Never before had Nagato felt such terror as he did at this moment.
The truth that had come from Black Zetsu's mouth was something Nagato simply dared not believe!
Because it was far too horrifying!
It meant that from the moment he had memories as a child, he had already been a pawn.
A dead man's pawn, at that!
How was Nagato, who had once called himself a "god" and believed he had been sent by heaven to save the Ninja World, supposed to face that?
The Rinnegan, a legendary Dojutsu, had only ever appeared in the historical records of the entire Ninja World as the eyes of the Sage of Six Paths, whose existence had never even been confirmed.
It could be said that throughout the entire Ninja World, Nagato was the first person clearly known to possess the Rinnegan.
Even Nagato himself had always believed that the Rinnegan originally belonged to him.
But when this truth was exposed, Nagato truly felt terrified.
This terror had nothing to do with strength. It came purely from the realization that someone else had arranged his fate.
Think about it. If you had lived your entire life, only for someone to suddenly tell you one day that your fate had been manipulated from behind the scenes all along, how would you feel?
Other than refusing to believe it, perhaps terror would be the only emotion left.
This was unavoidable.
Although Nagato did not want to believe this fact deep down, reason told him that it was all true!
Otherwise, how could there have been such a coincidence?
At that moment, Nagato recalled why, when Reanimated Madara Uchiha had revealed his Rinnegan, his first thought had been to kill him.
That had been purely his sixth sense!
And now, everything proved that his