"Jiraiya, my time is up. You'll have to make your way back on your own."
Halfway through the flight to Konoha, the Shadow Clone calculated the time, landed, and set Jiraiya down.
Jiraiya nodded.
"Thank you. Some of my chakra has recovered too. I can summon Gamachu to carry me back. As long as you're all right."
If the original body were seriously injured or died, the Shadow Clone would immediately disappear.
Now that nearly an hour had passed and the Shadow Clone was still fine, it meant Hawking had not encountered any danger over at the Rain Hidden Village either.
Once the hour was up, Hawking would directly vanish and return to his own world. No matter how powerful Nagato was, there was nothing he could do to Hawking.
Naturally, that was good news for him as well.
"Then I'll see you tomorrow."
As soon as the Shadow Clone finished speaking, his entire body vanished in an instant.
Inside the Mutant School dormitory, Hawking watched the Shadow Clone appear alongside him, then raised a hand to release the ninjutsu. All of the Shadow Clone's memories immediately flooded into his mind.
"As long as he's all right."
After confirming that Jiraiya was unharmed, Hawking took out the Rinnegan stored in the bottle.
"Then let's try out the Rinnegan's power!"
He reached out, removed the Rinnegan, gouged out his own left eye in one motion, and inserted the Rinnegan into the socket.
Fortunately, he possessed the physique of the Naruto World, allowing eyes to be plugged in and used immediately. Otherwise, if this were the Marvel Universe, replacing an eye so easily without finding an exceptionally skilled doctor would have been nothing short of a medical miracle.
The moment the Rinnegan was installed, the chakra within his body immediately began flowing