I want to resurrect hundreds, even thousands of people

After hearing Uchiha Jie's words, Jiraiya fell uncharacteristically silent.

If reality meant suffering, then fleeing that suffering was perfectly normal. Jiraiya glanced at Kakashi out of the corner of his eye and couldn't help thinking of his father, Hatake White Fang.

Compared to Nagato's suffering, White Fang's had been almost trivial. Kakashi, on the other hand, had suffered plenty: he had lost his father, his teacher, and his teammates.

Perhaps Kakashi could understand that kind of pain.

"But no one has ever seen the Rinnegan bring the dead back to life. How do you know those eyes have that kind of power?"

Deep down, Jiraiya still refused to believe Uchiha Jie's claims. Some resistance remained.

"Resurrection might sound like a distant dream, something almost impossible to accomplish, but someone has already achieved that feat. You certainly know him: Konoha's Second Hokage," Uchiha Jie said.

"Granted, it was a rather evil Ninjutsu. It disturbed the dead's rest, dragged them back into this world, then controlled them to fight enemies."

"But that technique certainly qualifies as resurrection."

"But that wasn't the Rinnegan..." Jiraiya hastily countered.

"As for whether the Rinnegan can resurrect people, we can wait and see." Uchiha Jie smiled and stopped talking to Jiraiya. He found a sofa, stretched out comfortably, and continued watching the battle within Amegakure.

Unless...

"Unfortunately, you just saw the culprit behind the Four-Tails' attack on the village—a dead man who should have died long ago. And you've just seen the clan's two traitors, too."

"The massacre of the Kakashi Clan wasn't some passing whim of Kakashi Itachi's. You should be able to guess who really gave the order, Jiraiya." Kakashi Jie looked at the solemn Jiraiya and smiled as he laid the harsh truth bare.

"Ever since the Four-Tails attacked the village, the Zhai Rongke