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  On the open ground outside the tower in Amegakure, thousands of shadow es sat cross-legged amidst the p rain.

  Konan stood apologetically in front of Naruto's inal body. "I'm sorry, there are just too many people. We only duct this outside."

  Naruto responded gently, "Konan-nee, you should go get some rest. You don't have to stay in the rain with me."

  Konan replied matter-of-factly, "How I do that? With your determination, how could I sck off?"

  And so, Naruto and his shadow es began attempting to fall asleep.

  Perhaps it was the heavy rain, the chilly night, or maybe just psychological pressure, but they couldn't fall asleep.

  "Achoo!" One shadow e sneezed from the cold and disappeared in a puff of white smoke.

  Some es mao fall asleep but experienced sleep paralysis. Trembling untrolbly, they too vanished in white smoke.

  The experiences of the shadow es fed back to Naruto's inal body, causing him to frown deeply, his unease growing.

  Konan's gaze darkened slightly. "This isn't going to work."

  Spsh!

  Stretg out her arms, Konan's body dissolved into tless sheets of paper in the rain. The papers gathered, folded, and transformed into floating umbrels, shielding Naruto and his es from the rain.

  Naruto was stunned. "Konan-nee!"

  In front of his inal body, Konan's inplete paper form held a paper umbrel over him. She said softly, "This way, you should be able to sleep more soundly."

  Naruto gnced back at the sheer number of es. trolling such a vast amount of paper required an enormous amount of chakra!

  It was important to hat the paper art of Konan's body. Essentially, she had magnified herself thousands of times, exposing herself to the relentless rain. It was reckless!

  Naruto felt deeply guilty and even begating his own stubbornness.

  However, Konan reassured him, "If this free Sensei from that vast o, then it's a small ato on my part, Naruto."

  "I uand now!"

  Naruto said no more, overing the pressure as he tried to sleep. He began to find some clues.

  His mind often worked exceptionally well at critical moments, even in this sed life.

  The meditation process of Sage Mode emphasized extreme tranquility of body and mind. Perhaps it could be cleverly adapted here.

  Thus, Naruto and his shadow es calmed their minds, following the meditation teiques of Sage Mode.

  Z~~Z~~~Z~~~!

  It worked! By clearing his thoughts, Naruto and his es gradually fell asleep, bubbles f from their noses.

  Triggering the Realm of Reination required a of luck. Increasing the number of partits signifitly improved the ces of success, though the sequences remained unknown.

  After all, this was an unpreted attempt.

  In the cold rain of the long night, half an hour passed.

  Boom!

  Suddenly, all the shadow es disappeared simultaneously!

  Konan's expression shifted. "Could it be..."

  Based on Nagato's experience, entering the Realm of Reination required highly trated chakra. The shadow es were forcibly dispelled, transferring the chakra and triggering effects back to the inal body. Could it really have succeeded?

  Indeed, one of Naruto's shadow es had successfully initiated the process. What followed was exactly as Konan had surmised!

  The Realm of Reination was no ordinary pce. A single misstep could lead to dao ensure safety, she o assist him.

  Swoosh!

  In midair, thousands of paper umbrels scattered, the damp sheets of paper reassembling.

  Konan's e eyes gazed at Naruto. She sat cross-legged, took out a special paper talisman, and pced it on Naruto's forehead, f a seal with two fingers.

  "Paper Curse Teique: Transition!"

  Konan's eyelids slowly closed as chakra flowed into the talisman. The seal in the ter of the talisman broke!

  Whoosh! Naruto found himself in a vast and unfamiliar nd. As he looked around in fusion, Konan's figure materialized beside him.

  "Konan-nee!" Naruto excimed in surprise.

  "I used a secret teique to el my chakra here," Konan expined. "I used to assist Nagato in the same way."

  Naruto sed the surroundings. "So, this is the Realm of Reination? I don't see any summonis."

  "The Realm of Reination is vast," Konan replied. "That's why sensory abilities are especially important here. Nagato's sensory abilities were extraordinary."

  Naruto nodded in agreement, recalling, "That's true. When Nagato was reanimated by Kabuto, he could sense me, Bee, and even Kabuto himself."

  Konan tinued, "Of course, your sensory abilities in Sage Mode are just as remarkable."

  "Exactly what I was thinking!"

  Naruto sat down and begaating in Sage Mode.

  As the e eye shadoeared, the Naruto outside mirrored the same ge.

  Sizzle!

  Naruto opened his eyes and pointed behind him. "I sense you. You're hiding there. Don't think I 't tell!"

  "Over there?"

  Koended her hand, sending a rge number of paper sheets to envelop a shape.

  Naruto's eyes lit up. "A chameleon!?"

  "That's a chameleon," Konan expined. "It was one of Nagato's former summonis. Now that he's go has returo the wild. Its ability is invisibility."

  Naruto frowned. "Its chakra doesn't seem very strong."

  Konan eborated, "The summoning teique of the Rinnegan is an enha summoning teique. Once a tract is signed, its power will increase several times over."

  "I see," Naruto realized. "The creatures Nagato summoned had bck rods like Pain, but this one doesn't."

  Hiss!!

  The chameleon spat acid from its mouth, dissolving the paper sheets before turning and fleeing with a strange gait.

  Konan ented, "Acid spit is one of its abilities. Defeat it and drive a bck rod into it to form a summoning tract."

  Naruto cracked his knuckles. "It's okay to go a little harder on it, right?"

  Konan smiled. "Better not to overdo it. In the Realm of Reination, they won't truly die but will respawn in another area. If it respawns too far away, capturing it again will be a hassle."

  "Got it!"

  Boom!!

  Naruto dashed forward with incredible agility and speed in Sage Mode. He quickly caught up to the chameleon, charging his fist with natural energy before striking.

  "Frog Kata!!"

  Bang!

  The natural energy-infused punch sent the chameleon crashing to the ground!

  Snap! Snap! Snap!

  Several bck rods flew out, pierg various parts of the chameleon's body!

  Whoosh!

  The chameleon's body dissolved into smoke!

  Konan remarked, "It has now bee your summoni. Once you leave the Realm of Reination, you summon it through the Animal Path to assist you in battle."

  Naruto said, "That was easier than I expected."

  Konan warned, "Don't get pt. It's said that the Realm of Reination tains powerful summonis from aimes. Some are s that even Nagato at his peak couldn't form a tract with them."