"Awesome! A-are you really giving these to us?"
Yahiko's eyes shone as he looked at the Chakra Extraction Method and Three-Body Technique in his hands.
Although he was always declaring that he would become the strongest ninja, he actually had no idea how to become one.
Yet this older boy they had only just met had given them a method for extracting chakra, along with ninjutsu.
Of course, he hadn't forgotten his friends, either, and shared the books in his hands with them.
Even Nagato and Konan grew a little excited as they accepted the books Yahiko handed them.
The moment Nagato took his book, Tetsuya carefully observed his condition. After confirming that nothing was wrong, he smiled and said,
"Of course. I never go back on my word."
Izuna came over to Tetsuya's side and spoke in a voice so quiet that only the two of them could hear.
"Did you notice? There's something wrong with that boy Nagato's eyes."
"I noticed. Unless I'm mistaken, those eyes should be the final evolution of the eyes you have now: the Rinnegan."
"The Rinnegan!"
Even the ever-composed Izuna couldn't keep his expression from changing when he heard that name, though he quickly regained his composure.
"Are you certain?"
"Absolutely. I can bring the dead back to life. Why would I have trouble identifying a pair of eyes?"
"Is this child one of us Uchiha?"
As far as Izuna knew, only the Uchiha Clan's Sharingan could evolve into the Rinnegan.
If this child had the Rinnegan, didn't that mean he belonged to the Uchiha Clan?
No! Something doesn't seem right!
That's it. This child is too young.
Judging by his own experience, his eyes would still need several years to evolve into the Rinnegan.
And before that, he would need an eternal