Naruto: Starting With Tenseigan C140 (Patreon)

Chapter 140: Target Rinnegan?

Since they had already agreed to Black Zetsu's plan,

Nagato naturally no longer intended to hide it, and he was also determined to lock down Jiraiya in the Land of Rice Fields!

Besides, he truly wanted to see Jiraiya.

Because he wanted to tell Jiraiya just how absurdly wrong his teacher was!

"Teacher?"

His words also made everyone except Orochimaru and Uchiha Obito look somewhat peculiar.

This was the first time they learned that their leader was actually a Disciple of Jiraiya?

"Yahiko, is that you...?"

A hint of complexity flashed across Jiraiya's eyes, and at this moment he was still somewhat in disbelief.

In his memory, his Disciples in the Land of Rain had died long ago, and not long ago he had even deliberately gone to pay his respects.

However, he never expected that this Disciple who had died long ago would appear before him as a member of the Akatsuki Organization!

And what was even stranger was that those Rinnegan clearly belonged to Nagato, so why were they on Yahiko's body?

Suddenly, something flashed across his mind, and he couldn't help asking in a low voice.

"The ones who attacked and controlled the Mizukage back then included you, right? The other one... was Konan?"

"Mn, it was us."

Pain nodded lightly, which immediately made Jiraiya somewhat anxious.

"Yahiko, what is going on here? You guys..."

"Why do this?"

Pain calmly interrupted Jiraiya, his tone becoming even colder.

"Why join the Akatsuki Organization? Or why are we still alive?"

Jiraiya was somewhat speechless, but Pain acted as if he didn't care at all.

"The Akatsuki Organization was founded by us in the first place, and we were already dead to begin with."

"The Akatsuki Organization was founded by you... and you're already dead..."

"We originally firmly believed in everything you described to us and kept working hard for it, but facts have proven that your words were never anything more than illusions."

"Especially the moment Hanzou raised his butcher's knife against us, we understood that this is a world filled with betrayal and lies, a world that requires revolution!"

"Hanzou's butcher's knife... revolution..."

Jiraiya's mind was buzzing at this moment, and no matter what, he never expected matters to develop this way!

He truly didn't expect his Disciples to have experienced so much, nor did he expect Hanzou to have actually made a move against them.

Furthermore, he even less expected his Disciples to have become so extreme!

From Uchiha Obito, he had already learned that the goal of this Akatsuki Organization was very likely the Tailed Beasts.

Then, this revolution of the world...

"What on earth are you trying to do?"

Jiraiya's eyes were filled with worry, and he couldn't help speaking in a low voice.

"And Yahiko, what is going on with your eyes? Nagato, he..."

"Pervy Sage, the guy in front of us is a fake, or rather, a Puppet."

However, before Jiraiya could finish speaking, Hyuga Makoto at the side couldn't listen any longer.

"Those black rods stuck into his body are all used for Chakra control, which means someone is manipulating this Puppet from afar."

"A Puppet?"

Jiraiya's gaze flickered slightly, and he suddenly woke up and said,

"You are not Yahiko. Yahiko could never say such words. You are..."

"Mn, have you finally realized it, Teacher Jiraiya?"

Pain frowned slightly, but did not refute, instead casting his gaze at Hyuga Makoto.

"I've heard of you and understand your battle record. It seems our teacher has cultivated another formidable Disciple."

"At least, I feel I'm different from you."

Hyuga Makoto shook his head lightly, smiling with a playful glint in his eyes.

"And I'm very curious about one thing: you keep talking about changing this world, so what on earth have you actually done?"

"Hm?"

Nagato raised an eyebrow, momentarily failing to understand what Hyuga Makoto meant.

On the other hand, Uchiha Obito standing behind him suddenly changed his expression, as if some bad premonition was welling up in his heart.

"Hey, don't listen to this brat's nonsense, he..."

"You rat who, in order to gain power, didn't hesitate to let Senior Kakashi kill the person you loved most, you should just continue hiding in the sewer."

But before Obito could finish his words, Hyuga Makoto used just a single sentence to make Obito's face flush red.

Furthermore, Hyuga Makoto raised his hand to point at Obito, asking with a curious expression:

"Could it be that, just like this guy, you yearn to indulge in an illusory world in the future?"

"An illusory world..."

Nagato gave Obito a baffled look. There were some things he didn't understand much about.

Or rather, he viewed himself as a god, and he wouldn't care what a guy like Obito did!

It was just that Hyuga Makoto's words made him frown, and he spoke dismissively.

"What illusory world? I am going to change all this from the roots."

"Oh, really?"

Hyuga Makoto raised an eyebrow and asked with a curious expression:

"Then why don't you go to Amegakure and kill Hanzou?"

"I..."

Nagato almost subconsciously wanted to speak, but suddenly he realized something.

They had already killed Danzo and carried out the replacement plan, so the matter of killing Hanzou naturally could not be exposed!

At this, Nagato felt rather uncomfortable, and he could only respond with silence.

"Do you not even have the courage to avenge your friends?"

Hyuga Makoto blinked, realizing that Nagato and the others had something weird going on, and intentionally continued to provoke them:

"Then how are you going to change this world? Are you seriously relying on daydreaming?"

Nagato's fists clenched a bit harder; he seemed to understand why Obito had wanted to interrupt this guy.

"Stop spouting nonsense. Are you trying to gather intelligence?"

"Didn't you all say it yourselves? Revolutionizing the Ninja World, collecting Tailed Beasts."

Hyuga Makoto sighed slightly, looking at him as if looking at an idiot.

"Although I'm not sure how you plan to do it specifically, I always feel that you guys are a bunch of idiots who don't even know what you're doing yourselves."

"You..."

Nagato frowned, but Hyuga Makoto still sighed.

"To revolutionize this world, you at least need a clear objective and a complete action program, right? At least before gaining power, you shouldn't be so swaggering, should you?"

"Look at Uchiha Obito, swaggering over to Konoha as if he's terrified we won't be able to catch him?"

Uchiha Obito's breathing choked. Why is his business involved here again?

Furthermore, he noticed that everyone in the Akatsuki Organization, including Pain, was faintly casting their gazes toward him.

"To be honest, in my eyes, you guys aren't even as good as Hanzou."

Fortunately, Hyuga Makoto's next sentence made Nagato's eyes turn red, and even Pain clenched his fists!

"What did you say?!"

"I said, you are inferior to Hanzou. Can't you understand?"

"You..."

"Hanzou is someone with a clear objective and a complete action program, and everything he did was for the Land of Rain!"

"He understood that if he wanted to break the destiny of small nations and allow the Land of Rain to break through the Bottleneck of development, he had to take a risk and fight for it once."

"He endured patiently all the way until the Second Ninja World War, fighting against fate carrying the entire Land of Rain!"

Hyuga Makoto didn't actually have much of a favorable impression of a guy like Hanzou.

But at least this fellow truly risked his old life for the Land of Rain.

If that broken place, the Land of Rain, wanted to develop, he could only take advantage of the chaotic warfare in the Ninja World to expand outward and carve out a lifeline for this tiny, bullet-sized country!

"Although I think his brain isn't very good either—after all, the Land of Rain has plenty of water, yet he didn't even know how to make proper use of such resources..."

Hyuga Makoto muttered inwardly, while slowly saying aloud:

"But regardless, he did everything he possibly could."

Speaking up to this point, Hyuga Makoto raised his head, looking at Nagato with a slightly disdainful gaze.

"Even though the entire Ninja World knows that his later years are ill-fated, still no one dares to question the lingering prestige of the Demigod."

The subsequent Third Ninja World War didn't involve the Land of Rain at all, but what have you guys done?

Hyuga Makoto's words made Nagato's fists grip tightly.

During the Third World War, even though the entire Ninja World fought until their brains were beaten out, the Land of Rain indeed wasn't dragged into it.

But that fellow Hanzou, he...

"Oh, right, you said Hanzou once raised a butcher's knife against you?"

But while Nagato was silent, Hyuga Makoto smiled playfully.

"I'm afraid you didn't do anything good when you were in the Land of Rain, right?"

"You..."

Nagato's expression changed, and Pain's fists had completely hardened into blocks, but Hyuga Makoto's taunting didn't stop.

"Even Hanzou wanted to purge you, so what else is there worth talking about?"

"You guys don't measure up to Hanzou in the slightest; at least he knew how to act and what to do."

"And what about you? Without mature conditions you act so unbridled, and you don't even dare to kill your enemy—how can you take the first step?"

"With just this state of yours, you still dare talk about 'revolutionizing the world'?"

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I'm afraid you're all just a bunch of idiots who want to 'replace reality with illusion', just like Uchiha Obito.

"Enough!"

Nagato completely lost his composure. His Chakra suddenly burst forth, making the surrounding trees sway violently in an instant.

Even with the Puppet he was controlling, Pain's eyes flushed faintly red at this moment.

He now understood why Obito wanted to make this guy shut up, because the nonsense coming out of this bastard's mouth was completely atrocious!

He had already avenged Yahiko, he had a clear plan, he had done all of these things!

"Oh, did I hit a nerve?"

But Hyuga Makoto remained unbothered, the smile on his face growing even broader.

"Though I do find another thing curious. You even killed the Fourth Raikage, so why do you still not dare to kill Hanzou?"

Saying this, he deliberately paused.

"Have you already killed him, or controlled him? Are you coming here deliberately just to fool us, or was your brotherhood completely fake all along?"

"Shut up! Die!"

Nagato had completely snapped. His eyes were filled with fury, and he didn't want to waste another word.

Leaving aside whether continuing to talk would cause some unexpected trouble that ruined their plans...

Just the words of this little bastard alone were utterly inhuman!

"Hey, watch out..."

Jiraiya was also thoroughly shocked by Hyuga Makoto's words, but he hadn't had a chance to speak.

But now that Nagato suddenly attacked, he reacted instantly, shouting a warning while rushing forward as well.

No matter what, he had to have a proper talk with his former Disciple!

"Idiot, where do you think you're going?"

However, as soon as Jiraiya moved, he was immediately blocked by Orochimaru.

"Although I'm surprised that you're here too, Tsunade, you wouldn't get involved in the matter between me and this idiot, right?"

"Orochimaru..."

Tsunade's gaze was somewhat dazed as well, but at that moment, countless steel needles shot toward her.

This caused her to jump back instantly, before turning her gaze toward the red-haired youth.

"Tch, Puppet Technique? If I remember correctly, aren't you Chiyo's grandson?"

"Princess Tsunade, huh."

Sasori indifferently controlled the Puppet, his eyes fixed on Tsunade.

"I remember you cured that old hag's poison. I wonder if you can cure mine!"

"What a hassle..."

Seeing this setup, Tsunade felt somewhat frustrated in her heart.

If it were just about fighting, she might not be too worried, but she understood her own condition well.

Once blood was spilled, even she couldn't guarantee she could control her hemophobia!

But given the current situation, it seemed she didn't have much of a choice.

"Kakashi..."

On the other side, although Obito wanted to cause trouble for Hyuga Makoto with bloodshot eyes, Kakashi stood in front to block him.

"You trash, you really won't leave me alone!"

"You haven't died, and Rin's revenge has not yet been taken."

Kakashi's gaze had lost its usual laziness, looking intensely formidable.

"In my eyes, the Obito of the past was a hero. An evil demon like you, who killed Rin and our master and his wife for power, shouldn't pollute the name of Obito the hero any longer!"

Obito felt exhausted, and his body began to tremble.

He didn't know what to say, and in the end, he could only let out a hysterical roar.

"Die, Kakashi!"

On another side, Yamato and Uchiha Izumi prepared for battle as well, facing Kakuzu and Uchiha Itachi.

Looking at the two before him, Yamato also felt a bit of a headache.

Especially since Uchiha Itachi used to be his comrade. Back then, that kid was no less cold-blooded than himself, and now facing him with weapons drawn filled his heart with emotion.

"Uchiha Itachi, I really didn't expect to run into you here."

"Hello, Senior Yamato."

Uchiha Itachi silently nodded and let out a soft sigh.

"Indeed, it has been a long time."

"It's just a shame I didn't realize back then..."

Yamato shook his head, seemingly reminiscing about the past.

"That you were such an extremely cruel person who would resort to any means for power. What a pity..."

Uchiha Itachi fell silent, a sense of helplessness welling up within him, yet this was the fate he had to bear for the rest of his life!

Fortunately, Kakuzu raised an eyebrow and coldly interrupted their exchange.

"Save the reminiscing for later. Do you want to chat with an old friend, or do you want to eliminate another one of your clan members?"

"Senior, let me deal with this guy!"

Uchiha Izumi suddenly spoke in a low voice, her eyes having long turned crimson.

"Senior Makoto said that the power of the Mangekyo isn't limited to massacring one's own clan to gain extreme Pain. I believe his words, and I..."

Buzz! In an instant, Uchiha Izumi charged forward, the blade in her hand gleaming with a blinding cold light.

"I want to prove just how outrageously wrong this guy is! He doesn't even deserve to be human!"

Uchiha Itachi remained silent, but he instantly drew out a Kunai. He could not avoid this fight either!

"Looks like my target is you then."

Kakuzu's eyes fell upon Yamato, his tone exceptionally cold.

"Just as well. Hyuga Makoto destroyed three of my hearts, and I haven't replenished them yet—"

"Hey, do you really not need me to join the battle? Just letting me stay here with you?"

In a secret room in the Land of Rain, Biwa Jūzō looked at Danzo's dismembered corpse on the ground and felt a bit disgusted.

Especially seeing Black Zetsu holding Danzo's head while muttering something continuously, which made him feel even more uncomfortable.

Damn it, these people are all lunatics!

"Not for now. After all, it's just a decoy operation. Win or lose, they will retreat."

Black Zetsu was interrupted and felt somewhat displeased, but he still explained patiently.

"Besides, there will be plenty of battles for you in the future, and you have an even more important task to attend to."

"Zabuza?"

Biwa Jūzō raised an eyebrow and let out a soft snort.

"He isn't an easy guy to convince. Recruiting him won't be easy."

"Don't worry. As long as you defeat him when the time comes, he will make his choice."

Black Zetsu was quite optimistic as he held Danzo's head and spoke softly.

"Konoha has already reached an agreement with the Hidden Mist. None of you can escape, so it's better to band together."

"Hidden Mist..."

Biwa Jūzō curled his lip; the pressure from the Hidden Mist was indeed great.

Even he had to tread carefully when dealing with that group of lunatics from the Hidden Mist!

"Whatever you say. But do you think they can win this time?"

"That..."

Biwa Jūzō's question left Black Zetsu somewhat silent.

In his heart, he naturally hoped Nagato and the others could win; after all, losing continuously was terrible for morale.

But Nagato had only brought one Puppet with him, even if it was the most offensive one, which worried him.

Normally, a single Pain would indeed be enough, but the problem was that Konoha had that guy, Hyuga Makoto.

He was a fellow who was constantly unlocking Mother's power; acting like this seemed somewhat foolish in his eyes!

"Sigh..."

Black Zetsu sighed; he didn't dare speak of these issues at all.

He could only sigh silently before slowly speaking.

"I don't know, we'll just wait for news..."

"Yo, Blacky, a fight broke out over there."

But as soon as he finished speaking, the half-face of White Zetsu spoke up with a grin.

"And they're fighting fiercely! It'd be a real shame if you didn't go see it."

Black Zetsu glared at that bastard White Zetsu, always feeling like this bastard was deliberately troubling him.

But after a moment of silence, he couldn't help asking out of curiosity.

"What's the situation over there right now?"

"Ah, the others are fine, winning some and losing some, except..."

"Except what?"

"Nagato seems pretty unlucky; Hyuga Makoto is suppressing him so hard he can barely breathe."

"And that guy seems to be looking for Nagato's main body, like he wants to snatch the Rinnegan!"

"I kind of feel like Nagato is in danger..."

Hearing this, Black Zetsu couldn't stay calm any longer!

Admittedly, he did want to nurture Hyuga Makoto, but he wanted Hyuga Makoto to deal with that Man from the Heavens!

That kid was so smart, so how could he be as easily fooled as Obito and Nagato?

If Hyuga Makoto actually stole the Rinnegan, his plan would be completely ruined!

"Let's go, we're going over to check..."

Black Zetsu stood up immediately, unable to care about anything else now.

"We absolutely cannot let Nagato lose the Rinnegan over there..."