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"So…"
"The entire bloodline of the Raikage—First, Second, Third, and Fourth."
"All of their relatives, their disciples."
"Exterminate them."
"And anyone who opposes this... same treatment."
"Exterminate them."
"As for the Cloud Ninja Village—800 of their shinobi will be granted full status and join Konoha."
"The rest…"
"They'll become civilians. But before that, all their chakra must be handed over!"
As [God of Shinobi] finished his sentence, Kitahara Kaede's golden pupils turned into the swirling rings of the Rinnegan.
And with the Rinnegan, there's one major thing you can do:
Summon the Ten Tails.
"Summoning Jutsu – Mobile Toilet!"
Kaede slammed his hand on the ground. A wide array of black symbols spread out instantly.
"ROAARR—!"
The unfortunate Ten Tails was summoned, sticking out its tongue like a cartoon idiot.
"?!"
It was still dazed from being summoned, but as soon as it heard "chakra absorption," it immediately quieted down.
"…"
"…"
Only now did everyone realize—
Kitahara Kaede's goal wasn't to recruit the Cloud Village…
It was to destroy it.
In other words, if they wouldn't obey, then he'd erase them.
To the tailed beasts, the Ten Tails is terrifying—because they originally came from it.
Tailed beasts are chakra. The Ten Tails is the shell.
So swallowing a few tails isn't even wrong for it, right?
That's why even the One Tail was scared it might be fed to the Ten Tails.
But that's not all.
Each of these tailed beasts is just a potential Ten Tails.
Now, the Ten Tails looks like a massive humanoid with ten bony protrusions on its back.
Looks dumb. Moves clunky.
"What the hell are you doing, you idiot…"
"Don't absorb all their chakra."
"I said absorb enough to make them non-shinobi—not create White Zetsu clones!"
Kaede was scolding it.
As soon as he summoned it, the Ten Tails started rooting into the earth.
It heard "chakra absorption" and got excited.
As a good little tree slave, it had always been enslaved by the Otsutsuki clan—planted wherever they wanted, to suck out the chakra of an entire planet.
After a thousand years, the chakra would condense into a fruit…
...which would get stolen anyway.
That was its fate.
But this Ten Tails was worse—it had its fruit stolen, then got sealed, then its own chakra was ripped out and divided into pieces—creating the tailed beasts.
No wonder it's pitiful. It just wants to suck chakra… just chakra…
But it seemed to have inherited Kaguya's dumb habits—after rooting itself, it started wrapping shinobi in white cloth.
They'd fall into dreamlike illusions, get their chakra drained, and eventually become White Zetsu.
Basically, a budget version of Infinite Tsukuyomi.
But Kaede wasn't having that.
He forcibly stopped it mid-process, unwrapped the victims, and redirected the Ten Tails to start draining other Cloud ninja instead.
If Nagato saw this, he'd probably cry. He also summoned the Ten Tails once…
…but that one instantly drained his chakra dry.
When had anyone ever seen a tame Ten Tails before?
Meanwhile, Nagato wasn't doing well.
He and Konan had just finished talking and resting—when suddenly, his Rinnegan got stolen.
"I can't wrap my head around it."
"If anyone could do this… it has to be the real Uchiha Madara."
Nagato was trying to analyze the situation.
"But right now… it's a disaster."
"I only have a Sharingan now. I can't control the Six Paths of Pain."
"My entire setup for Tendo Pain is worthless now."
"And…"
He raised his hand. Nothing happened.
"I wanted the world to feel pain…"
"But now, I don't even have the power to make that happen…"
"So…"
"Me, you, and Yahiko's dream—does it all end here?"
"We were just frogs in a well. Shrimp in shallow waters…"
"Were we always this powerless…?"
He sounded depressed.
"…" Konan didn't respond.
She knew how much he relied on the Rinnegan. She had been trying to grow stronger too.
But she never caught up.
So Nagato relied on the Rinnegan more and more.
And now that it was gone, even with a rare Sharingan in his eye, it still felt like too much of a loss.
Just like Nagato said—
Without the Rinnegan, their dream might truly die.
Maybe… this is where everything ends.
Click!
Just as Nagato was sighing and Konan was close to tears—
Her Divine Paper protection barrier was breached.
"Who's there?!"
Konan instantly moved to shield Nagato.
He had just received the Sharingan and couldn't use it yet.
His legs were crippled too. He was defenseless.
So it was her job to protect him now.
Even if she wasn't stronger than him, she would still stand in front.
They had survived the chaos together. They were family now.
Neither wanted to lose the other.
When Yahiko died, Nagato had nearly gone insane.
"Uchiha Madara!"
A voice came from outside, followed by a figure stepping in.
"Divine Paper Art…"
Konan's paper launched forward, turning into explosive tags mid-air.
"Don't waste time with such childish ninjutsu."
Madara's calm voice came through as the tags suddenly flew outward in every direction.
Konan didn't even have time to activate them—she was already blown away.
"Uchiha Madara?!"
Only now did Nagato realize—the person in front of him felt nothing like the masked man who called himself Madara before.
"...Nagato, huh."
"Tch…"
"As I thought…"
"That Obito guy is useless."
Madara stared at the frail, tube-bound Nagato.
Nagato was skin and bones.
He looked just as drained as the Ten Tails.
His chakra reserves were rock-bottom.
"When I took back my Rinnegan, I thought something felt off. Now I know why."
Madara shook his head slowly.
"Let me give you one last hope," he said. "If you ever face an enemy you can't defeat…"
"…then use Rinne Rebirth to revive me."
"Revive… you…?"
Nagato was stunned.
"..." Madara sighed.
"So Obito really didn't do his job properly."
"I thought facing despair would awaken something greater in him."
"But in the end…"
"He's still just dead weight. Didn't even tell you about Rinne Rebirth?"
"The hand signs for it go like this—"
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