Uchiha Jin's words were almost entirely true, with only a small fraction of falsehood.
He knew well that a complete lie could never convince anyone, so ninety percent of his words were true, used to wrap that one crucial part of falsehood.
Yes!
First of all, it had to be said that Konan was indeed a talent.
Although the Bloodline Limit of Paper Release was average, the key was that this woman could mass-produce Exploding Tags!
Otherwise, did you really think Konan's six hundred billion Exploding Tags were produced just by scamming Kakuzu?
Nonsense!
Even if you worked Kakuzu to death, he couldn't earn that much money.
As long as Konan was truly willing to join Konoha, Uchiha Jin really didn't mind protecting Konan and Nagato; after all, it wasn't a big deal for him.
Isn't it?
Think about it, as long as Konan was there, Konoha would definitely never lack Exploding Tags in the future.
Especially considering Konoha's upcoming 'unification' plan, if every Konoha Ninja carried thousands of Exploding Tags into battle, then all the hidden villages in the Ninja World combined wouldn't be a match for Konoha alone!
Everyone present was dumbfounded.
After hearing Uchiha Jin's so-called 'explanation,' everyone's minds went blank, and they almost wanted to spit salt water at him.
Good grief!
He really talked the dead back to life?
It was clear he wanted to treat this hostage as 'free labor' or a 'high-level worker' to squeeze dry, yet he could actually come up with such a shameless explanation.
If they didn't know what kind of person he was, they might have actually believed it.
Konan: "..."
At this moment, she was becoming increasingly confused.
Looking at the sincere-looking Uchiha Jin, she thought back to the words Nagato had subtly shared with her when they went to Kumogakure to capture the Eight-Tails.
She hesitated!
Back then, Nagato and she had already felt that the Akatsuki Organization's plan had a high probability of failure. Even then, Nagato had hoped that after Akatsuki's failure, she could join Konoha, even willing to use Jiraiya's influence for that purpose.
If it was just a faint worry before, after today's battle between Nagato and Konoha, she felt more than ever that the future of the Akatsuki Organization was bleak.
Obviously!
Even Nagato, the strongest in the Akatsuki Organization, was no match for Konoha. And in Konoha, besides Uchiha Jin, there was also Senju Hashirama at Nagato's level.
How—how could they fight?
So from this perspective, being captured today actually seemed like a good thing?
So, should she take this opportunity to join Konoha?
Thinking of this, her heart suddenly became very chaotic.
Wait...
It seemed Uchiha Jin had been saying since just now that Nagato was only the leader of the Akatsuki Organization on the surface?
Actually, she scoffed at this point!
Although they only had a cooperative relationship with Obito, Nagato was the sole leader of the Akatsuki Organization; in her view, this didn't even require thought.
However, it was different now!
Thinking of Konoha's endless stream of strong people and their familiarity with the inner workings of the Akatsuki Organization, could it be that Konoha really had a terrifying intelligence organization that had completely figured out the Akatsuki Organization's interior and even found out things she didn't know?
Thinking of Obito's side, Konan couldn't hold back.
After taking a deep breath, she looked at Uchiha Jin with a solemn expression.
"Hokage, I'm very curious!"
"What exactly did you find out? Why do you say Nagato is only the nominal leader of the Akatsuki Organization?"
"As a core member of the Akatsuki Organization, I don't feel like there's any mastermind behind the scenes!"
"Even though we only have a cooperative relationship with Obito, Nagato is confident he can kill Obito directly. We even decided to kill that guy as soon as we finished capturing all the Tailed Beasts..."
"Is the so-called mastermind you're talking about that guy Obito?"
At this moment, Konan really couldn't hold it in.
Anyway, she had become a captive, her Chakra was sealed, and looking at Uchiha Jin's current expression, he didn't seem to care about this so-called intelligence...
So after a moment of thought, she asked directly.
In fact, it was true.
Hearing Konan's words, Uchiha Jin had no intention of hiding it. Instead, a slight smile appeared on his lips: "Konan, do you know what a Matryoshka doll is?"
"Matryoshka doll?" Konan was dazed, then nodded: "I know."
"But that's just a child's toy. What does it have to do with the so-called mastermind of the Akatsuki Organization?"
She couldn't figure it out!
Of course, there were Matryoshka dolls in the Ninja World. Although Konan's childhood was miserable, she had heard of such toys.
But what she couldn't understand was why Uchiha Jin would say this?
Hearing this, Uchiha Jin smiled and said directly: "In my eyes, the Akatsuki Organization is essentially a giant Matryoshka doll."
"What do you mean?" Konan frowned.
Uchiha Jin sighed, then slowly spoke: "I'll give you a piece of information for free: the Rinnegan is the ultimate form of the Sharingan."
"What?" Konan was dazed.
Her whole body shook, and then she hurriedly shook her head: "Absolutely impossible, you're lying to me!"
"The Rinnegan is Nagato's eye. It was a gift from the Six Paths Sage to allow Nagato to save this damned world."
To this.
Uchiha Jin sighed lightly, shook his head, and then slowly spoke: "The Six Paths Sage was a real person; his true name was Otsutsuki Hagoromo."
"He had two children named Ashura and Indra. Ashura's descendants founded the Senju Clan, and Indra's descendants created the Uchiha Clan."
"The Senju Clan inherited the Sage Body, while the Uchiha Clan inherited the Sage Eyes."
"The Sharingan evolves from the One-Tomoe. The limit of the Three-Tomoe is the Mangekyo, which can evolve into the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. If the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan is combined with Hashirama cells—that is, the Sage Body—it can form the true phenomenon of All Creation."
"That is—the Rinnegan!"
"Haven't you noticed that although the Rinnegan is in Nagato, he can't display its true power at all?"
"On the contrary!"
"It's because of the Rinnegan's existence that Nagato's body has been directly crushed."
"Nagato is from the Uzumaki Clan, the Uzumaki Clan with the most immense Chakra!"
"Why?"
"Because those aren't Nagato's eyes at all. He is merely a vessel used to nurture the Rinnegan!"
"And even after squeezing Nagato to his current emaciated state, he can only use the basic abilities of the Rinnegan."
"Ask Nagato if he can perform abilities like Tengai Shinsei or Limbo: Hengoku."