"The Sage of Six Paths—the ancestor of all shinobi. Everyone here should be familiar with that name, right?"
Ning Feng decided to begin at the very beginning of the story.
Seeing where this discussion was headed, Minato dismissed most of the shinobi in the room.
Only a handful remained—those from the Hokage faction and those closest to Ning Feng.
Kakashi and Shisui both nodded.
Though the Sage of Six Paths had become little more than legend over the centuries, and there was no definitive proof of his existence, any shinobi of sufficient strength had at least heard the stories.
According to legend, he founded Ninshū.
He was the origin of all shinobi.
"Long ago, there was only one Tailed Beast in the world."
Ning Feng paused briefly before continuing.
"It was the Ten-Tails. And its strength... exceeded that of all nine Tailed Beasts combined."
Ignoring the stunned expressions around him, he smiled bitterly.
The things he was discussing had long surpassed ordinary understanding.
"The Ten-Tails?"
"What's a Ten-Tails?"
"Stronger than all nine Tailed Beasts combined?"
Even Minato looked shocked.
The Nine-Tails alone had required the full strength of an entire village to resist.
Yet Ning Feng was now claiming that a creature called the Ten-Tails was stronger than all nine together?
How could such a thing exist?
"Wait."
Suddenly, Minato seemed to realize something.
His sharp mind immediately caught onto a key detail.
"If it's called the Ten-Tails..."
"That's right."
Ning Feng nodded.
"It is the original form of the nine Tailed Beasts."
"The Sage of Six Paths first sealed the Ten-Tails inside himself and became its jinchūriki..."
He coughed lightly.
Shisui and Kakashi exchanged puzzled glances.
"A Ten-Tails jinchūriki?"
"The Sage of Six Paths was that powerful?"
"That's the equivalent of all nine Tailed Beasts combined. Could his strength really have been...?"
Ning Feng shrugged helplessly.
"The Sage of Six Paths was incredibly powerful."
"At the very least, powerful enough to seal the Ten-Tails with ease."
"Later, sensing that his lifespan was nearing its end, he divided the Ten-Tails into nine separate Tailed Beasts."
"Divided it into nine Tailed Beasts?"
Everyone's expressions changed dramatically.
A being that powerful had been split into nine pieces?
"The Sage possessed abilities beyond ordinary imagination."
Ning Feng walked over and pulled a document from Minato's desk.
It was intelligence he had personally prepared.
Everyone focused on the contents.
The document detailed Madara Uchiha's abilities.
"Among them... the Rinnegan truly is the Sage's Eye."
"Because the Sage of Six Paths himself possessed the Rinnegan."
Ning Feng spoke calmly.
Yet every word seemed to carry an irresistible weight.
The room fell silent.
Instinctively, everyone felt they were touching the greatest secret in shinobi history.
"The conditions required to awaken the Rinnegan are the power of the Uchiha—represented by the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan—and the power of the Senju, represented by Hashirama's cells."
"What?!"
Everyone was stunned again.
So those were the requirements for the Rinnegan?
Thinking about it, the conditions were practically impossible.
Even if someone could survive compatibility with Hashirama's cells, obtaining the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan alone eliminated almost every Uchiha in history besides Madara and Ning Feng.
The conditions for awakening the Eternal Mangekyō were not simple.
Naturally, Ning Feng had no intention of revealing those details.
If that secret ever spread...
The Uchiha Clan would descend into civil war overnight.
Besides, there were barely any Mangekyō users alive anyway.
No one currently needed to know how to obtain the Eternal Mangekyō.
"Afterward, the Sage's two sons inherited different aspects of his power."
"One inherited the Sage's Eyes."
"The other inherited the Sage's Body."
"The Sage's Eyes became the Rinnegan."
"And the Rinnegan itself is born from the union of Uchiha and Senju power..."
Kakashi immediately began piecing things together.
Even beneath his mask, his shock was obvious.
"Then... the Uchiha Clan and the Senju Clan must be connected to the Sage somehow?"
"Correct."
Ning Feng nodded.
"The Sage's sons—Indra and Asura—developed opposing philosophies as they grew."
"Asura believed that love was the key to peace."
"Indra believed that peace could only be achieved through power."
"When the Sage neared death, he entrusted his power to Asura, whose strength was inferior but who understood the importance of love."
"Indra became jealous of his younger brother."
"And thus began a conflict that would continue for generations."
"Even after their bloodlines weakened over time, their descendants continued fighting endlessly."
"Then... the descendants of Indra are the Uchiha Clan?"
Shisui spoke with disbelief.
Ning Feng nodded.
Shisui's expression became heavy.
"So this is the origin of the Uchiha Clan, Feng?"
"Yes."
"This is where the Uchiha come from."
"Because Indra inherited the Sage's Eyes, his descendants eventually inherited a diluted form of that power—the Sharingan, the precursor to the Rinnegan."
"And those who inherited the Sage's Body became the Senju Clan."
"So the wars during the Warring States Era weren't merely personal choices..."
"They were driven by fate itself."
Minato and Kakashi quietly stepped back, instinctively giving the two Uchiha space.
"Brother Shisui, those origins aren't what matters."
Ning Feng looked at Shisui's troubled expression.
He understood what Shisui was thinking.
Learning that he descended from Indra—a figure associated with conflict and struggle—was difficult for him to accept.
So Ning Feng smiled reassuringly.
"After all, many Uchiha eventually came to understand the importance of love."
"And that's exactly why only those who truly understand love can awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan."
"I see..."
Shisui took a deep breath.
"Then everything finally makes sense."
He stepped back beside Minato and Kakashi.
"Go on, Feng."
"After countless generations of conflict, the brothers were eventually reborn."
"During the Warring States Era, they each had reincarnations."
"Indra's reincarnation was Madara Uchiha."
"Asura's reincarnation was Hashirama Senju."
"Their conflict wasn't merely ideological."
"It was a battle dictated by destiny itself."
"Later, Madara sought to create the peace he envisioned."
"And thus he devised the Eye of the Moon Plan."
Minato frowned.
"But wasn't Madara already killed at the Valley of the End?"
"How did he come back?"
"What kind of technique can revive someone who's been dead for so many years?"
Ning Feng shook his head.
"That is the seventh ability of the Rinnegan."
Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique.
Then he slowly produced another intelligence report.
"Compared to that..."
"The Eye of the Moon Plan is what truly matters."
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