An Unexpected Kinjutsu!!

Konan and Madara continue their fight, falling into Konan's chasm. Madara tells Konan that to the world, Uchiha Madara lost to Hashirama Senju. However, the winner is the one looking forward, and true victory and defeat follow. That battle was to gain the other person's power. He tells Konan that he now controls the power of Hashirama. His sole purpose is no to become the second Rikudo, and that he has perfected Izanagi with Hashirama's powers.

Madara, after explaining this to Konan, tries to teleport himself away, but Konan sets off her exploding tags within the paper walls on the side. The explosions prevent Madara from teleporting, due to the proximity and the fact that he would have to materialize. He then says that he needs to stop using that jutsu, and that if he can't escape the explosions, he will indeed be in trouble. Konan notes in her head that Madara can slip through materials for a period of around five minutes.

The paper then completely envelopes Madara, and Konan tells him that she has prepared six hundred billion tags to kill him. During the explosions, Konan then has a flashback to Madara explaining that he inticed Yahiko to found Akatsuki, and that he gave Nagato the Rinnegan. Konan then refuses to believe these statements, and declares that she will die to protect their honor, even if it is true.

The explosions end. Konan sits down, and her flower crumbles. She comments that the Paper Person of God Technique is coming undone, and that she will have to use a significant amount of more chakra to perform her next move, but that Madara is certainly-- At this point, Madara speaks from behind her to finish her statement: "dead?"

The chapter cuts to Yahiko and Nagato's corpses, and their decorative flowers fall apart. It then shows Konan, moving away from Madara, toward Nagato, as Madara noted. He exclaims that the nonsense she took away from Naruto isn't true peace, and that there is no hope. He claims that the only reason Nagato believed in Naruto was to comfort himself.

Konan, then remembering Nagato, Yahiko, and Naruto through flashbacks stops the endless Amegakure rain. She yells at Madara that she will become a pillar to peace, and raises her arms. The paper circles around them, presumably to perform the technique she mentioned earlier. However, Madara grabs Konan's neck and places her in genjutsu, caliming she will die when she leaves it.

Madara appears next to Nagato and Yahiko, in a temple. Madara tells Nagato that he (Nagato) is the third Rikudo, with a power so strong it can turn his Uzumaki clan red hair white. Nagato smiles.