The night enveloped the earth, and the Konohagakure, which used to be dotted with lights, seemed particularly dark and cold tonight.
On the Hokage Rock, Hoshita Shuichi, who was in Sage Mode, had his robe rustling in the evening breeze.
Suddenly, a figure appeared beside him.
Jiraiya smiled and said, "It looks like he really won't be coming."
Hoshita Shuichi nodded slightly.
Although they knew Nagato's decision, they still moved the villagers to the shelter as planned, as a rehearsal.
Jiraiya looked down at the entire Konoha and asked, "If Nagato knew the truth about the Rinnegan and the Moon Eye Project, do you think he would turn back?"
Hoshita Shuichi shook his head: "I'm afraid this is difficult."
"He won't trust us easily, including Uchiha Madara."
"So whether or not you know about the Moon Eye Plan doesn't seem to make much difference to Nagato and the others. They probably don't intend to follow Uchiha Madara forever."
After hearing this, Jiraiya couldn't help but sigh helplessly: "What a hassle!"
"By the way, are you really planning on getting rid of the other ninja villages?"
Hoshita Shuichi asked back: "Senior, do you have a better idea?"
"I wouldn't count on people understanding each other."
"The pain is different for each person."
"People's ambitions and desires are different."
"The gap between people is sometimes greater than the gap between pigs and people."
"Can a human understand the thoughts of a pig?"
Jiraiya was embarrassed when he heard this: "Humans and pigs... is that so exaggerated?"
Hoshita Shuichi smiled, and then said: "Senior, I will go to the Amegakure to communicate with Nagato."
"We may still have room for cooperation."
After saying this, his figure disappeared.
Jiraiya yelled, "Hey, take me with you!"
"This guy really has no respect for his seniors at all!"
Jiraiya, who was shouting in vain, couldn't help but complain, and then he sighed: "From now on, it will be the era of young people!"
"The child of destiny... Nagato, that guy, has indeed caused changes in the ninja world."
"And this guy Shuichi... He didn't even appear in the Great Toad Sage's dream. Did he die young?"
Jiraiya pinched his chin: "It's really annoying!"
…
In the Amegakure, the core tower, Konan's bedroom, Hoshita Shuichi appeared beside the bed.
Going to bed so early?
Hoshita Shuichi looked at konan who was like a sleeping beauty and felt a little embarrassed.
How can I go to bed so early at this special time today?
How about I leave?
Hoshita Shuichi didn't look away, and after thinking for a while, he decided to create a sense of mystery. He immediately took a few steps back and sat down in front of the dressing table, still looking away.
As if she felt someone's gaze on her, konan suddenly woke up from her sleep and asked, "Who is it?"
A low shout was heard, and konan suddenly stood up, her nightgown slipped down, revealing her shoulders.
At the same time, the paper flew up and quickly folded into a high-speed rotating shuriken.
Hoshita Shuichi looked at him and chuckled: "As a ninja, your vigilance is a bit too low, konan."
"It's you!"
konan frowned, dropped the origami, and pulled up her robe: "Breaking into a girl's room like this shows that you are very impolite and uneducated."
Hoshita Shuichi didn't care at all and smiled, "I'm sorry, my parents died in the war when I was young, and I grew up in an orphanage. The director of the orphanage taught me. She was a very gentle woman and taught me a lot."
"But I entered the ninja school at the age of five, graduated as a genin at the age of six, and became a chunin the same year... Besides, for an enemy, I think I was very gentlemanly just now."
"I am observing you with admiration."
When he was in the orphanage, he behaved very maturely and asked Yakushi Nono to teach him the knowledge of ninja so that he could be admitted to the Ninja School.
As for being a human being... As a reborn person, my three views have long been formed.
However, because the ninja world was too perverted, the darkness hidden in his heart was brought out.
Therefore, Hoshita Shuichi felt that the reason why he became a little perverted was because of this perverted world.
Yes, absolutely!…
However, konan did not feel any sympathy or resonance for Hoshita Shuichi's life experience, and said coldly: "Then you should be glad that you were not born in the Rain Country."
Hoshita Shuichi nodded: "Indeed."
"In a war-torn country, the three of you were able to survive thanks to Uchiha Madara's pair of Rinnegans."
"Of course, I don't deny your own efforts. But your fate has been controlled by someone since the day you met Nagato."
Konan frowned.
Hoshita Shuichi continued: "You also know that the White Zetsu Afei was captured by me."
"I got a lot of surprising information from him."
"I can be sure that Nagato's Rinnegan comes from Uchiha Madara. It was transplanted to Nagato when he was a child."
"Also, there is a Moon Eye Project about Uchiha Madara."
konan asked: "What is the Moon Eye Project?"
Hoshita Shuichi smiled and said: "Collect the tailed beasts, become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, and then use the Rinnegan to release an ultimate illusion called Mugen no tsukuyomi to all humans."
"This illusion can make people enter a dream permanently. Uchiha Madara's peace is built on this illusion."
konan's face changed: "What?"
Hoshita Shuichi sighed: "That is to say, if Uchiha Madara succeeds, then we can only live in dreams."
"Then, all we have to do is prevent Uchiha Madara from being resurrected and getting his Rinnegan back."
Nagato's voice sounded, and he pushed the door open.
Hoshita Shuichi finally withdrew his gaze from Konan and looked at Nagato: "You can't do it with your current strength."
"Besides, your intelligence is not enough."
Nagato disagreed: "I already have a solution to the curse seal in my body. If they lose the method of controlling me, even Black Zetsu and White Zetsu will not be able to control me the same way they controlled Uchiha Obito."
Hoshita Shuichi laughed when he heard it: "The way to solve the curse seal... You are not the first one to be planted with that thing."
"I should have told Konan that my friend Rin was just like you. In order to prevent the Three-Tails from running rampant in the village, she chose to die at the hands of Obito, which meant letting her companion's attack land on her heart."
"But this was actually within Uchiha Madara's expectations. It was also because of this that Obito skipped from the second magatama directly to the third magatama and opened the Mangekyō Sharingan."
"According to the plan, Obito was supposed to be the one who impersonated Uchiha Madara to supervise you in collecting the tailed beasts. But I ruined it, so you can only use Black Zetsu and White Zetsu to control Obito."
"Before Obito, there was another Uchiha who was also manipulated in this way..."
Looking at Nagato, Hoshita Shuichi asked, "So, your method will be the same as Rin's, right?"
"But how do you know that this is not part of Uchiha Madara's plan?"
Nagato frowned, and Konan immediately asked, "If we get rid of the spell and destroy the Rinnegan, then Uchiha Madara will not be able to revive again, right?"
Hoshita Shuichi slowly stood up and looked at Nagato's pair of Rinnegans: "You can try now!"
Nagato's eyes immediately turned dangerous: "Now is not the time."
Konan's paper shuriken also started flying again.
Hoshita Shuichi sat down again and sighed, "Then you have fallen into Uchiha Madara's calculations."
"But this is also human nature... this old fellow Uchiha Madara really has a thorough understanding of people."
Nagato said: "You overestimate Uchiha Madara. He is a dead man now."
Hoshita Shuichi smiled and asked, "Do you know who I'm most afraid of?"
konan asked, "Isn't it Uchiha Madara?"
Hoshita Shuichi shook his head: "No, it's the guy called Black Zetsu."
Black Zetsu?
Nagato and Konan both frowned.
"That guy should be the backup left by Uchiha Madara, right?"
Nagato asked, "Is it because he can control Uchiha Obito?"
"So, you think he can control me at the critical moment?"
"But even if I can't truly master the power of these eyes, in terms of pupil power, they are still not comparable to the Mangekyō Sharingan, right?"
Hoshita Shuichi chuckled: "That may not be the case."
He was sure that that bastard Black Zetsu had let the opponent win.
Even Obito with one Rinnegan could control it, let alone the current Uchiha Obito.
Even Uchiha Madara was defeated by Black Zetsu, let alone Nagato.
There is only a thief who can steal for a thousand days, but there is no such thing as a thief on guard against a thief because you cannot prevent him.
It is precisely because of this that Hoshita Shuichi wants Black Zetsu's plan to save his mother to continue to succeed, and then get rid of him to prevent future troubles.
Otherwise, if Black Zetsu was alive, how could he have children safely and create the Hoshita Clan?Moreover, even if the Rinnegan was destroyed, it was actually not safe.
Uchiha Madara has been hiding for too long, and there is another Black Zetsu who has been hiding for even longer.
It is reasonable for Uchiha Madara, who knows the method to unlock the Impure World Reincarnation technique, to perform it, right?
If he can't, Black Zetsu will definitely be able to do it. It makes sense to use White Zetsu to perform it, right?Killing Nagato, then coming out of the Impure World, and then performing the Outer Path Samsara Natural Generation Technique... It may not be impossible.
Uncle Snake was right in saying that the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama, should not have developed the Impure World Reincarnation technique.
…
Collecting his thoughts, Hoshita Shuichi looked at the two and said, "It seems that there is no possibility of convincing you to join me."
Nagato said bluntly: "You can't make us absolutely believe it."
"We only believe in our own strength now."
Hoshita Shuichi smiled and nodded: "I understand."
"After all, I also believe that I can succeed, so I invite you to join me, not me to join you."
"However, it seems that you, Nagato, have changed your original plan and want to unify all the ninja villages and countries?"
"Then we also have a common goal, which is the basis for cooperation."
konan listened and said, "You mean, we should cooperate to deal with Uchiha Madara and the major ninja villages first, and then decide the winner in the end?"
Hoshita Shuichi nodded: "Not bad."
"Given the Amegakure's background, it's too shallow."
"Defeating a ninja village and annexing a ninja village are two completely different levels of difficulty."
"We are for peace and a beautiful ninja world, not for destroying the world."
"Then the final battle will be between Nagato and me only. This is the best way."
Nagato said confidently: "After you master the Ten-Tails, you will not be my opponent."
"So, why not join us now?"
Hoshita Shuichi smiled and said, "That may not be the case."
"My age is my biggest advantage."
"How about this, Nagato, let's cooperate first."
"The winner will be decided in the end. If you win, I will be your best helper in opening up a new ninja world."
"If I win, then you will naturally be my subordinates."
"But I'm afraid you won't be able to hold on until then, Nagato."
Nagato said calmly: "People from the Great Ninja Village are bound to look down on others."
"Hoshita Shuichi, you are too conceited."
"But I agreed to cooperate."
"So, what is the method of cooperation? Is it just exchanging intelligence?"
Hoshita Shuichi stood up and said, "You should recruit talents to collect the tailed beasts, right?"
"Konan, come recruit me when the time comes. I will use another identity."
Konan heard this and looked towards Nagato.
Nagato nodded slightly.
konan said, "Then I will contact you later."
"However, it's best not to show up suddenly during breaks. That's very rude."
Hoshita Shuichi smiled and said, "I'm so sorry, I thought you would have a sleepless night today!"
"But to be honest, you're very attractive, Konan."
"That'll be it for today then."
"I'm leaving now. I won't see you off."
Having said that, the person has disappeared.
"This guy... is too frivolous!"
Konan couldn't help but grit his teeth secretly, and then said to Nagato: "It was right not to choose him. This guy doesn't look like someone who can accomplish great things."
Nagato was silent for a moment, then said, "But he is indeed very enviable."
konan was stunned when he heard this.
Nagato turned around: "But we can also be like him in the future... No, be better than him."
"Konan, you don't have to endure so much. You can pursue your own happiness."
Konan was silent. When Nagato walked out of the room, she said, "My happiness is... to fulfill Yahiko's last wish!"
If possible, she hopes to go back to the time when she learned from Jiraiya.
That should be the happiest day of my life.
Even if Yahiko's last wish is fulfilled, perhaps there will never be such a day again.
She lay down and closed her eyes, but tears were secretly leaking out of konan's eyes.
…
In Konoha, the Hokage, Hoshita Shuichi appeared.
However, Jiraiya is no longer here at this moment. The originally cold and deserted Konoha is now very lively because the villagers who were originally in the shelter have returned.
And Hoshita Shuichi also felt the chakras of Namikaze Minato and Kushina Uzumaki.
Swish!
Hoshita Shuichi disappeared, and when he reappeared he was already at the home of his teacher Namikaze Minato.
"Shuichi!"
Namikaze Minato greeted with a smile.
Hoshita Shuichi stepped forward and saw Uzumaki Kushina leaning on the bed in the bedroom, looking a little tired, with a smile on her face at the crib next to her.
Uzumaki Kushina saw Hoshita Shuichi and immediately waved: "Shuiichi, come over and see Naruto."
Naruto, this is the name that was chosen long ago.
Hoshita Shuichi stepped forward, poked Naruto's face with his hand, and said with a smile: "It's a pity that you didn't inherit the red hair of your master's wife."
Uzumaki Kushina immediately laughed happily, and then said: "Minato's hair color is also very beautiful!"
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