Journey of Desires

Orochimaru, who had finished the attack and cancelled Susanoo, went down to Kilia, a satisfied smile on his face, since just as the owner of Totsuka can seal something, he can also take it back.

One of Pain's own puppets is now in Orochimaru's hands, and although the Sannin lost a significant number of people, and part of his base was destroyed, he was able to obtain an extremely interesting sample for study.

As soon as he stepped on the ground, Kilia approached him and said.

- I expected more...

Orochimaru, hearing her words, only made an even wider and more creepy smile, and then answered.

- For some reason, I'm not surprised at all, but I must express my gratitude for deciding to help me.

Kilia, hearing him, sighed and lowered her head, thinking about her own for a few moments.

But she didn't have to stay in her thoughts for long, she and Orochimaru heard an incredibly huge and powerful series of explosions in the distance.

That was the direction Ban had gone, and after a little while, when the explosions had become less frequent but had not yet completely died down, Ban appeared five meters from Orochimaru.

He didn't return by himself, he was holding a person in each hand, in his right was a very thin and weak-looking man, and in his left was a rather beautiful woman.

Loosening his hands and letting his load fall to the ground, Ban made an irritated face and looked at Konan, after which he returned his attention to his sister and Sanin, and said.

- No, well, can you imagine? This fool decided to blow me up along with herself, it was worth only knocking out the emo Uzumaki, as she pulled me into the sky with her and, holding me in her grip, began to blow up all the supplies of explosive paper that she had!

Kilia, after listening to him, calmly turned her gaze to Konan and said.

- Well... From her point of view, you are a very tenacious opponent with excellent regeneration, and if you are turned into a pile of fried meat, then most likely you will not be able to recover.

Ban, hearing these words, froze for a couple of moments and then laughed, he was too used to the fact that none of his opponents even think about the fact that it is possible to kill him.

While they were talking, Konan lay motionless, she was conscious but because of Ban's spell she could not move, the most banal spell of temporary paralysis, which is one of the first to be studied when training in combat magic, was able to disable even the chakra circulation system.

Listening to their words, she realized that most likely her attack would not have brought the desired result, but she did not manage to listen to the end of their conversation, since she heard footsteps next to her, and a moment later Orochimaru passed by her.

Konan fell to the ground quite successfully, and her gaze was directed at Nagato, and that is why she saw how Sanin sat down next to Uzumaki and forcibly opened his eyelids.

Ban and Kilia, looking at this, lost interest, and were about to just leave, when Ban stopped and signaled his sister to wait.

Space magic gives good sensitivity to spatial-type abilities, and now Ban felt the arrival of a new member of the party.

Konan saw how Orochimaru, whose hand was covered in a green glow, had already taken out one Rinnegan from Nagato's body, she was in despair and mentally asked God for help.

When Sanin directed his hand to the second eye, a quiet whistle was heard in the air, and then Orochimaru's hand in which he held the jar in which he had already managed to put the first eye was in the air separately from the body.

And then a black-haired man with a short haircut and an orange spiral mask picked her up.

Not only did Tobi manage to take the already separated eye, but he also hit Orochimaru and threw him away from Nagato, and then picked up Uzumaki and put him on his shoulder.

The man in the mask looked at everyone who was standing there, he didn't say a word, he just quietly looked at those who were really ruining his plans.

After spending a few seconds on this, he didn't wait any longer, he was twisted into a spiral and Tobi, along with Nagato, disappeared from the battlefield.

Orochimaru, whose hand had already fully recovered, muttered something under his breath with displeasure, and then turned his gaze to the girl from Akatsuki, thinking what to do with her.

Kilia looked at her brother, in her gaze the question was read "Why did he somehow interfere with her Obito?", to which he stared in puzzlement in response and said.

- Kamui is not affected by space magic interference, and the space stabilization barrier is also useless... Apparently, the fact that his ability is a connection with another dimension allows him to ignore magic.

The sister turned her gaze to Orochimaru, who was looking at Konan with interest, and only said quietly.

- I see.

***

Obito sat in the high-rise building of the Rain Village, waiting for Nagato to wake up.

Uzumaki had been unconscious for more than five hours, Obito had managed to come up with a plan for what to do next, he had prepared everything he needed to implement his idea, and began to wait for Nagato to wake up.

Another 20 minutes passed before Nagato began to show signs of life.

The thin man woke up, his eye had already been returned to its place, and he had managed to return to normal, but his memory had not gone anywhere, and when he woke up, the first thing Uzumaki did was to study where he was, and after a couple of seconds his eyes noticed Obito sitting a couple of meters from Nagato.

- Huh? Madara... What happened?

- You lost!

- Lost?..

Uzumaki fell silent for a couple of moments, but then it was as if lightning had struck him and he asked the question that most worried him.

- What about Konan? Where is she?

He didn't hear any words in response, worried Nagato looked at Obito, and saw him pointing his hand in the opposite direction.

Obito's gaze was presented with a burnt corpse, it had no arm, and its entire body was a solid burn, as if Konan had fallen into boiling oil.

Obito decided to answer, and spoke.

- She blew herself up in an attempt to take your enemy with her.

What Nagato remembered about how in the last moments before losing consciousness Konan dragged Ban into the sky, and explosive seals began to glow around her, overlapped with Obito's words, and Uzumaki believed without any doubts.

Nagato froze for ten seconds, but then his brain realized everything...

The man wanted to let out a scream, a cry full of despair, but he was interrupted, Obito said only two words.

- Resurrection her!

Nagato, frozen in confusion, answered with one word.

- What?

Understanding that Uzumaki was not adequate now, the man in the mask continued.

- Rinne Tensei.

After these words, Nagato realized that he was able to do what Madara said.

Since Konan had died recently, he should survive after her resurrection, which was a win-win option.

Making a serious face, he clasped his hands together, which looked like a prayer gesture, and directed his gaze at the body of his childhood friend, said.

- Rinne Tensei!

The technique worked as it should, the body on the bed next to him began to recover from the wounds, gradually growing skin.

Nagato, hoping that it would work, closed his eyes and concentrated all his strength.

Seconds passed by, a minute had already passed since the beginning of the technique, but Uzumaki still did not feel that the technique was complete, he was puzzled because a person who had recently died should not take so much time and effort from him.

Opening his eyes, he saw on the bed next to him not Konan at all, there was an adult man of about twenty-seven years old, he had long spiky hair.

Nagato did not even notice how his hair turned gray, and his body became even weaker, but when he realized that he was deceived, he wanted to interrupt the technique.

In order for Rinne Tensei to stop, it was enough to break the seal, and he was about to spread his arms to the sides, as Obito, who was standing next to him, squeezed them.

He did not allow Rinne Tensei to be interrupted, and after ten seconds the sparkle in Nagato's eyes faded, he died from exhaustion, having spent all his strength on resurrecting someone he did not even know.

The man's hand on the bed next to him twitched, and then he assumed a sitting position, seeing that the man had woken up, Obito spoke.

- Madara-sama, we have a problem.