Naruto: I Can Take People Through the Ninja World in the Future-Chapter 502: Nagato: What Happened?

After everything was over, Konan dispersed the large tree made with Shikigami no Mai. Then, she wrapped Nagato and Yahiko's corpses in white paper.

Naruto stood beside her, watching everything in silence. Only after Konan finished wrapping both corpses did he ask:

"You're going to take them back?"

"Yes. Deva Pain was made from Yahiko's corpse. For me and Nagato, he was irreplaceable!"

"Yahiko, he was that person?"

Of the three friends who grew up together, now only Konan remained. She must have felt sad and lonely, but she still respected Nagato's wishes and wasn't hostile towards Naruto.

"What are your plans? You won't go back to Akatsuki, will you?"

Naruto felt a pang of sympathy, asking Konan in a soft voice, not wanting to face her in the future.

Therefore, he hoped Konan wouldn't return to Akatsuki. After all, there were hardly any members left in Akatsuki now.

Sasori, Deidara, Itachi, Kakuzu, Hidan... all of them were dead. The once powerful organization had lost more than half of its members.

"Don't worry, I will leave Akatsuki. For me, Yahiko and Nagato were everything. Their dream is now entrusted to you, so you are their hope!"

"Nagato believed in you, and I believe in you too. Next, I will lead Amegakure to pursue their dream of peace."

Konan gave Naruto a paper flower of hope, as a final tribute to her teacher, Jiraiya.

"Thank you! I will carry the spirit of Ero-Sennin and my senior disciple, and keep fighting!"

Naruto accepted the flower with strong determination.

That was how the two parted ways.

With a weakened body, Naruto walked back to Konoha Village and was soon found by the resurrected Kakashi, who then carried him home. He was greeted by the cheering villagers of Konoha.

Meanwhile, Konan carried the two corpses alone, returning to Amegakure.

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However, she hadn't walked far when she was suddenly blocked by a stranger.

The person didn't use Shunshin no Jutsu but truly appeared suddenly in front of her as if he had been there from the beginning, making Konan unable to guess anything.

Konan immediately became alert, took out white papers and prepared to fight, while staring at her opponent.

"Who are you?"

Lux smiled, looked Konan up and down, then nodded in satisfaction:

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Of course, it wasn't about physical appearance but experience and combat awareness.

"Mature? You impudent brat!"

Konan frowned, certain that this person was definitely not a good guy, and then attacked directly.

She used Shikigami no Mai, creating many paper shuriken and throwing them towards Lux.

Suddenly, Lux used a weakened version of Shinra Tensei, creating a repulsive force barrier that easily blew away all the paper shuriken.

If he used full power?

Even ten Konoha Villages could vanish in an instant!

"That's... Shinra Tensei?! How is that possible?!"

"You—"

Konan was shocked; she immediately recognized the jutsu.

But how?

Who was this person? Why could he use Nagato's ability?

Did he also have the Rinnegan?

Wait... those eyes with the ripple pattern and tomoe? Was that the Rinnegan?

Konan was confused and curious but still tried to attack again.

But at that moment, as soon as she looked directly into the Nine Tomoe Rinne-Sharingan, her entire body was instantly locked in place. A terrifying pressure like ancient power struck her, making her unable to move.

Clearly, now Lux no longer needed to rely on the Rinnegan to intimidate. He didn't even need to use genjutsu.

Just releasing a bit of chakra aura, a divine pressure exceeding normal limits was enough to lock Konan down.

Konan, trapped in that divine pressure, almost fainted but managed to endure, even trying to resist. Unfortunately, she couldn't move at all.

"Alright, don't resist. I have no intention of hurting you. My arrival is actually good for you."

Lux was too lazy to argue.

He raised his hand and sucked Nagato's corpse from beside Konan.

Seeing that his target was Nagato's corpse, Konan became even more panicked, even biting her lip until it bled, but still unable to resist.

Then, Lux opened the white paper wrapping around Nagato's corpse and took a drop of Nagato's blood, obtaining his personal information material.

Then, Lux moved his hand again.

A Zetsu was released from the Qiankun Pocket, and a summoning seal that had already been prepared immediately formed.

Now all preparations were complete.

Edo Tensei no Jutsu!

Under Konan's shocked gaze, an almost perfect Edo Tensei was immediately activated. Edo Tensei dust wrapped around the Zetsu, guided by the personal information in Nagato's blood, and slowly formed Nagato's body.

That's right.

Lux intended to revive the dead Nagato using Edo Tensei.

He even used a special Zetsu, so Nagato could be freed from the defect of paralyzed legs and possess unlimited chakra and an immortal body!

Instantly becoming a perfect version of Uzumaki Nagato!

Lux's choice was clear. In this Parallel World 5, he no longer chose Konoha Village as an ally.

But Akatsuki led by Nagato, or more precisely, Amegakure!

Why not choose Konoha again?

Just look at Konoha's current state...

This was the era of Tsunade, the Fifth Hokage, Konoha's weakest period.

If he supported Konoha now, the difficulty and time required would multiply.

More importantly, Tsunade wasn't easy to persuade.

Whether it was convincing her to unite the world or convincing Naruto to do it,

Everything was very difficult.

From that perspective, the difficulty and success rate were much lower compared to choosing Akatsuki and Nagato.

Lux did have some ties with Konoha, but not many. Not enough to influence his rational choice in completing the unification mission.

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At the same time.

The Edo Tensei was completed, and Nagato's figure with white hair slowly rose.

Konan, watching from afar, was stunned, her heart filled with shock.

Lux also didn't install a control talisman to limit Nagato's personality, because it wasn't necessary.

"I... this is?"

Nagato looked at his recovered body and legs, confused.

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'Wasn't I dead? Why am I alive again?'

'And my chakra is so abundant, there's no more feeling of weakness...'

'What exactly happened?!'