"They've retreated..." Konan softly exhaled, feeling a sense of relief for some reason.
"Alright, let me try to heal Nagato's legs." With that, Kaoru applied Wood Release to the half-body of White Zetsu. The White Zetsu, which had completely lost all signs of life, suddenly began to move. This half-body shakily walked towards Nagato, who found it difficult even to stand, and attached itself to Nagato's legs.
A moment later, Nagato felt a warm current flow through his legs. His legs began to slowly regain vitality and strength...
"Alright, you can try walking now." Seeing that the half-body of White Zetsu had completely fused with Nagato's body, Kaoru said.
"Walking... I can move on my own?" With a mix of trepidation and excitement, Nagato straightened his body and took his first step with a racing heart.
Feeling the ground supporting him and his own legs moving, Nagato's breathing finally quickened. He could finally walk! After more than ten years of being crippled, he could finally move on his own!
"Nagato, you can walk!" Seeing Nagato take his first steps, Konan beside him couldn't help but become emotional.
"It seems it was successful…" Kaoru smiled. It was strange how the Rinnegan, such a powerful eye capable of reviving people, couldn't even heal a pair of legs.
"Thank you… Kaoru." Konan thanked Kaoru softly, her heart filled with complex emotions. This person had taken Nagato's Sharingan, yet she felt grateful to him. However, it was also because of Kaoru that Nagato didn't have to drain his life force to use the Rinnegan, and his legs were healed.
"This is the first time you've said something nice to me, Miss Konan," Kaoru said playfully, looking at Konan with a teasing smile.
Konan's face flushed slightly, and she silently moved to the side.
"I never imagined things would turn out this way. I don't know if it's for better or worse…" Nagato sighed as he took a few steps. Although he was excited to be able to move freely again, there were still some unresolved issues in his heart.
"Although I can move now, Konan… Yahiko… our ideals back then… they all turned to dust. This world will never achieve peace…"
"Nagato…" Seeing Nagato's dejected and miserable state, and recalling the deceased Yahiko, Konan's usually calm face also welled up with tears.
"Oh, right… and also…" Hearing Nagato's words and seeing Konan's sadness, Kaoru spoke up: "Although I don't care too much about peace, I can help you achieve your wish incidentally…"
"You'll help us achieve it? How?" Hearing Kaoru's sudden words, Konan and Nagato's faces showed a hint of confusion.
"As long as I become the ultimate power in this world… all the power in the entire world will belong to me alone. Everyone will bow at my feet, and my words will be the supreme law of this world…"
Kaoru was calmly stating his goals and thoughts, but his words sent shockwaves through Konan and Nagato's hearts: "At that time, the peace you so desperately sought will simply be a matter of my decree…"
Madara Uchiha once said that this world was too small, too small for him to stir up trouble alone. And to Kaoru, who had gained power, this statement was indeed true. However, the one who would dominate this world could only be himself, not Madara Uchiha.
Hearing Kaoru's seemingly insane ambition, Konan and Nagato were both stunned, their hearts deeply shaken.
To rule this world, to become the ultimate power…
What kind of world would that be… Could anyone truly achieve such a level? Even Nagato, with his Rinnegan, could only conquer the world with Tailed Beast weapons, but Kaoru wanted to do it with his own strength alone…
Although it sounded like a fantasy, Konan and Nagato felt that the words of this young boy, no older than a teenager, were… true…
"But this isn't true peace. It's just your solitary reign of terror. You use power to control the world, but who will control you?!"
After a long period of regaining composure, Konan, facing Kaoru, who had used his strength to coerce and take Nagato's Rinnegan, immediately questioned him.
"You're right, no one can control me. However, this ninja world we see before us, since it can accept the rule of the five great nations, why can't it accept my rule? The five great nations, as the strongest powers in this world, restrain each other, but what's the result? Constant wars. But if all power is consolidated in me alone, such wars will vanish. Isn't that better?" Kaoru responded calmly to Konan's rebuttal.
"This…" Konan was taken aback. She found herself stumped by her own question.
"Although it may seem cruel, this is the reality. This world is inherently unfair… Whoever possesses the greatest power becomes the ruler of this world. Rather than letting those rulers fight each other, it's better to have only one ruler in this world. That way, peace will last forever… As people born in Amegakure, who have suffered under the constant conflict of the three great nations since childhood, don't you understand this path?!"
After hearing Kaoru's words, Konan and Nagato fell silent. Although they wanted to retort, they couldn't find a better reason. At this moment, they had to admit the truth of Kaoru's statement.
Having lived in Amegakure since childhood, they had suffered the ravages of war from the three great nations since they could remember. Having lost all their loved ones, they were the best witnesses to this truth.
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Land of Iron.
On a cliff by the coast, an ancient-looking clock tower stood. The waves of countless tides crashed against its weathered walls.
Inside the clock tower, two figures stood facing each other: Uchiha Obito and Black Zetsu. After retreating from Konoha, they had come here, their most secret base, known only to Black Zetsu, White Zetsu, and Obito.
"Damn Uchiha Kaoru!" Obito angrily tore off his mask, revealing a half-face carved with fierce lines. "This bastard has such immense power! Where did he get it?!"
"What's the point of saying that now?" Black Zetsu scoffed dismissively. "I told you long ago we should eliminate all unstable factors, but you wouldn't listen. Now look…"
Obito frowned at Black Zetsu's words, giving him a slightly resentful look, but his eyes already admitted Black Zetsu's accusation. "You're right, I should have killed him long ago!"
"What do we do now?" Black Zetsu asked, shrugging.
Silence…
"Damn it!!!"
It was almost unimaginable, but Obito couldn't help but curse aloud. Because of Kaoru, this existence beyond all his expectations, he was so enraged he felt like he could grind his teeth to dust.
Fighting Uchiha Kaoru, easily killed, used Izanagi several times and Izanami once, exhausting many Sharingans…
Deidara, Kakuzu, Hidan were killed by him…
Six Paths of Pain were defeated by him…
The Rinnegan was stolen by him, and he couldn't even get it back…
"Are you kidding me? My plan, my Akatsuki organization, have almost been completely ruined by that Uchiha Kaoru!!!" The more he thought about it, the more indignant he became. The rage in his chest was almost driving him mad. He finally couldn't help but stand up and roar hysterically.
Seeing Obito's contorted face, Black Zetsu shook his head slightly. "There's no point in dwelling on it now… With Uchiha Kaoru's current power, we're no match for him… And if you add the entire Konoha…"
Black Zetsu fell silent here, as even he was starting to feel the situation becoming difficult…
"I don't know what to do next," Obito slammed the ground in frustration, roaring as if to vent. "Are we just going to sit here and wait to die?!"
The thought of his plan being completely ruined, the Rinnegan falling into Kaoru's hands, and the creation of his ideal world—that world with Rin… this goal seemed almost impossible to achieve. Uchiha Obito was completely unable to calm down.
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