Pakura suddenly let out a breath of relief.
'So, the people have already been protected by Sara and Rin. That is good, that is good.'
At the same time, she also gained a clear understanding of Sara and Rin's strength. Indeed worthy of being the Purple-Clothed Angel of Konoha, worthy indeed of being the Purple-Robed Dragon King of Roran.
Compared to them, her power still had a gap.
She looked at the spot on Nagato's face where she had hit him, already swollen high, and showed an apologetic expression.
"Does it still hurt?"
Nagato shook his head, "It doesn't."
"If it hurts, you should say so, haha, I'll help you rub it."
Pakura raised her hand and rubbed the swelling on Nagato's face.
This time, Nagato really did feel pain, and couldn't help but bare his teeth and suck in a breath.
At the same time, for some reason, a faint redness appeared on his face.
———
On the other side, Rasa also noticed that the civilians hadn't suffered major injuries, and the heart he had been holding up finally relaxed.
Tobi spoke, "Akatsuki is a peace organization. Our philosophy has always been peaceful negotiation, naturally we wouldn't take lives."
Rasa raised his brows.
'Peaceful negotiation?'
'First blow up a crater that huge right next to Sunagakure, and then tell me you can peacefully negotiate, huh?'
'That is really peaceful, indeed.'
Tobi seemed to read Rasa's thoughts, and smiled, "We're just helping you understand, right? Look, how flat the land around that crater is now. You could practically build a new settlement inside it. If you relied only on yourselves, how much manpower and resources would it take to achieve that degree?"
Rasa took a deep breath, "Thank you very much."
Tobi scratched his head with a grin, "Haha, doing good deeds for good people, that's what I'm best at, no thanks, no thanks."
After saying that, he returned to a calm tone, looking at the Sunagakure buildings just damaged by the great shock.
"Akatsuki plans to set up a station in your village, to supervise your use of chakra transformation ore. I think you shouldn't have any objections, right?"
Rasa quickly shook his head, "None."
If before, he would've had plenty of objections, but now, he was being honest.
Tobi continued, "You should've noticed, among the people who came this time is Queen Sara. Look at her clothes, I heard your Wind Country wanted to attack Roran?"
Rasa shook his head again, "No, you must have heard wrong. That's a rumor, just a rumor, you understand."
Tobi spread his hands, "As for the rest… nothing more. Akatsuki's supervisor in your village is Pakura, so don't make things hard for her. Look at her now, how close she is with Nagato."
Rasa let out a breath. Perhaps this was the only good news he had heard since Akatsuki's arrival.
If it was Pakura, at least her heart was tied to this land.
He said solemnly, "Rest assured, Pakura is our hero. We will always treat her as a hero."
Tobi turned, "Alright, nothing more. We'll rest a bit and then leave."
After speaking, he trotted off toward the other masked figure.
Rasa, however, looked at the other masked figure, feeling the chakra on her body that was of the same origin as Sara's, and muttered.
"Konoha's… Purple-Clothed Angel, Rin?"
Then, as if remembering something terrifying, Rasa hurriedly shook his head, "No, I don't know, I don't know anything."
———
Tobi returned to the side of his loyal female Tobi.
He asked curiously, "You and Nagato staged that whole act, was it planned ahead of time?"
Female Tobi thought for a moment, "Not really. It's just that when he was about to do something, he gave us a look, then when we saw him fly into the sky chanting for half the day, we pretty much understood."
Tobi nodded, looking at Sara, "The matter is settled. From now on, the Wind Country probably won't lose their heads and attack Roran. What happened today should cool them down."
Sara smiled, "I know. Actually, after walking around Sunagakure today, I found they're nothing that special."
After speaking, she waved to Nagato and Pakura in the distance, "Hey, go collect money from them. Once you get it, we should head back."
Just then, as Pakura was treating Nagato's injury, she came back to her senses, pulled on Nagato's sleeve, "Let's go."
Nagato nodded woodenly, muttering, "Ah, only brought back ten million yen. Lord Kakuzu probably won't be happy."
The group, having finished their business, left Sunagakure.
———
After returning to Roran, Tobi took off his mask, reverting to Obito.
He looked at Rin, "Rin, you play around in Roran. I'll go see Madara, handle a matter."
Rin nodded, "Okay, be careful."
After saying it, remembering Obito's many life-saving tricks, she felt that sentence was completely unnecessary.
Obito then activated the power of his Eternal Mangekyo Kamui. In an instant, he locked onto the underground chamber beneath the Mountains' Graveyard.
Then, his figure slowly blurred, disappearing without a trace…
———
[Mountains' Graveyard, Underground Chamber]
Uchiha Madara looked coldly at the several White Zetsu lined up in front of him.
"From now on, you listen to me. Got it?"
The White Zetsu immediately straightened up.
"Got it, Boss Madara."
Only then did Uchiha Madara nod with satisfaction.
His thoughts couldn't help but spread outward. After his confirmation, it seemed these White Zetsu had completely lost contact with Black Zetsu.
'Does this mean Obito succeeded?'
He very much wanted to grant Black Zetsu its fated death.
Just then, the space around Madara twisted, and Obito's figure appeared.
Madara was already used to Obito's ghostly comings and goings, so he didn't react much, only asked, "All done?"
Obito's face showed a teasing expression, "Guess, has Infinite Tsukuyomi been activated yet?"
Madara snorted, impatient, "Boring."
Then, as if remembering something, "My time isn't long. I hope before I die, you can fulfill my wish."
Obito naturally knew what Madara was talking about. He said slowly, "Don't worry. Black Zetsu has already been caught. Two of them, in fact."
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, pulling from the Kamui space two masses of pitch-black substance.
As soon as the two Black Zetsu appeared, they began cursing Obito.
"You shameless traitor, using Mother to lure us into a trap, you and that Rin are both despicable!"
"Obito, do you have no shame? There's no one in this world more vile than you!"
Obito only frowned, tightened his grip with both hands, "Be quiet."
The two Black Zetsu immediately fell silent.
Madara, however, stared at the two masses, a suppressed fury erupting from him.
"Yo-you deceived me. Was deceiving me fun?"
Hearing Madara's dark voice, the two Black Zetsu felt a chill.
But, after all, they weren't human. From their perspective, Uchiha Madara was only a part of the history they had created.
The Fourth-War Black Zetsu said, "Who told you Uchihas are all idiots, so easy to trick?"
The Third-War Black Zetsu echoed, "Exactly. Uchiha Madara, you've got no brains, and you expect me to show you mercy?"
Uchiha Madara nearly choked with rage, a vast chakra erupting from his body.
"You dare say that again!"
As this chakra burst out, the whole cavern couldn't withstand it, shaking violently.
Under the tremors, slabs of rock from the ceiling came crashing down.
BOOM!
Above the cavern, a huge crack suddenly split open.
A blood-drenched figure, missing half its body, suddenly fell down from the gap.
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