New Book-
A Medical Student's Journey in Fairy Tail
A humble medical student's wondrous adventure in the world of Fairy Tail.
The protagonist, Riyao, stayed up all night writing his thesis and was rewarded with a huge truckload of transmigration gifts. He was dumped in the Fairy Tail world by a treacherous goddess and was nearly starved when Makarov picked him up and took him back to the guild.
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The battle came to a complete halt.
Perhaps because Nagato had run out of Chakra, or perhaps because Konan had been captured, leaving him wary of acting recklessly, Nagato sat in his wheelchair and attempted to strike a deal with Konoha.
As for his supposed mission to establish dominance over Konoha, it naturally ended in failure from this moment on.
The people of Konoha did not speak.
Everyone looked toward their leader, Uchiha Jin, as he was the current decision-maker for Konoha.
In response,
Uchiha Jin had naturally retracted his Susanoo long ago. He calmly walked to the front of the Konoha group and looked at Nagato in his wheelchair with an exceptionally composed gaze.
In the past, he could only rely on Nagato's performance in the original work to try and estimate Nagato's true strength.
As a major boss in the early stages of the original work, Nagato's sense of oppression was, honestly, quite strong.
But now...
After a real exchange with Nagato, he finally had a clear measure of him.
At this stage, the Akatsuki Organization was not qualified to clash with Konoha.
Actually, it was understandable when he thought about it. After all, who was Nagato's opponent during his peak battle in the original work?
Uzumaki Naruto!
At that time, Naruto couldn't even achieve a heart-to-heart connection with the Nine-Tails; in the end, he only managed to deal with Nagato because the Nine-Tails went out of control.
But what about the current Konoha?
In a word: a forest of powerhouses!
Setting aside the Kage-level experts summoned via Edo Tensei and the broken, cheat-like strength of Senju Hashirama, Uchiha Jin alone could suppress Nagato. Even Shisui, Fugaku, and Itachi working together could hold their own against him.
Thinking of this, Uchiha Jin finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Mm, quite good!
As long as he could ensure nothing went wrong with Nagato's side, then in the short term, that old schemer Black Zetsu would likely not use Edo Tensei to bring back Uchiha Madara.
After all, Uchiha Madara was not Nagato. The reason Black Zetsu could barely deceive Madara before was that Madara was already old at the time.
In other words, Madara was desperate!
That was why Black Zetsu could take advantage of the opening and temporarily trick Uchiha Madara into being a pawn.
But what about now?
The Three-Tails and Six-Tails could not be revived in the short term. If he brought Uchiha Madara out too hastily, how long could Black Zetsu keep fooling him?
Uchiha Madara was, after all, a former Clan Head who could conceive a plan like 'Unifying the Ninja World.' From that perspective, he wasn't easy to fool. Back then, it was only because he was marginalized by Senju Tobirama, his plans were rejected by Senju Hashirama, and the Uchiha Clan didn't support him as their old leader...
For various reasons, Uchiha Madara felt the whole world was against him. To prove he was right, he burned his bridges to pursue the Rinnegan. But the problem was, by the time he awakened it, he was already old...
It was only because of all these factors that Black Zetsu managed to barely deceive him.
In fact, it was the same in the original work!
Black Zetsu clearly could have brought Uchiha Madara back via Edo Tensei much earlier, so why did he wait until the Fourth Ninja World War began, and even until the final critical moment, to do so?
To put it bluntly,
He didn't want to give Uchiha Madara too much time to think. Black Zetsu wanted to force Madara into various high-intensity battles immediately after his Edo Tensei revival. Then, the moment he was fully resurrected and became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, Black Zetsu would simply backstab him and kill him.
Having understood this point, Uchiha Jin naturally relaxed.
Of course.
For this same reason, he couldn't actually kill Nagato now; it wasn't the right time to back Black Zetsu into a corner.
However,
He couldn't just let Nagato go easily either, for fear that Black Zetsu would notice something was wrong.
What should he do?
One word: stall!
Delay for as long as possible!
After all, Nagato was Black Zetsu's most important pawn. He didn't believe Black Zetsu would let Nagato leave his sight, so there must be a White Zetsu hidden on Nagato right now.
In other words,
Black Zetsu definitely knew what was happening here.
Based on his understanding of Black Zetsu, he would surely trick Obito into coming to rescue Nagato.
And for Obito, who possessed Kamui, rescuing Nagato wouldn't be difficult.
Therefore, for the current Uchiha Jin, while he needed to stall for as much time as possible, he also had to keep a close eye on the pawn that was Konan to prevent that idiot Obito from rescuing her.
Thinking of this, he looked at Minato Namikaze and the other Edo Tensei Strongmen, and he couldn't help but give them a mental thumbs up.
Not bad!
To think they seized the opportunity to secretly capture the woman Konan before he even gave explicit instructions.
The one who proposed this was surely Senju Tobirama!
After all, besides that old schemer, no one else would have thought of this move.
And being able to hold Konan as a pawn would be extremely beneficial for his control over the Akatsuki Organization!
As a transmigrator, he knew better than anyone how deep the friendship between Konan and Nagato was.
Finally,
Pulling his thoughts back, Uchiha Jin narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Nagato. After a moment of reflection, he slowly spoke.
"I decline this deal!"
"Because whether it's the Rinnegan or your life, Nagato, they have no meaning to me or to Konoha!"
"Others might care about or fight over your Rinnegan, but you've seen Konoha's strength. Your Rinnegan wouldn't provide a significant boost to Konoha's power."
"And your life, even less so!"
"I don't care whether you live or die."
"After all, even if you, the nominal leader of the Akatsuki Organization, were to die, it wouldn't cause the organization to truly cease to exist."
"I have a decent intelligence network. I am well aware that you, the leader of Akatsuki, are actually just a figurehead, and there are other leaders behind the scenes."
"Of course,"
"You, as the spokesperson for Akatsuki, are still somewhat useful, and holding Konan allows me to influence you, the leader."
"So, don't even think about it."
"I will never give up Konan. From now on, let her stay in Konoha permanently."
"However..."
"If you want Konan to live a better life in Konoha, then we can make a deal between us."
"Help me resurrect someone!"
"You don't need to worry too much. I'm not asking you to revive anyone too important; the person was merely a Chunin before they died."
"For you, it should be very simple."
"And don't think about playing tricks with me. Resurrection is one of the innate abilities of the Rinnegan."
"Outer Path — Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique!"
"Am I correct?"
Uchiha Jin had a smile on his lips.
The reason he was talking so much with Nagato was actually very simple. To put it bluntly, on one hand, it was to stall for time, and on the other, it was to make Nagato give up any ideas he shouldn't have. More importantly, it was to take the opportunity to have him resurrect Rin Nohara.
Of course.
This would definitely require some back-and-forth!
But for him, that was even better!
After all, he needed to stall for time anyway, and he could use the chance to dangle a carrot in front of the various Edo Tensei experts.