The Rinnegan? What's the Big Deal?

"How do you have the Rinnegan?"

Nagato stared hard into Ren's eyes. For the first time, his voice lost its calm.

He could not accept what he was seeing.

To restore the Rinnegan's power, he had accepted transplants of cells from Hashirama and Madara Uchiha, practically turning his body into a vessel for Yin–Yang Release Chakra.

But what about Ren?

He had not transplanted Hashirama's Cells, drawn on Madara Uchiha's power, or spent decades cultivating his strength.

He had awakened the Rinnegan through his own bloodline alone!

"It's just the Rinnegan."

Ren looked unperturbed as purple ripples slowly turned in his eyes.

"The Uchiha are direct descendants of the Sage of Six Paths. We inherited his bloodline. If Madara Uchiha could awaken the Rinnegan, then of course I can too."

At those calm words, several ninjas watching from afar went pale.

"The Uchiha are direct descendants of the Sage of Six Paths?"

"Did Madara Uchiha really awaken his Rinnegan through his own bloodline?"

"Then Uchiha Ren can unlock the Rinnegan without transplanting any outside power?"

Someone gripped a recording scroll, his fingers trembling uncontrollably.

The Rinnegan was the legendary eye of a god. Since the Sage of Six Paths, no one in the Shinobi World had truly wielded its power.

Madara Uchiha had awakened the Rinnegan, but only after fusing with Hashirama's Cells and spending decades completing the transformation.

Nagato's Rinnegan had been transplanted from Madara Uchiha.

Yet now, before everyone, Ren had calmly told the entire Shinobi World that the Uchiha Clan already possessed the bloodline needed to awaken the Rinnegan!

Once that news spread, the Shinobi World's major powers would lose sleep over it.

Nagato's expression darkened further.

He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and sneered. "You think having the Rinnegan means you can