"But isn't the Sage of Six Paths just a legend? Did the Sage of Six Paths really exist?"
"Idiot! The Sage of Six Paths was the Ancestor of Shinobi, the God of Creation! If he didn't exist, then where did shinobi come from?!"
"But that's a legend too..."
After a group of Rain Ninja came back to their senses, a small number of them raised questions.
It was not that they did not believe Hanzō the Salamander, but the Sage of Six Paths had existed far too long ago. None of his life story could be verified.
So when the Sage of Six Paths' inheritor truly appeared before them, they all felt as though it were unreal.
"There's no need to doubt it! I have verified it many times. The Sage of Six Paths truly existed!" Hanzō the Salamander said. "And Nagato's pair of Rinnegan truly holds tremendous power!"
"I can guarantee you all that once Nagato truly masters the power of these eyes, he will surpass me, perhaps even surpass Konoha's founder, the God of Shinobi Senju Hashirama!"
With Hanzō the Salamander vouching for him, the questioning voices among the Rain Ninja gradually fell silent, and the way they looked at Nagato began to change.
Hanzō the Salamander continued, "Ever since the One Country One Village System was established decades ago, although Shinobi World Wars have broken out from time to time, every war has been followed by a period of peace in which they could rest and recuperate."
"And the Land of Rain has always been the buffer zone where the great nations settle their conflicts."
"During their wars, the Land of Rain is their battlefield. During their peace, the Land of Rain is their arena for open and covert struggles."
"Peace has never descended upon the