Orochimaru: Is the Rinnegan a variant of the Mangekyo?

"Zetsu... hehehe... Madara's will? Heh... Since you're already dead, just keep lying in the Pure Land!"

Uchiha Obito thought darkly to himself. Not long ago, he had suddenly realized there was no need for him to revive Uchiha Madara at all.

Once everyone entered his Kamui Dimension, once they all fell asleep waiting for Uchiha Yue to die of old age, that would be the moment he moved to gouge out Nagato's Rinnegan.

When that time came, why shouldn't he just carry out the Moon's Eye Plan himself?

What did he need Uchiha Madara for anymore!

"Haha, that's right, that's right, hahaha! Just like this, just like this! Madara, this is fate! Fate has chosen me! Hahaha!!!"

Thinking this, Uchiha Obito couldn't help but laugh wildly in his heart.

At this moment, Black Zetsu had no idea that Uchiha Obito, whom he had always treated as a fool and a pawn, was already having other thoughts.

"A way to kill Uchiha Yue..."

Although they already had a new plan, Nagato couldn't shake a feeling of unease for some reason. Uchiha Yue's strength was definitely not greater than his own—if not for that Dead Silence Domain. The reason he had nearly been crippled by Uchiha Yue last time wasn't that he was weaker than Uchiha Yue.

Rather, it was because he had underestimated Uchiha Yue's power at the time. Sending a puppet into that Dead Silence Domain had caused his own Chakra to be absorbed, leading to his failure and nearly being destroyed by Uchiha Yue.

If he had been in a normal state back then, there was absolutely no way he would have been one-shot by Uchiha Yue. That attack, he definitely could have blocked.

If possible, Nagato wished he could master a method to kill Uchiha Yue. He actually didn't intend to follow Uchiha Obito and the others' plan at all.

Entering Uchiha Obito's Kamui Dimension to sleep was a last resort. He always maintained some vigilance toward those two.

So rather than going into hiding, he preferred to have a way to kill Uchiha Yue himself. And killing Uchiha Yue was simple—he just needed to find a way to block the absorption of that Dead Silence Domain. As simple as putting an elephant into a refrigerator.

Ultimate power...

The eyes of the Uchiha Clan could be freely installed onto other people's bodies. Although it would put a strain on the body, Nagato felt he could endure it, especially after replacing his lower half. Lately, he felt his condition was better than ever. It had been a long time since he had walked on his own.

If he had known replacing his body with White Zetsu's would feel this good, he would have done it long ago.

In short, if he could find a way to block the energy absorption of that Dead Silence Domain, he would definitely be able to kill Uchiha Yue, seize his eyes, and install them onto his own body.

Then, relying on those invincible Mangekyo Sharingan and his own invincible Rinnegan, he would bring ultimate terror to the great nations, single-handedly suppress the entire Ninja World, force them to hand over the tailed beasts, and then he could become the true Kami of the new world!

Not hide like a turtle inside Uchiha Obito's so-called Kamui Dimension, waiting for Uchiha Yue to die of old age. Hahaha, die of old age—how laughable. The so-called Kami of the new world, how utterly laughable. The turtle Kami of the new world?

Of course, the main thing was that Nagato didn't trust this guy who called himself Uchiha Madara.

After Uchiha Obito and Black Zetsu left.

Orochimaru came to Nagato.

"Orochimaru, have you researched a way to block that bizarre absorption ability?"

Nagato asked, full of expectation.

That's right, this was his plan—let Orochimaru, the scientist, study how to block that Dead Silence Domain. Once it was figured out, it would be Uchiha Yue's death sentence. He was even stronger now than before!

As long as he could fight Uchiha Yue in a normal state, he would definitely be able to beat him to death and seize his Mangekyo Sharingan.

"No. The power of those Mangekyo Sharingan is too peculiar."

Orochimaru shook his head. He glanced at Nagato's Rinnegan, unimpressed. If it were before, he would have been very interested in those eyes. If he could have beaten Nagato, he would have already put him on the operating table.

But now, although he still had some interest in the Rinnegan, he valued Uchiha Yue's Mangekyo Sharingan far more. That was power enough to destroy the entire world!

No matter how strong the Rinnegan was, could it destroy the world?

Orochimaru knew something about Nagato and the others' plan. If Nagato had the power to destroy the entire world, he would have started his plan long ago. Why would he be executing it so slowly like this?

Hah, mere Rinnegan—how could it compare to the invincible Mangekyo Sharingan?

Orochimaru even speculated that the so-called Rinnegan might just be a variant of the Mangekyo Sharingan. The legendary Sage of Six Paths might have been a variant of the Uchiha Clan from ancient times. Good grief, the ancestor directly becoming his own descendant.

Unfortunately, this was just speculation, with no evidence to prove it. But Orochimaru felt this might be the truth, after all, Uchiha Yue's Mangekyo Sharingan was too miraculous, too absurd.

"Still nothing? Not even a single result?"

Nagato looked at Orochimaru with some dissatisfaction. During this time, he had given most of the Akatsuki Organization's budget to Orochimaru, hoping this guy would research a technology to block that bizarre power.

If it's been a short time and there are no results, I can understand. But not even a single result? Not even any progress?

"No. You simply don't understand the strangeness of Uchiha Yue's eyes. That so-called domain isn't a domain at all—it's Uchiha Yue's hunting range, something like a black hole's gravitational pull. Whether it's Chakra, biological energy, or even kinetic energy, Uchiha Yue can absorb it all! That power shouldn't belong to mortals. It should belong to gods. Only a god could possess such bizarre power!"

Orochimaru shook his head, speaking with a tone of awe. During this time, he had gone to that Dead Silence Domain and conducted a large number of experiments, trying many methods. Any method that required energy couldn't block that bizarre power—it only delivered a meal to Uchiha Yue. But then again, not necessarily. After all, Orochimaru's research hadn't gone on for long. Maybe, perhaps, possibly, or really, there might be some kind of energy method that could, with some probability, block that Dead Silence Domain.

Orochimaru had also tried physical...