Naruto: the Uchiha Rules the World

[Land of Fire]

After a day of trekking, Rengoku was resting.

He had now discovered another use of his eye technique.

That was: AFK farming.

Because when his consciousness transferred, his own thoughts would exist like a shadow clone.

When he felt bored on this journey, he directly transferred to the clone beside Itachi.

———

Itachi had already infiltrated Yellow Rock City and was now investigating Deidara's whereabouts.

But since this wasn't the Land of Fire, Itachi's progress wasn't very fast.

Rengoku didn't reveal himself, just observed from the shadows.

He had already instructed Itachi that if Deidara couldn't be found within two days, then he would head toward the Land of Fire's border.

Suddenly, Rengoku's expression shifted, and in a switch of consciousness, he had returned to his own home.

———

His clone stood up from the shadow. It turned out the origami crane that Konan had left on the table had already flown up.

Rengoku opened the window, and the crane flew out. He used Shadow Escape and followed the building's shadows, rapidly chasing the crane.

Neither Ryuri nor Kaori knew that Rengoku had left a clone at home.

Rengoku's clone followed the crane by Shadow Escape all the way.

Out from the Uchiha compound, then past the boundaries of Konoha's forest, finally, inside a mountain cave, he saw the people he was to find this time.

Nagato and Konan.

Strictly speaking, it was Pain and Konan.

Konan only saw her paper crane fly in, and the next moment, Rengoku emerged from the shadow, startling her.

'Rengoku actually knows Shadow Escape?'

Pain's gaze also wavered slightly, 'Being able to use Shadow Escape even in such faint shadows, it seems Rengoku's mastery of Shadow Escape is extremely advanced.'

"Looks like you've already tested it," Rengoku didn't make small talk and directly asked.

Konan was silent. Even though Pain was a corpse, there was still expression on his face.

"Why do you know about the truth of the Rinnegan?"

Rengoku smiled lightly, "Don't you want to try reviving the dead first?"

Konan said nothing, and Pain paused for a moment, "There's no need."

Rengoku knew this was just Nagato being stubborn, they just didn't know how to face their former comrade.

"The story's a bit long. I can start from the beginning."

Saying that, Rengoku sat down on a rock, "But since you're already here, a bit more time won't matter."

Konan extended her hand in a gesture of invitation.

Rengoku began to narrate in a tone as if it were long, long ago, "Once upon a time, there was an alien race called the Otsutsuki clan…"

Since he had already explained it to Itachi and Orochimaru, he was already familiar with it now and compressed the content significantly.

However, when he spoke about how Madara used him as a vessel to cultivate the Rinnegan, Pain's chakra began to fluctuate violently, obviously deeply shaken.

Then upon hearing how Obito and Zetsu had blocked Daibutsu and the others, letting Yahiko die before Nagato's eyes and luring him into darkness, Pain's violently fluctuating chakra exploded like cold water hitting a hot oil pan.

Feeling the overwhelming pressure surging toward him, Rengoku clicked his tongue.

'As expected of the man who calls himself a god. Even in such a sickly state, his chakra is still this strong.'

"Nagato."

A call from Konan calmed Pain down.

Pain's godlike gaze had now lost its former pride and sharpness.

He had worked hard for so many years, only to find he had been in someone else's scheme the whole time.

Even the Rinnegan he was most proud of had only been fostered in his body by someone else.

"What, giving up just like that? Yahiko's dream hasn't been realized yet."

"If you give up, Yahiko can't be resurrected."

Rengoku said lightly, and Pain's eyes immediately lit up.

"Resurrect Yahiko?"

Pain himself could use the Rinne Rebirth Technique, but given his sickly state, using the technique would mean instant death.

He wasn't afraid of dying; he was afraid of dying without value.

Just Yahiko alone would never be able to defeat Madara and Obito.

Rengoku waved his hand, "Since Madara used your body as a vessel to nourish the Rinnegan, you should collect some rent."

"In my view, all jutsu are simply applications of energy."

"For the Rinne Rebirth Technique, your ocular power is sufficient, but your life force is obviously lacking, so you die upon using it."

Nagato was deeply surprised, 'Rengoku even knows about the Rinne Rebirth Technique. Is there anything he doesn't know?'

"Then do you have any ideas?"

Rengoku raised two fingers, "Two paths, first, start reducing your energy supply to the Gedo Statue."

"Second, heal your current body."

"You are of the Uzumaki clan, with extremely strong life force. Once your depleted life force is restored—"

"Even the Rinne Rebirth Technique won't be able to kill you."

"As for Obito, as long as you don't show yourself, he temporarily can't do anything to you."

Pain and Konan looked at each other. Konan took a deep breath.

"Then Rengoku, what is your goal?"

Rengoku spread his arms and took a deep breath, "Of course, to unify the entire planet and create a perfect world without conflict and slaughter."

Konan's pupils shrank sharply. She hadn't expected Rengoku to have such grand ambitions.

Pain also looked at Rengoku in shock. Rengoku didn't seem like someone with such ambition.

"I understand, Nagato, your and Yahiko's dream is also peace. It's just that the paths were different."

"And my dream is also peace."

"Your former dream of using the Gedo Statue as a war machine wasn't bad—"

"But I want all the great power to return to myself."

"To become a god myself."

Pain stared at Rengoku, "You want to create a god?"

Rengoku laughed heartily, "Exactly!"

"The so-called god is just a higher-level life form."

"We all possess the blood of the Otsutsuki. As long as we evolve upward, we ourselves can become long-lived Otsutsuki beings."

"Isn't that stronger than placing all your hopes on someone else's eyes or someone else's summoning beast?"

"Come join me. What I lack are people who share my ideals."

"Rather than managing a rogue ninja organization, why not come to our Uchiha clan?"

Pain and Konan hadn't expected that Rengoku actually wanted to recruit them.

Konan's expression became cautious, "The Uchiha's situation isn't that great right now, is it?"

"All the things you've said, aside from the Rinnegan intel being true, everything else has no solid proof."

Pain said nothing at the side. Since he usually spoke little, Konan just represented his will and thoughts.

Rengoku didn't mind, "Our Uchiha clan does indeed need time to grow, but right now we only need time."

"The Rinnegan isn't yours, isn't that piece of intel enough?"

"All your current tragedy stems from these eyes."

"They're parasites living on your body, constantly sucking your nutrients."

"No one knows how many backdoors are embedded in your Rinnegan."

"If you can avoid using them, do so."

[T/N: Come to the darkside, we have cookies.]

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