The Despairing Truth

Jiraiya scratched his head awkwardly. The prophecy of the Great Toad Lord was something he had once told Nagato about, and he had genuinely wanted to raise Nagato into a ninja capable of leading the Ninja World forward.

Unfortunately, the facts had now proved that Nagato was not the child of destiny.

That made everything he had told Nagato sound more like a story he had spun to mislead him.

Xuanye gave a derisive snort. "You didn't actually believe Jiraiya, did you? Have you ever seen anyone from the Uzumaki Clan awaken an eye-based Kekkei Genkai?"

"Or have you still not noticed that, since losing those eyes, your body no longer feels so weighed down? It's like a shackle has been lifted."

Nagato trembled slightly, but he stubbornly refused to believe it.

Xuanye did not care how Nagato felt. He kept pressing where it hurt:

"Look at me. I've awakened the Rinnegan too, and mine is far stronger and easier to control. Do I look like you—reduced to skin and bones by the Rinnegan and left barely standing after a few big moves?"

"Those eyes didn't just fail to make you stronger. They kept draining your Chakra and burdening your body."

"You can't even use the Rinnegan's unique ocular techniques. And you still have the nerve to say those eyes belong to you?"

"It's only because the Uzumaki Clan has such powerful vitality that you haven't been drained dry already."

Nagato gritted his teeth. He did not argue, because he could not refute a word Xuanye had said.

This time, Konan was truly stunned. She looked at Nagato through the wall separating them, doubt about everything she knew flashing in her eyes.

If Uchiha Genya was telling the truth, didn't that mean the unknown person who had transplanted the Rinnegan