Before long, all ten White Zetsu had been sent back to the Mirror Space, and Uchiha Sora returned to Orochimaru.
Orochimaru watched Uchiha Sora's movements with interest and exclaimed, "The Fourth Hokage's Flying Thunder God Technique? I see. No wonder Konoha put a bounty of a hundred million ryo on your head!"
Though the Flying Thunder God Technique had little offensive power of its own, its powerful support capabilities and instantaneous teleportation were every ninja's nightmare.
Anyone who mastered this miraculous space-time technique would immediately become someone others feared.
Uchiha Sora waved a hand and said, "Orochimaru, I'll tell you the secret of Pain's Rinnegan now."
"I'm all ears!" Orochimaru's expression immediately turned serious.
Uchiha Sora explained slowly, "To discuss the Rinnegan, I first need to tell you the true identity of the Akatsuki's Deva Path Pain."
"I'm sure you've already had your suspicions. You've seen Pain's face before in Amegakure, haven't you?"
"Indeed. Pain seems to have the face of one of the three children Jiraiya took in back then!" Orochimaru licked his lips. "Come to think of it, the woman they call the Angel in the Akatsuki also seems to be one of those three children! Only the red-haired child is missing. Thinking about it now, that child must have been an orphan of the Uzumaki Clan."
Uchiha Sora nodded. "That red-haired child was indeed an orphan of the Uzumaki Clan. He's the true owner of the Rinnegan! The current Deva Path Pain is also one of those children, but he's already dead. What's moving around now is nothing more than a corpse!"
"The one controlling him from behind the scenes is Nagato, that orphan of the Uzumaki Clan!"
"The Rinnegan possesses the Six Paths Technique and the power to control life and death. Deva Path Pain's abilities are attraction and repulsion. Besides him, there are five other corpses, each endowed with different abilities."
"In other words, unless you find the real body, killing Deva Path Pain won't accomplish anything. And even if you remove the Rinnegan from a corpse, they'll immediately become ordinary eyes. So you have practically no chance of taking the Rinnegan."
After hearing this, understanding dawned on Orochimaru's face. "I see. To think that this is the secret of the Akatsuki's leader! But why would someone from the Uzumaki Clan possess the Rinnegan?"
Uchiha Sora smiled. "Because those Rinnegan aren't his own at all. Someone else transplanted them into him."
Orochimaru was startled. "Transplanted?! Who was it?"
Uchiha Sora said calmly, "I can't tell you that just yet."
Orochimaru froze, then shook his head helplessly before letting out a sinister chuckle. "Uchiha Sora, you've truly opened my eyes. I never imagined that the real truth would lie in your hands!"
"Oh? Do you want to learn more of this world's truths?" Seeing how clearly tempted Orochimaru was, Uchiha Sora chuckled as well. "Follow me, and I'll show you even more truths!"
"Heh, Uchiha Sora, you certainly have great ambitions!" Orochimaru shook his head. "I won't be leaving the Akatsuki for now. But someday, we'll have another chance to meet."
"All right, then I'll be going." Uchiha Sora put away his smile and turned around. "You're welcome to come find me anytime."
The next second, he vanished from in front of Orochimaru.
Watching Uchiha Sora disappear, Orochimaru stood rooted to the spot for a long time...
"Leader, are we starting the resurrection ritual here?" That night, outside Kusagakure, Zabuza stood beside Uchiha Sora and asked with some excitement.
Haku had already been sent back to the Mirror Space, where he would study the basics of chakra and ninjutsu under Uchiha Izumi for the time being.
Uchiha Sora nodded. A row of six White Zetsu knelt before him.
He took out the information on the deceased and six bones, each belonging to a different powerful ninja.
Then he took out and unrolled a scroll inscribed with the reincarnation formula. It was densely covered in symbols, with a blank space in the center. Uchiha Sora placed one bone in that space and began forming hand seals one by one.
He formed the seals slowly and carefully.
After all, this was his first time performing Impure World Reincarnation, and Uchiha Sora wanted to get a proper feel for its intricacies.
After finishing the seals, Uchiha Sora slapped both palms onto the ground.
Dense masses of symbols immediately spread across the ground ahead, converging on one of the White Zetsu and crawling up his body in the blink of an eye.
At the same time, something seemed to break through a barrier in space, descend into the living world, and possess the White Zetsu.
The White Zetsu let out a painful roar as layers of dirt rose from the surrounding ground and climbed over his body, engulfing him completely in moments.
Amid his roars, an unfamiliar face slowly emerged, followed by a body...
Once the body had fully taken shape, a young woman with a perfect figure stood before them. She wore a Sunagakure forehead protector and a black strapless dress, with sun-protective sleeves covering her fair arms and her shoulders slightly exposed. White cloth was wrapped around her waist, while knee-length shorts covered her lower body, fully revealing her alluring curves.
"Pakura, the Scorch Release ninja!" Uchiha Sora murmured her title.
Revived through Impure World Reincarnation, Pakura regained consciousness. She first looked around, then examined herself before turning to Uchiha Sora in front of her. Her delicate brows furrowed slightly. "I've been revived? Was this your doing?"
Uchiha Sora smiled and nodded. "That's right, though this isn't a true resurrection. This technique is called Impure World Reincarnation..."
As Pakura listened to Uchiha Sora, her gaze suddenly fell on the Kirigakure forehead protector Zabuza wore nearby. Seemingly reminded of the moment she was killed, she suddenly flew into a rage. "Damn the Land of Water! Damn Kirigakure! How dare they ambush me!"
"And Sunagakure, too!"
Her chakra surged violently, and she seemed about to attack Zabuza.
Uchiha Sora formed a hand seal, restraining Pakura before she could lash out. "Pakura, calm down and listen to me!"
Only then did Pakura calm down. She looked at Uchiha Sora with a frown. "Since you've revived me, you must intend to make me your pawn and tool, don't you? What are you after?"
Uchiha Sora said evenly, "You'll learn my purpose in due time. For now, though, I can give you two choices."
"Choices?" Pakura suddenly gave a small smile and said coldly, "If you can toy with even the dead like me, do you really need to give me a choice?"
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