Chap.105 Mutual Destruction

Obito and black Zetsu arrived in Amegakure the next morning and saw the traces of destruction around them.

-What happened? -Black Zetsu asked, "For there to be this level of damage, there really had to be a Kage level battle.

-I'll go find Nagato and Konan," Obito became nervous for some reason.

-I'll check the Gedo Mazo," said Zetsu black before sinking down.

Perhaps the sealing could block others, but Zetsu was the one who delivered the sealing technique to Nagato and could take advantage of a back door to enter the sealed room when needed.

Obito searched for hours for the whereabouts of Nagato, Konan or any Pain, but could find no trace. He had to use genjutsu on several Amegakure ninja to extract information from them about what had happened in the past few days in the village.

-Did Jiraiya fight Nagato? -Obito was puzzled, but the ninja's memories clearly showed Jiraiya fighting one of the Pains using taijutsu, "Does he have any speed techniques we don't know about? -I reflect.

-Madara! -Zetsu black emerged from one of the pipes and looked desperately at Obito- He's not here! -He shouted frantically, "The ten-tailed shell is gone! The source of white Zetsus is also gone! There was only one letter in the place.

-What did you say?!

...On my way to Konoha...

-Thanks for helping me with the sealing, Konan," Tony thanked as he jumped between the branches, "I didn't expect you to have specially prepared papers to lock up the bijus, I saved myself a lot of trouble. While they're locked in the jars and sleeping, I'll have time to figure out what to do with them," he patted the large scroll on his back where the sealed containers were stored.

-"Too bad sensei was unable to calm down," Konan sighed as she levitated next to him in her paper angel form, keeping the same pace, "At least he died painlessly, that's more than most ninja can ask for.

Yes, Tony really went over the edge with Jiraiya when he questioned him and killed him in the heat of the moment. Even with Jiraiya's readiness to make a move, he was unable to react when Tony used his new strength with the Derous knives to decapitate him. Once he fell dead, he turned everything on him into mushrooms with the Breath of En and threw them into one of the streams of water that ran through Amegakure, so that it would return to its original burial place. He also prevented them from obtaining his DNA to use Edo Tensei on him.

He didn't revive in the series and wasn't going to this time either.

Later, he and Konan did a skit by using some clones to make it look like Jiraiya was fighting Pain in Amegakure in the eyes of various viewers.

He even mimicked toad oil techniques to make it more believable!

His intention was to make everyone believe that Nagato and Jiraiya killed each other. That's why he was walking back to Konoha, to make an excuse for the time he was away, searching for Jiraiya's body in Amegakure, but unfortunately, he was unsuccessful.

What a pity.

He wasn't too worried about Mount Myoboku's reaction, if the old toad tried to use the prophecies against him... He would open a new chain of stores serving sautéed frog legs. He believed the old man knew when to shut his mouth and after all, Jiraiya's death was originally meant to happen naturally.

It just changed whose hands did it, which is irrelevant.

Tony didn't know that in fact that was the case, the toad elder saw that Jiraiya's death was imminent, but he didn't wish to see the exact details of how it happened, it made him too sad. It was better to let things happen and not try to intervene.

So Tony was actually spared and the old toad still believed that Jiraiya's death had run its "natural" and undisturbed course. A misunderstanding that would never be resolved for everyone's benefit.

-Are you sure it's okay for me to accompany you to Konoha? -Konan asked somewhat nervously, "From their point of view, I'm a central Akatsuki and they might not listen to your explanation.

Konan was not wearing the characteristic Akatsuki robe, as she was now a "spy who was discovered" and therefore, she could stop "pretending". She was wearing a lavender-colored set of clothes.

-Don't worry, I have this confidence at the very least or I wouldn't have asked you to come with me -Tony assured- Although what I'm going to have to do next won't be pleasant at all.

-Right, the current Hokage is another Sanin and I don't think she will take sensei's death lightly -Konan remembered when he met the team of Jiraiya, Tsunade and Orochimaru in the past.

Tony kept silent. Leaving aside that Tsunade would turn to drinking for a few days, the impact on Naruto could be more dangerous due to the fact that he had not yet managed to harmonize with Kurama.

Pain's attack on Konoha will no longer happen, but another Kyubi attack could occur if he is not careful. He should remind Tsunade to reinforce the seal on Naruto before giving him the news.

And speaking of Naruto, he wondered how the events on the bridge must have unfolded. Itachi was following them, Orochimaru must be "dead" and a reunion or something should have happened.

Shit, things were getting so sidetracked that he really wasn't too clear on what would actually happen.

What is still pending?

Kabuto should know Edo Tensei and that alone is reason enough to kill him.

He needed to take care of Obito, for which he would undoubtedly need to talk to Kakashi and Karin.

And then there was the biggest latent danger, black Zetsu.

He wasn't worried about him hiding, he had an idea of how to use the Interdimensional Summoning Ticket (single-use item) that had been gathering dust in the System to locate him.

But he still needed to figure out how to solve it, since without the Rinnegan he couldn't lock it up like Kaguya was locked up. And he didn't want to use something that might break after a few decades, he wanted to find something more permanent.

-Let's take a short break and have a drink -Tony needed to clear his head a bit and they still had time.

-Good," Konan didn't say much, if she had discovered how good the Kuku store's goods were earlier, she would have become a regular in the business.

While Tony was preparing some simple snacks, he was thinking whether the wood release should happen before or after the news of Jiraiya's death. The condition was to use fluids to transfer it, so Tony was thinking about a blood transfusion or something like that.

Sure, there were other more adult methods to fulfill that condition, but Tony didn't think about using them since he had Tayuya's feelings to think about. Not to mention how awkward it would be to meet Tsunade every time afterwards.

Maybe mix some tears with strong alcohol?