Divine Hidden Village's Vision! Establishing a Transcendent Power, a Blueprint for a Beacon of Peace in the Ninja World!

Amegakure, atop its tower. Nagato sat cross-legged, his Rinnegan gazing down at the unceasing curtain of rain.

Behind him, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path loomed like a silent mountain. Without warning, a voice rang out in his mind.

"Nagato, come see me." The voice was calm, yet carried an irresistible will.

Nagato's body trembled slightly... Hidden Leaf, Uchiha Compound. Fugaku was wiping down his blade, every movement meticulous.

That voice rang in his heart as well. "Fugaku, put aside what you are doing." Fugaku's hand froze in midair, the blade reflecting his suddenly constricted pupils.

...On some unnamed shore. Kisame casually rested Samehada on his shoulder as he watched the surging waves.

"Kisame, your vacation is over." Kisame grinned, revealing a mouthful of shark-like teeth. "Finally got something for me to do, Lord Yu.

"He leaped down from the reef and sprinted inland without hesitation... A desolate ruin, once the heart of Uzushio Village.

Kamizuki Yu stood beneath a shattered torii gate, waiting for his followers. Ever since returning from Sunagakure, a thought had lingered in his mind, impossible to dispel.

He had saved the Uchiha Clan, altered Nagato's path, taken Kisame under his wing, and taught Gaara. He was like a firefighter, constantly putting out the flames igniting across this world.

But flames could not be extinguished for good. As long as the soil that bred them remained, they would burn again and again. Salvation? Mending? Those only treated the symptoms, not the cause.

Rather than keep patching things up, he might as well... tear down this decaying, precarious building with his own hands and use the finest materials to build a lighthouse that would never catch fire.

Three figures appeared from three directions of the ruins almost simultaneously: Nagato, Konan, and Fugaku. A moment later, Kisame