Akatsuki: The rising sun falls into an endless abyss / The End of Akatsuki: Teaching Konan Some New Tricks

She knew her fate had changed, yet she could still learn how her life had originally been meant to unfold...

The feeling was simply wonderful!

Dawn: The Rising Sun Fell into an Endless Abyss

It wasn't just Konan. Nearly everyone who possessed a diary set aside what they were doing and began reading it carefully.

After all,

they had heard about Akatsuki from Naruto Uzumaki.

It was an organization as mysterious as it was powerful.

[Hmm... where should I start?]

[I've got it. Let's start with Nagato's birth.]

[Decades ago, Nagato, a survivor of the Uzumaki Clan, settled in the Land of Rain with his parents.]

[Because Nagato's constitution was exceptional even among the Uzumaki Clan, Madara Uchiha saw him as the perfect vessel for his eyes.]

[In his old age, Madara Uchiha transplanted his Rinnegan into Nagato, giving Nagato the Rinnegan.]

At this,

shock spread across the women's faces.

Good grief.

He was dropping a bombshell right from the start!

According to the Shinobi World's records, Hashirama Senju had defeated Madara Uchiha in their battle at the Valley of the End, though he had been gravely wounded. Madara Uchiha had died.

Now it seemed that Madara Uchiha had not only survived but lived for many more years, though they had no idea how he had fooled Hashirama Senju.

But...

weren't Madara Uchiha's eyes the legendary Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan?

How had they become the Rinnegan?

Konan covered her mouth lightly, her eyes filled with disbelief.

The Rinnegan... belonged to Madara Uchiha?!

And Nagato was nothing more than the vessel Madara Uchiha had chosen for them?

It was almost impossible to believe.

No wonder Nagato hadn't instinctively known how to use the Rinnegan's powers when he awakened them. Yet the mysterious man in the Spiral Mask and Black Zetsu knew those