I'm in Konoha, and I started with Ashura Chakra.

Chapter 175 Nagato Regains His Legs, a True Kage-Level Achievement

This period was definitely the most difficult time for the Akatsuki organization.

First it lasted five days and five nights, and then, without much rest, it was sealed for another nine days and nine nights using the Thought Body.

In the past two weeks, the Akatsuki members have only had a few moments to catch their breath.

After all, they were worried that the five great ninja villages might attack at any time, so the Akatsuki organization did not rest at all while sealing the last five-tailed and seven-tailed ninjas.

In the past, sealing a tailed beast for three days and three nights was already quite uncomfortable.

After the shortage of personnel, the five days and five nights required to seal the tailed beast became even more agonizing.

Now it's going on for nine days and nine nights without interruption...

If it weren't for the fact that the Akatsuki members were all S-rank rogue ninjas, equivalent to Kage-level powerhouses with massive chakra reserves even in the Five Great Ninja Villages, and that their main bodies were staying in an underground base with Konan providing them with rations to replenish their stamina and chakra, they simply wouldn't have been able to hold out for so long.

Furthermore, when sealing the tailed beasts, they also needed to control the Elephant Transformation clones to fight against the powerful figures from the five great ninja villages.

Although it can relieve boredom, it is also an energy-consuming activity, just like those people who played games for a long time in Liusheng's previous life. After playing for a long time, they would feel extremely tired.

Exhausted on top of each other, they are finally free. The youngest, Deidara, is like a prisoner released from jail, wishing he could take a nap immediately.

"Thank you for your hard work. Now you can all go and rest."

Nagato's voice, in the form of a thought, was completely different from the majestic Pain, instead carrying a hint of gentleness and humanity.

Seeing the exhausted group, Nagato first expressed his gratitude, and then said confidently, "You all just need to rest. Leave the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails to me."

At this moment, Nagato is just like Sasuke Uchiha, whose strength skyrocketed in the original story.

The sky cleared, the rain stopped, and he was able to walk again!

But it's not surprising that Nagato would have such thoughts.

Originally, he planned to seal the Seven-Tails, then lead all the Akatsuki members to retreat. After the five great ninja villages could not find them and had no choice but to disband, he would lead the Akatsuki to raid the Hidden Cloud Village to capture the Eight-Tails. Finally, he would look for an opportunity to capture the Nine-Tails and try to become a Jinchuriki to see if he could implant the Gedo Mazo into his body.

Once he becomes the Jinchūriki of the Gedo Mazo, it will be equivalent to possessing the chakra of all nine tailed beasts, and his legs might be able to recover.

Having recovered to his peak condition and possessing unlimited chakra, he is destined to become the Sage of Six Paths in the new era.

At that time, neither Yagyu nor Madara Uchiha will be his match.

Peace in the ninja world is achieved simply by demonstrating power, or even by uttering a single word.

"Then it's up to you, Chief."

Deidara, unusually uninterested, yawned in his mental form and said wearily, "I'm going to take a nap first."

I'll go support you, leader, after I wake up.

After saying that, Deidara's mental form disappeared on the spot.

The original body, who was sitting cross-legged on a bed in a certain room, simply lay down and fell asleep immediately.

"Since you're so confident, Chief, I'll go and rest for a bit too."

Kisame Hoshigaki, looking somewhat weary, said, "If you need anything, you can come and wake me up anytime."

"Thank you for your hard work, Kisame." Nagato nodded.

Kisame Hoshigaki didn't say anything, and his thought form simply disappeared.

Therefore, the remaining entities of longing on the fingers of the Gedo Mazo were Nagato, Konan, Black and White Zetsu, the Hundred Faces, and Obito Uchiha.

Coincidentally, all five of them are beings who know everything.

Apart from Xiao Nan, the other four are all the masterminds behind the scenes.

Nagato was on the bottom floor, Obito Uchiha on the second-to-last floor, Zetsu (both black and white) on the third floor, and the Hundred Faces, Yagyu's most unique wood clone, was on the top floor.

Of course, in the eyes of Obito Uchiha and Zetsu Black and White, they were the ones at the highest level, and everyone else was just a pawn in their game.

"You're going to do it yourself?"

Obito Uchiha asked the question knowing the answer already.

"Um."

Nagato nodded confidently and said, "After sealing the seven tailed beasts, the Gedo Mazo has begun to recover. Now the five great ninja villages are fighting their own battles. Konoha's Wood Release ninjas, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and even their younger brothers are being held back by the previous Hokage. This is the best time to capture the Eight-Tails."

Nagato had one more thing he didn't say.

After sealing the Seven-Tails, the Gedo Mazo has not only begun to recover, but his compatibility with the Gedo Mazo has also become higher. Even if the Akatsuki members don't take action, he can easily seal the tailed beast on his own.

And it's the kind of seal that's almost instantaneous.

In fact, this situation gradually began to occur after Nagato sealed the Five-Tails.

He had just sealed the Five-Tails when he discovered that he occupied the center of the seal. The sealing time, which was originally supposed to be extended due to the lack of personnel, was directly reduced from five days and five nights to three days and three nights.

In fact, after sealing the Six-Tails, the sealing time can be shortened even further, and the sealing can be completed in less than two days.

But Nagato didn't do that. Instead, he took the opportunity to rest and heal the injuries caused by overdrawing his chakra.

Nagato now shows no signs of fatigue; on the contrary, he is full of energy.

That's why he's so confident.

Obito Uchiha and Zetsu, of course, knew nothing about these things.

Seeing Nagato's confidence, they had no faith in him at all.

There was no way around it; Nagato's previous record was just too terrible.

With the unlimited chakra provided by the Gedo Mazo, his physical functions have also recovered to their peak for his age.

Yet, Pain's Six Paths were still destroyed by Yagyu in an almost instantaneous manner.

Even though Nagato has sealed away the seven tailed beasts, he is no match for Yagyu after losing his legs.

Even if his next target is not Yagyu, but the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki.

However, it should be noted that Yagyu possesses the Flying Thunder God Technique. Who knows if the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki's thousands of shadow clones carry the Flying Thunder God Kunai given to him by Yagyu?

If so, Yagyu might leave the battlefield at any time to go to the Cloud Village battlefield to provide support.

At that time, Nagato's true form and the Gedo Mazo will inevitably encounter Yagyu.

If we can't defeat Yagyu, then things will be bad.

Thinking of this, Black Zetsu couldn't help but curse inwardly.

However, the person he was cursing was not the inexplicably confident Nagato, but Orochimaru, who was still watching the show and waiting for something.

That bastard still refuses to summon Madara Uchiha.

Once Madara Uchiha is resurrected using Edo Tensei, Black Doji absolutely does not believe that Orochimaru can control Madara Uchiha.

Even if he could control him, he could still ambush Orochimaru from the shadows.

By possessing Orochimaru's body, he could remove Madara Uchiha's restrictions.

The five great ninja villages and the samurai forces of the Land of Iron, who had been fighting for more than ten days, had absolutely no chance against Uchiha Madara, whose strength was almost at its peak, who was immortal, and who possessed unlimited chakra.

While Yagyu is exhausted, Madara Uchiha, with his strength, can easily control Nagato with the cursed seal. With his own assistance, Madara Uchiha will soon be able to truly revive.

If Madara Uchiha is resurrected and reclaims the Rinnegan from Nagato, then taking the final Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails will be a piece of cake.

Once Madara Uchiha becomes the Ten-Tails' jinchūriki, the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan can begin.

The thought of all this filled Black Zetsu with immense excitement.

But Orochimaru, that bastard, is actually this wary.

Moreover, this bastard has found a way to see through the Hundred Absolutes' Robe Technique, making it difficult even for him to ambush and control the opponent.

I thought Orochimaru was the easiest guy to control, but it turns out he's just as disgusting as Hyakko. No wonder he was my classmate.

Clearly, Orochimaru was looking for the right opportunity.

He would never play Madara Uchiha, his trump card, before that opportunity presented itself; instead, he chose to watch the show until the very end.

After all, this war had nothing to do with him.

The more people die, the better it is for Orochimaru.

Because of the White Zetsu clones, Orochimaru has been discovered secretly collecting the body tissues of the dead on the battlefield.

The reanimated army that joined the battlefield afterward included ninjas from the five great ninja villages who had just died but were not quite dead.

Unfortunately, Orochimaru was too shrewd.

After he resurrected the dead, he did not send them to his own battlefield, but to other battlefields.

Therefore, none of the people from the five great ninja villages realized that the army of reanimated beings in front of them was actually made on the spot!

If things continue like this, Orochimaru might become the ultimate winner, and might even be unwilling to use Edo Tensei to resurrect Madara Uchiha.

That's why Black Zetsu was in such a bad mood.

If the next player had just played one more card, he could have won with a royal flush, officially ending the millennium-long game. From then on, he would no longer need to be a mouse hiding in the dark, but would become a figure second only to the emperor, above all others.

The network suddenly stopped working, the countdown on the screen stopped, and the next player didn't play a card for a long time.

So Black Zetsu is now as disgusting as if he ate shit.

Now, Nagato's inexplicably confident demeanor only makes Black Zetsu feel more uneasy.

Now we are in the final stage of this thousand-year-old game, the so-called decisive game.

One wrong step, one unexpected event, could lead to total defeat. The key to victory or defeat lies in Nagato's Rinnegan.

Excluding the Otsutsuki clan from outer space, there are currently only two pairs of Rinnegan in the entire ninja world.

The first pair of Rinnegan is the Sage's Eye of Hagoromo Otsutsuki, the Sage of Six Paths.

The second pair of Rinnegan was a product of Madara Uchiha's duality being unified.

To revive the mother, the Ten-Tails must be revived, and a Ten-Tails Jinchuriki must be created to activate the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

In this way, Black Zetsu only needs to ambush the opponent to transfer the mother's will residing in him to this poor child, using the child's body as a sacrifice to resurrect his mother.

As the weakest of the three brothers, Black Zetsu didn't dare to even look at the Sage of Six Paths' Rinnegan.

After all, he was very aware of his elder brother's strength!

Therefore, after the Sage of Six Paths died, the first pair of Rinnegan in the ninja world disappeared without a trace.

In order to create a second pair of Rinnegan, Black Zetsu worked hard for a thousand years, observing countless reincarnations of Ashura and Indra.

Now that he has finally created a second pair of Rinnegan, Black Zetsu cherishes these eyes more than anyone else.

Even if Nagato, who was not the true owner of the Rinnegan, had his physical functions restored to their peak at this age, and even with the infinite chakra provided by the Gedo Mazo, he would still not be able to use the Rinnegan's exclusive eye techniques.

Besides being able to summon the Gedo Mazo, Obito Uchiha taught Nagato both the Six Paths Technique and Yin-Yang Release.

This is the difference between the Rinnegan and the Mangekyou Sharingan; only the true owner can unleash its full power.

Unable to use the Rinnegan's unique eye techniques and having lost both legs, Nagato, even with the Gedo Mazo that has begun to recover, would not be a match for Yagyu.

Black Zetsu firmly believed this.

But given his current status, he has no way to stop Nagato.

Obito Uchiha, who knew very little, was clearly unaware of these things, or perhaps he was aware but had his own ulterior motives and had no intention of stopping Nagato.

Therefore, Black Zetsu decided to help Nagato one more time.

Moreover, this time, he didn't plan to let Obito Uchiha go and tell Nagato, lest that guy have his own ulterior motives.

He used Yin-Yang Escape to assimilate with the White Zetsu, and then issued commands to the other Hundred Zetsu clones.

Before long, a White Zetsu clone suddenly appeared in the room where Nagato's main body was.

"White Zetsu, is something the matter?" Nagato asked.

"Yes, Chief."

The White Zetsu clone nodded and smiled, "Lord Madara sent me here to help you restore your legs."

Upon hearing this, Nagato's eyes lit up.

The method provided by Obito Uchiha allowed him to freely use the power of the Gedo Mazo, giving him not only unlimited chakra but also restoring his physical functions to their peak.

If his legs hadn't been completely crippled, and even the Gedo Mazo couldn't restore them, Nagato's strength would definitely be even greater now.

He thought that only after becoming the Jinchūriki of the Gedo Mazo would he have any hope of regaining his legs, but it turns out that "Uchiha Madara"

Did they already have the ability to help him recover over there?

Thinking of this, Nagato became even more wary of Obito Uchiha.

Given the current situation, he hesitated and asked, "How long will it take to help my legs recover?"

"immediately."

The white Zetsu clone smiled confidently.

His answer undoubtedly made Nagato's eyes widen once again.

"Let's begin, Chief."

"...Then I'll trouble you."

Pfft—click!

As the sound of a sharp weapon piercing flesh rang out, a sound like something shattering followed.

A short while later, a figure emerged from the darkness.

With long red hair and bangs covering one eye, his face was incredibly handsome, like a young man, not at all like someone in their thirties.

Wearing a black trench coat embroidered with red clouds, the skin exposed above the ninja shoes was as white as snow, yet her steps were steady and powerful. Her purple-rimmed eyes radiated a terrifying power that could instantly kill the weak with a single glance.

Having regained his legs and with his physical functions restored to their peak, Nagato makes his official debut!