Naruto: Starting as Tsunade's Desk Mate

"Fourth Hokage, please feel free to speak your mind."

The three people present all looked at An Yan. They had a feeling that An Yan was about to drop a bombshell.

Facing the eager gazes of the crowd, An Yan didn't keep them in suspense and began to speak directly: "I have also seen the Rinnegan, but it was on the elderly Uchiha Madara. At that time, Uchiha Madara was almost dying of old age. We exchanged a few blows, but he escaped. In my world, there was also Nagato, but Nagato was very ordinary until he became a ninja and did not have the Rinnegan."

Therefore, I have every reason to believe, Nagato, that your Rinnegan may not have awakened spontaneously, but was deliberately transplanted. Furthermore, the deaths of your parents may not necessarily be related to Konoha, but may have been deliberately orchestrated by a mastermind. Additionally, Yahiko's death also seems to have been orchestrated.

Upon hearing An Yan's words, Nagato frowned immediately. Details he hadn't noticed before came to mind, and he felt something was amiss. He frowned and asked, "Fourth Hokage, what evidence do you have?"

An Yan smiled, knowing that Nagato probably believed him to some extent, so he began to tell the story.

“I suspect that Nagato was set up. Firstly, because I have seen Uchiha Madara and his Rinnegan. I don’t deny that some ninjas are born with certain bloodlines, but the Rinnegan is definitely not among them. It’s rare for one of these to appear in a thousand years, so it’s impossible for them to appear one after another. Therefore, I suspect that your Rinnegan may actually belong to Uchiha Madara.”

Despite having anticipated it, Nagato was still taken aback by An'an's deduction. If the Rinnegan he possessed belonged to Uchiha Madara, then what was the point of Nagato's efforts over the years?

Nagato's expression turned serious, and he asked An Yan directly, "Does the Fourth Hokage have any other evidence?"

An Yan smiled and said, "Because in my world, Madara Uchiha's body gradually couldn't withstand the pressure of the Rinnegan due to his age, so he attacked the children of the Senju and Uzumaki clans, wanting to transplant his eyes into them."

Chapter 160 Deceiving Nagato

Nagato trusted An'an quite a bit. As the Fourth Hokage of Konoha, there was no need for Nagato to go to great lengths to revive An'an and then deliberately deceive him.

“We’ve seen a masked guy before who called himself Madara Uchiha. Although he helped us capture the tailed beasts, he was always acting suspiciously.”

Konan spoke up, revealing information about Obito Uchiha. Naruto, who was standing to the side, changed his expression upon hearing this news. He had met his father when he was about to break the Nine-Tails seal. According to the information Minato revealed, the deaths of his biological parents were also related to a masked man.

An Yan smiled and concluded directly: "Uchiha Madara was an elder when Konoha was founded. By the time you were children, he was already close to dying of old age. The Uchiha Madara you see now is probably a pawn he left behind to monitor the Rinnegan. As for Uchiha Madara's purpose, I was not clear at first, but combined with your Rinne Rebirth Technique, we can draw a simple conclusion: one part of his plan must be to revive him with the power of the Rinnegan, and the process of your Akatsuki collecting the Tailed Beasts must have been secretly promoted by him."

Nagato and Konan exchanged glances. Yahiko's Akatsuki organization, which he initially established, did not have any intention of collecting tailed beasts; it only aimed to maintain peace within the Land of Rain. However, with Yahiko's death, Nagato and the others' ideas gradually changed.

An Yan looked at Nagato and Konan and said, "The three of you, including Yahiko, did that mysterious guy who was disguised as Uchiha Madara contact you when Yahiko was alive? Yahiko must have rejected you, and then Yahiko died?"

An Yan knew the plot and that Yahiko had rejected Obito before his death. He asked the question with the answer in mind, which immediately changed the expressions of Nagato and Konan.

"That is indeed the case. Are you saying that Madara Uchiha's pawn secretly orchestrated Yahiko's death?"

Nagato asked eagerly, only to be met with a nod from An Yan.

An Yan continued, "You may know that the nine tailed beasts can combine to form the Ten-Tails, but you probably don't know what the Ten-Tails is used for. Thousands of years ago, there was no such thing as chakra in the world. Then someone dropped a seed from the sky, which planted a divine tree. This divine tree absorbed the energy of the ninja world and formed a fruit. The goddess of eggs, Kaguya Otsutsuki, ate this fruit and gained the power of chakra. Later, she gave birth to two children, one of whom was the Sage of Six Paths."

The Sage of Six Paths taught people how to use chakra, but Kaguya believed that chakra should be hers alone. She wanted to use the Divine Tree to take back the chakra from people, so the Sage of Six Paths and Kaguya engaged in battle. In the end, Kaguya was sealed by the Sage of Six Paths' Chibaku Tensei, and that sphere now flies in the sky, transformed into the moon.

An Yan's words shocked Naruto. It was truly unbelievable that the moon hanging in the sky was actually the creation of the Sage of Six Paths.

Nagato and Konan fell silent. An Yan's words contained too much information; they needed to think about it and organize their thoughts.

An Yan didn't stop there, revealing information that some characters in the story didn't know, which truly gave people an indescribable sense of pleasure.

"The Ten-Tails is the incarnation of the Divine Tree. Besides being able to absorb the chakra of the entire ninja world, if you become the Ten-Tails' Jinchūriki, the Jinchūriki himself will also evolve into a complete Sage Body. With the Sage Body and the Rinnegan, one will possess the power of the Sage of Six Paths. I think this should be one of Madara Uchiha's goals. As for what he will do after becoming a Sage of Six Paths-level powerhouse, I don't know."

Nagato wasn't particularly interested in things like the Ten-Tails. He just frowned and asked with a melancholy expression, "Why did the masked man kill Yahiko?"

Seeing Nagato's distressed expression, An Yan sighed. Strictly speaking, Yahiko's death was not Obito's fault; it was Danzo's. However, An Yan pinned the blame on Obito to increase the sense of shared hatred and encourage Nagato and Konan to unite with Konoha against Uchiha Obito.

"Among the three of you, Yahiko is probably the smartest. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he's the brains of your team. If we don't take him out, how can he subtly influence you?"

As soon as An Yan spoke, Nagato naturally believed him, because from a practical point of view, there was nothing wrong with what An Yan said.

"So now, only the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails are not yet fully collected. Now that our attack on Konoha has failed, this so-called Uchiha Madara will most likely make another move."

Nagato remained silent for a moment before drawing this conclusion.

An Yan then said, "If you die in Konoha this time, and Konan takes your body back to the village alone, she will probably be targeted by that so-called Uchiha Madara. Although Konan is strong, the Uchiha's genjutsu is enough to distort reality, and she is probably no match for that person."

An Yan's words were so certain that Xiao Nan opened her mouth as if to say something, but then closed it again. The matter of the six hundred billion explosive tags was Xiao Nan's biggest trump card, and she did not want to reveal it directly, after all, it was the culmination of a long period of preparation.

An Yan had his own plans after saying all that. As the leader of the council, he couldn't stay in this world for long. Now that he had come all this way, he naturally wanted to take Nagato and Konan back to his world.

Firstly, strong combat power is hard to come by, and secondly, it can strengthen a long gate, preparing for the future Fourth World War.

The Fourth Shinobi World War will not stop just because the Rinnegan cannot be found. You must know that although Obito Uchiha may appear to be alive, he has actually gone mad and is already looking forward to a grand self-destruction ritual.

"So what does the Fourth Hokage mean? Should we launch a surprise attack on this mysterious masked man?"

After listening to An Yan for so long, Nagato still couldn't figure out An Yan's purpose. Konan, on the other hand, was perceptive and had a clearer perspective, so she guessed some of An Yan's thoughts. However, she didn't care about these things. Whatever decision Nagato made, she would just support him.

An Yan shook his head, rejecting Nagato's conjecture. He said directly, "What I mean is that you two take the opportunity to fake your deaths, then come with me to my world to meet the young Yahiko and Konan, teach them some relevant ninjutsu knowledge, and then when the masked man causes trouble here, we'll jump out of Konoha's summoning scroll to turn the tide."

An Yan's suggestion was really good, and Nagato and Konan were immediately interested. They didn't care much about revenge; what they cared about was seeing their childhood friend Yahiko, which was very appealing.