Chapter 66: 066 Amegakure Trapped in Illusion
"Whew..."
Nagato barely managed to suppress the surging life energy within his body using the power of the Rinnegan.
At this moment, apart from his somewhat thin body and the several black rods sticking out of his back, his outward appearance was practically no different from an ordinary person.
Under Konan's astonished gaze, Nagato slowly stood up. Although his legs were still a bit shaky, he could already walk.
"These so-called First Hokage cells truly have a significant effect."
Nagato let out a long sigh of relief, and his purple Rinnegan became a bit brighter.
"The time to take the life of Hanzo of the Salamander has finally come."
After saying these words, Nagato walked in front of the Deva Path Pain. Two pairs of Rinnegan met, gazing into each other, staring at that familiar face, he murmured to himself:
"Yahiko, you do it."
This scene of conversing with his friend's corpse appeared quite eerie.
It was a pity that, besides Konan, basically everyone in this cave was not quite mentally sound.
Not to mention Orochimaru, as the head of the research department, he was always with corpses every day when he was developing forbidden jutsu in private.
And Night Star's hands were stained with the blood of hundreds of people, so naturally, he wouldn't be frightened by such a scene.
"Konan, Orochimaru..."
When he said this, Nagato paused for a moment, his face showing hesitation. Ultimately, he spoke to Night Star:
"Night Star Uchiha, this time I need to borrow your strength."
Although Nagato possessed the Rinnegan and usually claimed to be a god, he still had some self-awareness.
Hanzo of the Salamander, that was a figure known as a demigod. At his peak, he could even rival the Third Hokage of Konoha. Relying on his own strength, he allowed the Land of Rain to survive in the cracks between the Five Great Ninja Villages.
Currently, Nagato had only created one Deva Path puppet. In addition, although he himself had undergone the effects of the First Hokage's cells, he could only barely walk and was far from being able to fight. The Rinnegan's ocular jutsu couldn't be fully utilized at all.
Relying solely on Konan, and the newly joined member Orochimaru, to kill Hanzo of the Salamander was simply too much of a pipe dream.
"No problem."
Night Star smiled and nodded.
"This was originally a condition of our deal."
While speaking, he had already recorded everything that just happened in his diary.
[Ding! Target completed.]
[Reward obtained: Complete Collection of Uzumaki Clan Sealing Jutsu.]
The diary's mission objective only stated to heal Nagato's body. To what extent it should be healed, it didn't specify.
From this perspective, even if Night Star only used medical ninjutsu to inject some chakra into Nagato, it was considered completing the task.
The difficulty here was originally not the healing, but how to approach Nagato, who deeply hated Konoha, as a Konoha ninja.
The Uzumaki Clan's sealing jutsu was not a kind of Kekkei Genkai. Theoretically speaking, anyone could master it through later training.
The problem was that the chakra consumed by those seals exceeded the limits of ordinary ninjas.
Only those with Uzumaki bloodline, or powerhouses like Minato Namikaze whose chakra was comparable to tailed beasts, could use them freely.
The amount of chakra in Night Star's body wasn't too much.
It was just a little bit stronger than the complete Three-Tails. After using the Adamantine Sealing Chains a few dozen times, it might not be enough.
"That..."
When Nagato and Orochimaru walked towards the outside of the cave, Konan approached Night Star, tugged at his sleeve, and pleaded softly:
"If you have a way, can you... not involve other people in Amegakure?"
Although Konan appeared cold on the outside, she was actually a very kind and innocent person inside.
After Amegakure became the base of the Akatsuki organization, she was also loved by the villagers and called "Angel".
Night Star glanced at Konan and said indifferently:
"You're too kind-hearted. In this cruel ninja world, you won't live long."
Konan forced a smile and murmured:
"Maybe so, but I just don't want to see those children in Amegakure suffer the pain brought by war because of hatred."
"Oh, I see."
Seeing Night Star's noncommittal appearance, Konan smiled bitterly, thinking that this was indeed the reaction she expected.
How could such a cold and ruthless person show mercy to the civilians of Amegakure just because of her request?
Konan sighed softly and silently followed behind Night Star, leaving the cave and heading towards Amegakure.
Not long after, the four of them had already arrived near the gate of Amegakure.
"Who is it!?"
Seeing the strange attire and appearance of the Deva Path, the Amegakure ninja guarding the gate immediately raised their vigilance and slowly approached with kunai in hand.
The Deva Path raised his right hand and chanted:
"From this moment on, let the world feel..."
"Bang."
Before he could finish his words, the several Amegakure ninja suddenly fell to the ground, unconscious.
"Hmm?"
The Deva Path turned his head and saw the Sharingan's three-tomoe pattern already appearing in Night Star's eyes.
"Don't waste time, let's go."
Seeing Night Star use genjutsu without causing any physical harm to the Amegakure ninja, Konan breathed a sigh of relief and gave him a grateful look.
"Hmph."
The Deva Path snorted coldly with an indifferent expression.
"It's raining."
Night Star muttered to himself, putting his hands together and forming dozens of seals.
Seeing his actions, Orochimaru couldn't help but feel very curious.
What kind of ninjutsu was it that, with Night Star's chakra control ability, required such complex hand seals as assistance before casting?
"Yin Release: Rain Cloud Technique."
As Night Star's voice fell, everyone saw a thick layer of dark clouds gathering in the sky above Amegakure, from which drizzling raindrops fell to the ground.
"Alright, let's go."
Night Star didn't explain the effect of the jutsu he cast, but simply walked straight into Amegakure.
Seeing the gathering dark clouds in the sky, the Deva Path thought that this move was quite similar to his own Rain Tiger at Will Technique.
Could it be that this was also a type of sensory ninjutsu?
When they entered Amegakure, Orochimaru, Konan, and even Nagato, who was controlling the Deva Path, were stunned by the scene on the streets before them.
Within the vast village, there was only the light sound of raindrops falling on the ground.
Whether ninjas or civilians on the street, all had a very dull and absent-minded appearance. Even though they swaggered into the village, they didn't show any reaction.
It was as if they were puppets that had lost their minds.
Konan looked up at the dark clouds in the sky, realizing a terrifying fact. The gaze she directed at Night Star already carried a hint of shock.
Could it be...
that the jutsu he just cast had caused everyone in the entire Amegakure to fall into an illusion?
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