Chapter 196

In a room filled with various instruments and petri dishes, a young man in a white lab coat stood before an ice mirror, staring blankly at himself in the reflection.

In the mirror, the young man's appearance was as handsome as ever, but this time, his eyes had undergone a earth-shattering change.

His left eye was still the same as before, the eyeball that Mizunuki Ryosuke had "come with from the factory."

But at this moment, his right eye had changed into a different look; the pale purple pupil was filled with concentric ripples.

A terrifying and powerful force radiated from the eye socket into his body.

That's right, Ryosuke had transplanted Madara's Rinnegan into his own right eye!

Mizunuki Ryosuke looked at himself in the ice mirror, feeling the vigorous power gestating in his eye socket.

Sure enough, practice is the only criterion for testing truth.

From the moment he placed this eye into his socket, Ryosuke suddenly understood many things.

No wonder that after he took the initiative to appear by Uchiha Madara's side, Madara continued to search for a "successor" while remaining wary of Ryosuke.

No wonder Uzumaki Nagato could not unleash the true power of these eyes.

No wonder Madara dared to be so arrogant as to install these eyes on Nagato, without the slightest fear of being backlashed by him.

After transplanting the Rinnegan, the brand-new sensation had explained everything.

Ryosuke already understood the answer to every question.

First, the burden of using the Rinnegan.

Did he really think the power of a Sage was so easy to use?

The heavy burden of the Rinnegan was simply appalling.

One must know that the essence of the Rinnegan evolved from the Sharingan.

In the original work, Kakashi's situation had already explained everything; as an outsider to the Uchiha, Kakashi, who lacked Uchiha blood, suffered a terrifying burden when forcibly using the Sharingan.

So much so that Kakashi even had to seal the Sharingan most of the time, only unsealing it when he truly needed to use it.

Such an action was not redundant; unlike Uchiha clansmen who could control the Sharingan at will, Kakashi could not control the "opening" of the Sharingan at all.

In other words, Kakashi's Sharingan could only be in an active state at all times.

If it weren't for the seal, Kakashi would have been sucked dry by the Sharingan long ago.

If a person is compared to a car, then the Sharingan is the engine of a supercar.

Kakashi transplanting the Sharingan is like a motorcycle insisting on carrying a car engine.

Although both are motor vehicles, the motorcycle might not be able to unleash the horsepower of this car engine, but the burden brought by this car engine is also something the motorcycle cannot bear.

Not only that, the most pit-falling part is that this engine can never be turned off!

You need to pour gasoline into it at all times.

Kakashi's own "fuel tank capacity" is limited, so he can only rely on the clumsy method of applying a seal to forcibly reduce consumption.

Even so, once the Sharingan is activated in battle, the consumption it brings makes it hard for Kakashi to sustain.

This is also the reason why Kakashi was so "low on mana" in the original work.

There's no way around it; after all, the fuel tank is leaking, so it's impossible not to be low on fuel.

Under these circumstances, it must be said that Kakashi is truly a rare genius in the world, having awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan despite not having Uchiha blood.

It is hard to imagine how much Kakashi paid for this and how much energy he invested.

If he had given up this Sharingan earlier, perhaps Kakashi would have long surpassed the height of his father.

And he wouldn't have had to bear the title of "Leaf's Five-Five Split."

It can only be said that this Sharingan was both an opportunity and a burden for Kakashi.

And at this moment, when Mizunuki Ryosuke transplanted the Rinnegan, he finally understood the burden Kakashi bore every day.

The terrifying burden of the Rinnegan is at least dozens or even hundreds of times stronger than the Three-Tomoe Sharingan Kakashi used most of the time!

Similar to Kakashi's situation, Ryosuke also could not control the "active" state of this Rinnegan at all.

If Kakashi's Sharingan was devouring chakra every moment, then the Rinnegan was devouring his "life force."

The life force here refers to the power of "Yin and Yang."

In the original work, Nagato's withered appearance was a gift from the Rinnegan overdrawing his life.

If Kakashi was a motorcycle carrying a car engine, then Ryosuke was a motorcycle carrying a jet engine!

To use the Rinnegan, one not only needs to consume a massive amount of chakra, but most importantly, one needs to consume the power of "Yin and Yang."

The so-called Yin and Yang are the dual powers of "spirit" and "body."

In other words, to use the Rinnegan, one must bear both Yin and Yang attributes.

The original work once explained the two descendants of Otsutsuki Hagoromo—Asura and Indra.

They respectively inherited the "Sage Body" symbolizing Yang and the "Sage Eye" symbolizing Yin.

And the so-called Sage Eye actually refers to the Rinnegan.

Therefore, using the Rinnegan will consume a large amount of Yin-attribute power, which is spiritual power.

Although it will also consume a certain amount of Yang Release power, it does not account for the majority.

And within the human body, the powers of Yin and Yang must maintain a mutual balance; as the saying goes, isolated Yang does not grow, isolated Yin does not flourish.

Once Yin and Yang are out of balance, it will inevitably lead to the accelerated demise of the body.

This is also the main reason for Uzumaki Nagato's miserable state in the original work; as a member of the Uzumaki clan, although Nagato had an advantage in bloodline over Ryosuke, he faced the same awkward situation.

Nagato, who was not of the Uchiha clan, also could not control the Rinnegan's activation.

So Nagato's situation was similar to Kakashi's; from the moment the Rinnegan was activated, it would absorb a large amount of Nagato's life force and chakra every day. With such a burden, unless Nagato voluntarily gave up the Rinnegan, it was absolutely impossible for him to grow to the point of threatening Uchiha Madara.

And giving up the Rinnegan was even more impossible; once someone has experienced this terrifying power, I'm afraid no one could let go of the feeling of holding such terrifying power in their hands.

Haven't you seen how much Orochimaru and Danzo paid to obtain the Sharingan?

Just the Sharingan alone had already caused so many powerhouses to risk their lives for it, let alone this was the true Sage Eye!

Thus, the mystery of the Rinnegan on Nagato had been completely solved.

From the moment he obtained and was determined to keep the Rinnegan, Uzumaki Nagato was destined to be imprisoned by it, stopping right there.

As for why Madara was so obsessed with finding an Uchiha descendant to be his successor, the most critical issue was also because of this pair of Rinnegan!

Because only an Uchiha descendant could control this pair of Rinnegan!

And only an Uchiha descendant could forcibly pull the plan back on track when Madara's plan went out of control.

According to Madara's plan.

After his death, his successor would continue his Eye of the Moon plan in the shadows.

The first step of the plan: collect the Tailed Beasts.

The second step: after gathering all nine Tailed Beasts, Nagato, as the carrier of the Rinnegan, would use the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique to resurrect Madara.

The final step: Madara would take back the Rinnegan, become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, and use the Infinite Tsukuyomi to complete the "Eye of the Moon" plan.

And for this plan of seeking life from death, the most critical step was needing someone to use the Rinnegan to resurrect Uchiha Madara.

There were countless variables in this.

The biggest problem was, what if the burden of using the Rinnegan was too great, and Nagato couldn't hold on and died before the Tailed Beasts were all collected?

At this time, a "backup person" would be needed to use the Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique to resurrect Uchiha Madara.

Nothing was more suitable than an Uchiha descendant.

So Madara's plan had to be supplemented by an Uchiha descendant, and this person also had to be a one-in-a-million genius!

You ask what if this person is unwilling to sacrifice themselves to resurrect Madara?

The most critical chess piece is—Black Zetsu!

Yin-Yang Release: Spiritual Possession!

Black Zetsu's inherent ability, which can forcibly invade a person's spirit and manipulate their actions.

In the original work, it was Black Zetsu who manipulated Obito to forcibly use the Samsara of Heavenly Life to resurrect Uchiha Madara.

Thus, Madara's plan was interlocking, with every link perfectly arranged.