NOVEL NEXT Chapter 91: No One Can Kill Me!
Konan's gaze was solemn as she looked at Kaede.
"Today, I must keep you here!"
"Even if it costs me my life!"
Kaede spread his hands helplessly.
"Are you mistaken? I haven't done anything to wrong you, so is it really worth risking your life to deal with me?"
Konan sneered. "You're an ambitious man!"
"The shinobi world will never know true peace under your rule!"
Kaede smiled. "And how exactly do you know I'm ambitious?"
Konan directly exposed him. "You've taken control of those small nations, and now you've set your sights on the Land of Water—a great nation."
"From beginning to end, you've never hidden your ambition to swallow the shinobi world whole!"
Clap, clap, clap… Kaede couldn't help applauding.
"Well said. I really haven't hidden my intention to unify the shinobi world."
"But what's wrong with that?"
Without waiting for Konan to reply, he continued,
"A unified shinobi world is no different in essence from the creation of shinobi villages sixteen years ago."
"If there's a difference, it's simply that unification now means uniting the great nations, instead of different clans."
Konan stood her ground and retorted, "The difference is huge!"
"The founding of the shinobi villages was when those clans voluntarily joined different villages."
"But your so-called unification means destroying one great nation after another if they oppose you!"
Hearing this, Kaede chuckled again.
"And if they didn't oppose me, wouldn't they eventually be destroyed by someone else?"
"In the end, it's the names and nobles of those great nations who won't let go of their power."
"They don't care how many people die."
He then muttered to himself,
"Once the shinobi world is unified, all resources can be distributed fairly."
"With the fertile land of the Land of Fire, the Land of Wind would no longer suffer from its harsh environment."
"In this way, wouldn't war be eradicated forever?"
Konan was at a loss for words.
Although their goal was also peace, she couldn't stand to see the Land of Rain disappear.
After all, protecting the Land of Rain was the will Yahiko left behind!
In the end, she could only snort coldly.
"I don't believe that someone who's killed so many people could be so kindhearted!"
Saying that, she launched her attack.
Nagato hadn't yet been taken out of the Land of Water by the clone, so she had to buy more time!
"Struck a nerve, have we~?"
Kaede chuckled softly and charged forward.
Bang!
After their clash, Konan's eyes widened in disbelief.
With just one move, Kaede had pierced her body!
Fortunately, her Paper Release made her immune to physical attacks, or she would have been killed instantly.
"This guy… even his taijutsu is unbelievably strong!"
Quickly retreating, Konan no longer dared to approach recklessly.
Although her Paper Release could avoid Kaede's sword, it required an enormous amount of chakra.
She still needed to save enough chakra to use that technique, so she had to apply pressure another way!
Then, Konan began hurling explosive tags without restraint!
Dodging the explosions, Kaede couldn't help sighing,
"Well now, if there's a richest person in the shinobi world, it's definitely you!"
Explosive tags were strategic resources, but in Konan's hands, they were tossed around like weeds by the roadside.
This was why Kaede couldn't resist criticizing Kishimoto.
As the saying goes: "When poor—maneuver tactically; when rich—bombard relentlessly."
With a walking explosive-tag factory like Konan, the Land of Rain could carpet-bomb their enemies in war.
Any shinobi village facing them would weep over their poverty.
Who would dare fight such a Land of Rain?
Wouldn't that bring peace to the Land of Rain right away?
So what did Kishimoto know about being Hokage anyway!
After dodging several waves, Kaede finally grew bored.
In a flicker, he appeared right behind Konan.
Before she could react, Kaede's hand gripped her throat.
"Had enough fun?"
Konan was stunned. She now realized Kaede had been toying with her the whole time.
"There's only that left!"
She made up her mind—although using it now wouldn't buy much time for Nagato, she had no other choice.
"Let's go to hell together!"
With a furious roar, hundreds of explosive tags appeared beneath her feet!
"Hm?" Kaede's pupils shrank.
Looking closely, he realized the ground beneath him was made entirely of disguised explosive tags!
Even with his sensory ability, he hadn't noticed without actively probing.
Konan sneered.
"Long before this battle started, I was ready to die."
"So I spent an entire day creating this for you!"
With that, her body turned into countless sheets of paper and flew high into the air.
Kaede, however, stood there without the slightest reaction.
"Paper Person of God Technique… activate!"
The next second, the explosive tags began to detonate.
In an instant, Kaede's figure was swallowed by the blast!
Konan landed just outside the explosion zone, panting heavily.
"Ten whole minutes of explosions… that should be enough to finish him, right?"
At the same time, Terumi Mei and the others saw what was happening from afar.
Mei's pupils contracted.
"Kaede Uchiha… was he killed?!"
She had seen with her own eyes Kaede engulfed by the detonations.
To her, no one could survive such an explosion.
She glanced up at Konan in the sky.
"And with that many explosive tags… who is this woman?"
At that moment, Mei didn't know if she felt relieved or disappointed.
If Kaede was dead, the Hidden Mist no longer had to submit.
But he had also helped them escape Yagura's tyranny…
Aside from Mei, the other Mist shinobi were delighted.
The man who had brought them endless pressure—was finally dead?
The explosions continued for ten full minutes.
During that time, Kaede's massive silhouette inside the blast began to waver.
At this point, his death seemed certain.
"Quite the 'spectacular' scene!"
At that moment, Kaede's voice suddenly rang out again.
Konan spun around to find Kaede standing behind her, as if he had been there for a long time.
"You… how are you here?!"
"Because I've been behind you the whole time," Kaede said with a mocking smile.
"The one swallowed by the explosion… was just my illusion."
How could Kaede not be wary of Konan's ultimate move?
During their first exchange, he had already activated Kyōka Suigetsu without her noticing.
After so many years of mastery, Kaede could now use Kyōka Suigetsu without a sound or a sign.
And it wasn't just Konan—even Mei and the others watching had been caught the moment they saw his blade.
Looking down at the exhausted Konan lying on the ground, Kaede smiled.
"Right now, you're pathetically weak."
"So from now on, you're my prisoner."
"In your dreams!" Konan shouted, but felt her chakra completely drained.
Without entering Paper Release form, Kaede easily subdued her with one hand.
"Didn't you say peace couldn't exist with me in charge? Then stay by my side and watch closely!"
With that, Kaede glanced at Mei and the others in the distance, then vanished in an instant.
"He's not dead…"
Mei murmured, perhaps realizing that for them, he might not be an enemy after all.
She looked deeply at the battlefield one last time before waving her hand.
"Let's go. We're heading back."
(End of Chapter)
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