Although Hatake Satoru wasn’t surprised by Obito’s appearance, his next destination might have to change.

"We’re changing destinations, heading to little Mangetsu’s place of comfort."

"Huh? My place of comfort."

"Land of Rain."

Hozuki Mangetsu blushed, recalling an embarrassing incident.

"Teacher Satoru, please don’t tell anyone I don’t know the way."

Hozuki Mangetsu cared quite a bit about his image.

"Hmm... it seems necessary to tell Suigetsu that his brother is bad with directions."

"No!..."

It seemed Mangetsu wouldn’t be able to act very serious in front of Suigetsu anymore.

It appeared Mangetsu’s last trip to the Village Hidden in the Rain was truly a disaster.

The scenery on the road changed, and dust and wind gradually increased. Hatake Satoru and the others had entered the Land of Wind’s territory.

"Shisui is here too. You’ve both worked hard these past few days, you and Sasori."

"Taking care of Itachi isn’t a problem."

Shisui and Itachi’s bond was probably only second to Itachi and Sasuke’s.

"Itachi! You seem much more energetic."

"Yes, I recuperated well here. How is Sasuke now?"

As expected of Itachi, who doted on his brother, Sasuke was in every other sentence.

"Itachi isn’t very cute when talking about Sasuke."

"Don’t worry, he’s fine, just too arrogant. After getting the Mangekyou Sharingan, he’s too anxious to know his own limits."

Hatake Satoru, changing from his usual casual demeanor, spoke somewhat seriously.

"Is that so? He’s still the same, eager for power. My death doesn’t seem to have changed him much."

"Not entirely unchanged."

"Compared to before, Sasuke seems to cherish you, Itachi, much more."

"Really? Then this near-death experience wasn’t without its rewards."

Itachi was still very happy to hear this.

"I can’t stay here too long; something happened on the way."

Hatake Satoru told Itachi about his encounter with Obito.

"He can’t hold back anymore?"

"Yes, this time I have to go to the Village Hidden in the Rain."

"I’m bringing Shisui with me. It’ll be hard on you these past few days."

"Don’t worry about me; I’ll be fine, apart from being a bit lonely."

"That’s good. I’ll tell Sasuke you’re alive at a suitable time later."

"Thank you."

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Hatake Satoru took Shisui and Mangetsu to the Village Hidden in the Rain.

The three traveled quickly; the Village Hidden in the Rain could already be seen ahead.

After the previous lesson, this time they first had Mangetsu use his Water Transformation Jutsu to get them closer to the village. Then they used Blue to avoid Pain’s Rain Tiger at will Jutsu.

But this time it was unnecessary, as Pain was not in the village.

Time fast-forwarded to Konan’s meeting with Obito.

"How is Nagato’s body?"

"You don’t need to worry about that."

Konan had never trusted Obito from beginning to end, so naturally, she wouldn’t give him a pleasant look.

"I’ve already sent Sasuke to capture Gyuki."

"Itachi’s brother? Just him?"

"Itachi is dead. He died in a battle with his brother. Sasuke obtained the Mangekyou Sharingan."

Konan was a bit surprised.

"That’s unexpected."

"The plan to capture the tailed beasts needs to be accelerated. With Itachi dead, the last obstacle has been cleared."

"Understood."

After speaking, Konan dissolved into paper and scattered in the wind, while Obito entered the Kamui dimension.

Two days had passed since Obito and Konan met. Hatake Satoru and the others had unfortunately arrived a bit late.

Pain had already left the village and was heading to capture the Six-Tails.

Konan did not go with him.

She had mentioned it to Nagato, but he had refused. In previous missions, Konan had always accompanied him. This was to guard Pain’s true body, Nagato.

However, this time Nagato did not bring Konan. The Six-Tails’ Jinchuriki was not very strong. Among the Jinchuriki, he ranked quite low.

Only the other five paths were needed in the battle, with the Animal Path staying by his side. If danger approached, he could abandon the mission to capture the Six-Tails at any time and recall the other five paths.

This decision also led to the exposure of their future plans.

Hatake Satoru formulated a strategy. Shisui would act as bait to lure Pain.

Shisui would stand on Mangetsu, disguised as being alone. He himself would hide and reveal himself only after Pain found Shisui and prepared to eliminate him.

However, it seemed to have no effect. Shisui and Mangetsu had been wandering around the village for a long time. Over time, both of them had relaxed their guard. Hatake Satoru also came out.

"Are we not exposed? Why hasn’t anyone come after all this time?"

Hozuki Mangetsu also found it strange. It was normal for Shisui, who was visiting for the first time, not to know.

But it was different for Mangetsu. The trauma from being beaten last time resurfaced. Yet this time, there was no reaction at all.

"Perhaps the Rinnegan ninja who beat you last time has left the village."

Hatake Satoru’s combat intelligence was indeed superb.

"Teacher Satoru, let’s go find that paper person from last time. She’s quite weak."

Hozuki Mangetsu thought of Konan. Since Pain had left the village, it was a good opportunity to bully someone easy.

"That makes sense. She should also know a lot of information."

Hatake Satoru looked at Shisui.

"I know, I know. I’ll interrogate her."

Having Sharingan is really convenient, especially for someone of Shisui’s level. Such a useful tool is really convenient.

The three split up to search for Konan’s whereabouts.

However, they didn’t need to look for her. Konan would definitely attack them after finding them.

"Still haven’t learned your lesson? Did you really think it was because of your strength that I didn’t kill you last time?"

As expected, Konan discovered the lurking Mangetsu.

For Konan, it was the worst possible outcome.

As soon as she arrived near Mangetsu, Hatake Satoru and Shisui also rushed over. With the abilities of Six Eyes and Sharingan, it was easy to find Konan who was nearby.

Konan recognized the two people with Mangetsu.

The silver-haired stranger who escaped with the water-style kid last time, and Uchiha Shisui, who possessed Kotoamatsukami.

Nagato was not in the village. On her own, she might not even be able to deal with Shisui.

Konan had no intention of fighting and turned into paper, intending to escape.

Shisui gave her no chance.

"Fire Release. Phoenix Sage Fire Technique."

The wide-ranging Fire Release injured Konan. Indeed, Shisui’s Fire Release was more effective than Mangetsu’s water-style.

Konan still didn’t give up on escaping and spread her wings, flying upwards.

"You’re really persistent. But I’m sorry. We can’t come here for nothing this time."

Hatake Satoru compressed the abilities of Blue and Kaguya, and used the small-scale Shikigami. Konan wouldn’t be able to escape the range of this technique.

As the Shikigami technique hit, Konan fell.

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