Facing the gaze of the Night Star, Konan's expression, though still cold and aloof as always, revealed a trace of vigilance in her beautiful eyes.
She now somewhat understood why the other party would not even regard Nagato, who possessed the Rinnegan, as a threat.
Within two minutes, he had killed nearly a hundred Mist ninjas. That eerie black mist ability was truly terrifying.
Konan knew very well that her current strength barely reached the threshold of an elite jonin.
Moreover, even Mangetsu Hozuki could easily identify the weakness of her Paper Release secret technique.
How could Night Star Uchiha, who had the ability to foresee the future, not know?
Konan composed herself, trying to make her voice sound as calm as possible.
"Night Star Uchiha, the organization needs your strength. Join us."
"I refuse."
Night Star rejected her outright without any hesitation.
At the same time, he noted in his diary:
[Why is Konan from the Akatsuki organization here? And she's even inviting me to join Akatsuki?]
[Since the Nine-Tails incident, I haven't left the village.]
[Could it be that during the Third Shinobi World War, I was already on Madara Uchiha is radar as someone he wanted to recruit?]
[That seems very possible. With the elusive Zetsu, Madara's spies are spread across the entire shinobi world. Noticing me is completely plausible.]
[So, was it Obito who sent Konan to recruit me?]
Tsunade, who was reading the diary, was dumbfounded by this new entry.
What was going on?
Wasn't Madara Uchiha supposed to have died in that epic battle with her grandfather?
From Night Star is perspective, Madara was still alive during the Third Shinobi World War?
What was Zetsu? And who was Obito?
Tsunade frowned, her almond-shaped eyes revealing a thoughtful look.
Beneath the seemingly calm shinobi world, there appeared to be many undercurrents even she was unaware of.
"Refuse?"
Konan seemed not to have expected such a reply and frowned slightly.
"Our organization was founded to bring eternal peace to the shinobi world. Don't you want to..."
"No, I don't."
Night Star is response was blunt, and the way he looked at Konan was as if he were staring at a fool.
Seeing his firm stance, Konan felt very conflicted.
Her original plan was that if Night Star refused to join, she would use force to take him back to the Land of Rain and then extract his memories using Nagato's Rinnegan through the Asura Path's abilities.
But the opponent's strength had far exceeded Konan's expectations.
"Night Star Uchiha."
Konan looked directly into Night Star is eyes and said in a cold tone.
"One day, I will make you join the organization."
With that, she reformed a pair of new paper wings and flew off into the distance.
The group of Konoha ninjas watched Konan's angelic departure, their eyes filled with admiration.
It wasn't until Konan's figure had long disappeared from their sight that they finally snapped out of it.
"Big brother Night Star."
Shisui approached Night Star, a relaxed smile on his face.
"What brings you here?"
"Staying in the village is too boring, so I came to find something interesting to do."
Shisui chuckled and shook his head, thinking that Big Brother Night Star was really not honest.
Who would come to a battlefield just to look for fun?
It was clearly because Night Star had heard that the village was at a disadvantage in the war against the Mist and came to offer support.
Thinking of this, Shisui couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration.
If every Uchiha clansman had the same awareness as Big Brother Night Star, how could the Uchiha clan and the village have reached this point of discord?
Shisui sighed softly, looking at the corpses of Mist ninjas scattered around, and said helplessly:
"Big brother Night Star, you were too ruthless. You could've at least left a few alive for us to use the Sharingan on for interrogation. We might've gotten some useful intelligence."
The Sharingan's genjutsu was unparalleled when it came to extracting information from enemies.
Although Shisui currently only had two tomoe, it was still sufficient.
"No choice."
Night Star patted Shisui's shoulder, smiling softly as he said:
"Stepping on ants without killing them—that level of control is far too difficult."
Hearing this, everyone fell silent.
So, the Mist ninja unit that had nearly driven them to despair was, in Night Star is eyes, nothing more than ants?
"Start cleaning up the battlefield."
"Understood."
While clearing the battlefield, the Konoha ninjas distanced themselves from the Uchiha clansmen, the division between the two groups stark and evident.
The Uchiha clan had always been viewed with suspicion.
The main reason was the Sharingan's overwhelming abilities.
Ordinary ninjas, once caught in those eyes, would fall into genjutsu and be unable to break free.
Shisui noticed their caution toward him and his clan but didn't mind too much.
As long as he kept working hard, he believed that one day the village and the Uchiha clan would achieve mutual understanding and peace.
While others were clearing the battlefield, Night Star leaned against a tree, seemingly resting his eyes but actually continuing to jot down entries in his diary.
[Konan really is a failure as the Akatsuki organization's HR.]
[Does she think Akatsuki's conditions are enticing?]
[What does achieving eternal peace have to do with me?]
[To put it bluntly, even Nagato's Rinnegan doesn't truly belong to him. He's just a pawn under Madara and Obito.]
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