Traveling through Nagato, from conquering Konan to dominating the ninja world

"I never thought... even White Zetsu's intelligence network doesn't know where Orochimaru is now. He really is worthy of being the man I've chosen~."

"But fortunately, I was able to obtain the clue that led me to Orochimaru..."

“Swoosh!” “Plop!”

White Zetsu fell down.

Nagato looked at the white flocs in his hand and murmured, "Sure enough, White Zetsu also has a soul..."

The right to use White Zetsu is in Obito's hands.

Perhaps, this White Zetsu's body and soul will be of great use in the future.

"It's sealed for now."

——Hell!

"bass!"

In the purple underground fire, the King of Hell rose up. Nagato threw White Zetsu's body and soul into it and sealed them. Then they sank into the ground and disappeared.

"Nagato, what was just now..." Konan looked at him in surprise.

"That guy was sent by Madara to monitor us."

"I know... I'm talking about the ability you just used."

"Oh! This is the ability of the Six Paths of the Samsara Eye. After waking up from this injury, I can use it, but I am still not proficient in it and need to be honed in actual combat."

"I see..." Xiaonan thought: After the explosion of power in the battle with Hanzo, not only the chakra, but also the control of the Samsara Eye by Nagato has been improved...

Nagato sighed: Thanks to that dream, I became a ninja physically and mentally. Otherwise, I would have to go through many twists and turns to get to this point...

But I'm afraid this is the limit of what God has given me. From now on, I need to keep my feet on the ground and move forward.

"Konan, let me tell you now why it took a year before I could 'join' Madara."

……

In the dim lair, stood a huge golem, and countless White Zetsu were hanging in the air.

Aloe's head slowly emerged from the golem, bringing unpleasant news, "The clone that was monitoring Nagato has been killed."

Obito's pupils flickered, "That guy was warning us."

"What should we do? Should we continue to send our clones to monitor?"

"That's not necessary. Not only that, from now on, you will retreat away from any place where Nagato appears."

"Hey, hey, this puts us in a passive position."

"It doesn't matter. I've figured it out. Even if we let him grow up in just one year, he won't be beyond our control."

"Besides... my plan involves more than just Nagato."

As soon as he finished speaking, Obito disappeared into the vortex of Kamui.

White Zetsu: "He went to Konoha again to see his rival visiting his sweetheart's grave."

Black Zetsu: "Oh, if you ask me, the most important thing he should do is to take back the left eye that was left with Kakashi and make up a complete pair."

White Zetsu: "That's right, when those eyes are put together, I simply can't imagine anyone in the ninja world being his opponent."

Black Zetsu: "This guy with mysophobia is really a headache."

Bai Zetsu: "Don't forget that we share the same head!"

……

In the cave, Xiaonan was shocked when he heard the truth.

"Madara, knowing that Hanzo and Danzo were teaming up to attack you, you still watched all this happen?"

"Ah, it was only when I discovered that he was watching halfway that I figured out the reason."

"Yahiko repeatedly prevented him from approaching me. He regarded Yahiko as a thorn in his side."

"Infinite Tsukuyomi, the dream world he drew for us with his vivid voice, even I was lost for a time, but it was Yahiko's death that made me see clearly."

"This must be Madara's trick. He just wants to use my Rinnegan to satisfy his own personal ambitions."

Nagato was not arrogant enough to tell Konan everything he saw from a God's perspective. Instead, he stood from Nagato's existing perspective and made the inferences and reflections that a rational and normal person should do.

He thought this was the safest way.

Let Xiaonan understand his future course of action and behavior without any unnecessary mental burden.

"Nagato, while you were unconscious, I tried to contact Daibutsu and Kousuke, but there was no response..."

"I thought they were murdered by Hanzo, but now it seems that it was Madara who did it."

"Damn it, Yahiko and everyone were actually treated like this by someone like this..." Konan clenched his fists and said through gritted teeth.

"Ah, I can't completely fall out with him at the moment, nor can I be controlled by him, so I got a one-year buffer period through negotiation."

Xiaonan looked at him, "A year later, are you going to go to war with him directly?"

Nagato said, "It depends on the situation. But at least, I want to gain the strength to challenge him in this year!"

"One year... is too hasty." Konan made up his mind: I can't let Nagato bear all this alone, I have to help him in my own way!

"Nagato, just go for it, I will do my best to assist you!"

"Konan, take me to see Yahiko. I haven't seen him since I woke up."

Xiaonan's expression dimmed and his gaze turned towards the depths of the cave.

Deep in the cave, beneath the stalactite walls, several eternal lamps are lit.

In the coffin filled with paper flowers, Yahiko clasped his hands on his chest, sleeping quietly and forever.

Konan gently stroked Yahiko's cold cheek, unable to suppress her sadness any longer and burst into tears.

Lin Feng felt mixed emotions as he looked at Yahiko's remains and reminisced about him in his heart.

It's not just my appreciation for the characters as a die-hard Naruto fan.

Moreover, in reality, he was also an orphan...

And his experience was even more miserable.

He was abandoned by his parents at birth and grew up in an orphanage.

Because of his introverted personality, he did not have companions like Yahiko and Konan. He was bullied and became autistic and wanted to commit suicide.

At the darkest moment of his life, he came across the anime "Naruto" and was hooked from then on.

What touched him most was not Naruto's cheerfulness, Sasuke's cruelty, Obito's madness, or Madara's arrogance... but the friendship between the three orphans of the Hidden Rain Village who supported each other in troubled times.

By the way, Xiaonan is his cross-dimensional white moonlight, the only one.

He also longed to have a friend like Yahiko, but unfortunately... he didn't get his wish in the end.

"Yahiko, if I had a friend like you in real life, I probably wouldn't be so longing for the world of the second dimension."

"But I have to live for myself after all, so I have no intention of resurrecting you."

"Although you can't join me on my journey while you're alive, I will let you, after you die, stay with us forever as 'Pain Tiandao'!"

When Xiaonan stopped crying, Lin Feng... no, Nagato gently placed his hand on her shoulder, "Xiaonan, although Yahiko is gone, he will still stay with us."

"Nagato, what you said..."

"I have a technique that can ensure that the dead remain in the world forever, and can act like a living person."

Under Xiaonan's shocked gaze, a black stick slowly slid down from under the sleeve of his robe...

Half an hour later, Tendō Yahiko stood up from the coffin.

Looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar person in front of him, Xiaonan felt a little relieved.

"Does this technique have a name?"

Nagato stroked the back of his neck covered by his collar, where a short black stick protruded. It was a chakra transmitter, which responded to the receiver on Pain.

At that time, Nagato was disabled and his back was full of black sticks.

Now that he is in good health and has awakened the power of the vortex early, there is no need to make things so complicated.

"This technique is called the Six Paths Technique. Born in pain, moving forward in death, its product is called Pain."

"Yahiko is the highest Heavenly Path among Pain's Six Paths."

"Pein... Six Paths, that means there are still... Five Paths left? Do we need five more bodies?"

"Yes."

In the original work, Nagato developed the Six Paths of Pain because of his lack of mobility.

But the superiority of Pain's technique brings more than just an advantage in mobility.

Nagato decided to inherit this technique and optimize and improve it according to its weaknesses in actual combat in order to promote it further.

It is generally believed that the most critical of the six paths, besides the heavenly path, is the hell path.

But in Nagato's view, it is the animal realm.

Nagato himself can also take over the function of resurrecting Pain in Hell.

And the animal realm... can communicate with "humans" through spirits.

"The Animal Path can, to a certain extent, replace the function of space-time ninjutsu."

"So, it is the second most indispensable thing besides the Way of Heaven."

In addition, because of the above functions, the animal realm will definitely be the one that accompanies him and Xiaonan the most, so it is better to choose a female.

Unfortunately, the 'Lolita' that Naruto fans have always talked about, that is, the Rain Ninja named Hydrangea, has not yet been born.

But... Nagato already has a candidate to replace Lolita, and he's ready!

"I used the Human Path that I used on White Zetsu. In addition to finding clues about Orochimaru, I also successfully read the location where he buried her."

Nagato raised the corner of his mouth, "Obito, aren't you going to create a world with Rin again?"

——"Then I will let 'Lin' become my Pain Beast Path!"