Why are all of us who transmigrated at the same time demons?

He glanced at the clock in the room; only a minute had passed, not counting the time it took for him to process what he had just learned after returning to the Naruto world.

"In terms of perceived time, I spent almost half an hour in that space, while only one minute passed in the real world. The flow of time is indeed different," Nagato Loran guessed.

He waited for a while before reconnecting to the mysterious space, and his consciousness returned.

"So fast? To me, you disappeared and returned almost instantly." Black-robed Loran said with some surprise as he watched Nagato Loran return.

Nagato Loran shook his head and logged back in several more times.

After several comparisons, Nagato Loran frowned and explained his findings: "Since I cannot bring an accurate timekeeping instrument here, I cannot determine the time flow ratio. However, I used counting as a reference time and found that the time ratio was different each time. Moreover, the more eager I was to return to reality from this space, the shorter the time passed in reality."

"But the exact time it takes to arrive here from the real world is uncertain. Even if you log back here after 5 minutes in the real world, sometimes you say 10 seconds have passed, sometimes 17 seconds, and sometimes you return instantly. It's completely unpredictable."

The black-robed Loran patted Nagato Loran on the shoulder: "If you can't figure it out, just put it aside for now. We came to this space in the form of spirits. Time is based on the properties of matter, and for the spirit, time is an ambiguous concept."

"We know that time is disordered here, and that time flows faster than in the real world, and that's enough. We'll test the patterns later. For me and the suit, what's important is having a real body. I've had enough of the Dark Void."

“Yes, yes, you’re alright. At least you can perceive the world through the senses of others by using the ability of other people to transform yourself. The black-robed man and I have been trapped in the endless void for a long time. It almost drove me crazy during this period,” Loran in the suit added.

“What if other Lorans come later? I suspect that other Lorans will come to this mysterious space later, or that Lorans have already been here before,” Nagato Loran asked.

Loran, dressed in black, thought for a moment and said, "I don't have the ability to leave anything here for the time being. I wonder if you and the man in the suit have that ability?"

Lorraine in the suit shook his head, while Nagato Lorraine activated the Six Paths power of the Rinnegan. In this space, he could also use the power of the Rinnegan, and the power of Yin-Yang Release was greatly enhanced in this mysterious space.

Using the Yin-Yang Release of the Rinnegan, a small creature resembling Palu appeared in the space.

Nagato Loran said, "My Yin-Yang Escape technique is still very rudimentary. With the help of space, I can only create this thing. Its current function is only to remind the later Lorans that you can also leave messages by touching it."

However, this thing cannot transfer our comprehension abilities. If the newcomer, Loran, hasn't yet obtained a physical body, this thing will remind him to stay in the space. I will come up periodically to check on him and teach him the 'Heavenly Demon Seizing the Path' technique.

"That's all we can do for now. We'll refine this beginner sprite as we get stronger." Loran in the suit nodded in satisfaction.

“Once we’ve figured out the information about our world through ‘Otherworldly Freedom,’ we’ll return here. We’ll have another meeting then, and I’ll leave a message here,” the black-robed Loran reminded him.

"By the way, let's give this space a name, shall we? We can't just keep calling it 'space, space,' it doesn't sound good." Lorraine in a suit called out to the two who were trying to log off.

"How about we call it 'Otherworldly Heaven'?" Nagato Loran pondered for a moment.

"The 'Heaven of Others' where the Demon King Mara resides?" The black-robed Loran pondered the name. "Okay, I agree. A Heavenly Demon it is. It seems that those of us who possess others are no different from Heavenly Demons."

Lorraine, dressed in a suit, nodded in agreement.

"Then let's call it 'Otherworldly Heaven'." After the three reached a consensus, Nagato Loran considered cleaning up the mess, while Loran in black robes and Loran in a suit were eager to obtain information about their respective worlds, so they both logged off.

Chapter 6 Naruto: Future Plans

Loran thoroughly destroyed Hanzo's body, mainly because he was worried about the deadly poison of his salamander. To avoid any unforeseen complications, he did not hold back and reduced Hanzo to ashes.

He himself did not harbor much hatred towards Hanzo of the Salamander, because he was not Nagato to begin with, and he had no intention of settling scores by taking this body.

Are you kidding me? What's his relationship with Nagato? It's practically a blood feud. Plus, while Konan's death wasn't something he intentionally planned, it was related to him interfering with Nagato's mind at a crucial moment. If Nagato knew everything, he'd probably hate him to the core.

This kind of hatred, this grudge of losing one's life and killing one's wife (not really), leaves no room for compromise. Loran would not deceive himself into thinking that killing Hanzo the Salamander would quell this hatred.

This kind of deep-seated hatred wouldn't be enough to kill ten Hanzos of the Salamander, let alone Nagato himself, who is capable of killing Hanzo.

The fact that Loran was able to properly collect Yahiko and Konan's remains was a testament to the dwindling conscience he had lost due to the Dark Void. As for scattering Hanzo's bones to ashes, besides Loran's desire to prevent him from being resurrected through the Impure World Reincarnation, Nagato's lingering emotions did indeed play a role.

But this feeling didn't last long; it completely disappeared after he crushed Hanzo the Salamander to death.

From now on, there is no longer any Nagato in the world, only Loran, or to distinguish him from other Lorans, we can call him Nagato Loran or Hokage Loran.

Loran sat in his former office at the Akatsuki base, carefully planning his future actions.

In Loran's heart, the peace or unrest of the Rain Kingdom and the Ninja World had absolutely nothing to do with him, an outsider. He wasn't so patriotic as to fight to the death for a group of people who had no blood ties, no emotional ties, no cultural ties, and weren't even from the same world as him.

His only goal now is to continuously elevate himself, then reach a higher realm, and even venture into the universe to compete with those Otsutsuki.

With such amazing chakra, what kind of hero are you if you're always stuck on one planet!

In the ninja world, to become stronger, one must return to the level of chakra, as the level of chakra is a manifestation of the level of life.

Nagato himself was a descendant of the Uzumaki clan who lived in seclusion. He possessed the Sage Body bloodline of the Sage of Six Paths, and also the Rinnegan, which represents the ultimate Yin and Yang and is the highest achievement of the Sage of Six Paths lineage. It can be said that in terms of bloodline, Loran, who inherited everything from Nagato, was the undisputed leader in the ninja world.

While Loran's Uzumaki bloodline is powerful, it's still far from a true Sage Body. He's not even close to the immortal Otsutsuki, let alone the first Hokage, Hashirama Senju. And the Rinnegan doesn't belong to Madara; Loran hasn't fully mastered it yet.

Therefore, the initial plan to become stronger should start from two aspects: first, to strengthen one's own Sage Body, and second, to completely master the Rinnegan and take over Madara's power.

Strengthening the Sage Body can be approached from two aspects. One is through the Hashirama cells preserved in Konoha, but the corrosive power of those cells is too terrifying, and it is unknown whether the Rinnegan can handle them.

Secondly, there's the group of White Zetsu under Obito's control. The original White Zetsu were biological weapons created by the God Tree after being trapped in the Infinite Tsukuyomi. However, after being accepted by Madara Uchiha, Hashirama's cells were added during their cultivation, making them a weakened version of the Sage Body.

To truly master the Rinnegan, Loran felt it was still inseparable from the power of Yin-Yang Release, or rather, the Rinnegan was an extremely powerful manifestation of Yin-Yang Release.

Knowledge of Yin-Yang Release is extremely rare in the ninja world. Almost everything that is involved involves the secret and forbidden techniques of various villages and clans, and none of them are systematic.

If you really want powerful Yin-Yang Release knowledge, you have to get it from those ancient clans, such as the Senju and Uchiha.

The Senju clan had long since abandoned their surnames and dispersed among the common people. The only way to get close to them was to start with Tsunade, the only openly known member of the Senju clan. Tsunade's powerful medical ninjutsu relied on her strong Yang Release, and her extensive medical knowledge greatly appealed to Loran.

The Uchiha clan certainly possessed a great deal of similar knowledge, but Loran had a better subject in mind: Uchiha Obito.

Obito, who inherited all of Madara's knowledge of Yin-Yang Release, is absolutely unparalleled in the ninja world. Moreover, if Obito is killed, it means that White Zetsu will be obtained, which would be very gratifying.

He's really hard to kill because he has the overpowered eye technique Kamui and half of a White Zetsu's body. We need to come up with a trap to steal his gold coins.

The third important force is Sage Mode. This is the only force in the ninja world that can rival the Six Paths bloodline. Even within the Otsutsuki clan, Sage Mode is not an outdated power.

However, Sage Mode is incredibly difficult to master. Natural energy is extremely dangerous, and the learning channels are monopolized by the Three Holy Lands. Only a few bits and pieces have surfaced from the Jugo clan. I wonder if the Jugo clan still exists, or if they were wiped out? Perhaps they could look into how Jugo managed to steal some from Orochimaru.

The fourth power that makes him stronger is his Heavenly Demon Divine Power. The "Transformation at Will" technique is a must-know, a unique skill that steals the thoughts of others. The "Heavenly Demon Seizing the Path" technique, which evolved from "Transformation at Will", still has great potential for further exploration.

"Demon Sound of Obstacles" seems to be used in conjunction with "Demon's Path Seizure". It is time-consuming and laborious, requiring a lot of preparation, and its actual combat ability is not strong. However, it may be able to be integrated into the genjutsu system and, in conjunction with the Rinnegan, become a powerful genjutsu that is no less than Tsukuyomi and Kotoamatsukami. After all, in the original work, Nagato's weakest point was genjutsu, which he can make up for himself.

Furthermore, Loran obtained two brand-new Heavenly Demon Divine Powers from his counterparts in the other two worlds—'Myriad Transformations Demonic Weapon' and 'Three Poisons Demonic Army'. Both of these divine powers are extremely promising, but they belong to the later stages of the game and require the accumulation of foundational knowledge.

What other opportunities are there to become stronger? Ideally, something that can be obtained in the near future, Nagato pondered. He wondered if the TV original storylines and movie content existed in this world. If those stories did, there would be plenty of good things.

However, there is good news: Loulan truly exists, located in the desert of the Land of Wind. Loran knows this place thanks to Yahiko, who, in his efforts to advocate for peace, not only within the Land of Rain but also with Nagato and Konan, traveled among the surrounding great powers.

The Land of Wind, a major power bordering the Land of Rain, was also on the trio's itinerary. Nagato learned about Loulan by chance from rumors told by locals in the Land of Wind. Seeing such a small country where survival was difficult, Nagato couldn't help but think of his hometown, so he made a point of learning more about it.

Since the storyline of the Lost Tower exists, the stories of other theatrical versions might also exist. The dragon veins in the Lost Tower are much easier to utilize than the tailed beast chakra. Even Jinchuriki risk losing control when using tailed beast chakra, but the puppeteer An Lushan single-handedly turned the dragon veins into a stable energy source for his puppet army.

Loran noted this opportunity in his plan: "Isn't the Dragon Vein more appealing than the Tailed Beast?"

Recalling the plot of the Lost Tower, Loran suddenly realized that he seemed to have forgotten a key figure—Kakashi Hatake.

Kakashi Hatake possesses a key item that can solve many of his problems—the Mangekyou Sharingan, the other half of the Kamui Mangekyou Sharingan. Compared to Obito, Kakashi Hatake is much easier to deal with.

Obito's Kamui is all about survival, but Kakashi's Kamui is all about offense, and it takes a long time to charge and focus. If you're willing, you can easily dodge it, and Kakashi doesn't seem to realize how extraordinary his Sharingan is.

Kakashi's strength is no match for Lorraine now. If he could just get that Sharingan, he would have a way to deal with Obito. Since the Kamui dimension is the same, he could take advantage of Obito's unpreparedness and kill him with a single blow.

Furthermore, if he could control Kakashi, it seemed there would be a chance to access many of Konoha's forbidden techniques and secret arts. He had his eye on many of Konoha's forbidden techniques, such as the Impure World Reincarnation, the Flying Thunder God Technique, and the Eight Gates. These were all techniques that Loran coveted.

Without hesitation, Loran decided to take complete control of the Rain Ninja regime. After all, having his own power would save him a lot of trouble and make intelligence gathering much faster.

With Hanzo's death, the Rain Village was leaderless, and Hanzo's killing of Yahiko and Nagato also took away a large number of his confidants, all of whom died on the battlefield. Therefore, now is the best time to change the dynasty.

Loran was not the Nagato of the past. He acted swiftly and ruthlessly, leading the last remaining members of Akatsuki into Amegakure. Through interrogation using the Human Path method, he precisely eliminated the last remaining loyalists of Hanzo.

Those who were not convinced submitted obediently under Loran's powerful strength; those who were not convinced were either killed or turned into puppets.

Submitting to the strong, or rather, to the superior, is one of the survival rules of small countries.

Although the Rain Village had developed some spirit under Hanzo's leadership, it wasn't much. Most of the spirited members had been worn down by the combined forces of the Five Great Nations during the Second Shinobi World War.

If Loran eliminates those with ambition, the others will obediently submit to the strong. Moreover, in the eyes of others, Loran is a citizen of the Land of Rain, so they will have less psychological burden when surrendering.

A week later, Loran stood at the highest point of Rain Village, overlooking the cyberpunk-style village, holding a two-handed sword-shaped demonic weapon in his hand.

This was the first demonic weapon he created using his supernatural ability "Myriad Transformations Demonic Weapon," drawing upon the fear, anger, helplessness, and panic emanating from the Rain Ninja during the conquest process. He named it "Wrathful Rain."

Besides being extremely tough and sharp, this demonic weapon also has an additional ability called "Sword Qi Turns into Rain." This demonic weapon can transform the energy injected into it into a rain of sword qi, the power of which can be controlled by the user.

This magical weapon is the kind whose strength depends entirely on the user's ability; it has a very low minimum and a very high maximum, similar to the Crescent Moon Sky Strike skill that relies on the force of a powerful brick to fly.

It wasn't the kind of bizarre weapon he had envisioned; it was better than nothing, like having an extra powerful ninjutsu skill, which enriched his skill set.

Chapter 7 Naruto: Contact with Obito

"Nagato seems a bit off."

Obito, who hid in the shadows of Amegakure using Kamui, witnessed the entire process of the change of dynasty in Amegakure. Loran's ruthlessness was beyond his expectations.

Black Zetsu nodded in agreement. In his view, it was normal for Nagato's personality to change after losing Yahiko and Konan and experiencing such a great upheaval.

However, he did not expect Nagato's personality to change so drastically, to the point that he once wondered if Nagato also had the neurotic bloodline of the Uchiha clan.

No one could have imagined that Nagato had been replaced. What awaited them now was not the old Nagato, but the brand new Nagato Loran.

"The Rinnegan is of utmost importance; should we adjust our plan again?"

Black Zetsu hesitated. According to the original plan, they should have taken advantage of the situation at this moment and, while Nagato's mind wavered, packaged part of the Eye of the Moon plan as a tailed beast weapon deterrence plan and told Nagato about it. But plans can't keep up with changes.

Just as they predicted, Nagato's beautiful dream was shattered by the cold and cruel reality, and he transformed from naive to ruthless.

Moreover, according to their predictions, even if Nagato underwent a personality change, he should still be unable to overcome the combined forces of Hanzo the Salamander and Root. In order to win, he should only have the option of summoning the Gedo Mazo.

But for some reason, Nagato's strength also increased rapidly as his personality changed, and he single-handedly defeated Hanzo of the Salamander and Root.

That's why Black Zetsu suspected that the other party might also have hidden Uchiha blood, and that his strength had increased by leaps and bounds after turning evil. This should be a specialty of the Uchiha clan, not the Uzumaki clan.

With various factors intertwined, Black Zetsu began to have doubts about his previously formulated plan. The reason why Black Zetsu was able to remain the mastermind behind the ninja world for a thousand years, besides his unique characteristics, was because of his patience and caution.

Having waited so many years, he finally saw the dawn of resurrecting his mother, so naturally he would strive for perfection in his action plan, think things through thrice before acting, and ensure that nothing went wrong.

But the young Uchiha Kenji didn't have the patience or caution of his senior, Otsutsuki Shinobu. Claiming to have seen through the essence of the ninja world and possessing the invincible Kamui eye technique, he was quite arrogant, especially since he hadn't yet been properly disciplined by his teacher, Namikaze Minato.

In his view, even if Nagato was somewhat unexpected, he couldn't escape his grasp.

Nagato's change of heart might actually benefit their plans.

It's better to be cruel! Only cruel people would be interested in such a cruel plan as turning the Tailed Beasts into world-destroying weapons! Only by being cruel can the Tailed Beast capture plan be executed more thoroughly!

Although Black Zetsu represented Madara Uchiha's will, Obito was ultimately the main executor of the Eye of the Moon plan, so Black Zetsu didn't say much despite Obito's insistence.

Moreover, Black Zetsu himself felt that Nagato shouldn't cause any trouble. After all, in a sense, he had been observing Nagato since he was a child, and his every move and word was within his expectations. What kind of accident could happen?

Obito went to see Loran as planned and used theories such as "reincarnation of the Sage of Six Paths," "God's Eye," and "I have nine tailed beasts, and Madara Uchiha will save the world for you" to give Loran a good beating.

Using his mind-reading ability, Loran completely understood Obito's thoughts. On the surface, he acted as if he knew everything and dealt with Obito flawlessly, while in his heart, he was calculating whether he could take down his opponent at this moment.

After much deliberation, Loran decided against taking action at this moment. Obito's Kamui eye technique was too troublesome, and he currently had no good countermeasures. Moreover, Obito also possessed Izanagi, meaning that even if he succeeded in one strike, Obito would have another chance.

On the surface, Loran agreed to the tailed beast capture plan and promised to establish a new Akatsuki organization. After sending Obito away, Loran's expression darkened as he recalled the scene of Obito freely teleporting away using Kamui.

The trip to Konoha must be put on the agenda as soon as possible. Either we need to obtain another Kamui Mangekyou Sharingan, or we need to learn other space-time ninjutsu. Otherwise, we won't have a good way to counter our opponents.

In a cave outside Amegakure.

"Nagato agreed to the tailed beast capture plan, and everything is going according to plan." Obito was somewhat smug after achieving his goal.

Black Zetsu put his mind at ease. From their current interactions, Nagato's personality, apart from being somewhat cruel beyond expectations, was still under control. He had probably been too cautious before.

Black Zetsu then suggested, "Then the next step is to establish the Akatsuki organization. Currently, this organization only consists of the three of us, Nagato, and others. We need to absorb more power."

"We need to help Nagato screen out rogue ninjas in the ninja world, and mix some traitors into the process so that we can maintain control over the entire plan."

Obito nodded in agreement, and a cruel glint flashed in his eyes as he thought of this. He spoke to Black Zetsu in a tone that was like honey mixed with poison: "Zetsu, I have an idea. Let's start with Kirigakure."

"Doesn't Akatsuki want powerful rogue ninja? We'll stir up a bloody mist in Kirigakure, force those powerful Kirigakure ninja out of the village, and make them become rogue ninja. This will weaken the power of the Five Great Nations and strengthen Akatsuki."

"Moreover, since Kirigakure is under our control, we can take this opportunity to influence those rogue ninja and turn them into our pawns."

Hearing Obito's terrifying words, Black Zetsu outwardly agreed, but inwardly he was disdainful.

Obito was obsessed with this pointless love and affection. If it weren't for the power he inherited from his mother, he would have been unlikely to achieve great things.

Obito's claims about weakening the Five Great Nations and strengthening Akatsuki were merely a pretext to conceal his true intentions. In reality, he did this entirely out of hatred for Rin Nohara's death.

The Uchiha clan has always had this habit: they always like to use seemingly noble and righteous banners to cover up their inner selfish desires and obsessions.

Just like this time, Obito kept saying that he was going to act for a great goal, but in fact everything he did was just to satisfy his obsession with Rin Nohara.

This behavior is both pathetic and laughable. They use so-called righteousness to disguise their selfish desires, unaware that such pretense only makes their actions more hypocritical and ridiculous.

As descendants of the Six Realms, theoretically speaking, whether Indra takes the flesh and blood of Asura or Asura takes the eyes of Indra, there is a possibility of awakening the Rinnegan.

So why does Black Zetsu keep a close eye on the Uchiha clan?

Although the Uchiha clan may seem cunning and unpredictable, in reality, once you grasp their essence, you'll find that their hearts are actually quite easy to understand.