Naruto: Did i Just Get Reincarnated as Gojo?

Chapter 187: Peace Through Explosions and Guilt Trips!

~ Support & Read 16 Advanced Chapters on Patreon!

<><><><>

"Got it, Kaa-san~"

"See you later, pretty lady!" The little girl shoved the milk tea into Konan's hands and then skipped back to her mom.

The mother, sporting a gentle smile, added a final blow: "She really likes you~ You must be a kind person."

When Konan came back to her senses, the mother and child were already gone.

She was left standing there, dazed.

The afternoon sun was sweltering, and the milk tea in her hand was warm, but Konan's heart felt like it had plunged into an ice cave...

"Although I don't know how long it will take..."

"But what I'm doing is helping Nagato complete his revenge on Konoha. Konoha will be destroyed. These villagers will all die."

"Soon, everyone will die. That little girl and her mother, too..."

"No... they'll be killed by Nagato. he's already starting to lose it, he would do that. He loathes with hatred, but is also forced to inflict pain on Konoha as punishment. Even so, how many Konoha civilians will survive?"

"After this, there will be no way for Amegakure to survive... Everything will be gone."

"Houses, civilians, animals, scenery... How would the us from back when we were kids, or during our time with Jiraiya-sensei, view our current selves? Yahiko?"

Konan stopped, her gaze drawn to a woman passing by, a woman with a large, pregnant belly and a kind, maternal glow.

"Should the ones suffering from the wars started by the major villages be us, the people of Amegakure?"

"But inflicting pain on the major Shinobi villages, making them fear and respect us, that can bring peace, too..."

Konan's vision blurred, the infernal scenes of hell overlapping with the bustling commercial street. The joyful laughter turned into haunting wails, constantly questioning her, asking why she wouldn't stop all of this...

Once again, Konan struggled between the bonds of friendship and her own conscience.

Her body swayed, stumbling through the commercial district, desperate to escape Konoha, to return to Yūkaku-jō, to return to the newly established Akatsuki base, to find a sliver of peace.

Being alive... is about finding peace of mind.

Where was her peace of mind? Was it stepping up to stop Nagato, to prevent the Shinra Tensei from descending? Or was it destroying everything in Konoha, letting these disturbing sights and sounds disappear?

Only when he was alone did Nagato reveal his plans to Konan—

Using the power of the tailed beasts to create a weapon capable of instantly destroying an entire nation.

Then, he would distribute this weapon to every country, causing countless lives to vanish in an instant. Only then would people feel fear, and this fear would suppress war, forcing the Shinobi world to make peace.

In other words, Nagato believed that the current system of distributing tailed beasts wasn't powerful enough. He wanted to create an even greater deterrent.

If Nagato controlled this power himself, it would be terrorism. So, from the beginning, Nagato intended to distribute this power, turning it into a mutually assured destruction.