"Jiraiya-senpai, why did you rush to attack? I was going to do it!" Uchiha En said.
"There are too many ordinary people here who have been brainwashed. It's better if you young people don't do this kind of thing. I'm an old man who has already killed many people, so it doesn't matter to me."
Uchiha En and Asana exchanged glances and said nothing more.
In Asana's view, some of Jiraiya's actions were quite inexplicable. A Ninja's duty is not inherently normal; which Ninja doesn't have blood on their hands?
Uchiha En, however, could understand Jiraiya's mentality, as he was someone who had read the original work.
Returning to the Sound Village, Asana handed the guy with the Immortal Body over to Orochimaru.
For the next few days, Orochimaru remained immersed in the lab and did not come out.
Uchiha En and Asana then returned to Konoha.
After the victorious battle against the Cloud Ninja, Konoha completely escaped the shadow of the Night of the Nine-Tails and the Third Great Ninja War, and the Village's development became increasingly prosperous.
Uchiha En, the key figure who secured the victory in this war, naturally received the support of the villagers.
Uchiha En's prestige in the Village was now subtly on par with the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze.
Minato Namikaze knew this, but he did nothing about it.
Because Minato Namikaze actually wouldn't mind handing the position of Hokage over to Uchiha En.
If Uchiha En hadn't questioned the Ninja Village system, Minato Namikaze would have been ready to entrust Konoha to Uchiha En.
Now, Minato Namikaze was unsure what exactly Uchiha En wanted to do, or why he wanted to unify the Ninja World. Where would he place the Village after unifying the Ninja World?
Before clarifying these two questions, Minato Namikaze did not intend to step down and yield his position.
He needed to at least ensure that the Village would not be destroyed in Uchiha En's hands.
Uchiha En also understood Minato Namikaze's concerns; he wasn't thinking about inheriting the Hokage position right now.
More than becoming Hokage, Uchiha En wanted to awaken his Rinnegan sooner.
He was now completely familiar with the Eye power of the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, so the next goal was naturally the Rinnegan.
After awakening the Rinnegan and coupled with his identity as the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, he would undoubtedly be able to enter Six Paths Mode.
Nijo had previously discussed the method of awakening the Rinnegan with Uchiha En.
Currently, there are three ways to obtain the Six Paths Power. First: Extracting the Chakra of Indra and Ashura from Naruto and Sasuke, and fusing it with my Eternal Mangekyo to awaken the Rinnegan.
Second: Transplanting one Rinnegan and then merging with the Ten-Tails.
Third: Being directly granted it by the Six Paths Sage.
Uchiha En personally preferred the second method, because judging by Uchiha Madara's situation, even with the Chakra of Indra and Ashura, one might not necessarily awaken the Rinnegan.
Uchiha Madara's Rinnegan was awakened by fusing the Chakra of Indra and Ashura, making it the purest Six Paths Power.
Uchiha En figured he only needed to borrow a portion of Uchiha Madara's Rinnegan power to trigger the resonance between the first hokages cells and the Mangekyo within his body.
This should have a much higher chance of success than using the Chakra of Indra and Ashura and going through life-and-death situations.
Afterwards, Uchiha En took Asana to Amegakure.
Nagato's body was actually very weak due to the erosion of the Rinnegan; if he didn't have the Uzumaki Clan bloodline, he probably would have collapsed long ago.
Uchiha En brought Asana here intending to regulate Nagato's body while borrowing the Rinnegan.
Nagato already trusted Uchiha En deeply because Uchiha En had saved the three of them from Hanzou back then.
Furthermore, the previous conversations with Uchiha En and Obito made Nagato agree with Uchiha En's philosophy, so Nagato was almost completely unguarded around Uchiha En.
Therefore, when Asana helped him examine his body, Nagato was very cooperative.
Asana's expression was somewhat solemn after the examination.
"Miss Asana, what's wrong? Is the situation very bad?" Konan asked with a worried look.
"Yes, it's very bad. His body is now extremely weak from the erosion of the Rinnegan's Eye power. The slightest mistake could trigger a chain reaction. Although it won't be life-threatening, he might lose the ability to move."
"Then what should we do?" Yahiko asked.
"En has already told you before, Nagato's Rinnegan is not his own. His current condition is due to these eyes that do not belong to him, so the best solution is—"
"Miss Asana, if you are going to tell me not to use the power of the Rinnegan, then don't bother speaking," Nagato interrupted Asana, stating his attitude firmly.
"Alas! Then we must adopt another plan." Having said this, Asana immediately activated the Tenseigan, and the powerful repulsive force pressed Nagato onto the chair.
Asana then proceeded to remove one of Nagato's Rinnegan eyes, followed by extracting the first hokages cells extract and injecting it into Nagato's body.
Then, using the power of the Tenseigan, she guided the fusion of the first hokages cells with Nagato's cells.
After completing this work, Asana placed one Rinnegan into a saline bottle.
"I injected you with a high concentration of the first hokages cells extract and guided the first hokages cells to fuse with your cells. Next, you must balance your cells with the remaining Rinnegan. When you complete this step, I will return this Rinnegan to you.
Rest assured, even with only one Rinnegan, you can still use the Outer Path Abilities of the Rinnegan.
Two Rinnegan are too heavy for you right now; you simply cannot bear the burden. It doesn't matter if something happens to you, but En's plan cannot have any flaws because of this."
After hearing Asana's words, Nagato said nothing more.
Because he genuinely felt his body was much lighter with one less Rinnegan, and there was a power inside him replenishing the vitality he had previously lost.
"Miss Asana, thank you for your help. I will achieve balance between the two powers as quickly as possible."
Asana nodded, and then placed a regular eye into Nagato's eye socket.
"Once you master these two powers, send someone to the Sound Village to let me know, and I will return the Rinnegan to you." With that, Asana returned to Uchiha En's side.
Konan and Yahiko had no objection to Asana's decision, as they could already see that Nagato's complexion was much better than before, and his originally emaciated body now seemed to have gained some substance.
Afterwards, Uchiha En met with Obito again. During this time, Obito had been busy traveling around, recruiting those Uchiha En mentioned who were suitable to join the Akatsuki Organization, and he had already gathered several.
"Uchiha En, didn't you say you would send someone to help me? Where are they?" Obito's first question upon seeing Uchiha En was about manpower.
"Don't worry! It's already being arranged. I guarantee you'll be satisfied."
"I hope so! Oh, right, White Zetsu told me a few days ago that he suddenly remembered Black Zetsu mentioning that Kaguya has several hidden spaces in the Ninja World. Some of these spaces contain White Zetsu, which she prepared in case the Ōtsutsuki Clan arrived. I think this power can be used by us."
"Can you find those spaces?" Uchiha En asked.
"It's a bit difficult, mainly because there are no specific coordinates."
"I see. I'll think of a way." After saying this, Uchiha En instantly teleported away from the Akatsuki Organization with Asana.
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