"Do you know that those eyes aren't yours at all?"
Bai Ye neither waited for Nagato to continue speaking nor gave him any more time to think.
Instead, he dropped another bombshell.
When Nagato heard Bai Ye's words, he froze on the spot.
Wh... what did he mean?!
What did he mean, these eyes weren't actually his?!
"What are you talking about?!"
Nagato stared fixedly at Bai Ye, an indescribable feeling suddenly rising in his heart.
He had wanted to refute Bai Ye.
But when the words reached his lips, he found himself at a loss for what to say.
After all, there had been times when Nagato himself had harbored doubts.
Were these eyes really his own?!
These eyes constantly drained his chakra and devoured his life force.
If he hadn't been a member of the Uzumaki Clan, he probably would have died long ago. He could never have lasted until now.
Besides, to Nagato, these symptoms were all too familiar.
Kakashi Hatake!
He, too, possessed the Uchiha Clan's Sharingan, which constantly drained his chakra.
These things...
No matter how he looked at it, it all felt rather familiar.
But Nagato had never really been willing to consider that possibility.
He had avoided thinking about it before, but now that Bai Ye had brought it up...
Nagato could no longer play dumb as he had in the past.
Still, he didn't fully believe it.
"The Rinnegan were the eyes of the legendary Sage of Six Paths, and the Sage of Six Paths left behind two descendants, one named Indra and the other Asura.
Asura inherited the sage body, and his descendants became the Senju and Uzumaki Clans.
Indra inherited the sage eyes, and his descendants became the Uchiha Clan.
To awaken the Rinnegan of the Sage of Six Paths,