Konan and Yahiko ran up to Uya in one breath, their eyes filled with admiration as they looked at Uya.
Having witnessed Uya defeat Hanzo of the Salamander of the Demigod of the Ninja World, it would be impossible not to feel admiration.
Tsunade looked at Yahiko and Konan with great surprise as they approached, then turned to Uya and said, "When did you take on a disciple? And it seems... he's from the Land of Rain?"
"Um."
Uya nodded, revealing a gentle smile. He patted Konan's Tsunade Konan, "They are orphans from the war. I happened to meet them while on a mission. I was hiding my identity at the time, so I lived with them for a while."
"How come I've never heard you mention this before?"
Tsunade walked over to Uya, examined Konan Yahiko, then shook her head slightly, feeling somewhat puzzled.
It wasn't because Uya himself was still a child that he made the decision to take on a disciple.
Given Uya's strength, it's perfectly normal for him to take on disciples. In the Shinobi World, strength comes first, and age isn't particularly important.
What puzzled Tsunade was that Yahiko and Konan, who were standing in front of her, seemed to have nothing outstanding about them. They were clearly just ordinary children with weak Chakra, at most at the level of Genin.
Why would Uya suddenly have the idea to take them as disciples?
Tsunade doesn't think Uya is a kind ninja at all; that's utterly ridiculous. Anyone who dares to say Uya is kind can be ridiculed by all the ninjas in Iwagakure.
Moreover, Uya almost always acts with a purpose, but Tsunade doesn't understand Uya's purpose at all, because she really can't see any difference between Konan and Yahiko in front of her.
"Because I didn't know if I would ever see them again, I didn't say anything. Besides, they don't belong to Konoha."
Uya offered a brief explanation to Tsunade.
Just as Tsunade looking on with a puzzled expression, wanting to ask Uya why he had taken Yahiko and Konan as his disciples, Nagato, who had been hesitant in the distance, slowly walked over.
However, they moved very slowly.
In the original story, Nagato always hid at the very back, and Orochimaru had just fought Hanzo of the Salamander the Salamander, experiencing a life-or-death battle, so he didn't have much time to examine Nagato in detail and thus overlooked Nagato's Rinnegan.
But things are different now.
Even Tsunade could notice the strange thing that Uya would take Yahiko and Konan as his disciples, so how could the extremely meticulous Orochimaru not have thought of it?!
Almost instantly, Orochimaru scrutinized Konan and Yahiko several times. Finding nothing amiss, he immediately turned his gaze to Nagato in the distance.
Since Konan and Yahiko are both fine, then the last child must be the one with the problem!
How sharp was Orochimaru's gaze?
To put it bluntly, Orochimaru's single glance was enough to make some Genin Chunin.
When Orochimaru's sharp gaze fell upon Nagato, Nagato's body trembled suddenly, and a trace of ocular power surged from the Rinnegan hidden beneath his hair!
Orochimaru, who was about to examine Nagato closely, suddenly had his pupils shrink, let out a muffled groan, staggered back two steps, and revealed an expression of utter shock in his eyes.
What is that?!
In that instant, Orochimaru sensed a terrifying aura emanating from Nagato, an aura so deep and unfathomable that Orochimaru felt as insignificant as an ant before it!
Yahiko didn't notice Orochimaru's strange behavior. Instead, he looked at Nagato, who was walking slowly behind him, and suddenly stopped there. He shook his head helplessly.
"Oh, by the way, his name is Nagato, a while ago..."
Yahiko was about to tell Uya about Nagato's background, but before he could finish speaking, Uya's expression suddenly changed.
At that very moment, an extremely terrifying aura erupted from Nagato's body, booming outwards in all directions.
Click!!!
In an instant, cracks appeared in the earth under this force, and Nagato's red hair suddenly danced, revealing a pair of eyes that shocked everyone... the Rinnegan!
"Aaaaaah!!!"
Nagato's eyes seemed to have lost their reason, filled only with a hint of madness.
Orochimaru's single glance reminded Nagato of his terrifying past, instantly filling him with fear and panic.
At that moment, a strange power seemed to travel across an endless distance and acted on the Rinnegan. Normally, Nagato's own will might have been able to resist to some extent, but now he was powerless to resist.
Within those strange, undulating Rinnegan, the gaze suddenly changed, a fierce glint flashing across it.
Buzz!!
The power of the Rinnegan erupted wildly; it was a power belonging to the Six Paths Level. Although it was not complete, it was still something that Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and the Jiraiya could not contend with!
"Impossible!!"
"Those eyes are... the legendary Rinnegan?"
Jiraiya and Orochimaru were both instantly shocked; they recognized those eyes almost immediately.
At this moment, even Orochimaru found it difficult to remain calm and couldn't help but breathe rapidly.
Perhaps Jiraiya could suppress his desire for the Rinnegan, but how could Orochimaru possibly restrain himself?!
Moreover, Orochimaru understood better than Jiraiya what those eyes represented and what kind of power they possessed!
That's the power of the Sage of Six Paths!
Almost instantly, Orochimaru attacked Nagato.
"Etc!!"
"Stop!"
Tsunade and Jiraiya had just recovered from the shock of the Rinnegan appearing when they saw Orochimaru's actions and suddenly realized what was happening. They tried to stop Orochimaru, but it was too late.
Uya could have stopped him, but seeing Nagato in this state, Uya frowned, his expression hesitant, and let Orochimaru probe with his attack.
Whoosh!!
Several pythons as thick as an arm surged out of Orochimaru's body and rushed towards Nagato, opening their blood- Nagato to swallow him whole.
At that very moment, the Rinnegan in Nagato's eyes suddenly erupted with a terrifyingly violent power.
Shinra Tensei!
boom!!
A deafening roar erupted, and a visible shockwave suddenly burst forth from Nagato's body, rumbling outwards in all directions.
The earth didn't just crack; it collapsed, instantly creating a terrifying crater that continues to spread.
Under this repulsive force, it seemed as if everything was retreating!
Orochimaru's attack was almost effortlessly crushed by the power of the Rinnegan!
"Not good!!"
Orochimaru showed a hint of shock, clearly not expecting the Rinnegan's power to be so strong. Without hesitation, he retreated rapidly.
At the same time, Tsunade and Jiraiya's expressions changed drastically, and they both retreated.
Uya frowned as he watched the repulsive force crashing towards him.
It's unclear whether this was a power that Nagato unleashed unconsciously or something else entirely. Logically, Nagato shouldn't be able to control the Rinnegan at this point, so he shouldn't be able to unleash such power.
"Retreat!"
The next moment, Uya grabbed Yahiko by the collar with one hand and threw him backward, while picking up Konan with the other hand. With a push of his feet, he suddenly shot backward.
Shinra Tensei spread in all directions, and because of the rain, its range was very obvious, like a colorless and transparent air shield that kept everything outside.
At this moment, Nagato has clearly lost his mind, or rather, he has been manipulated.
He stopped his frantic roar, and a coldness suddenly appeared in his eyes, along with an aura that seemed to look down upon the world!
Seeing this, Uya was certain almost instantly that Nagato could not possibly be unconscious. Otherwise, even if he could unleash the power of the Rinnegan, he would never be able to display such a gaze and aura.
If it wasn't an unconscious state, then it obviously couldn't be Nagato's own consciousness; Nagato was very likely being controlled!
That gaze and that aura... it's Madara Uchiha! (To be continued.)