"Hahaha, this rumor must be about the 600 billion explosive tags, right?"
In Tobirama's office.
Everyone laughed when they heard the rumor.
Logically speaking, even if Konan used her Paper Jutsu and worked overtime every day making explosive tags until she died, she still probably couldn't make 600 billion of them.
The only explanation is that she must have stolen the money that Kakuzu earned.
She buys them with money and makes some herself, so even then, 600 billion is still ridiculous.
No matter how anyone looks at it, the amount is just too exaggerated.
It's insane!
"I wonder what Kakuzu would think if he saw this scene."
"Hiruzen, are you talking about the Kakuzu from our timeline, or the one from the Third Hokage's time?"
"Of course, I'm talking about the one from the Third Hokage's time. Our Konan probably was born just recently. She can't steal Kakuzu's money yet."
"Hahaha, he's probably so angry he'd come back to life."
Kakuzu: So all my hard work earning money was just to let you buy more explosive tags?
"Hahaha, Hiruzen, you're too cruel, but I like it."
Speaking of the Kakuzu from the Third Hokage's time, Hiruzen and his friends instantly burst into laughter.
They could imagine what kind of reaction Kakuzu, who had a special attachment to money, would have when he found out how wasteful Konan was.
That scene would definitely be very interesting.
[Many years passed, and Jiraiya infiltrated the Hidden Rain Village to gather information.]
[Konan and Jiraiya met again, and both held their ground. Neither could persuade the other.]
[Since they couldn't convince each other with words, they decided to fight it out with strength.]
[Unfortunately, Konan's Paper Jutsu was perfectly countered by Jiraiya's toad oil, and with Jiraiya's continuous attacks, Konan was defeated in no time.]
[After Nagato dealt with Jiraiya…]
"Wait, what do you mean by 'Nagato dealt with me'? Am I going to die at Nagato's hands?"
The Fifth Hokage, Jiraiya, widened his eyes in disbelief as he stared at the light screen.
"Tch, if not for the light screen, the way things were going, Sarutobi-sensei would die by my hands, and then I'd be killed by Sasuke, my disciple."
Upon hearing this, Sasuke glanced at Orochimaru but said nothing.
Orochimaru didn't pay attention to Sasuke and continued, "Minato can be said to have died at the hands of Obito. Jiraiya, you also died at the hands of your own disciple. Speaking of which, does Konoha have bad luck? Why does it always have rebellious disciples who kill their masters? If this keeps happening, will killing a master become Konoha's tradition?"
The Third Hokage gave Orochimaru an angry look and said, "Is it possible that the whole master-killing thing started with you?"
Meanwhile, Jiraiya nodded in agreement, "That's right, Orochimaru, you're the root of all evil. Even if master-killing becomes Konoha's tradition, it's because you set a bad example. You should commit seppuku to apologize."
Before Orochimaru could reply, the Third Hokage jumped up in anger and slapped Jiraiya on the head.
"Damn tradition, Konoha will never have a master-killing tradition. We didn't have it in the past, we don't have it now, and we definitely won't have it in the future!"
"Yes, yes, yes, I was confused by Orochimaru's shamelessness."
Seeing that the Third Hokage was a bit angry, Jiraiya immediately apologized and shifted the blame to Orochimaru.
"If you hadn't asked, I wouldn't have gone along with your words."
Orochimaru didn't take the blame and quickly shifted it back to Jiraiya.
"I was just too shocked by all this."
Saying this, Jiraiya touched the spot on his head where the Third Hokage had slapped him, then his expression immediately turned serious.
"It's all that damn Danzo's fault."
When Orochimaru and the others saw Jiraiya's serious expression, they thought he was about to say something important.
But this?
Really just blaming Danzo for everything?
If we're being honest, though, you could actually blame Danzo for this.
If he hadn't gone to join forces with Hanzo and killed Yahiko, maybe Nagato wouldn't have turned out like this.
So...
"It's all Danzo's fault."
Orochimaru: "After we finish watching the screen, let's all head to my lab, and we can kill Danzo a few times to vent."
Jiraiya: "Danzo never found a chance to kill you before. That's probably his biggest regret in life."
Orochimaru: "Are you going later or not?"
Jiraiya: "Of course I'm going. How could I miss the chance to kill Danzo?"
Orochimaru: "Heh, man~"
[After Nagato dealt with Jiraiya, Konan followed him to Konoha to capture the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, Naruto Uzumaki, and defeated many of Konoha's ninjas.]
[During this time, Konan was surrounded by four elite members of the Aburame clan.]
[The Aburame clan's insects could devour paper, but Konan was not afraid. She attacked with paper clones that had explosive tags, and the paper she used was waterproof, which also made it resistant to fire jutsu.]
[After Aburame's insects narrowly avoided the explosion, they noted that Konan was a meticulous and tricky enemy.]
[But in the end, Konan was called away by Nagato, so the fight was unfinished.]
[When she learned that Nagato was going to use Shinra Tensei to destroy Konoha, she strongly opposed using such a move because it would shorten Nagato's lifespan. However, she couldn't persuade him.]
[This all happened until Nagato was defeated by Naruto, and they came to find him.]
[Konan, who was guarding the real Nagato inside the paper tree, watched as the two Children of Prophecy kissed each other.]
[In the end, Nagato couldn't resist Naruto and agreed with Naruto's ideology.]
[He sacrificed himself and revived those who had died in the battle.]
[Konan was also moved by Naruto's persistent longing for peace. Plus, they both shared the bond of being Jiraiya's disciples. Konan gave Naruto a "flower of hope," entrusting him with Yahiko and Nagato's original dream.]
[With her comrades' bodies, Konan returned to the Hidden Rain.]
"You really are something, with the 'Talk no Jutsu,' even the leader of the Akatsuki can be taken down by your words. You really have your way, Naruto."
"Heh heh, I'm not that great."
Hearing Sasuke's praise, Naruto looked quite embarrassed.
"Fine, just take it as me complimenting you."
Sasuke covered his face.
When he first heard that Konan had six hundred billion explosive tags, he thought it was already ridiculous.
Now, seeing on the screen that Naruto had 'spoken' the Akatsuki leader to death.
It truly was absurd—absurd to the extreme.
As the leader of the Akatsuki, where did your ideals go?
What happened to your determination to go against the entire ninja world to fulfill Yahiko's dream?
Did all of that get negated by Naruto's words?
After watching so many reviews on the screen, Sasuke felt that the reason he didn't get along with most people wasn't because he was arrogant or cold.
It was because he wasn't enough of a talker.
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