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"You..."
Nagato was too weakened to even speak.
Furthermore, at this moment, he was undoubtedly… scared.
The sense of oppression brought by the height of more than a hundred meters difference was unparalleled.
Through the Rinnegan, Nagato could see clearly that Colt, who was standing high inside the crystal, was looking at him with a look of indifference.
Colt was indeed more of a real god than himself.
'The clown is me?'
Nagato pulled a painful smile from the corner of his mouth as if he was laughing at his own ignorance.
'I'm sorry, Yahiko. I can't fulfill your ideal.'
'And Konan, it would be better if don't avenge me, and stay away from this world of strife and live well.'
Nagato's eyes gradually closed, and he had no strength left to struggle.
Colt raised the long sword in Susanoo's hand high, ready to deliver the final blow to Nagato.
At this time, an unexpected event suddenly occurred!
Beside Nagato, Obito's figure emerged from the ground and reached out to his eyes.
Nagato mustered all that he had left and yelled.
"Madara!"
Nagato's last roar didn't stop this from happening, and after a cry of pain, Obito retreated.
Whoosh!
An energy light beam shot out rapidly, aiming directly at Obito.
The light beam passed directly through his body, hitting the ground and setting off an explosion.
Colt didn't expect that Obito, the ever so crafty, had been hiding in the Kamui space all this time.
He didn't come to take Nagato's Rinnegan until the last minute.
Nagato's body was thrown high by the explosion and then fell heavily to the ground.
He had completely lost his life.
As for why Obito could use spatial abilities?
As early as when Nagato performed [Chibaku Tensei], he had siphoned off a lot of Chakra, and the other Paths could no longer maintain the operation of the forbidden space.
Swish!
Colt came to Nagato's side in an instant, but Obito didn't have the slightest hesitation, just grabbed the Rinnegan and ran away immediately.
"Nagato!"
Konan, who was flapping her wings, had just arrived at the battlefield, and seeing what had happened, she let out a pained cry.
Seeing that Colt had come to Nagato's side, Konan hurriedly shot a large number of paper bombs, trying to stop his movements.
The Susanoo appeared again, blocking all the explosions and aftermath.
Then the skeleton-like arm directly grabbed Konan who couldn't dodge.
"[Genjutsu: Sharingan]!"
Colt's eyes widened, forcing Konan to meet his gaze.
She immediately fell into unconsciousness.
Colt had promised Jiraiya that if he could keep Konan alive, he would try to do so.
He didn't mind if she could become a good ally.
As for Nagato, his Chakra had completely dissipated, and the circumstances of a Rinnegan user's death were different from a Jinchūriki's.
He couldn't be saved at all.
[Kagura Shingan] activated and Colt sensed the Chakra fluctuations of Jiraiya and the others more than ten kilometers away.
Colt drove the Susanoo like this, grabbed one in each hand, and quickly headed to the battlefield.
By the time he arrived, Hidan and Kakuzu had disappeared, and Deidara and Sasori were escaping through the air on a giant clay bird.
Clay bombs continued to fall from the sky, exploding and blocking the pursuit of Jiraiya and the others.
"Jiraiya-san, go ahead!"
Colt threw both the unconscious Konan and the dead Nagato to Jiraiya, forming a seal with both hands.
"[Chidori Sharp Spear]!"
The lightning spear formed from his palm and quickly extended for tens of meters. The clay giant bird couldn't dodge and lost a wing.
In desperation, Sasori and Deidara could only jump and land on the ground.
"[Wood Style: Nativity of a World of Trees]!"
Several vines emerged from the soil, restricting the movement of the two.
Both of them were long-range attack ninjas, and they were a bit poor in physical skills. After struggling for a while, they were firmly imprisoned by the vines on the trunk.
"Sasori, it seems we can't run away this time!"
Deidara said the words with a dejected tone, but his expression was very happy:
"You finally have a chance to see my ultimate art!"
"Idiot!" Sasori snorted coldly, "Only eternity is art, but unfortunately, my eternity cannot be achieved."
"Hahaha! So, my art has won?" Deidara laughed wildly, his body starting to glow white.
"Want to blow yourself up?"
Colt chuckled, his hands clapped and the speed of the vines absorbing Chakra suddenly increased.
Deidara was horrified to find that his body had become weaker and weaker.
In the blink of an eye, even the C0 self-destruction technique failed.
"No, it shouldn't be like this!"
Deidara wailed like a child with a toy taken away from them...
Why was his art so utterly defeated?
Jiraiya and the others also came to Colt and let out a long sigh of relief.
"Fortunately, you came in time, otherwise these two would have run away."
Deidara, who had the ability to fly, was too difficult to deal with. As long as he didn't want to fight to the death, no one could keep him on the scene.
"What about the other two?"
After ordering several ANBU to bring Deidara and Sasori under control, Colt asked about the whereabouts of Kakuzu and Hidan.
"Kakuzu's hearts were completely destroyed by Naruto's Rasenshuriken, and as for Hidan, I sealed him in the stomach of the Iwajuku toad."
Jiraiya answered the question, but his eyes stayed on the dead Nagato, his expression very complicated.
There was some bitterness in his heart.
Nagato, Konan, and Yahiko.
How innocent and kind-hearted the three of them were at the time, firmly believing that they could change this war-torn world.
But why was the final outcome so tragic?
"Colt, what about the Rinnegan?"
Distressed, he discovered Nagato's condition.
"It was stolen by a masked man. We'll talk about it when we get back."
"Alright."
After hurriedly cleaning the battlefield, they collected the Six Paths of Pain scattered around.
Everyone then returned to Konoha.
Although the battle was a bit difficult, there were simply no casualties.
Even after Guy opened the Seventh Gate and destroyed the Third Kazekage puppet, his body received some damage, but he would be fine after training for a few days.
Along the way, Colt took Hinata's small hand.
That's right, what no one noticed was that Hinata was also in this fight.
At first, he didn't want Hinata to take part in such a dangerous fight.
But this time, this girl was very insistent on standing by his side.
Colt, who had always spoiled his girlfriends, could only agree to her request.
However, she did play a big role while relatively in a less dangerous spot.
Her Byakugan perception helped to lock on any target, helping the others and especially Yugito.
She also destroyed quite a few of Sasori's puppets through her Gentle Fist.
"Good job. I'll reward you when we get back."
Rubbing Hinata's head, Colt encouraged her warmly.
"Mn"
Hinata smiled softly and replied quietly.
Looking at the two people who were tired and leaning on each other, Yugito snorted coldly.
meanwhile, she was still a few positions behind… but she'll get there.