After Konan finished speaking, her eyes stared straight at Obito as she voiced her conclusion.
"Obito, I suspect that person is you. After all, I also noticed one detail, he wore the same style of nail polish as you."
"Moreover... I heard from Lord Kakuzu that when you first met him, you were wearing a mask."
Obito's whole body froze. No one knew better than him the true identity of that masked man with the swirling pattern.
Back then, in order to obtain the Rinnegan implanted in Nagato, he did indeed do that. He grabbed Konan by the neck, lifted her high, and finally suffocated her to death.
However, that was in the previous life. This time, he would never do that again.
So, he quickly said, "Konan-nee, don't scare yourself. Dreams are often the opposite of reality."
Konan looked somewhat worried, "I know, I can tell the difference between dreams and reality."
"But it was so terrifying, I really thought it was real. And this is already the second time I've had a dream like this recently. Obito, do you think this might be a sign that something will happen to Akatsuki?"
Obito was stunned, "The second time? What do you mean?"
Konan thought for a moment and said, "It was a dream where someone close to me died. Actually, the first one was even scarier than this one."
At this, Obito's expression also grew serious.
Maybe from Konan's perspective, it was just a nightmare, but Obito knew that at least the events of the second dream had truly happened in the original timeline.
So he asked, "Konan-nee, do you remember what the first nightmare was like?"
Konan recalled, then finally said somewhat uncertainly, "Actually, after I woke up from that dream, I forgot everything. I couldn't remember a thing, just this deep pain and unease."
"But after I had today's dream, I suddenly began to recall some fragmented images."
Konan paused, as if she had remembered something unbearable. Her face turned pale.
"That time, I think… I was caught by Lord Hanzo."
"And then I watched with my own eyes... Nagato stabbed Yahiko to death with a kunai. That feeling of being powerless to change anything, the heartbreaking pain, I didn't even dare to watch it a second time."
"Obito, tell me, such a thing couldn't really happen, right? Actually, the second one's fine. Even if I died, it's not a big deal. But the first one, please, please don't let that become reality."
Obito was puzzled, because the first dream… had also truly happened. It was all part of what he experienced in his previous life.
'Why would Konan-nee dream of such things?'
Obito couldn't help but ask, "Konan-nee, when did you have the first dream?"
Konan remembered this very clearly. She answered without hesitation, "It was early morning, the day you killed Danzo. I woke up from that dream in fright."
"And not only did I have that kind of dream, Yahiko's condition was also a bit strange at the time. Maybe he had one too."
"Yahiko had one too?", Obito murmured.
Konan nodded, "Mm. Of course, just like me, he didn't remember anything. But his reaction couldn't lie. I was so scared at the time. I went to find him immediately and found that there was a look in his eyes, like a farewell before death."
"Also…"
"That day, Nagato was acting weird too. He kept muttering about making the world feel pain. I remember Nagato wasn't like that before."
After hearing this, Obito couldn't help but start thinking.
It seemed that both Nagato and Yahiko had dreamed about that day from the previous timeline that affected their lives.
If we must say what special thing happened that day, it was the death of Danzo.
Danzo had deep ties with Akatsuki. If Danzo's conspiracy had failed, Yahiko wouldn't have died, and Akatsuki wouldn't have turned out the way it did.
And not just Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato dreaming those dreams, even his own Kamui dimension changed dramatically after Danzo's death.
So… was it because Danzo's death altered the entire outcome? Was the dream some kind of symbol, indicating that outcome would no longer happen?
If that were true, then dreams really were a good thing, because dreams and reality were indeed opposites.
Obito sighed in relief and asked, "Konan-nee, do you believe that Nagato would kill Yahiko?"
Konan immediately shook her head, "What a joke. The two of them are the closest. I'd rather believe you'd choke me to death than believe Nagato would stab Yahiko."
Obito immediately put on a look of indignation, "Konan-nee, I even call you sister, I treat you like the person closest to me, how could I possibly choke you to death?"
Seeing Obito like that, Konan for some reason felt much better. She even cracked a joke, "You can't say that. Back then, you didn't even want to call me sister, let alone now."
"Right now, by seniority, I'm already your elder. Maybe you just couldn't accept that fact, were too ashamed, and ended up choking me to death out of embarrassment."
Obito only felt that Konan's joke was really cold, chillingly so.
He couldn't help but say, "Konan-nee, don't joke about that kind of thing in the future. I feel guilty."
Konan widened her eyes and gave Obito a glance, "What is there to feel guilty about? Even I know it was just a dream. Even if I was really choked to death by someone in the dream, that's my own problem. It has nothing to do with you."
Obito fell silent.
There was one thing he couldn't say aloud, and that was, ["Konan-nee, in the last life, I really did kill you."]
But then again, even if he did so many bad things in the last life, none of it has happened yet, right?
Many people's fates had already changed. Even Kakashi kept repeating and emphasizing that he was no longer the weak guy who liked reading Icha-Icha Paradise.
Kakashi now was even gradually evolving in the direction of Guy.
He had quite a youthful Kakashi vibe.
Thinking of this, Obito let out a breath of relief, and his thoughts turned again to the connection between Konan-nee's dreams and reality.
'If dreams truly are the opposite of reality, does that also mean that ending has changed?'
'But that ending should no longer exist, so what is there to change?'
'Wait..."
Obito suddenly thought of a possibility, 'This time, could it be that even the ending of the other world has changed?'
'Because what changed is Konan-nee's ending, but it doesn't belong to this timeline, so she can instead see some images?'
'That sort of makes sense, barely.'
However, he knew himself in that other world. Even though his methods might be different because of Rin's note, some outcomes wouldn't change.
For example, during the process of stealing the Rinnegan, there was a high chance he would still kill Konan.
After all, back then, Konan knew too many of his secrets. To prevent intel from leaking, silencing her was the best option...
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