Naruto: The Information Broker from the Uchiha Clan.

That guy is still around?!

He didn't leave after kidnapping Black Zetsu! He's been watching this world ever since!

asshole……

What exactly is this bastard's goal?!

In the space where countless cubes floated, Obito Uchiha kept moving further away, and soon he reached the farthest point.

The space rippled, and they entered and left this supposedly safest alternate dimension.

……

Surrounded by countless White Zetsu, Obito Uchiha hid among them. He dared not enter his own alternate dimension because he knew very well that the other person could easily enter and easily gouge out his eyes.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."

With a soft panting sound, Masked Obito took out the test tube he had obtained earlier, in which two Rinnegan were soaking.

That bastard...

Why weren't these eyes taken away?

The fact that the opponent was able to knock you away at the last moment means they must have been watching you closely.

The space-time pupil technique was nothing but a joke to that person; taking those eyes would be a piece of cake for him.

Did he slap himself away to save Xiao Nan?

The Rinnegan, but the other party doesn't care?

In just a moment, Obito deduced Uchiha Yun's attitude, as if his mind had changed at some point.

"Click."

Obito Uchiha removed his mask and reached out to remove his left eye, which had turned gray. It was the Sharingan with three tomoe that had been closed after he used Izanagi on Konan's six hundred billion explosive tags.

With the first generation of cells, the next Rinnegan was placed on it immediately.

The new ability brought some peace to Obito's mind.

But it was only a little...

Obito wasn't naive enough to think he could contend with that person's power of the Rinnegan's Six Paths.

Even Madara Uchiha back then didn't put him under such pressure.

"What's wrong with you?"

Among the White Zetsu around them, one opened its eyes and looked at Obito: "Did you forget to bring toilet paper after you took a dump? You could have notified me, so I could have observed you."

Obito, who hadn't put on his mask yet, slightly raised his head, and the Rinnegan in his left eye stunned White Zetsu.

"You...you took Nagato's eyes?"

Obito looked at White Zetsu: "These eyes weren't his to begin with, you should know that very well."

White Zetsu pondered, "But if that's the case, then there won't be any sacrifices needed for Madara's resurrection..."

Obito stood up, placed his hand on the mask, and put it on after the hole for his left eye appeared.

"After the battle in Konoha, Nagato's body couldn't hold out long enough to revive Madara. The Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails Jinchuriki are still unresolved, so we can't speed up the plan."

"Also... Black Zetsu has disappeared!"

Bai Jue was stunned.

It hasn't seen any Black Zetsu recently.

But since this guy seemed to have been hiding for a long time, he didn't think too much about it.

Where did it go?

Obito shook his head slightly: "I don't know. He's been avoiding something for the past eight years. It's only because I haven't seen it for a while that I think something might be wrong."

As soon as he finished speaking, Obito could feel that some of the White Zetsu clones around him sank into the ground.

"I will try to find it. After all, it is Madara's will, and all the actions are planned by him."

Obito nodded: "The Eight-Tails Jinchuriki tricked us; we only captured a piece of his tail. Fortunately, it contained some of the Eight-Tails' chakra, and I also collected some of the Nine-Tails' chakra..."

"After finding Black Zetsu, the only way to obtain the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails is to wage war against the Five Great Shinobi Villages. Finally, we also need to find someone to use as a tool to revive Madara..."

Bai Jue nodded and then sank into the ground.

Subsequently, on the border of the Land of Iron, deep beneath this mountain graveyard, silence returned once more.

Even with his eyes closed, Obito's inner world was not as calm as it appeared on the surface.

At that time...

The first thing I saw when I woke up was White Zetsu. Later, when I was told that Kakashi and Rin had been ambushed by Kirigakure, it was also White Zetsu.

Black Zetsu and White Zetsu?

Black Zetsu is not the embodiment of Madara Uchiha's will, but rather the embodiment of the will of someone named Kaguya. In this case, what is White Zetsu's stance?

It doesn't obey orders from just anyone it meets, nor does it follow anyone's instructions; the main reason for this is due to Madara Uchiha.

However, I have seen some white zealots produced by some interstitial cells before, and there is no special operation involved.

So why would White Zetsu obey Madara Uchiha's orders?

No... wait.

If Madara Uchiha was also a pawn, then White Zetsu should actually be the one who obeys orders from Black Zetsu.

Over the years, when Black Zetsu went into hiding, I had tentatively inquired about Black Zetsu's whereabouts, but White Zetsu's answer was always that he didn't know.

There are too many secrets hidden here...

Therefore... Madara believes that Black Zetsu is the embodiment of his will, which is why White Zetsu obeys Black Zetsu's orders.

But actually, it should be the opposite.

So... before taking the final step, we must keep some things from Bai Jue.

Opening his eyes, Obito's gaze flashed with a glint of light. Something seemed to flash through his mind, but he couldn't quite recall it for the moment.

The war has begun, and the joint search force of the five great ninja villages will soon discover the emptiness of Amegakure. After all, all the Akatsuki members are no longer there, and what remains are just some ordinary Amegakure ninjas.

They will probably discover this place very soon.

The five great ninja villages are not a concern, but that person is someone we must consider—whether he might suddenly attack and kill us midway through the battle…

So, should we continue with the original plan, or simply hide?

……

Outside a very remote village in the Land of Rain.

The drizzle continued to fall, dripping all around, making the already muddy village road even more difficult to traverse.

But a figure walked ahead, his feet not touching a speck of mud, as if he were isolated from everything.

Behind them, a man and a woman dressed in black clothing with red clouds, covered in large patches of blood, appeared to be uninjured.

"These are just ordinary eyes, a pair I casually kept before, but they're something I prepared for you."

Uchiha Un's voice rang out.

Behind him, Nagato and Konan exchanged a glance, both frowning deeply.

He was already facing death, but at the last moment, he was pulled back by the person in front of him.

Where is Ah Fei?

And who exactly is this person?

"I'm going to take back my eyes."

Nagato stopped in his tracks, and Uchiha Un in front of him also stopped.

"Those are not your eyes. The power of all things that arises from the combination of Indra's chakra and Ashura's chakra is the Rinnegan of the Sage of Six Paths."

Uchiha Yun turned around: "During the battle at the Valley of the End, Uchiha Madara bit off a piece of Senju Hashirama's flesh and faked his death to escape. In the last period of his life, he obtained these eyes."

Nagato recalled the words Obito had said earlier.

"That bastard...is he really Madara Uchiha? He wants to..."

Yun interrupted him: "Although Uchiha Madara is also an idiot, his personality is completely different from his. That guy is just a mentally ill person who has sunk into the mire."

"The girl he liked was stabbed in the heart by her best friend right in front of him, and it was at the girl's own request. He, like you, was forced to witness the darkness of this world..."

Forced...

Xiao Nan spoke up: "So he's also a pawn?"

Yun looked at her: "The previous Akatsuki were pawns, you are pawns, he was a pawn, and Madara Uchiha was the same. Thousands of years of planning, perhaps influenced by some unseen force..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Uchiha Yun let out a breath.

"Alright."

"That guy's real name is Uchiha Obito, and his actual age should be around yours. He was originally a Chunin of Konoha, his teacher was Namikaze Minato, and his teammates were Hatake Kakashi and Nohara Rin."

"Your own lives are dead; you are alive because of me. So if you want to leave, I can only take back the life I gave you."

With an impatient tone, Xiao Nan instantly became wary, and sheets of folded paper seemed ready to spill from her wrist.

"Smack."

Nagato patted his shoulder: "It's meaningless. The power to restore my body to its original state in an instant is unimaginable."

"And...to know so many secrets, to know clearly who the pieces are on the chessboard, is itself one of the players."

Yun was somewhat surprised by these words and chuckled, "You haven't changed much in this world, but surprisingly, you've become smarter."

Nagato stared directly at Yun: "In the face of life and death, many things seem to become clear instantly. You are one of the players in this game, so did you save us to make us pawns?"

As he spoke, Nagato glanced at Konan out of the corner of his eye: "My bloodline might have some effect, but Konan is just an ordinary ninja. Let her leave, and I will obey any order you give."

Konan, standing to the side, clenched her hands tightly. She didn't argue about the replacement, because she knew some things better than Nagato.

If we cannot compete, it is impossible to leave one behind and let another go.

"The bloodline of the Uzumaki clan..."

Yun smiled and shook her head slightly: "Actually, you might have misunderstood some things. Saving you was just a spur-of-the-moment decision on my part..."

"The previous Akatsuki was naive, but the current Akatsuki, at least in my opinion, has a sound first part of its ideology. Since it's not wrong, then your stance determines your thinking, and you're not wrong either."

"With Hanzo killed by you, the lives of ordinary people in Amegakure have improved a little, though not much. But the name of the angel has actually proven everything."

Yun looked around as she spoke, "It seems you still haven't remembered this location..."

Reminded, Nagato and Konan subconsciously began to observe their surroundings.

They had noticed it before, but at that time they were focused on running away at any moment, not on a scene from their memory.

"here……"

"This is where we lived for those two years."

For a moment, there was a complex look in their eyes.

At that time, both of them followed Yahiko's will and wanted to bring peace to the world.

But in the end, innocence was shattered by darkness.

"As human beings, we are naturally drawn to the light. In fact, even if you and Yahiko could act separately... no, Yahiko's identity makes it impossible for him to become a high-ranking member of the Light."

Yun turned around and waved: "Let's go."

As soon as he finished speaking, the two people behind him followed.

Before long, a piece of land that had long since become ruins was overgrown with weeds, with only an occasional wooden plank protruding from the ground as proof that there had once been a house there.

The chakra fluctuated slightly, and the seeds of the trees beneath the ground surged wildly.

It quickly broke through the ground and swept upwards, soon forming the house from that memory.

"Come in."

Yun said as she stepped inside, then turned around and sat down by the door, looking at the two people in front of her.

Seeing a scene that seemed familiar, Nagato and Konan walked over.

"Pongpeng, sit down."

The two sat down beside Yun, watching the light drizzle outside.

"Back then, you told Jiraiya that your dream was to protect Yahiko and Konan, remember?"

Nagato was stunned: "You...how could you?"

Yun replied, "There are very few things in this world that I don't know. Just like the Akatsuki organization you established, it's like a nested doll, one layer after another, it's simply outrageous."

"The story of Black Zetsu rescuing his mother, spanning thousands of years, can indeed be summarized in these five words."

"I had some selfish motives, so I saved you and Xiao Nan. I promise you will see true peace in this world, but for the time being, until true peace arrives, you need to stay here quietly."

Konan, standing to the side, frowned and asked, "On the night the Uchiha were wiped out, you were the one who attacked that guy, right? You saved two Uchiha members."

"So... you're also from the Uchiha clan? Knowing Madara Uchiha's personality, you're even older than him?"

Yun looked at Xiao Nan: "Actually... I should be quite a bit younger than you. The information I have is just a kind of ability."

Nagato thought for a moment: "And what is your purpose?"

Yun replied calmly, "Before a truly insurmountable enemy descends, let us bring true peace to this world, unite all forces that can be united, and save the world..."

Yun then looked at the two of them and asked, "Do you think this reason... is sufficient?"

Nagato's eye twitched.

He suddenly realized that the guy in front of him seemed to be even better at bragging than he was.

He himself is nothing more than a self-proclaimed god, while this guy talks about the future and peace all the time; his mystique far surpasses his self-proclaimed godhood.

At this moment, Xiao Nan spoke up and asked, "What do you think true peace is like?"

Yun looked into the distance: "Let's unify... Let's extinguish hatred, let the hearts of the entire ninja world's lower classes be united, and under the powerful pressure, the higher-ups will be forced to abandon their internal wars. In time, the opportunity for unification will arise..."

Konan pondered for a moment and said, "So... Obito and the current Akatsuki organization became the prototype of this sharp blade, right?"

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