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He guessed her identity through a thick mask—he possessed abilities similar to Nagato's Rinnegan; and he'd laid bare the very plan Nagato had been meticulously crafting in Amegakure for so long.
Konan felt as if the black cloak with red clouds she wore offered no security whatsoever, as if she were transparent, completely exposed to Gojo Kaigetsu...
Clearly in a dangerous situation, Konan nonetheless took the initiative—
"Konohagakure, for its own gain, has ignited countless wars in smaller villages! Heh—a Konoha like that, I wish I could just destroy it!"
"Good! If you succeed in killing me, in destroying Konoha, then who will rule this Shinobi world? Nagato? With that pair of eyes of his?" Gojo Kaigetsu countered, his voice calm yet piercing.
"We won't rule over any nation. We'll distribute the ultimate weapon to all the Shinobi villages. We will let them rule themselves. Under the mutual deterrent of mutually held ultimate weapons! Peace will eventually come!"
"And if these Shinobi villages, under the deterrent of the ultimate weapon, still have conflicts? If a Shinobi war breaks out, who will maintain order? Will you, restraining yourself with the 'ultimate weapon,' do it? Or Nagato?"
Konan was about to speak, but then hesitated. It only now dawned on her that, of the Five Great Villages, only Gojo Kaigetsu had risen to an Elder Advisor position as a—Chunin.
When it came to a battle of wits—she was no match.
"Only a Ruler can use their will to judge right and wrong, to carry out so-called justice. It's not Konoha becoming the ruler. Even with the threat of the ultimate weapon, new rulers will inevitably emerge."
"By using the ultimate weapon to tear the entire Shinobi world apart, reducing the Shinobi world to the level of tens of millions of years ago even if a bitter battle occurs, it will certainly happen! A final battle will surely happen!"
"We—the Shinobi of Konohagakure, have always lived in this kind of black hole in the Shinobi world. Between heaven and hell, we have no right to choose. We only have the fate of being chosen by the Shinobi world! And I, Gojo Kaigetsu—My heart is like a tree. The more the tree yearns for the light above, the more its roots must reach down, into the mud, into the darkness!"
"This is my, Gojo Kaigetsu's Will of Fire! Since someone must step forward and bear the darkness, and some village must shine with light, only Konoha has this responsibility, this obligation, and... this awareness!"
After this impassioned declaration, Gojo Kaigetsu's tone softened slightly:
"Putting aside Konoha's position and taking ten thousand steps back, if Yahiko were alive and knew what Nagato was going to do, what would he think? Clearly, the original purpose of establishing Akatsuki was to protect peace, so that more people could live happily and peacefully in an era of peace. However, the peace you are pursuing is at the cost of being built on screams of suffering. If he were alive, could he really understand you?"
"No—"
Konan's trembling body gradually calmed down, and she subconsciously looked around, denying it.
"Nagato—he's already working hard not to sacrifice innocent people."
"But the Shinobi world is becoming more and more chaotic because of [Akatsuki]'s actions, because of Nagato's will."
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