Witty Naruto Life

Chapter 265 Nagato: Naruto! Look me in the eyes!

At this moment.

Shino, who was traveling with Naruto, used the secret technique "Insect Cocoon" to create a large number of insect clones, completely surrounding the area.

Naruto pointed outside: "There are Konoha people all around, and I've already given the signal beforehand. More support will be coming."

“Release your Earth Explosion Star technique, let’s calm down and talk.”

Rather than directly defeating Nagato, Naruto was thinking about how to obtain his Rinnegan without any pain.

This relates to the outcome of the subsequent war and is a crucial factor in whether Madara Uchiha can reactivate the Gedo Mazo.

Nagato looked at Naruto, his voice trembling slightly: "...Did Jiraiya-sensei tell you my name?"

He hadn't expected that Naruto would call him by his real name, Pain, as soon as he entered.

Naruto shook his head: "You know my intelligence capabilities."

After saying that, he took two steps forward, and this action provoked Konan, who immediately stood in front of Nagato to protect him.

"Hehe, relax..." Naruto stretched out his hands, trying to calm the two down: "I just wanted to talk closer so that no one could hear us."

"Konan, let him come!" Nagato pressed the cannon button without hesitation.

"boom!"

A thick black chakra rod was fired at Naruto!
But Naruto won't indulge Nagato like he did in the original story.

Do you want me to try your big black stick?
"Ding!!"

He stretched out his palm, gathered Sage Chakra within it, and then shattered the black rod with a tiger palm strike!
Naruto looked up, his cold eyes sweeping over the two of them: "I already said we should talk first, there's no need for you to be in such a hurry, senior brother."

"Hmph!" Although Nagato's forehead was covered in cold sweat, his aura remained undiminished: "Since you are also Jiraiya's disciple, you should know how naive the ideas he carries are!"

"Cough cough!" Nagato wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and said in a deep voice, "You should be supporting us!"

His eyes revealed an unquestionable attitude, as if he genuinely believed in his own set of values.

Naruto crossed his arms and said calmly, "I support you in destroying the world, so that people can understand suffering?"

"Heh..." Nagato was about to explain his philosophy when he suddenly heard Naruto say:

"Actually, your ideas make sense."

"..."

Nagato and Konan were both taken aback.

They never expected that Naruto, who was their opponent, would agree with them.
Naruto continued, "After causing massive damage in a certain area by using the power of a Tailed Beast, and demonstrating a terrifying power, people will fear that this power will destroy the world, and then they will begin to cherish the preciousness of peace."

This is a very typical nuclear deterrence theory, and Earth's history has proven its effectiveness.

Nagato's emotions suddenly became agitated: "Then, why have you been stopping us... Junior Brother?"

Damn it, you're all about junior brother when it comes to trouble, but not Naruto when it's nothing, huh... Naruto found it somewhat amusing and gently shook his head.

"You're getting in my way. Konoha is my territory. I'm stopping you simply to protect my own interests."

Xiao Nan couldn't help but chime in, "But... as you said, our philosophy makes sense."

Naruto sighed: "It's a very simple truth. You are all victims of the great power war, but what you want to take revenge on is Konoha, the beneficiary. Am I right?"

“It’s not just about revenge, it’s also about our ideals,” Nagato immediately corrected.

“Alright, ideals,” Naruto nodded, “but do you know what my stance is?”

The two looked at each other.

Naruto pointed to his headband and revealed the cruel truth: "I am a beneficiary of the system."

Nagato: "..."

Xiao Nan: "..."

The two fell into a long silence, especially Nagato, who felt an unprecedented sense of loss.

Over the years, they have diligently accepted commissions, collected tailed beasts, and grown stronger step by step.

During this time, he encountered countless 'grand and dignified' ninjas from great nations, all of whom believed he was a madman and that his ideas were utterly foolish.

Only by forcefully subduing them with the terrifying power of the Rinnegan will they shut their mouths.

But this enemy standing on the opposite side actually said he understood them?

How precious this is!
Nagato felt as if he had found a kindred spirit in the vast sea of ​​people, but the most tragic thing was that this kindred spirit chose to refuse to stand with him because of their differing stances.

He couldn't help but try to persuade Naruto: "Although you enjoy the resources that Konoha provides, you should know that this world is completely distorted now!"

"A distorted world needs to grow, so I appeared with the Rinnegan! The divine power I possess precisely demonstrates that I bear the responsibility of changing the world!"

"Naruto, don't you want to see a new world emerge?"

This time, Naruto simply listened quietly to Nagato's impassioned speech without offering any rebuttal.

He suddenly felt a sense of sorrow, or rather, he began to lament Nagato's fate.

This pitiful man, traumatized by war, chose the most extreme way to reform the ninja world after understanding its distorted nature.

The starting point is good.

But... his Rinnegan wasn't innate! He wasn't a savior at all; it was all just Madara Uchiha's scheme.

In the original story, he was kept in the dark until his death, which is truly tragic.

Naruto gently shook his head: "Let me teach you a piece of historical fact: class conflict is irreconcilable. So if you die by my hand today, a loss is a loss."

"No one will sympathize with you because of this; on the contrary, everyone will only support me because I have once again upheld the peace of Konoha."

But Naruto is not without change; he has begun to spread the humanistic philosophy of ninjas throughout the ninja world and advocates for attention to the mental health of ninjas.

In other words, the essence of his difference from Nagato lies in their methods.

One was a revolutionary, and the other was a reformist.

"I see..." Nagato sighed deeply. "Now that you've said it, we're completely irreconcilable. So what are you waiting for? Why don't you rush over and end our lives right now?"

Naruto paused, then continued, "I want to remind you of two things before I end your cruelty."

Next, Naruto will use a different kind of talk-no-jutsu than the original Naruto.

Nagato and Konan both looked at Naruto.

The surroundings were so quiet you could hear a pin drop, but at the same time, blood started flowing from Nagato's nose again.

"Nagato!" Konan quickly wiped away the blood and looked at him: "Don't push yourself anymore!"

Maintaining Chibaku Tensei was consuming too much of his chakra, and he was almost completely drained.

“No, I’m fine…” Nagato slowly shook his head: “Compared to that, I’d rather hear what he has to say.”

This time, he began to listen attentively, a feeling of conviction that naturally arose after gaining recognition.

If Naruto hadn't expressed his agreement with their ideals, the results wouldn't have been so outstanding.

“First of all, your implementation of your own peace ideals is flawed,” Naruto said, picking up a black stick and drawing a map of the ninja world on the ground.

The two glanced at him, and Naruto continued to draw different tailed beasts in different countries.

"After you destroy a region, the threat posed by a Tailed Beast must be distributed among the Five Great Nations."

“If everything is concentrated in your hands, then the people in remote areas will not learn their lesson, and they will continue to wage small wars.”

The essence of this statement is: to spread nuclear deterrence evenly among all countries in the world.

Naruto once jokingly said in his past life: "When the US accuses you of a nuclear threat, you'd better actually be a nuclear threat." That's the point.

“No, no, no,” Nagato shook his head: “I want people to understand pain. You’re just using pain as an equal threat to intimidate everyone.”

“No, it doesn’t matter,” Naruto explained, “Feeling fear of pain is a form of understanding.”

"If I slip and fall today, I'll be more careful on slippery roads tomorrow. That's what it means to understand and then make changes."

"So you shouldn't have taken back all the Tailed Beasts. Taking back the Tailed Beasts will only make everyone uneasy. This isn't deterrence; it's terrorism."

"And what about the Land of Rain! Just because they don't have tailed beasts, should they be treated like slaves, sandwiched between the three countries and trampled on at will?" Nagato couldn't help but retort, his expression somewhat angry.

Naruto calmly said, "Didn't we already steal the Tailed Beasts? Like that wild Three-Tails, right?"

"Ever since you acquired the Three-Tails, other countries will have to think twice before treating you like a dumping ground... That's what politics is all about, my senior brother!"

In fact, by this point in the conversation, Konan had been completely convinced by Naruto.

She was already somewhat blindly following her two companions, and after her beloved Yahiko died, she was so anxious and insecure that she no longer cared much about what would happen to the world.

Naruto's words enlightened her.

Nagato then fell silent.

Reason told him that Naruto's words made sense, and his conviction gradually began to lean towards Naruto's perspective.

Moreover, for some reason, he felt that Naruto's suggestion was not just an idea, but a complete worldview and methodology with a very mature approach.

A well-developed theory is always more convincing.

Nagato and Konan were unaware of this, but for someone like Naruto who had diligently received nine years of compulsory education, it was common sense.

Oh, Kishimoto didn't receive nine years of compulsory education in China, that's alright then.

However, Nagato still found it somewhat unacceptable.

"No... I still feel something's not right,"

"The heavens bestowed upon me the power of the Rinnegan, surely so that I might change this world for the better,"

He glared at Naruto, his eyes demanding, "Naruto, why do I have the Rinnegan? Huh? Look into my eyes!"

"Tell me, is God playing a trick on me?!"

This idea is like the Fatherlander having gained divine power, so he tells the world that he carries God's will to bless all living beings.

It's essentially just a religious-style rationalization.

Naruto looked at him, a hint of pity in his eyes: "This is the second thing I'm going to tell you."

"But first of all, you've already agreed with what I said, right?"

"You just can't accept the Rinnegan."

(End of this chapter)