"Let's go~" Finn picked up Nagato's body and said to Konan beside him.
Konan had a sad expression on her face, tears welling in her eyes, and she followed Finn silently outside. The two arrived at Yahiko's tomb, where Finn dug a new grave. After Nagato was buried, a tombstone was erected. After Finn and Konan paid their respects to both of them, they left.
"Finn, Nagato and Yahiko are both gone. Now I have nothing left to worry about. Helping you achieve your great cause is the only goal in my life!" Konan declared firmly, walking by Finn's side. Due to the influence of Kotoamatsukami, Konan was now determined to assist Finn from the deepest part of her will.
Regarding Nagato's death, Finn had simply used his Keko-Kede ability to rewind Konan's memory by two hours. This way, Konan wouldn't know the true cause of Nagato's death. Under the influence of Kotoamatsukami, Konan trusted Finn completely. When Finn told her that Nagato had been secretly killed by Uchiha Obito, Konan believed it without hesitation. After all, Obito had been the shadowy figure manipulating her and Nagato from behind the scenes for years.
As for Nagato's Rinnegan, after Nagato was buried, Finn quietly destroyed them. Finn wasn't interested in them. Although the Rinnegan's abilities were formidable, the idea of digging out an eye from a deceased person and implanting it into his own body wasn't appealing to him. However, if the Rinnegan were left on Nagato's body, it wouldn't be long before Uchiha Madara would claim them. So, destroying them was the best option!
Aftermath on the Battlefield
Meanwhile, at the junction of the Land of Fire and the Land of Lightning, the main battleground of the Fourth Great Ninja War, the Six Paths Pain had been overwhelmingly powerful! Their indiscriminate attacks were causing heavy losses to the Ninja Alliance forces! Many ninjas couldn't help but feel a sense of hopelessness, facing what seemed like an invincible enemy with no hope of victory.
But at this moment, all Six Paths Pain suddenly fell to the ground in unison, like machines that had lost their power. Seeing this, everyone rushed forward, quickly hacking the motionless Six Paths Pain bodies into pieces!
"Great! We finally killed all these horrible guys!"
"It's so strange, they just suddenly stopped working!"
"Are these guys puppets? Could it be that they ran out of Chakra?"
"Could it be that the gods are helping us?"
"Whatever the reason, it's a good situation for us now. Let's push forward!"
Princess Tsunade also frowned slightly, pondering. "It's so strange! Just a moment ago, they were unleashing Shinra Tensei, but all of a sudden, it's gone!"
"Yeah, it doesn't look like we did it. Someone must have secretly helped us." Mei Terumi also came to Tsunade's side, speculating.
"There's no need to guess. Master Finn asked us to resist the enemy's army. He said he was going to deal with the enemy's leader. It must be that the enemy's leader was killed, making these puppets useless." Mash Kyrielight, holding her shield, appeared next to Tsunade and Mei Terumi.
Hearing Mash's words, Tsunade and Mei Terumi's hearts suddenly brightened! So, it all made sense! No wonder Finn, the Commander-in-Chief, had disappeared when the war started. Now, it seemed Finn had long anticipated the presence of such powerful puppets among the enemy and knew they wouldn't be easy to deal with. From the very beginning, Finn went directly to locate and neutralize the key figure controlling the six puppets.
"I see..." Tsunade pursed her red lips. "He didn't even say goodbye, which almost made me misunderstand him. It seems I really have to apologize to him when I see him later." Tsunade felt a deep sense of self-blame at the thought of worrying that Finn might have abandoned them.
"It's not just you; I should apologize to him too!" Mei Terumi also had a look of guilt on her face. Not long ago, she had also thought that Finn had run away irresponsibly. Now it seemed she had truly misunderstood him.
As the two spoke, they suddenly heard a voice next to them: "What are you two doing, and who do you want to apologize to?"
"Ah!?" Suddenly hearing Finn's voice, both Tsunade and Mei Terumi widened their eyes and looked behind them simultaneously! They couldn't believe it when they saw Finn had appeared right beside them!
How could this be? Didn't he go to eliminate the key figure controlling these six puppets? He appeared so soon? Was the controller of the six golems nearby?
"Finn, where is the person who controls the puppets?" Tsunade asked subconsciously.
Finn raised his eyebrows and said, "In Rain Shinobi Village. I wanted to discuss some things with him and persuade him to join our side. But I was still a step too late."
"What do you mean?" Mei Terumi asked suspiciously.
Finn glanced at Mei Terumi, noting that this beauty seemed to be paying more and more attention to him. "When I arrived, Nagato had already been killed." To maintain the illusion he had created for Konan, Finn's words had to conform to the narrative in Konan's memory.
"What!? Someone got to him first? Who did it?" Tsunade asked in surprise.
At this moment, Konan, who had been silently by Finn's side, gritted her teeth and said with hatred, "It was Uchiha Madara's Obito!"
"Uchiha Obito!!!" Hearing this name, several people around cried out in shock. Uchiha Obito? But hasn't he been dead for many years? How could it be him? Could he be a reanimated corpse? Or is it from Impure World Reincarnation? If it's Impure World Reincarnation, doesn't that mean someone else is the true killer?
"Ah, you are..." Just as she was about to say something, Tsunade suddenly stared intently at Konan for a moment, then said in astonishment: "Are you Konan?" Previously, Jiraiya had three apprentices. Tsunade, being a Sannin as famous as Jiraiya, naturally knew Konan.
"It's me," Konan replied dispassionately.
"Now is not the time to talk about that," Finn interrupted the conversation between the two, then said to Tsunade and Mei Terumi: "Uchiha Obito is still alive. This battle is being led by him!"
"What!! Impossible!" Hearing from Finn's mouth that Uchiha Obito was still alive, everyone around was completely stunned!