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Chapter 212: The World is Too Noisy, It Needs Some Quiet
Chapter 212: The World is Too Noisy, It Needs Some Quiet
Upon learning that he was merely a pawn in someone else's game, and that everything he had done was for the benefit of another, Longmen couldn't help but feel a bitter laugh rise in his throat. Even with the truth now exposed, he was powerless to change anything.
Not long ago, he had proudly proclaimed himself a "god," but now, rage, pain, and resentment seemed insignificant. All he felt was the bitter taste of being a joke.
God? Ha!
Beside him, Konan had regained her composure. If it weren't for "Uchiha Madara" not being present, she would have loved to send him a generous gift package of a thousand exploding tags.
Yuyi Xuan Yue watched the scene unfold for a while, feeling that the excitement had gone on long enough. "I have revealed the truth," he said. "Now, will you hand over the Rinnegan willingly, or shall I take it myself?"
Longmen was still processing this turn of events.
Konan, on the other hand, had collected herself and stood in front of Longmen, her eyes cold as she glared at Yuyi Xuan Yue. "Now that you know the truth, you still want to carry out the Project Tsuki no Me?" she asked.
Yuyi Xuan Yue nodded. "Of course. Why else would I be here? The Rinnegan is the key to Project Tsuki no Me."
"To cast genjutsu on everyone in the world?" Konan shook her head, confused and appalled at the idea. "You would accept such a false peace?"
To Konan, it was absurd. False was false!
The peace in the genjutsu world was never the true peace she desired to see. It was merely an illusion, a deception played on oneself, on others, and on the entire world. In comparison, Longmen's plan of using the tailed beasts as weapons seemed more feasible.
At least in that scenario, all the shinobi in the ninja world lived their lives authentically, rather than believing in a false reality, with their surroundings, possessions, and experiences all being illusory.
"The world is too noisy," Yuyi Xuan Yue said calmly in response. "It needs some quiet."
Indeed, a little quiet was necessary.
Just a moment of it.
And then the world could return to its lively self.
Yuyi Xuan Yue's thoughts turned inward as he considered this.
While he possessed the ability to cast Infinite Tsukuyomi, he had never intended to truly execute Project Tsuki no Me or destroy the world. All he wanted was to take something from everyone.
Like a client paying for an hour of pleasure, he wanted to let everyone in the world experience a short moment of reality and a long dream. In their dreams, they could achieve their ideals and play to their heart's content, without the risk of eternal addiction.
And the payment he asked for was just the chakra within their bodies—the kind that could be recovered.
By any measure, it was an incredibly benevolent act.
Of course, the fewer people who knew about this act of benevolence before it was completed, the better.
This certainly applied to Konan and Longmen, whom he had only just met.
Thus, Yuyi Xuan Yue turned to Konan and concluded, "A false peace is still peace."
Konan's gaze sharpened at his words.
She couldn't understand, and would never know, why "Uchiha Madara" and the Yuyi Xuan Yue before her were obsessed with a false, peaceful world. But for Longmen, and for her own convictions, she was unwilling to let the Rinnegan fall into Yuyi Xuan Yue's hands and let the future world become what it was in Project Tsuki no Me.
So! Konan brought her hands together, aiming at Yuyi Xuan Yue. In an instant, countless paper fragments condensed into razor-sharp paper shuriken, whistling through the air from all directions and shooting toward Yuyi Xuan Yue.
"Impressive courage," Yuyi Xuan Yue commented, a little surprised by Konan's action.
Perhaps this woman, who had always followed in her companions' footsteps and rarely voiced her own opinions, also had her own convictions about peace. Just like in the original story, when she learned that Longmen and the others had been used by Uchiha Obito, she still believed in the Akatsuki's initial purpose and continued to uphold the ideal of peace.
"By the way, Konan must have also been convinced by Naruto's talk no jutsu," Yuyi Xuan Yue mused as he watched the onslaught of paper shuriken bearing down on him.
In the original story, when Naruto's talk no jutsu succeeded in reaching Longmen, Konan had been there to witness it.
But Yuyi Xuan Yue wouldn't indulge her.
As he saw the onslaught of paper shuriken approaching, Yuyi Xuan Yue opened his mouth and exhaled a large amount of highly corrosive mist.
In an instant, all the incoming paper shuriken were corroded and disintegrated.
Boom!
A heavy sound blast rang out.
Yuyi Xuan Yue took a step forward and appeared in front of Konan before she could react. He grabbed her slender neck with one hand and squeezed forcefully.
Rustle~
Konan's entire body instantly transformed into countless paper fragments.
And not just her.
Yuyi Xuan Yue turned his gaze to Longmen, who was behind Konan. Longmen, along with the bed he was on, had also turned into countless paper fragments, dancing in the air and consciously sticking to Yuyi Xuan Yue, as if trying to turn him into a mummy.
Yuyi Xuan Yue casually summoned a gust of wind that blew the countless paper fragments far away.
Then, he looked at Konan and Longmen, who had reappeared in the distance, and nodded in praise, "Your disguise is very good."
"It's not just that!" Konan said as she pressed her hand again.
Suddenly!
The ground where Yuyi Xuan Yue was standing revealed countless explosive tags.
Sizzle~~~
All the explosive tags ignited simultaneously.
Even the Mangekyo Sharingan couldn't see through the disguise effect of the God of Paper Techniques.
Konan's initial intention in developing this technique was not only to protect Longmen's body but also to counter the space-time abilities of "Uchiha Madara."
For this reason, she had calculated the time limit of "Uchiha Madara's" intangibility and had been accumulating explosive tags over the years.
Unfortunately, she hadn't anticipated the Izanagi factor.
Boom!
A mighty explosion accompanied by a mushroom cloud erupted.
Although Konan didn't have six trillion explosive tags with her, she still had thousands.
Just now, while Longmen and Yuyi Xuan Yue were talking, she had secretly planted the explosive tags, intending to use them at this moment.
Such power would be impossible to defend against, even for those with powerful ninjutsu and physical prowess.
Konan was about to breathe a sigh of relief.
Puchi!
A hand pierced through her chest from behind.
"Your Paper Style jutsu is quite good," Yuyi Xuan Yue appeared behind Konan and commented sincerely.
Paper Style wasn't a bloodline limit, and in just three years of being taught by Jiraiya, Konan had managed to develop it to such a high level. Her talent, to be honest, exceeded many people's imaginations.
Just like now, even Uchiha Madara would have been defeated by Yuyi Xuan Yue's imitation of Black Zetsu's technique.
Although there was a large hole in Konan's chest, one could see that her insides were filled with paper.
The Paper Dance technique allowed her to transform her body into countless paper fragments, rendering her immune to physical attacks.
Even in Yuyi Xuan Yue's opinion, it was a very good technique.
Of course, it wasn't without weaknesses.
Yuyi Xuan Yue's right hand, which was inserted into Konan's body, opened up like a black hole, absorbing all the chakra around it.
Although Konan had transformed into paper fragments, the chakra maintaining this technique was still there, and at this moment, it was frantically flowing into Yuyi Xuan Yue's palm.
With a large amount of her chakra depleted, Konan didn't have time to do anything else as she struggled to maintain the Paper Dance technique and return to her true form, or the gaping hole in her chest would become a reality.
Finally, Longmen made his move.
"Universal Pull!"
He stretched out his hand and sucked in all the remaining paper fragments on Konan's body.
After being filled with the paper fragments, Konan regained her true form, but her face showed weakness.
Longmen didn't make any more moves.
He looked at Yuyi Xuan Yue and calmly accepted his fate, "There's no need to fight anymore. I'll give you the Rinnegan."
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