"Then who has them?" Uchiha Mikoto asked.
"Nagato," Uchiha Yin answered.
"Nagato?"
"Yes, Nagato."
"I think I've heard that name before. Where was it?"
"If you remember correctly, it should have been from Konan. Nagato was Konan's childhood companion!"
"What?" Mikoto let out a startled cry when Konan became involved again. "Could Nagato be Madara Uchiha's pawn?"
"Yes, you could call him Madara Uchiha's pawn, but that's not quite right either," Uchiha Yin said with a nod.
"What was Madara Uchiha thinking, giving something as important as the Rinnegan to someone else?" Mikoto was deeply curious. She simply couldn't understand how Madara Uchiha's mind worked.
"It's simple. Madara Uchiha is about to die. He gave the Rinnegan to someone else so they could bring him back to life!" Uchiha Yin dropped another bombshell.
Seeing the confusion in Mikoto's eyes, Uchiha Yin continued.
"That's right. Madara Uchiha is already very old. Under normal circumstances, no matter how powerful a ninja is, they cannot withstand the ravages of time. Madara Uchiha is no exception. That's why he gave the Rinnegan to someone else."
"The Rinnegan has a technique called Rinne Rebirth, which allows the user to sacrifice their own life to resurrect certain people," Uchiha Yin said calmly.
"And using this ninjutsu requires an immense amount of chakra. As an orphan of the Uzumaki Clan, Nagato was exactly what Madara Uchiha needed."
"I see. I never imagined Madara Uchiha had put so many contingencies in place. Luring you over to Kirigakure was probably another one of them..."
Mikoto ate another grape as she spoke.
"Clever."
"Madara Uchiha did this for one reason alone: Obito Uchiha," Uchiha Yin said.
"Obito Uchiha?"
Hearing a name she had barely ever heard before, Mikoto felt somewhat puzzled.
That was hardly Mikoto's fault. Within the Uchiha Clan,