Xuanhui poured senjutsu chakra into Kakuzu for almost an hour before Kakuzu finally began to get the hang of it.
"This... Sage Mode really is difficult..."
Ryūchi Cave's Sage Mode was downright wild. Just keep pumping it in until you mastered it!
Xuanhui was a freak too. He had forcibly injected that much senjutsu chakra without even getting winded!
"Now that you know how to train, the rest is up to you.
Learning Sage Mode is a long process. Practice whenever you have time.
Lord Jiraiya should be staying in Amegakure for a while. Go ask him whether Mount Myoboku would be willing to teach you."
"Got it. Just let me rest for a bit first..."
Kakuzu caught his breath for a while before turning and heading toward the bathroom.
"You're still heading upstairs, right?"
"Right."
"Then I won't keep you. Hidan, see our guests out..."
Hidan hopped off the desk and ran over to open the door for them.
"We'll be going, then."
"Take care."
The two left that floor and continued upstairs.
Xuanhui turned to look at Pakura.
"Are you tired?"
"No. Let's go."
They reached the top floor.
There were two rooms here: one belonged to Yahiko and Konan, and the other to Nagato.
Just then, Nagato opened his door and smiled at them.
"You finally made it up."
"You sensed us ages ago?"
"That's right."
Pakura noticed Nagato's red hair and his strange eyes...
"Um... are you from the Uzumaki Clan?"
"Yes. Brother Xuanhui and I are distantly related by blood, too."
Pakura looked at Xuanhui.
"Why don't you have red hair?"
"Who knows? I haven't had my hair-color genes tested yet.
Besides, isn't Naruto blond too?"
"True..."
Their conversation got Nagato thinking.
"Naruto?
Isn't that a character from Teacher Jiraiya's novel?"
He remembered that the