28.God and Angels

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"Lord Kaito."

"Lord Kaito!"

"..."

Under the moonlit night, with cherry blossoms falling, Kaito stood beneath a gigantic cherry blossom tree, surrounded by many people.

All of them looked at him with respect and greeted him one after another.

Of course, these were all his shikigami.

"Good, you've all worked hard," Kaito said with a warm smile.

"Not at all, serving Lord Kaito is our honor."

"Yes, I'm willing to give everything for Lord Kaito!"

"Lord Kaito..."

For a moment, Kaito felt a surge of heroism and comfort all over.

"Ah, so this is Kaito's dream today? How cute," a serene voice suddenly sounded in his ear.

"Miss Yūrei?" Kaito blurted out reflexively.

"Hehe, it's me."

Ripples spread through the air, and the girl in a gorgeous kimono appeared before him.

"So it was a dream."

After realizing, everything around Kaito gradually faded.

Finally, the space around them turned pure white, with the only color being each other.

"Hehe, hiding your subconscious now is too late," Yūrei said, looking around and then at Kaito.

"Haha, don't worry about these trivial matters," Kaito laughed awkwardly, "Let's call over Lord Izuna and get going!"

Yūrei didn't say anything else and directly used her power along with Kaito.

They passed through ripples in the air and accurately arrived in Izuna's dream.

This was a bloody battlefield, where the fighters wore the traditional attire of the Senju and the Uchiha.

In the center of the battlefield, Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Izuna were fighting against the Senju brothers, Hashirama and Tobirama, in a fierce battle.

"Senju Tobirama!"

Izuna's eyes, red with bloodlust, expertly wielded his ninja sword.

"Uchiha Izuna!"

Tobirama also fought fiercely, matching Izuna blow for blow.

Suddenly, in the midst of their swordfight, Izuna took the opportunity to use a genjutsu of the Sharingan.

Tobirama was momentarily stiffened, allowing Izuna to knee him and send him flying.

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

Izuna attacked Tobirama, who had fallen to the ground, with fire release.

"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet!"

Tobirama, a master second only to Hashirama in the Senju clan, immediately started forming hand seals upon landing and countered with water release.

The collision of fire and water in the air created a vast amount of steam.

Taking advantage of the obscured vision, Tobirama quickly threw several kunai at Izuna.

However, such projectile attacks were meaningless in front of the Sharingan and were effortlessly dodged by Izuna.

A relaxed smile appeared on his face.

However, at that moment, Tobirama suddenly appeared in front of Izuna, and his ninja sword instantly slashed at him.

"Thunder God Slash!"

Izuna's expression instantly froze.

"This must be a real event that happened," Kaito curiously watched this scene from afar. "The Flying Thunder God technique, indeed, if you're not prepared in advance, it's an unstoppable killing move."

"Hehe, humans really do love to kill each other," Yūrei remarked as she looked at the bloody battlefield.

"Haha, can't help it, that's humanity for you," Kaito replied with a laugh. "But, we need to hurry up. Let's first awaken Izuna's consciousness. Miss Yūrei, please."

"Understood."

Yūrei raised her hand, and layers upon layers of colorful butterflies emerged from her wide sleeves, flying towards Izuna.

When Izuna was surrounded by the butterflies, his consciousness quickly awakened.

The images of the battlefield around him rapidly vanished, and he returned to a fully intact state.

Though he looked somewhat displeased.

If Kaito guessed correctly, this must have been the final battle that led to Izuna's severe injury and death.

So, he didn't say much, simply inviting Izuna: "Lord Izuna, let's set off then, to check the dreams of those from the Akatsuki organization."

Izuna took a moment to calm his emotions and eventually nodded emotionlessly.

In the world of dreams, distance means nothing to Yūrei; as long as there's a marked location, she can reach it.

Following Yūrei's lead through the bizarre corridors and past several ripples, they quickly arrived in a new world.

"Is this the Hidden Rain Village of the Rain Country?" Kaito looked at the architecture before him, then up at the sky.

The sun was shining brightly, and the blue sky was clear.

"Since it's a dream, anything can happen," Izuna said, unfazed by the surroundings, and took the lead towards the interior of the Hidden Rain Village.

At that time, the Hidden Rain Village was bustling, with crowded streets full of people, all in high spirits.

Since they didn't know whose dream it was or what the scene before them represented, the three intruders discreetly blended into the celebrating crowd.

Suddenly, the crowd in front began to stir, and waves of cheers rose like a tide as people waved towards the sky.

"Lord God!!"

"Lady Angel!!"

"Thank you! Great Lord God! Thank you for bringing us total peace!"

"Praise the great God and Lady Angel!!"

Looking up, they saw a man and a woman, dressed in black with red clouds, descending slowly from the highest building in the Hidden Rain Village.

The man stood in mid-air, while the woman had a pair of white wings behind her. Both had an extraordinary presence as they hovered in mid-air, overlooking the crowd below.

With their enhanced vision, the three could clearly see the faces of the man and woman.

"Purple, with concentric ring patterns, so this is the Rinnegan," Izuna murmured. "This must be the leader of the Akatsuki organization, Pain, you mentioned."

"Yes, Lord Izuna," Kaito nodded. "However, according to Itachi, Pain is merely a puppet corpse, with the real manipulator usually hidden behind the scenes."

"Ladies and gentlemen!" Pain opened his arms wide, his voice clearly reaching the ground, "For a long time, the Akatsuki has followed the will of our first leader, Yahiko, on the path to peace."

"We've taken many detours, but after relentless effort, we've finally achieved this great goal!"

"We've made the great ninja villages understand the pain of our people in the Rain Country. We've collected all nine Tailed Beasts to deter the nations, preventing them from waging wars carelessly."

"The clouds that have hung over the skies of the Rain Country have finally cleared, and our people no longer have to cry!"

"From now on, the ninja world will welcome true peace!"