing to deal with you as a heretic who is parasitic in Akatsuki."

In response to Uchiha Obito's question, Konan gave an answer.

She is still wearing the black robe embroidered with red auspicious clouds. Konan has never thought of giving up the organization founded by her best friend that is full of hope for the future of the ninja world.

Instead, it was the man in front of him, Uchiha "Madara".

In Konan's eyes, he was the culprit who was eroding Akatsuki and leading it away from the right path.

"Madara, Nagato and I have never considered you a true companion. Didn't you already know this through White Zetsu's intelligence gathering ability? Why do you still have to act so hypocritical at this moment?"

The information that Konan revealed voluntarily answered one of the several doubts in Uchiha Obito's mind.

"It seems that the White Zetsu's loss of contact is indeed related to you."

The reason why Uchiha Obito rushed back so quickly after the incident in the Hidden Rain Village was that he lost contact with the White Zetsu who were lurking in the Hidden Rain Village and monitoring Nagato.

Compared to the tailed beasts, the Rinnegan is more important.

The Hidden Rain Village had obviously experienced a fierce battle, but White Zetsu did not have time to inform Uchiha Obito of the information before losing contact.

Uchiha Obito felt unhappy with the helplessness and restraint brought about by this unexpected situation.

"You shouldn't have the means to see through White Zetsu's disguise... After all..."

While speaking, Uchiha Obito paid attention to the changes in Konan's facial expression.

White Zetsu's transformation technique called "The Technique of Disguise" is extremely special, which is why Uchiha Obito still let Nagato go even though he knew that White Zetsu and Nagato were not close friends.

Although White Zetsu could not get close to the tower of "God", it would be easy for him to disguise himself as someone else and hide in the Hidden Rain Village to monitor Nagato.

Therefore, Uchiha Obito was always aware of Nagato's actions.

But now it seems that Nagato may have already known about White Zetsu's surveillance.

"…Those eyes are really a bit troublesome."

Uchiha Obito narrowed his right eye and sighed.

Possessing the Rinnegan, one can automatically master the changes in the five properties of chakra and control yin and yang.

Uchiha Obito had no way of knowing for sure how many ninjutsu Nagato had learned using the Rinnegan.

But this also made Uchiha Obito's desire for the Rinnegan even more intense.

But now he is "Uchiha Madara", and the fact that he desires the Rinnegan should be explained in a different way.

such as--

"So, you who always stay with Nagato to protect his frail self are here alone - Pains are nowhere to be found, and the Hidden Rain Village is in such a miserable state..."

Uchiha Obito looked at the raindrops falling from the sky.

Ever since Nagato transformed into Pain and stood at the top of the Hidden Rain Village in the name of "God", heavy rain has become his eyes and ears.

But now, the rain falling in the Hidden Rain Village is so crystal clear under the powerful insight of the Sharingan, without even a trace of chakra impurities.

"…Nagato is dead, right?"

The performance of Yuhu's self-control technique ended with the death of Nagato, who possessed the Rinnegan.

Xiaonan also answered with actions.

Countless paper shurikens were shot at Uchiha Obito while he was distracted by the raindrops.

But such an attack was ultimately futile against Uchiha Obito.

The paper shurikens did hit Uchiha Obito's body, but then they passed directly through Uchiha Obito's body without causing any substantial damage to him.

"——If you can obey and return the Samsara Eye, I can let you die without so much pain."

Although the cause of Nagato's death is still unclear because she has lost contact with White Zetsu, without Pains and others, Konan has nothing to fear from Uchiha Obito.

"The Rinnegan belongs to Nagato. It is the treasure of Akatsuki and the Hidden Rain Village. Don't talk about it as if it is yours!"

The paper shuriken is just a feint, the real attack is on Konan herself!

The Shikigami Dance allows Konan to transform her body into countless pieces of paper, moving and changing them at will!

And now, countless pieces of paper were flying towards Uchiha Obito.

"You little girl look down upon the Uchiha clan a little too much."

There was no need to perceive at all, just use those scarlet eyes to observe, Konan's true form hidden in the Shikigami dance formed by countless pieces of paper was exposed to Uchiha Obito's eyes from the very beginning.

With a physical reaction that matched the Sharingan's sharp insight, Uchiha Obito easily grabbed Konan's neck with just a raised hand the moment Konan's body approached him.

Konan, who was restrained, immediately prepared to perform the Shikigami Dance again to disperse his body.

But how could Obito let her escape so easily? !

After confirming that Konan was captured, Kamui was activated through Obito's right eye.

The spiral that distorted space began to suck Xiaonan in.

Trapping the enemy and imprisoning them in the Kamui space is Obito's usual combat method.

Konan, who has worked with Obito in the Akatsuki organization for a long time, also knows this very well.

This is the opportunity she has been waiting for!

There are a lot of detonating tags mixed in the white paper of the Shikigami Dance in Konan's body!

Her original purpose was to let Obito absorb her!

The plan succeeded, and Konan took the initiative to inject detonating tags into the spiral of space distorted by Obito!

The detonating talisman exploded violently in the distorted space!

However, at this distance, Xiaonan was also at the center of the explosion of the detonating tag.

From the very beginning, she was prepared to fight for her life and die together with Uchiha Obito!

Obito accidentally sucked the detonating tag into the Kamui space and was forced to interrupt his space-time eye technique.

This also gave Xiaonan some breathing space.

Obito's right hand, which was originally holding her, was shattered by the explosive tag. Konan immediately turned her body into pieces of paper, which scattered and then recondensed at a certain distance from Obito.

The detonating tag blew off Obito's right half.

Konan, who used the Shikigami Dance to reduce the impact of the explosive tag, was not in much better shape.

She also only had time to concentrate her upper body, and even that was just her head and a small part of her chest.

The remaining "pieces of paper" that make up Konan's body are the detonating tags that have been absorbed by Obito.

"Compared to Nagato, you don't even have the talent of a ninja."

Although Obito survived the disaster, he was in a terrible state after being attacked by Konan with the explosive tag.

But Xiaonan's attack undoubtedly failed.

Such a suicide attack will never work twice!

"The strategy of intending to perish together with the enemy is itself a reflection of your inadequacy as a ninja."

Uchiha Obito stood on the lake again, and used his only remaining left hand to straighten the spiral mask that was slightly broken in the previous explosion.

His three-magatama Sharingan has now become the pattern of the Mangekyō Sharingan.

He stared at Konan with his Mangekyō Sharingan and said:

"Don't underestimate the Uchiha's eye power, you naive little girl with an empty head who only knows how to blindly obey Nagato!"

Konan's deliberate attack against Kamui had a good effect, but she still lost to the terrifying insight of the Sharingan.

The failure of this attack, which hurt the enemy by a thousand and also hurt one's own eight hundred, did not discourage Xiaonan.

She never thought that Uchiha "Madara" - the legendary ninja who was as famous as the "God of Ninja" Senju Hashirama - could be killed so easily.

The real highlight is yet to come.

"I have never underestimated your eyes."

Konan stretched out a hand, with her five fingers slightly open, and chakra gathered on Konan's hand through the veins.

The next moment, Obito finally discovered something unusual.

The surface of the lake suddenly parted beneath his feet.

In an instant, Obito lost his footing.

He was forced to fall to the bottom of the lake!

The lake that was originally divided on both sides of Obito like a straight cliff suddenly turned into tons of stacked white paper.

"But don't look too highly in your eyes!"

Konan's words rang in Obito's ears.

Ninja Technique: The Art of the Paper God!

This technique uses the dance of the shikigami to the extreme. The piece of paper used as the carrier of the technique can even be completely disguised as the vast sea-like lake surrounding the Hidden Rain Village.

This is Konan's killer move that he has practiced countless times in order to kill Uchiha Madara.

A lake disguised by 6000 billion detonating tags, so delicate that even the Sharingan cannot see through it.

"Your ability to penetrate matter can only be maintained for five minutes. If you want to achieve the effect of time-space movement by absorbing yourself, you need to materialize your body first. This is the information that Nagato has repeatedly confirmed - and these 6000 billion detonating tags that I carefully prepared will explode continuously for ten minutes!"

"Five minutes later, once you materialize, the detonating tag will be attached to your body. Even if you try to use space-time ninjutsu, the explosion will follow!"

To detonate such a large number of explosive tags would almost exhaust Konan's own chakra.

However, the frequent and intensive explosions of detonating tags also meant that Uchiha "Madara" would never be able to escape through his own eyes!

Just as Xiaonan said, the explosion of the detonating tag continued for a full ten minutes.

The ten-minute God's Paper Technique finally stopped because Konan didn't have enough chakra.

But now, Konan can't even perform the Shikigami Dance to keep her body immune to physical attacks.

"In this case, this battle is mine..."

Using the remaining chakra to keep her body above the lake and not sink is already Konan's limit now.

She was breathing weakly and rapidly, and her tired body made Xiaonan's spirit begin to relax.

Moreover, Xiaonan firmly believed that even a ninja as powerful as Uchiha "Madara" would have no chance of survival in the face of the continuous bombardment of 6000 billion detonating tags...