Nagato's bluntness left Meihui speechless. I've never been this speechless in my life. The last time I was this speechless was in my previous life.
In his previous life, Meihui had thought he had found true love, only for it to end in failure because the girl told him, "I'm a woman, and I like men. You're a man, and you like women. We have different interests, so let's break up." Meihui had been completely floored.
I was an eighteen-year-old boy in the prime of my youth, yet this left me choking on my words.
Now, in this life in the Hokage World, Meihui had encountered something like that again. Nagato's antics had left him utterly speechless.
"Can we have a proper talk now?"
Meihui spoke through gritted teeth, fighting the urge to rush over and give him two hard slaps.
"Yeah, we can." Nagato's response infuriated Meihui. Why does this guy's tone get on my nerves so much?
"You said an old man told you everything you know, and that he had the Rinnegan too? Who was he?"
Nagato asked the question very directly. Meihui was surprised, but he continued anyway.
"I think that old man was probably the Sage of Six Paths we've been talking about. After all, he's the only old man who would have the Rinnegan."
"The Sage of Six Paths? Maybe. That would explain it."
Things started to make a little more sense to Nagato. So all of this came from the Sage of Six Paths. Then... what does that have to do with me?
Then the look Nagato gave Meihui grew increasingly strange, seemingly tinged with hostility.
Meihui sensed it immediately and hurried to change the subject.
"Ahem, I know you have a lot of questions, but I think what I'm about to say