Chapter 367

The two Konoha ninja who kidnapped the red-haired boy quickly arrived at a secret cave.

And the red-haired boy was none other than Uzumaki Nagato, who would later play the role of a construction foreman doing demolition, and sometimes carry rice at a grain and oil store!

Inside the cave, there was currently another child of similar age to Uzumaki Nagato lying there.

The two ninja looked at each other and, without saying a word, started to get busy separately.

One of them came to Uzumaki Nagato's side, took out a scroll and opened it, on which a mysterious and complex pattern was recorded.

He took off Nagato's top, and at the same time bit his finger, drawing a complex magic circle on Nagato's body according to the pattern on the scroll.

At the same time, the other person first cut Uzumaki Nagato's finger to obtain quite a bit of Uzumaki Nagato's blood.

Then he sprinkled this blood on the other child, and after forming seals, used the Transformation Jutsu to turn the child into Nagato's appearance.

When he finished all this, the summoning magic circle on the other side had also been drawn, and the moment the formation took shape—

"Bang!"

A puff of mist flashed, and Uzumaki Nagato had disappeared from the spot.

"697" Reverse Summoning Magic Circle!

After finishing all this, the two hoisted the other little boy who had transformed into Uzumaki Nagato's appearance and continued to run wildly toward the deep mountains and wilderness of the Land of Rain.

Land of Rain, in a spacious room, a huge summoning magic circle had already been drawn on the floor.

And on the floor, all kinds of instruments and various petri dishes had already been placed.

Most importantly, in the center of the room, there was also a huge ice coffin.

Inside the ice coffin lay the corpse of an old man with a withered face and pale hair.

This corpse was none other than Uchiha Madara, a generation of Asura who had once shaken the Ninja World!

After Madara completely died, this corpse was obtained by Mizunuki Ryosuke.

In the room, Mizunuki Ryosuke, who had already put on a neat white lab coat, started to get busy.

He bit his finger, then formed seals with one hand, and the magic circle at his feet emitted bursts of blood-red light.

"Bang!"

With a puff of smoke, a little red-haired boy in a coma was summoned.

Up to here, the mystery of Uzumaki Nagato being kidnapped had been solved.

The one who took action was none other than Mizunuki Ryosuke.

And needless to say, who those two "Konoha ninja" who were running away carrying the fake Uzumaki Nagato were, there was no need to say.

Without wasting time, Ryosuke confirmed Uzumaki Nagato's state and placed Uzumaki Nagato on the temporary "operating table" set up in front of him.

Mizunuki Ryosuke pried open Uzumaki Nagato's eyelids, and a hint of burning intensity flashed in his eyes as he looked at this pair of eyes with light purple ripples.

Rinnegan!

This was the legendary "Eyes of the Sage"!

Thinking of this, even Mizunuki Ryosuke, who had seen all kinds of storms in the Ninja World, couldn't help but tremble a bit in his heart at this moment.

Eyes of the Sage didn't just mean a pair of eyes of a sage; it symbolized power, and it was absolute power!

In the original work, Uzumaki Nagato almost relied solely on this pair of Rinnegan to have the power of the peak of the Ninja World in one fell swoop.

And Nagato relied on this pair of glasses to easily destroy Konoha, the head of the Five Great Ninja Villages, and killed Jiraiya, who had Kage-level strength and could briefly open Sage Mode to reach the peak combat power of the Ninja World!

That's not all; it was only after this pair of eyes returned to Madara in the later stages that they exerted their true combat power!

Destroying the world was almost a matter of course!

And at this moment, this pair of eyes was only one step away from Mizunuki Ryosuke.

Mizunuki Ryosuke was not some NC villain; he knew better than anyone that "villains die from talking too much."

Even though there were still too many things he didn't understand about this pair of Eyes of the Sage, it wouldn't be too late to do those things after obtaining the Rinnegan.

At the moment, without any hesitation, Mizunuki Ryosuke picked up the incomparably sharp ice blade in his hand and started to operate.

After some indescribable operations, a pair of eyes with purple ripples were perfectly removed from Uzumaki Nagato's eye sockets by him and carefully placed in a petri dish filled with nutrient solution.

Compared to the operation of digging them out casually in the anime, Ryosuke naturally couldn't do that.

Up to here, Ryosuke didn't rush to take action, but started to study this pair of legendary Eyes of the Sage.

In the original work, there were many questions about Uzumaki Nagato's Rinnegan.

This pair of Rinnegan had three owners in succession: Uchiha Madara, Uzumaki Nagato, and Uchiha Obito.

Among them, Madara was the original owner of this pair of eyes, so perfect manipulation naturally didn't need to be mentioned.

And Obito only transplanted Madara's left eye, obtaining the ability to summon the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and control the Six Paths.

It is worth mentioning that Uchiha Obito, who only transplanted the left eye, did not have the abilities of the Six Paths of Pain; it was just a simple manipulation similar to "Edo Tensei."

Finally, there was the person who used this pair of eyes for the longest time—Uzumaki Nagato.

It was laughable to say.

The person who used this pair of eyes for the longest time was actually not the original owner, Uchiha Madara, but Uzumaki Nagato!

In Uzumaki Nagato's hands, besides summoning the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, the Rinnegan also displayed the abilities of the Six Paths of Pain.

Human Path: Directly extract the enemy's soul.

Preta Path: Devour all chakra.

Asura Path: A killing weapon with powerful destructive power.

Animal Path: The power to modify and summon multiple summoning beasts.

Naraka Path: The ability to repair the other five paths.

Deva Path: Powerful gravitational and repulsive forces.

But regarding the core power—the powerful Planetary Devastation (Meteorite Descent)—Nagato never used it.

From the effort Nagato took to use "Planetary Devastation," it could be seen that Nagato probably didn't have the ability to use the "ultimate skill" of the Rinnegan, Planetary Devastation...

The original work mentioned that those who could not control the Rinnegan would be backlashed, and only those truly qualified to master the Rinnegan could perfectly exert the power of the Rinnegan.

And among them, Uzumaki Nagato undoubtedly belonged to the type of person who was "unqualified."

Uchiha Obito and Uchiha Madara were truly "qualified" people.

Then the question arises, what is this "qualification" based on?

Is it really natural talent, or is it another possibility—Madara left a backup plan on this pair of eyes.

Using this pair of Rinnegan not only requires talent, but only those who know the "method of use" can use it normally?

In Ryosuke's heart, this possibility was undoubtedly the greatest.

Based on Mizunuki Ryosuke's contact with Uchiha Madara over the past few years, in his view, with Madara's caution and deep schemes, it was absolutely impossible for him to just carelessly install the Rinnegan on Nagato without any defenses.

Although Uzumaki Nagato was just a tool for Uchiha Madara's resurrection plan, Uchiha Madara wouldn't be stupid enough not to know the variables in this.

Talent is something, who can say for sure?

Jiraiya, who was a dead-last, could also grow into the peak combat power of the Ninja World; why couldn't Uzumaki Nagato, who was a genius to begin with?

What if Nagato's talent exploded and he grew to the point of being comparable to Uchiha Madara in his lifetime? How would Uchiha Madara take back this pair of Rinnegan?

You must not forget that the descendants of Otsutsuki Hagoromo are not just Uchiha and Senju; the Uzumaki clan are also descendants of Otsutsuki Hagoromo!

What if the sentence Madara saw on the stone tablet, "The two forces, when combined, shall bring forth the Rinnegan," had the "two forces" changed to Uzumaki and Uchiha and it still held true? Wouldn't Uchiha Madara's efforts be in vain?

The story in the original work had already explained everything best.

After Hashirama, the reincarnation of Asura changed to "Uzumaki Naruto," not "Senju Naruto."

How could Uchiha Madara not leave a backup plan?

In Ryosuke's view, the reason Uzumaki Nagato couldn't exert the full power of the Rinnegan was that Uchiha Madara had laid a backup plan in the Rinnegan in advance.