"What are you planning to do?" Fugaku asked curiously. He didn't refuse Wen Lan's request.
"I'm preparing to awaken the Rinnegan," Wen Lan replied slowly.
"!!!"
Everyone present froze.
Itachi believed the Rinnegan belonged to Nagato, but Fugaku and Mikoto immediately realized that Wen Lan wasn't talking about Nagato's eyes.
Fugaku suddenly remembered Wen Lan once saying that the final evolution of the Sharingan was the Rinnegan.
"You mean… the Mangekyō Sharingan can evolve into the Rinnegan using Sasuke's blood?"
"More precisely," Wen Lan said calmly,
"Sasuke and Naruto's blood."
He explained the concept of Indra and Ashura's reincarnations.
Fugaku and Mikoto were stunned after hearing it.
After a long silence, Fugaku turned to Mikoto.
"Give it to him."
Mikoto nodded gently. She pricked Sasuke's finger, letting a single drop of blood fall.
Wen Lan immediately collected it in a test tube.
Looking at the blood inside, he hesitated briefly before saying to Fugaku:
"I plan to try it now. Clan leader, please guard me."
"Wait," Fugaku said immediately.
"This is too important. I'll gather people to ensure everything goes smoothly."
He quickly left.
The Crowd Gathers
Before long, the courtyard filled with people:
MinatoJiraiyaTsunadeOrochimaruNagatoKonanZhiyanShisuiHikariHiashiHizashi
…and many others.
Wen Lan stared at the courtyard that had suddenly become packed.
"Seriously?" he said helplessly.
"Do we really need such a huge crowd?"
Then he looked at Kushina.
"And Aunt Kushina, why did you bring Naruto here?"
Kushina covered her mouth and laughed.
"I just wanted to watch. Besides, if everyone is guarding you, who's protecting me?"
Wen Lan rolled his eyes but said nothing.
He combined the two test tubes into one—
Then drank the mixture in one gulp.
Awakening
In the next instant, Wen Lan felt his heartbeat accelerate violently.
Blood surged through his veins like a raging river.
Natural energy within his meridians began to riot.
"Ugh—!"
He groaned and clutched his eyes.
It felt like they were being burned and torn apart.
The intense pain lasted for nearly ten minutes.
His body trembled as cold sweat soaked his clothes.
Suddenly—
His eyes snapped open.
A purple-black pattern spread outward from the center of his pupils like a blooming lotus.
Everyone held their breath.
His eyes turned light purple, with concentric black rings forming within them.
Along the rings were six complex crimson tomoe.
An overwhelming pressure burst outward.
The air seemed to freeze.
Even space itself warped slightly.
The crowd shuddered instinctively and turned away, unable to meet his gaze.
Truth-Seeking Orbs
Wen Lan slowly raised his hand.
With a thought—
A Truth-Seeking Orb condensed in his palm.
The orb instantly reshaped into a black blade.
"So this is it…"
"With the Rinnegan, you gain the transformation of all seven types of Sage chakra."
"That allows the creation of Truth-Seeking Orbs."
He swung the blade casually.
Each swing caused space to ripple faintly.
At this moment, he possessed:
All Rinnegan abilities
Limbo: Border Jail
Amenotejikara
Originally, he had planned to grow slowly.
But now—
With these eyes—
He could sweep across the entire ninja world alone.
No more hiding.
Just like Madara once did—
Dominate the world single-handedly.
Then face the Ōtsutsuki clan.
Testing the Eyes
Wen Lan closed his eyes, feeling the power within them.
When he opened them again, they reverted to normal eyes.
Then to three-tomoe Sharingan.
Then to Mangekyō Sharingan.
Good.
The Rinnegan didn't permanently replace his eyes.
In the original story, Sasuke couldn't revert his eye after awakening the Rinnegan.
That was why he always covered it with his bangs.
"Did it succeed?" Fugaku asked uncertainly.
"It did."
Wen Lan activated the Rinnegan again.
"These are my own Rinnegan. So I possess all the abilities Nagato had."
He glanced at Nagato.
Nagato smiled bitterly.
"I already know those eyes were never truly mine."
Wen Lan patted his shoulder.
"As long as they're in your eye sockets, they're yours."
Nagato froze.
Then a faint light returned to his eyes.
Hiashi's Thought
Hiashi looked at Wen Lan with excitement.
At that moment, he seriously wished his wife would give birth to a daughter.
If the Hyūga clan could marry into Wen Lan's family—
Their future would be limitless.
The Next Plan
Wen Lan turned toward Kushina.
After thinking for a moment, he said:
"Since everyone is here, we might as well split the Nine-Tails today."
Minato and Kushina both froze.
They had only come to watch the show.
Now suddenly they were the main actors.
The others were equally confused, but no one asked questions.
They assumed it involved secrets they weren't meant to know.
Minato looked at Kushina.
Kushina hesitated briefly—
Then nodded.
She knew this day would come sooner or later.
Better to do it now.
Preparing the Seal
Seeing her agreement, Wen Lan spoke loudly:
"Everyone, one more matter today."
"For certain reasons, we must divide the Nine-Tails and transfer it."
"I need everyone to guard the surroundings."
"Also notify the sealing team to set up a barrier."
The crowd was shocked.
Everyone knew that if a tailed beast left its host—
The host would die.
But they also knew Minato would never allow Kushina to be sacrificed.
The word "divide" confused them.
And if the Nine-Tails broke free—
Konoha would face catastrophe.
However, after witnessing Wen Lan's Rinnegan, no one hesitated.
Soon the sealing team arrived.
A barrier rose.
Four curtains surrounded Minato, Kushina, and Naruto, blocking everyone's view.
Extracting the Nine-Tails
Kushina removed her outer clothing, revealing her inner shirt.
Her hands formed rapid seals.
A complex sealing array appeared on her abdomen.
Light flashed—
And the Nine-Tails' chakra began to slowly extract.
Red chakra flowed continuously into Naruto.
Sensing the sinister energy, Naruto began crying loudly.
Soon—
A tailed-beast cloak formed around him.
His skin started tearing apart layer by layer.
His cries became more desperate.
"Wen Lan! Get in here! Something's wrong!"
Minato panicked.
Wen Lan rushed inside.
The sight shocked him.
Naruto's skin had already completely vanished, exposing bloody muscles and veins beneath the chakra cloak.
And behind him—
Three tails had appeared.
"Stop the transfer!" Wen Lan shouted.
"Naruto's body has reached its limit!"
Kushina's face was pale, drenched in sweat.
Her hands remained locked in the sealing signs.
"I… can't stop it!" she cried painfully.
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