Naruto: This is the Complete Seventh, the Complete Nine-Tails, the Complete Me (2nd Update)

No matter what the truth was, no matter what the Sage of Six Paths truly intended to do, the concept that the Rinnegan's resurrection ability could only be used in the shinobi world had now been established.

Even if people in the real world still clung to wishful thinking and coveted the Rinnegan's power, that would require the real world to actually possess a Rinnegan first.

Of course, Madara Uchiha and Sasuke's enhancement paths would surely grant them the Rinnegan later on, but that was a matter for the future.

By then, the two would already possess the ability to protect themselves. Besides, the two fictional forces, Light of Humanity and Destiny, had not been created for nothing. Anyone who wanted to lay a hand on Operators under those organizations would have to consider whether they could bear the wrath of both powers.

The Light Screen footage of Nagato and Naruto's conversation came to an end.

At that moment, the scene showed several flashbacks—things that had truly happened in another timeline.

Similar to what was happening now, Nagato had ultimately been persuaded by Naruto's words. He placed his hopes in Naruto, and while doing so, used the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique to revive those from Konoha who had died during Pain's assault.

Because of that final act of salvation, Naruto became Konoha's hero. It was also the beginning of Naruto truly becoming the prophesied child of the shinobi world—the Savior of the shinobi world.

It could be said that this battle against Nagato had been Naruto's greatest transformation. It represented Naruto, once despised and hated by Konoha, completely changing his place within Konoha.

From that moment onward, first Konoha, and later the entire shinobi world, worked to protect Naruto.

Naruto also answered that protection and those