Chapter 606: Retrieving the Rinnegan
Obito Uchiha stored the Amber Purification Pot containing Kakashi into his Kamui dimension.
By the time Minato Namikaze reacted and attempted a rescue, Obito Uchiha had already entered the Kamui dimension himself.
Minato Namikaze, known for his lightning-fast reflexes, froze for a moment upon seeing this.
He hurriedly closed his eyes to sense. He had entered the Kamui dimension once before and had left a Flying Thunder God coordinate there.
However, he sensed nothing. It seemed Obito Uchiha had already erased the Flying Thunder God mark inside the Kamui dimension.
"Truly cautious," Minato Namikaze smiled bitterly.
Now he really had no other options. Unless they could capture Obito Uchiha and use Genjutsu to control him to retrieve the Amber Purification Pot from the Kamui dimension, no one could save Kakashi.
At this point, the Iwa side was left with sixteen people: Fugaku Uchiha, Itachi Uchiha, Shisui Uchiha, the Fourth Raikage A, Darui, Hanzō, Killer Bee, the previous Five-Tails Jinchūriki, the previous Four-Tails Jinchūriki, the First Tsuchikage, the Second Tsuchikage, Pakura, the First Raikage, the Second Raikage, Jiraiya, and Obito Uchiha.
They had lost nearly half their forces. Most importantly, Iwa's space-time ninjutsu user, Tobirama Senju, was gone.
In this kind of chaotic battle, the Flying Thunder God's ability to salvage situations far exceeded that of Kamui.
The Alliance side had thirteen people left: Naruto, Sasuke, Hinata, Seven-Tails Jinchūriki Fū, Mito Uzumaki, Kushina Uzumaki, Yagura Karatachi, the previous Six-Tails Jinchūriki, Minato Namikaze, Kisame, Mei Terumī, Danzō, and Ao.
However, on the Iwa side, Itachi Uchiha was missing an eye, severely damaging his strength.
On the Alliance side, Ao was heavily injured and had lost his combat effectiveness. Fū was also injured and, having consumed too much energy, was struggling to suppress the Seven-Tails within her.
Fighting did not erupt again immediately; everyone needed a moment to assess the changes in strength on both sides.
Seizing this opportunity, Natsuki, who had stayed behind in Iwagakure, had Kawakita bring in several death row prisoners. She took out the genetic material of Tobirama Senju and the others, preparing to cast Edo Tensei once more.
However, what puzzled her was that for some unknown reason, the Edo Tensei failed this time. She couldn't summon a single one of the disbanded Edo Tensei bodies.
Aono Shinichi, Shizuka Minamoto, and Rion exchanged glances, all guessing in their hearts that this might be related to the Sage of Six Paths.
If it were just one or two that couldn't be summoned, one could argue that someone else had cast Edo Tensei first.
But since none could be summoned, the only explanation was the intervention of the Sage of Six Paths.
Aono Shinichi felt a headache coming on. Anything involving the Sage of Six Paths was an unsolvable problem.
He just hoped that the Alliance wouldn't be able to cast Edo Tensei again either, otherwise, this war would be impossible to fight.
He discussed with Shizuka Minamoto and Rion for a moment, then said to Sakura, "Deploy the final secret weapon."
Sakura nodded.
Then, on the battlefield in the Land of Water, Obito Uchiha reappeared from the Kamui dimension.
Under everyone's gaze, he formed hand seals and performed the Summoning Jutsu.
Naturally, what Obito Uchiha summoned was the Gedo Mazo.
When he was alive, Obito Uchiha hadn't dared to try controlling the Gedo Mazo too much, as it would overdraw his life force.
But the Edo Tensei form of Obito Uchiha had no such weakness.
He directly controlled the Gedo Mazo to charge toward the Alliance forces.
Meanwhile, the Alliance had finished discussing the intelligence on the Amber Purification Pot. They concluded that they must not respond casually to the calls of the Amber Purification Pot's holder.
In other words, as long as they remained silent, they would be fine.
At the same time, the Alliance selected a new commander. This person surprised the Iwa ninja—it was actually Hinata Hyūga.
Hinata's performance today had been extremely dazzling. She had restricted two space-time ninjutsu users on the Iwa side.
She had also taken out Tobirama Senju, a user of the Flying Thunder God.
Throughout the battle, she had played the most significant role.
Moreover, her gravity ninjutsu had saved the Kiri ninja Ao. The Mist side was willing to give her face.
Most importantly, with Kakashi gone, Hinata was the only one who could command the Alliance's strongest combatants.
Sasuke and Naruto wouldn't listen to anyone else's orders.
So, assuming they wouldn't let an Edo Tensei body command the battle, Hinata was the most suitable candidate.
Both Konoha and Kiri were quite satisfied with this choice. Only the Edo Tensei Danzō was somewhat dissatisfied.
With his good friend Hiruzen Sarutobi sealed, he was becoming a bit unruly.
However, since his senior, Mito Uzumaki, was still present, he didn't act too presumptuously.
Seeing Iwa deploy the Gedo Mazo, Hinata said, "Cast the Giant Summoning Jutsu. All Jinchūriki, enter Tailed Beast Mode!"
As she spoke, she was already forming seals.
Forming seals alongside her were Naruto, Sasuke, and Minato Namikaze.
Poof~
After a burst of smoke, the giant summons from Mount Myōboku, Ryūchi Cave, and Shikkotsu Forest appeared on the field.
Mito Uzumaki, Kushina Uzumaki, Yagura Karatachi, and the previous Six-Tails Jinchūriki also entered Tailed Beast Mode as much as possible.
The previous battles had been fast-paced with many changes, not suitable for giant summons and Tailed Beast combat.
But now the situation had changed. With two Flying Thunder God users gone, the melee had turned into a positional warfare, which was more suitable for large-scale ninja beasts.
Sasuke Uchiha also unleashed his Complete Body Susanoo.
The tactics on the Iwa side were basically the same. The remaining three Jinchūriki also entered Tailed Beast Mode as much as they could.
Fugaku Uchiha and Shisui Uchiha, the two Uchiha with both eyes intact, also activated their Susanoo.
Then, centering around the Gedo Mazo, the giant summons, and the Susanoo, the slaughter between the two sides erupted once again!
While the great battle between Iwa and the Konoha-Kiri Alliance broke out, Madara Uchiha, having left the underground hollow, arrived at the Hidden River Village.
The current situation was completely different from the original story. In the original, Obito Uchiha was at the forefront.
Madara Uchiha wasn't the main force pushing the Eye of the Moon Plan; Obito Uchiha, with his own ideas, was more active.
Back then, Madara Uchiha fought the Five Kage with a playful mindset.
In this life, Madara Uchiha had no time to dawdle. He unleashed a ultimate move against the Hidden River Village right from the start.
In the Hidden River Village, Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan had been together all these years.
After years of governing the Land of Rivers and the Land of Rain, the three had basically given up the idea of participating in the ninja world's conflicts.
Seeing the lives of civilians in the Land of Earth getting better and better, while the three of them, no matter how hard they tried, couldn't give the civilians of the River and Rain lands that kind of life...
Consequently, both Nagato and Yahiko felt that handing the ninja world over to Ishiro to govern was the best option.
So in recent years, Nagato and Yahiko had even refused the territory Ishiro actively offered to allocate to them.
The three made it clear to Ishiro: once Ishiro unified the other places, they would voluntarily hand over the River and Rain lands to him.
With the decline of Konoha and Iwa controlling more and more territory, the three guessed that day was not far off.
They thought that as long as they governed their country and village in peace, they could wait for peace in the ninja world.
But today, an accident arrived.
Madara Uchiha came to the Hidden River Village alone.
He started by dropping a meteor on the village.
Nagato's reaction was fast; he sensed Madara Uchiha as soon as he appeared.
Soon, Nagato brought Yahiko and Konan outside.
Looking at the meteor falling rapidly from the distant high altitude and Madara Uchiha standing with arms crossed on a high mountain outside the empty village, Nagato's face was extremely grim.
Nagato flew into the air, extended his hand toward the meteor, and said, "Shinra Tensei!"
Then, under Madara Uchiha's surprised gaze, the meteor actually deviated from its path and smashed into the side of the Hidden River Village.
Although a lot of debris still splashed into the village, this was far from Madara Uchiha's expectation.
Madara Uchiha said, "Nagato, you've integrated well with these eyes. They are no longer a burden to you."
According to Madara Uchiha's expectation, Nagato's life force should have been constantly drained by the Rinnegan. At this point in time, even if Nagato wasn't on the brink of death, he should have looked physically depleted.
But Nagato's vitality was very vigorous, appearing even younger than his actual age.
After sensing carefully, Madara Uchiha understood. He frowned and said, "You actually transplanted Hashirama cells too?"
That was right. Nagato had transplanted First Hokage cells. Naturally, these cells were given by Ishiro.
Nagato and Yahiko didn't participate in the ninja world's disputes and refused the territory offered by the Land of Earth, so Ishiro used the First Hokage cells as a gift to thank them.
This was considered a gift from Iwagakure.
Calling them First Hokage cells wasn't entirely accurate, as the stock Ishiro had was long used up.
It was actually the power of the God Tree that Ishiro had extracted from the Gedo Mazo using the Giant Sharingan.
This substance was essentially the same as First Hokage cells, which were cultivated by Madara Uchiha using the God Tree's essence anyway.
Nagato was a genius of the Uzumaki clan to begin with, and his constitution was very strong.
So his body's suppression effect on the domineering First Hokage cells was higher than others.
coupled with the help of the Rinnegan, Nagato's transplantation process went very smoothly.
However, after Nagato obtained the First Hokage cells, the effect wasn't as great as Ishiro had imagined.
Ishiro once fantasized that if Nagato used the First Hokage cells to bring his body to the limit, could he fully exert the power of the Rinnegan and thus possess Sage-level strength?
The result disappointed Ishiro. The Rinnegan's level was very high; it was indeed the eye of a Sage. When it was with its original owner, the body and soul were fully compatible, allowing maximum power to be exerted.
But in Nagato's body, even if the two fused well, Nagato was only using his own strength to drive the Rinnegan. He couldn't reach the Sage level.
Nagato also recognized Madara Uchiha. After all these years, he already knew the origin of his eyes.
Matters regarding the Sage of Six Paths, Black Zetsu, Madara Uchiha, and others were already open secrets among the Iwa high command.
Ishiro had also selectively told Nagato and the other two about these things.
For example, the origin of Nagato's Rinnegan.
So Nagato knew that Madara Uchiha must be coming for his eyes.
But Nagato was not good with words. He looked at Madara Uchiha and said plainly, "Your Rinnegan brought tremendous changes to my life. I don't know whether to thank you or hate you."
"However, I assume you don't care about my feelings. Just make your move!"
Madara Uchiha nodded and said, "I didn't misjudge you. The Rinnegan has been nurtured well in your hands."
After speaking, Madara Uchiha's originally ordinary eyes changed directly, turning into three-tomoe Sharingan, and then into the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
No probing attacks; Madara Uchiha used the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan right from the start.
Nagato's aura told Madara Uchiha that he couldn't be careless.
Thus, Madara Uchiha and Nagato began a contest of Taijutsu.
Madara Uchiha launched an attack on Nagato with bare hands. Nagato was also proud; he wanted to see how his Taijutsu compared to Madara Uchiha's.
Bang, bang, bang, bang.
Moments later, Nagato knew he had significantly overestimated himself. After exchanging a dozen moves, he had already taken five or six punches from Madara Uchiha.
Bang. After being sent flying by a punch again, Nagato took the opportunity to open the distance between them.
By now, Nagato's expression was no longer calm. He looked at the relaxed Madara Uchiha with a grave face.
The result of the exchange just now was that Nagato found Madara Uchiha superior in both speed and strength.
But that wasn't what discouraged Nagato the most. What made him most uncomfortable was Madara Uchiha's combat skills.
If Madara Uchiha didn't exceed him by much in speed and strength, his combat skills made it feel like he was bullying a child.
It could be said that Madara Uchiha could use every part of his body as a weapon.
He was incredibly agile. for every time Nagato attacked, Madara Uchiha could land at least two hits.
Nagato took a deep breath, realizing the gap in overall strength between himself and Madara Uchiha.
Their current realms might be similar, but that was just the realm. In terms of other conditions as a ninja, the gap between Nagato and Madara Uchiha was like heaven and earth.
Nagato no longer naively planned to fight with just Taijutsu. He began to use his true strength.
Nagato formed seals and used the Summoning Jutsu, bringing the Six Paths of Pain, who had been staying in the Land of Rain, to his location.
Then the six puppets cooperated with the main body to intercept Madara Uchiha.
Seeing these six puppets, Madara Uchiha shook his head and said, "Nagato, it seems you know nothing about power!"
"You possess power in vain, yet you have absolutely no idea how to use it."
Saying this, Madara Uchiha burst out with his fastest speed, charging head-on at the Six Paths of Pain.
The Six Paths of Pain, which had been almost invincible against others in the past, were of practically no help in front of Madara Uchiha.
Madara Uchiha exploded the Six Paths of Pain one punch at a time.
Only the giant summon brought out by the Animal Path required Madara Uchiha to throw a few extra punches.
Even when the Deva Path Pain used Shinra Tensei, Madara Uchiha could withstand the repulsive force and blast him apart directly.
After destroying the Six Paths of Pain, Madara Uchiha asked again, "Any other tricks?"
Nagato's gaze was cold, and then he used the pupil technique: Limbo: Border Jail.
Madara Uchiha raised an eyebrow and said, "Good, very good. You've actually developed the Rinnegan to this extent."
As he spoke, his Edo Tensei's black eyes turned directly into the Rinnegan.
Under the Rinnegan, Madara Uchiha saw the position of Nagato's Limbo clone clearly. He didn't delay and attacked again.
Bang, bang, bang, bang. After a flurry of impacts, Nagato leaped back gravely to open the distance from Madara Uchiha.
His Limbo clone hadn't been destroyed; he had relied on the Rinnegan's pupil technique, Shinra Tensei, to block Madara Uchiha's offense.
Madara Uchiha nodded slightly, affirming Nagato's response.
But in the next moment, a large amount of blue chakra suddenly appeared outside Madara Uchiha's body, and then a huge humanoid Susanoo appeared.
The humanoid Susanoo had six arms, each holding a sword.
As soon as the blue giant appeared, the six swords slashed down toward Nagato one after another.
Nagato wasn't known for his physical strength. Seeing a Susanoo of this level, he could only dodge at times and use Shinra Tensei to block at others.
Fortunately, Shinra Tensei could still hold back Susanoo attacks of this magnitude.
Madara Uchiha didn't seem in a rush to take down Nagato. He simply forced Nagato back, slash by slash.
Just as Nagato was being beaten back steadily, a sheet of paper bombs suddenly flew toward Madara Uchiha.
The paper bombs flew toward Madara Uchiha as if they were endless. The sheer volume suggested that if piled up, they would be taller than the Susanoo.
Madara Uchiha was somewhat surprised. He didn't dodge, simply sweeping his gaze until it fixed on Konan.
Madara Uchiha didn't attack Konan; he allowed the paper bombs to wrap around his Susanoo.
The next moment, the massive amount of paper bombs suddenly exploded, and a mushroom-shaped cloud of black smoke rose into the sky.
Seeing this, Nagato hurriedly clapped his hands together and shouted, "Chibaku Tensei!"
A small black sphere flew out of his hands into the high sky, and then a massive suction force emanated from the sphere.
Madara Uchiha, who had been blown apart by the paper bombs, didn't try to stop Nagato from using his ultimate move. He just watched quietly.
He let his Edo Tensei body regenerate while allowing the Chibaku Tensei to suck him into the air.
The power of the Chibaku Tensei Nagato unleashed with full force was immense. The sphere of rock wrapping around Madara Uchiha grew larger and larger, finally forming a gigantic sphere with a diameter exceeding several Hidden River Villages.
After unleashing this move with full power, Nagato, exhausted, supported himself with hands on his knees, panting heavily while looking up at the sky.
Clearly, even though Nagato's body was strong now, using a Chibaku Tensei of this magnitude still placed a huge burden on him.
This move had overdrawn a certain amount of his life force.
Swish, swish. Two figures arrived beside Nagato—Yahiko and Konan.
Yahiko had been powerless to intervene in the battle between Nagato and Madara Uchiha just now and could only watch from the village.
Konan had only used the paper bombs she had accumulated for years to buy Nagato a chance to cast Chibaku Tensei.
If she had to do it again, Konan would be out of options.
They only dared to come over after Nagato sealed Madara Uchiha.
Konan asked, "Nagato, is the enemy dealt with?"
Nagato didn't answer. He kept staring at the Chibaku Tensei. Based on his understanding of his own technique, Madara Uchiha shouldn't be able to get out.
But for some reason, Nagato felt that things weren't that simple.
Recalling Madara Uchiha's indifferent expression just now—not resisting, allowing Konan's paper bombs to bombard him, allowing him to cast Chibaku Tensei—Nagato felt absolutely no confidence in his heart.
Suddenly, a blue light pierced through the massive Chibaku Tensei sphere, extending out from the inside.
Then came a second, a third, and finally, a total of six blue lights pierced through the stone sphere formed by the Chibaku Tensei.
Subsequently, the six blue lights slashed back and forth, and the entire sphere was directly sliced into pieces.
Seeing this scene, Nagato's heart sank to rock bottom.
The next moment, the sliced giant rocks fell one after another, revealing the blue Perfect Susanoo inside.
Madara Uchiha's Perfect Susanoo was on a completely different scale compared to Sasuke's or the previous ones of Sōkai and Izumi Uchiha.
Watching the exaggeratedly massive Susanoo in the sky land on the ground, each foot stamping out a huge crater and kicking up a cloud of dust...
The hearts of Nagato and the other two turned cold. Their will to fight was gone.
Madara Uchiha controlled the Susanoo to approach Nagato step by step, finally stopping about a hundred meters in front of him.
Nagato and the others had to tilt their heads all the way back to see Madara Uchiha atop the Susanoo.
At this moment, Madara Uchiha's voice came from the top of the Susanoo: "Nagato, hand over the Rinnegan. I, Madara Uchiha, promise to let you and your companions go."
This life's Madara Uchiha didn't have the leisurely mood of the original story to toy with the Five Kage.
In this life, he was in a hurry to retrieve the Rinnegan and increase his strength.
The reason he sparred with Nagato and revealed his strength step by step was to crush Nagato's fighting spirit and make him hand over the Rinnegan voluntarily.
Otherwise, if Nagato destroyed the Rinnegan in a desperate act, Madara Uchiha would suffer a huge loss.
These Rinnegan were Madara Uchiha's hope for resurrection.
Nagato looked at Yahiko and Konan, then reached his hands toward his eyes.
But just as his hands were about to touch his eyes, Yahiko and Konan grabbed him from the left and right.
Nagato looked at them in confusion.
Yahiko said, "Nagato, I know you aren't afraid of death. You want to trade the Rinnegan for our lives."
"But Konan and I are also not afraid of death! Don't forget our ideal!"
"The Akatsuki's goal is to achieve peace in the ninja world!"
"If Madara Uchiha gets the Rinnegan, he will definitely bring disaster to the ninja world."
"Although we failed, Ishiro hasn't failed yet. We cannot create trouble for Ishiro."
"The situation in the ninja world is very clear now. Ishiro is about to unify the ninja world. Under his governance, the ninja world will surely welcome true peace."
"Even if we die in battle, we cannot set up obstacles for Ishiro's dream."
Konan also said, "That's right. Ishiro's dream is also our dream."
"We decided long ago to choose Ishiro's way in the end. For the peace of the ninja world, we are not afraid of death!"
High in the sky, Madara Uchiha naturally heard this, and he frowned.
If Nagato was persuaded by the two of them and destroyed the Rinnegan rather than giving it to him, he really would have no way to stop it.
He could completely suppress Nagato with military force and beat him until he lost his fighting spirit, but he had no way to seize the eyes before Nagato destroyed them himself.
Just then, Black Zetsu suddenly drilled out from underground.
Black Zetsu said to Yahiko, "Yahiko, Lord Madara is also for the peace of the ninja world."
"Back then, he established the ninja village with Konoha's First Hokage because he thought the ninja village system could bring peace to the ninja world."
"Although facts proved that method wrong, Lord Madara has found a new method."
"So if Lord Madara wins in the end, you don't have to worry about the living beings of the ninja world. Lord Madara's ideal is the same as yours."
"But if you don't hand over the Rinnegan, then the entire Hidden River Village will turn to ashes today."
"Yahiko, think about it. The children you've nurtured for so many years will all become corpses in an instant, perhaps not even leaving bones behind."
"Yahiko, do you have the heart for that?"
"Nagato, do you have the heart for that?"
"Konan, do you have the heart for that?"
"Moreover, Nagato, the Tsuchikage is so powerful. Even if Lord Madara gets the Rinnegan, the Tsuchikage might not necessarily lose."
"Are you willing to see the Tsuchikage win, only to have no like-minded friends to share the joy of success with him?"
"Do you have the heart to watch him weep while holding your corpses?"
It had to be said, Black Zetsu was a master of manipulating human hearts. Every sentence he spoke hit the points the three cared about most.
Especially the last sentence—even if Ishiro succeeded, he wouldn't have friends to share the joy with.
This sentence moved even Yahiko, the Child of Prophecy.
Of course, what the three didn't know was that while Black Zetsu was saying these words, a tiny trace of black substance in their brains was interfering with their thinking.
Finally, the three looked at each other, and then Nagato voluntarily removed his eyes.
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