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A single sentence left Kagaya stunned. His previous reluctance to resurrect Shisui and his parents wasn't just because he didn't want them to learn about the Uchiha clan massacre. More importantly, the Impure World Reincarnation technique essentially created a type of living dead, feeling like a desecration to the resurrected.
But Rinne Rebirth was different. Rinne Rebirth was true resurrection in every sense.
To be honest, Kagaya was somewhat tempted.
However, quickly, Kagaya looked at Nagato beside them and spoke to Obito, "Him?"
Resurrection by Nagato? Could Nagato do it? Kagaya had doubts. In the original story, when Nagato used Rinne Rebirth in Konoha, he could only resurrect those who had recently died.
For people who had been dead for a long time, like Shisui and his parents, could Nagato accomplish it?
Obito didn't understand Kagaya's doubt, so he acknowledged matter-of-factly. "Nagato possesses the Rinnegan. You've seen that for yourself."
Nagato beside them said nothing. In their plan, "Uchiha Madara" (Obito) indeed requested Nagato resurrect someone. Who exactly, Nagato didn't know, nor did he care. As long as Uchiha Madara could help him achieve peace in the shinobi world, what did it matter to resurrect one person? And since he already had to resurrect one person for Uchiha Madara, adding a few more naturally made no difference.
Kagaya smiled. "Now?"
"Of course not. Nagato and I still have an unfulfilled mission. We cannot die yet. And Rinne Rebirth requires releasing it at the cost of life. So the timing for resurrection is not now, but later."
"Later? Then how can I trust you'll keep your promise? What if you keep delaying indefinitely?"
"With your current strength, are you afraid I'd break the agreement? Set the maximum deadline at six years."
"Six years? That's too long! Are you joking?!"
"That's the maximum deadline, not the actual one. Uncontrollable factors may arise during our mission, causing its completion to be pushed back."
As Obito's words fell, both sides fell into an eerie silence.
Obito hoped Kagaya would agree. Kagaya was pondering whether to accept Obito's terms.
Seeing Kagaya remain silent, Obito couldn't help but try to persuade him. "This isn't harmful to you, is it? Moreover, resurrecting your parents and Uchiha Shisui—you should be quite willing."
Kagaya spoke indifferently, "But I want to kill you."
"You can wait until your parents and Uchiha Shisui are resurrected before killing me. It won't be too late then."
"Six years? I can't wait that long! I want to kill you now!"
The scene fell silent once more.
A faint killing intent spread. The silent individuals looked at each other, each prepared to act the next second.
Several dozen seconds later, Obito broke the silence again. "I said before, you know many things."
Kagaya nodded. "Yes. And?"
Obito raised his hand, reaching towards Kagaya's head.
The crimson in Kagaya's eyes immediately flashed. Chakra swirled wildly around him, faintly visible golden chakra appearing.
But the next moment, Kagaya narrowed his eyes. The chakra around him vanished.
Obito's hand, encountering no resistance, easily touched Kagaya's face, then passed through, causing no injury.
The reason Kagaya withdrew his chakra was that he sensed Obito wasn't truly attacking; there was no killing intent at all.
Obito looked at his hand passing through Kagaya's head and said, "Since you know many things, you likely also know that if I insist on hiding, the current you cannot kill me."
This was fact. With Kamui, if Obito solely focused on survival, truly few could kill him. Even Kagaya, with the Mangekyo, would find it difficult.
But difficult didn't mean impossible. As a transmigrator, Kagaya could simply seize Kakashi's Sharingan, use it to enter the Kamui dimension, then kill Obito.
However, there were complications. In the original story, Kakashi's eye never showed the ability to enter the Kamui dimension until the Fourth Great Shinobi War; it could only use spatial distortion to shred targets into pieces to enter. This indicated that even if Kagaya seized Kakashi's eye, he might not be able to enter the Kamui dimension.
After all, the Sharingan was very "owner-specific." The original owner using it versus someone else using it were two completely different things.
So, although Kagaya seemed to have a method to kill Obito, the problem was this method had a certain probability of failing.
Thinking of this, Kagaya continued to remain silent, unsure how to respond to Obito for the moment.
To agree or not?
Seeing Kagaya still silent, Obito grew somewhat anxious internally. Although Kagaya couldn't kill him, if Kagaya persistently hunted him, Obito might spend his entire life fleeing, with no time to work on the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
That absolutely could not happen! Other matters could be delayed, but the Infinite Tsukuyomi, for Obito, had to be completed as soon as possible! No issues could be allowed!
Thus, Obito increased the stakes once more.
"The Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan is not the final stage of the Sharingan's evolution!"
Hearing this, Kagaya finally showed some reaction. He took two steps back, removing his head from Obito's hand, then spoke calmly, "You mean the Rinnegan, right?"
Kagaya certainly knew the Eternal Mangekyo wasn't the end. But the biggest problem was—Kagaya had forgotten how the Rinnegan evolved.
When watching the anime, he only admired how powerful and cool the Rinnegan was. While he somewhat understood its evolution method, he didn't pay much attention. Then, after transmigrating and twelve years passing, Kagaya had long forgotten how the Rinnegan evolved.
If not for the Eternal Mangekyo evolution requiring a close relative's eyes—an impressively memorable detail—Kagaya might have even forgotten how to evolve the Eternal Mangekyo.
Recalling, Madara's process of evolving the Rinnegan seemed to be... he fought Hashirama, didn't die, then quietly stayed somewhere, and later evolved?
Um...
Actually, what Kagaya mainly forgot was the detail that during Madara's final battle with Hashirama, Madara bit off a piece of Hashirama's flesh. Otherwise, Kagaya could have deduced Rinnegan's evolution method. Unfortunately, Kagaya was ultimately human, not a machine. He couldn't remember all the details from over 700 episodes of Naruto.
"Yes, the Rinnegan! As long as you agree not to act against us before we complete our plan, not only will I resurrect your parents and Uchiha Shisui afterward, but I will also tell you the secret of evolving the Rinnegan!"
Words full of temptation, like a demon's whisper, softly issued from Obito's mouth.