Naruto: The Infinite New World

Chapter 513 Yahiko's Reasons

Nagato pushed open the door in front of him.

The scene inside surprised him slightly.

A group of people were kneeling and worshipping in front of them, while Xiao Nan had wings growing from her back.

A huge stone statue is being erected next to her.

The statue depicts Yahiko's face.

Nagato walked forward, while the believers beside him kept their heads buried in the ground and did not get up.

This scene made him feel like he had entered a cult.

He walked up to the statue.

"Xiao Nan".

"Nagato".

The two stared at each other in silence before Nagato finally turned his gaze to the statue.

"So, where is Yahiko?"

Where is Yahiko, who should have died at the hands of Uchiha Kin?

Furthermore, Nagato found the other party's betrayal unbearable, even though he was acting according to the other party's will and dreams.

Why would you choose to betray him?

Xiao Nan remained silent, her gaze fixed on the statue beside her.

"Nagato, you called for me."

A transparent figure emerged from the statue.

Nagato stared at the transparent figure before him; it was Yahiko.

"Homage to the Savior God, for the world is filled with sorrow and suffering, and war has ravaged the land. Savior God, save us, the world!"

The voices of the believers behind him converged and rang out behind him.

Yahiko smiled and looked at Nagato.

"Let's go inside."

Nagato nodded, and Yahiko turned and walked away. The wall blocking his way was nothing to him, and he walked straight through it.

Xiao Nan turned and walked inside.

"Yahiko will explain all of this to you next."

Xiao Nan said softly.

All of this he did.

Pushing open the door behind them, the two entered the shrine.

Yahiko sat cross-legged in front of a coffee table, while Nagato and Konan sat at the table.

The three of them looked at each other in silence. The three people who used to talk about everything now seemed somewhat like strangers.

Finally, Nagato spoke first: "Why are you like this now?"

He could sense through natural energy that Yahiko was now a soul, though calling him a soul was a stretch, as he possessed a strange chakra fluctuation.

"Because I'm already dead."

Yahiko said nonchalantly.

Nagato fell silent. He had already woken up when the sun, moon, and stars fell. He had seen Yahiko stand in front of him, protecting him as he died there.

"So, what's your current situation?"

Yahiko pondered for a moment and then asked, "Do you know about emotional chakra?"

"The Box of Bliss?" Nagato did recall it; it was a box obtained from Kusagakure, through which a power called Emotion Chakra was developed.

However, this power is not even as useful as chakra, and it has been left idle.

"right."

Yahiko nodded.

"When I was researching weapon crafting, I came across the Box of Bliss. From it, I discovered a method to absorb other people's emotions, and I continued my research."

"I've found that emotional chakra doesn't really help much in combat, but it far surpasses chakra and even natural energy in other aspects."

He spread his arms to show his transparent body.

"Like me now, even though it's only in the early stages of development, I can continuously draw strength from other people's emotions, and the most useful thing to me is people's faith."

"I am no longer just a soul, but a more complex state that I call divinity."

"Gods?" Nagato murmured to himself.

"That's right. As long as there are people who believe in me, I will never disappear. I can even use the power of those believers. That's all the research has to do for now."

This research was also left over from Orochimaru's research; Yahiko didn't yet have that kind of strong research and development capabilities.

One fatal flaw led Orochimaru to completely abandon his research on emotional chakra.

That is, people will be gradually assimilated by faith and become the true god in everyone's hearts.

For Orochimaru, it was no different from being dead.

But for Yahiko, isn't this exactly what he wanted?

A god who will forever fight for peace in the ninja world.

Yahiko wasn't worried about the side effects, but he didn't need to tell Nagato about them.

"So what about all the things you've done?"

Nagato asked in a low voice, "How did you become one of the seven Jinchūriki? How did you become a Dharma Body? How did you betray me?"

"Actually, I didn't intend to do this kind of thing at first."

Yahiko sighed helplessly. Although he was indeed worried about the ninja world ruled by the Uchiha, he had not yet thought of betraying the Land of Rain.

"However, Madara Uchiha found me. His dream was also to bring peace to the ninja world. He wanted to become the god of the ninja world and bring lasting peace to the entire ninja world."

Wasn't everything that Madara Uchiha said back then exactly what Yahiko wanted to do?

Moreover, he knew a part of Madara Uchiha's past, and the peace of the ninja world was brought about by his collaboration with Hashirama Senju.

However, he eventually discovered that the ninja village had only escalated the scale of the war, ultimately leading to a battle with Hashirama Senju.

Yahiko suddenly understood Madara Uchiha's goals, and that's why he decided to do everything he could to help him.

"The Seven-Tails was a prisoner of the destroyed Land of Waterfalls, a little girl named Fu. I met her once."

It was Kino who brought her to the Land of Rain, and later Yahiko found Fu and transferred the Seven-Tails into his own body.

He used sealing magic to sustain Fu's life and gave her a large sum of money. Although he still felt guilty, he had made up his mind.

Finally, with Madara Uchiha's help, he completely controlled the Seven-Tails and advanced to the Dharma Body realm.

He had been hiding all along, and in the end, he obtained the tailed beast chakra for Madara on the battlefield.

There's also Nagato's Rinnegan.

"I just didn't expect that the peace he was talking about would be like that."

A bitter smile appeared on Yahiko's face as he dragged everyone into an eternal dream.

This kind of peace.

He was completely deceived.

Nagato fell silent. He had long known that the other party had always dreamed of bringing peace.

I just didn't expect Madara Uchiha to take advantage of the situation.

"We're even."

But he still couldn't forgive Yahiko's betrayal, the betrayal of someone he completely trusted.

It wasn't a pleasant experience.

"Nagato".

Just as Nagato got up to leave, Yahiko suddenly called out to him.

Its body began to flash continuously.

"What's wrong with you?"

Nagato frowned and looked at Yahiko.

"I can't sustain my body in reality for long, so I want to entrust everything to you."

Nagato remained silent for a moment, then turned and pushed open the door to leave.

"Nagato!" Konan got up to chase after him, but Yahiko reached out and stopped her, shaking his head at her.

"No need to chase after him, he'll come back."

Yahiko's body became increasingly ethereal.

"Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't know what to do."

"Nagato, I hope you find the true path."

"I'm entrusting everything to you."

(End of this chapter)