Nagato lowered his head. Silence spread through the secret chamber, broken only by the faint sound of Amegakure's endless rain in the distance.
He raised his face again. The godlike majesty had vanished from his Rinnegan, leaving only deep exhaustion and near-shattered confusion.
"...If everything you said is true... if the Rinnegan is power belonging to that 'Otsutsuki' clan..."
"...Then why do I have these eyes?"
Seeing the confusion and pain in Nagato's eyes over the origin of his own existence, Naruto calmly gave him the answer.
"Because we are all descendants of the Sage of Six Paths."
He began recounting another piece of history—a history concerning the origins of the shinobi clans, the inheritance of bloodlines, and the truth of how those eyes had truly passed from hand to hand.
"The Uzumaki Clan, the Uchiha Clan, and the Senju Clan—these three ancient shinobi clans all trace the origins of their bloodlines back to the Sage of Six Paths' two sons."
His gaze shifted to Satsuki, who stood silently to one side and listened as well.
"The Sage of Six Paths' eldest son was named Indra. He inherited his father's powerful Dojutsu, talent and ability, as well as... a stubborn and obsessive nature. Over countless years and changes, Indra's descendants eventually became the present-day Uchiha Clan."
The eyes beneath Satsuki's mask flickered slightly. This was the first time she had heard so clearly that her clan's origins were directly connected to the legendary Sage of Six Paths.
Naruto continued. "At its core, the Rinnegan is the ultimate form the Sharingan reaches after evolving under certain conditions. It is the ultimate manifestation of the power lineage belonging to Indra, buried deep within Uchiha blood."
His gaze returned to Nagato.
"But I'm not an Uchiha."
Nagato spoke in a low voice, his