But later, they all disappeared and were nowhere to be seen. They were probably ambushed and killed by those two bastards Danzo and Hanzo, and even their corpses were taken away.
"Since you even know about these people, you must've gotten the information from Danzo too, right? You should know who killed them. There's no need to act wise, advisor."
Thinking of this, Konan was a bit angry.
If it hadn't been for Danzo and Hanzo teaming up, their Akatsuki organization wouldn't have been so easily defeated. Yahiko wouldn't have had to kill himself to save her either.
Ryosuke, however, smiled and said, "Although that old schemer Danzo is the shadow in the ninja world… this time, it wasn't him who did it, it was that guy in your organization who calls himself Uchiha Madara."
When Konan heard this, her pupils widened. Her companions were actually killed by that man with the orange mask. A killer she had never even thought of.
She looked at the person in front of her in shock. "You have any proof?"
Ryosuke smiled and said, "If you want proof, then see for yourself."
Then he used the Rinnegan illusion technique on Konan. He simply replayed the scene he had seen into her mind.
Konan's vision suddenly went black, and when she opened her eyes again, she had entered the illusion world.
It was raining from the sky. There were familiar forests and grassy fields. That's right, this was the Land of Rain.
Seeing such scenery, she felt a bit sad.
Suddenly, dozens of ninjas appeared, preparing to cross the forest. Leading them was a muscular bald man, it was her former comrade Daibutsu.
Another guy, wearing a Rain Village forehead protector and hat, with markings on both cheeks and his eyes, was Kyusuke.
Seeing her former companions, Konan felt emotional.
Judging by their anxious appearance, they were probably going to support Yahiko and Nagato. But they hadn't made it to the front lines.
'What exactly had happened?:
Suddenly, a person appeared in mid-air in front of them out of nowhere, and another emerged from the ground.
The man with the whirlpool-patterned mask was the one who claimed to be Uchiha Madara, only now he was wearing an orange mask.
The other was a man with a half-black, half-white face, the combined form of Black Zetsu and White Zetsu.
Her heart immediately sank.
'Could what that man said be true?' Were these two the true culprits who killed her companions?
Next, Konan saw her companions engage in battle with those two bastards. Even after trying their hardest, they were no match for them.
Water Prison Technique was Daibutsu's specialty, and Kyusuke used his Cement Technique.
They tried to use a joint attack to die together with the masked man, but even that wasn't enough to take down the so-called Uchiha Madara.
That masked man wanted Nagato to awaken the true Rinnegan. What did that even mean?
Konan didn't understand. But after Yahiko's death, Nagato used the Rinnegan to summon the Gedo Statue, and his body suffered severe damage. And Yahiko's death, it turned out it was all because those two had stopped reinforcements.
Konan was heartbroken, and a fire of anger burned in her heart.
She, Nagato, and Yahiko had all been completely deceived by that masked man. They were completely manipulated by him.
The vision ended here. Konan's vision turned black.
When she opened her eyes again, she was back in the real world, staring at the handsome face in front of her.
She looked a bit lost. Her heart was filled with pain and sorrow. She never thought she had been cooperating all along with the one who killed Yahiko and her companions.
How could she accept that?
"That scene you showed me, was it really true?"
'How could this guy possibly know about such things?'
She had absolutely no idea about any of it. If she had known, even just a little, she would never have cooperated with that masked man.
Ryosuke looked at Konan. "Whether it's true or not, I think you already know in your heart."
Konan carefully recalled the scenes she had just seen.
Kyusuke's expression and tone, along with his urgency. Kyusuke liked her, so that's why he was so desperate.
She was also very familiar with the abilities of Kyusuke and Daibutsu. And the ability used by the masked man, the power to make his body intangible. And this man in front of her somehow knew all of that.
She let out a sigh. So, it really was true. She and Nagato had both been toyed with. And this guy actually knew all about it, was it because of those Rinnegan eyes? Otherwise, how could he possibly know such things?
At the same time, she was a bit angry. "Since you knew about this, why didn't you save them?"
This man didn't seem like Danzo, that shadowy figure who only did evil. On the contrary, she didn't feel any sinister or malicious aura from him.
Ryosuke replied helplessly, "This was just something I saw. If I had been there, I definitely would've saved them."
"After all, they were truly the Dawn of the New Era, the original Akatsuki. One of the few righteous organizations in the ninja world."
"They had noble ideals, hoping for communication and mutual understanding between nations and people, to achieve peace in the ninja world."
"It's just a pity that the Akatsuki now has simply become someone else's tool. It's a bit of a shame."
Konan recalled the original Akatsuki. Under Yahiko's leadership, even though the conditions were tough, the organization was full of life. Everyone had dreams of peace for the ninja world.
Now it truly had become someone else's tool.
She let out a deep sigh. The Akatsuki's purpose had long since changed. Now, it aimed to use force to intimidate and compel peace upon the ninja world. From another angle, that made it a terrorist organization.
Looking back now, it was that masked man who had manipulated Nagato, saying that true peace didn't exist. But now, deep in her heart, Konan no longer believed that real peace existed either.
Hoping for communication and understanding to achieve peace was simply a delusion.
Not only did the hero of the Land of Rain, Hanzo, deceive their Akatsuki, he even wanted to destroy it. And now even the orange-masked man they had worked with for so long turned out to be plotting against them.
She looked at Ryosuke coldly and said, "I admit that what you've said is valuable, but since you understand the purpose of our Akatsuki…"
"…then you should also know that we do have the power to bring peace to the ninja world. Nagato also possesses the Rinnegan, which only the Sage of Six Paths once had, he is the chosen one."
"As long as we collect the Tailed Beasts and resurrect the Gedo Statue, we can deter the entire ninja world. No one will dare to start a war."
At this point, Konan didn't think there was any need to hide the Gedo Statue anymore.
After all, since he already knew about Kyusuke and Daibutsu's deaths, he probably also knew about the Gedo Statue.
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