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Chapter 126: I Am the Mastermind Behind This!

As soon as Lucas greeted him, not only was Uchiha Obito stunned, but even the spirits in the chat group were momentarily speechless.

After a brief silence, Senju Tobirama was the first to react.

Senju Tobirama: Uchiha Obito? If I remember correctly, Namikaze Minato had a disciple by that name.

Namikaze Minato: Group Leader, you’re not saying that this is my deceased disciple, are you?

Uchiha Shisui: Impossible! The group leader previously said that Uchiha Obito died to save Hatake Kakashi.

Lucas chuckled.

Lucas: When did I ever say that Uchiha Obito died to save Hatake Kakashi? What I said was that he was buried under the rocks while saving Hatake Kakashi.

Namikaze Minato couldn't believe what he was hearing.

Namikaze Minato: Is he really Obito? Impossible! Obito was talented, but how could he possess such power?

Lucas responded calmly.

Lucas: Your teacher, Jiraiya, was at the bottom of the class when he was in school. Uchiha Obito was the same—he was also at the bottom.

Namikaze Minato: …
(At a loss for words.)

Senju Tobirama: So the masked man in front of him is really Uchiha Obito? That explains it! No wonder his mask only has one eye exposed. I originally thought it had some special significance, but now that I think about it, it’s because he gave his other eye to Hatake Kakashi.

Namikaze Minato sounded disappointed.

Namikaze Minato: So that’s it… That explains why, during the Nine-Tails attack, when I asked him if he was Uchiha Madara, he didn’t answer but instead removed his hood. I should have recognized his hairstyle!

Lucas: Don’t beat yourself up. Even if you had recognized him back then, it wouldn’t have changed anything.

Namikaze Minato: No! If I had realized it was Obito, maybe I could have brought him back.

Lucas bluntly shut down that thought.

Lucas: Naïve! By that time, he had already released the Nine-Tails, killed your wife, Kushina, and thrown Konoha into chaos. Even if you recognized him, what could you have done? Do you think you could have stopped him? Even if he surrendered, they wouldn’t have spared him!

Namikaze Minato fell silent.

Namikaze Minato: …
(That… actually makes sense.)

Senju Hashirama: What happened to Uchiha Obito? If I recall correctly, he was someone who valued his comrades deeply.

Whitebeard: Exactly! I still remember something he once said—“Those who break the rules are scum, but those who abandon their comrades are worse than scum.” I liked that mindset.

Pirate King Roger: A person who would risk his life to save his comrades, saying things like that… How could he be the same person who destroyed his village and harmed his friends?

Fire Fist Ace: Something must have happened to him.

Real World

Lucas glanced at the chat messages but didn’t reply there. He preferred to say things only once.

Meanwhile, Uchiha Obito narrowed his visible eye and spoke coldly.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about. Uchiha Obito? Never heard of him.”

Lucas smirked. “Really? Then who are you?”

Obito responded in a deep, aged voice, “I am Uchiha Madara!”

Chat Group

Senju Hashirama: ???

Senju Tobirama: Oh? So that’s how it is! Uchiha Madara, you’re the one who changed Uchiha Obito, aren’t you?

Uchiha Shisui: Wait, what? That’s impossible! Uchiha Madara should have already died by the time Obito had his accident.

Senju Tobirama: Nothing is impossible. Even if Uchiha Madara is dead, it doesn’t mean he didn’t leave behind certain contingency plans. Otherwise, how else could Obito mimic Madara’s voice so perfectly?

Uchiha Shisui: Wait… That voice… Is it really Uchiha Madara’s?

Senju Hashirama: That’s right! I’ve known Madara for years, and I know his voice better than anyone. There’s no way Obito could imitate it so perfectly!

Doflamingo: Fufufufu~ Not only is he impersonating Uchiha Madara, but he can even speak in his exact voice. If someone tells me that Obito has nothing to do with Madara, I’d never believe it.

Uchiha Madara: Hmph! Whether you believe it or not, I don’t need to explain anything to you.

Gengetsu Hōzuki: If Madara doesn’t want to explain, then we won’t force him. Besides, the group leader knows everything. He’ll clear things up for us.

Lucas: That’s right! No need to ask Madara—I know exactly what’s going on.

Real World

Lucas turned to Uchiha Obito and grinned. “Did you know that Rin Nohara event was cursed by Uchiha Madara?”

The moment he said this, Obito, who had been preparing to leave, froze in place. His entire body trembled. His visible eye locked onto Lucas as he spoke in a hoarse voice.

“…What did you say?”

Obito no longer spoke in Madara’s voice. His tone alone was enough to reveal the truth—he wasn’t Uchiha Madara. But at this moment, Obito didn’t care about keeping up the act.

He only cared about one thing—what did Lucas mean by that?

Lucas smirked and spoke slowly, “Since you want to know, let me tell you a story. A story quite different from what you’ve been told…

“Once upon a time, there was a boy named Uchiha Obito. In an effort to save his teammate, he was crushed under falling rocks and fell into an underground cave.

“In that cave, there was an old man on the verge of death. He was no ordinary man—he was once known as the feared Ninja Shura—Uchiha Madara!

“For years, he had been waiting. Waiting for someone who could carry on his plan after his death and ultimately resurrect him.

“When he saw the boy, he was intrigued. Because the boy’s ocular talent was extraordinary. The very moment he awakened his Sharingan, he had already developed two tomoe in each eye.

“And when he tried to escape, he instinctively activated his ability—the power of space-time distortion. The rocks that should have crushed him instead phased through him. It was this very ability that saved his life.

“The old man was shocked. Even he had never possessed such a terrifyingly powerful eye at such a young age. He believed that the boy was destined to fulfill his dream.

“So he had his subordinates investigate the boy. What he found delighted him—this boy had a heart full of love.

“And the old man knew one thing better than anyone… When a Uchiha with such a strong heart loses their love, their eyes evolve.

“They awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.”

Lucas continued speaking, his voice calm yet carrying an undeniable weight.

“The old man found the young man’s most precious person—his teammate, Rin Nohara. He manipulated the Mist Shinobi under his control to capture her, implant the Three-Tails into her body, and place a cursed seal that would prevent her from committing suicide.”

“Then, Rin was ‘rescued’ by Hatake Kakashi, but the Mist Shinobi continued to chase them down. At that moment, the young man—provoked by the old man’s words—arrived at just the right time.”

“The girl, knowing there was a Tailed Beast inside her, realized that if she returned to Konoha, the beast would be unleashed and destroy the village. Not wanting that to happen, she made a choice… She threw herself into her own teammate’s attack—Hatake Kakashi’s strike.”

“And all of this… just so happened to be witnessed by the young man at the worst possible moment.”

“And then… a brand-new pair of Mangekyō Sharingan was born.”

Lucas stared at Uchiha Obito, whose entire body trembled as his fingers dug into his head.

“In the end, you have to admit… Uchiha Madara’s ability to manipulate people is terrifying. The timing of Rin Nohara’s ‘suicide’ was just too perfect. It was absolutely… orchestrated.”

Obito clenched his head tighter, his voice raw with anger.

“Shut up!”

Lucas saw the change in Obito’s demeanor and knew he had struck a nerve.

Obito already believed Lucas’ words.

After all, he knew better than anyone else that the curse preventing suicide and controlling others was something Uchiha Madara had also placed on him.

If he really thought about it, everything that happened to him after meeting Uchiha Madara was just… too coincidental. It didn't make sense.

Why did Uchiha Madara tell him that the world was hell?

If Madara had only wanted to pass on this philosophy, why let him go?

Even more absurd—why was Madara so certain that Obito would return?

Damn it.

Thinking back to that moment, Obito could now see it clearly—Madara had practically spelled it out for him!

The old man was manipulating him from the start!

But back then, when Obito had watched Rin die by Kakashi’s hands, his grief consumed him. The sheer shock had pushed him into darkness. He had blindly accepted Madara’s ideology and never once stopped to question what had truly happened.

And more importantly…

That memory was the most painful moment of his life. A nightmare he never wanted to revisit.

Of course, he wouldn’t have noticed the cracks in the story before.

But now, with Lucas forcibly dragging it into the light…

He could finally see the deception.

Obito slowly lifted his head, his lone eye filled with cold fury.

“You… know too much.”

Lucas exhaled lightly, shaking his head.

“Pfft! That’s not how you talk to your benefactor. What? You think I know too much?”

Obito scoffed. “Even if Uchiha Madara lied to me, the Eye of the Moon Plan is still correct.”

Lucas rolled his eyes. “Are you stupid? You, Uchiha Madara, and Nagato are all the same—just a bunch of delusional maniacs who think you’re the protagonists of this world. In reality, you’re nothing but puppets being played like fools.”

Obito’s expression darkened. “What did you just say?”

Lucas sneered. “You and Uchiha Madara are no different. Don’t you realize you’ve treated Nagato the same way Madara treated you? You thought you were turning him into your pawn, but in truth… you’ve been Madara’s pawn from the very beginning. You never escaped.”

Obito’s body trembled. His visible eye burned with rage and unwillingness.

Chat Group

At that moment, the chat group had already descended into chaos.

Ever since Lucas explained how Madara had manipulated Obito, the group had erupted.

Senju Hashirama: Madara! You’ve gone too far! Obito is your own clansman, how could you do this to him?!

Pirate King Roger: Tricking your own allies like this… You’re an absolute bastard!

Senju Tobirama: And that’s exactly why I despise the Uchiha clan. Their power is driven by such dangerous emotions!

Uchiha Shisui: Nidaime! The Uchiha’s power isn’t evil! If anything, the evolution of the Sharingan after loss proves that the Uchiha want to change their own tragedies! It’s not about destruction—it’s about trying to gain enough power to protect the people they love!

Senju Tobirama: Hmph. That may be what you believe, but Uchihas like you are rare. Most become extremely paranoid once they awaken the Sharingan. Uchiha Obito is a prime example.

Doflamingo: Fufufufu~ So in the end, he gave in to despair and embraced the idea that the world is hell, while illusions are paradise.

Namikaze Minato: No wonder there were always obstacles whenever I tried to help Kakashi and the others. It was Uchiha Madara’s doing all along.

Senju Tobirama: What a waste… A good-hearted boy turned into this because of Madara’s manipulation.

Whitebeard: I liked him before he turned to the dark side.

Howard Stark: Given everything he went through, I can understand why Obito ended up like this. His attacks on Konoha and Kirigakure were fueled by revenge.

Senju Tobirama: Revenge? Probably. Konoha failed to protect its own ninjas. Minato couldn’t protect his disciple. So Obito started the Nine-Tails attack.

Kirigakure forced Rin into becoming a Jinchūriki, so he manipulated their Mizukage and drowned their village in blood and tyranny.

Gengetsu Hōzuki: Hold up! Konoha’s revenge is at least somewhat understandable, but what the hell did we do? We were just being used from start to finish!

Namikaze Minato: …
(I’m innocent too! Madara’s schemes always kept me one step behind! )

Lucas: Okay, okay, enough of this pointless chatter. What’s done is done. Obito is pitiful, sure, but he doesn’t need our sympathy. At the end of the day, he’s a sore loser. His childhood crush died, and instead of moving on, he took his anger out on everyone else.

Lucas: And don’t even bring up Infinite Tsukuyomi. If he truly believed that illusion was paradise, then why didn’t he just revive Rin in his dreams? Minato and Kushina took such good care of him, and yet he still killed them without hesitation.

The group went quiet.

Lucas had a point.

Uchiha Obito’s past was tragic, but what about all the innocent people he had killed? Were they not pitiful too?

The world did not revolve around his suffering alone.

Chapter 127: There Is No Way to Struggle Anymore—Just Accept Your Fate!

Chat Group

Lucas: @Namikaze Minato, prepare on your end. If you really can’t make it in time, leave a clone behind. Get ready, I’m summoning you to clean up your own mess.

Namikaze Minato: You want me to do it?

Lucas: If you don’t want to handle it yourself, I can take care of him for you.

Namikaze Minato: Forget it! He’s my disciple, after all. I’ll personally send him on his way! I failed to stop him during the Nine-Tails Rebellion, and today… I’ll correct my mistake!

Lucas: Alright! Honestly, it was a shame that your fight back then ended the way it ended

Real World

Lucas looked at Uchiha Obito and take out a special marked three prong kunai, then he throw the kunai.

"Swish!"

A figure came light a yellow blur, Namikaze Minato appeared.

“Obito, long time no see.”

His voice carried a complex emotion as he looked at the masked man before him.

Underneath the mask, Obito’s lone visible eye flickered with an unreadable expression.

“Sensei… I didn’t expect you to be reincarnated.”

That night—the night of the Nine-Tails attack—Obito had been certain of his own superiority.

With his Kamui, enhanced body from Senju Hashirama’s cells, and control over the Nine-Tails, he had believed it would be easy to defeat his former teacher.

Yet, reality had proven otherwise.

Namikaze Minato’s mastery of the Flying Thunder God Technique combined with Rasengan had crushed his arrogance. That battle had been a harsh lesson, forcing him to acknowledge that there were always stronger opponents.

If not for the fact that he had been wearing the White Zetsu armor, his body augmented with Hashirama’s cells, he might not have survived Minato’s Rasengan.

It was in that moment that Obito realized his biggest flaw—a lack of real combat experience.

No matter how precious the training videos left by Uchiha Madara were, watching recordings could never compare to countless life-and-death battles against someone like Namikaze Minato.

Obito’s voice was low but filled with confidence.

“This time… it won’t be so easy for you to defeat me.”

He had lost the space-time ninjutsu battle back then. But over the years, he had continuously refined his strength. Meanwhile, Minato had been dead. A dead man couldn’t grow stronger.

Minato sighed, pulling out a kunai.

“Obito… I really didn’t want you to walk this path.”

His voice carried genuine regret.

“I always believed that you could become Hokage.”

In an instant—Flying Thunder God Technique!

Minato vanished from his spot and reappeared right in front of Obito. The kunai in his hand was pressed against his disciple’s throat.

Obito’s eye widened in shock.

"How?!"

How had Minato gotten so close so quickly?!

Minato gazed at him with sorrowful eyes and spoke calmly.

“Back during the Nine-Tails attack… I left a Flying Thunder God mark on you.”

“The mark never disappears.”

Chat Group

Senju Tobirama: Fourth Hokage! If you left your mark on him that night, why didn’t you just kill him back then?!

Senju Hashirama: Yeah! You had the ability to appear next to him at any time. Why not take him out the moment he let his guard down?

Namikaze Minato: Because when I defeated him that night, the Nine-Tails was still rampaging in Konoha. I had to conserve chakra to deal with it, so I let him go momentarily. After all, he had already chosen to retreat and no longer posed an immediate threat.

Lucas: And then… you found out Kushina was dead, got emotional, and kill yourself.

Namikaze Minato: Uh…

Senju Tobirama: If you put it that way, Naruto should resent you. You knew the threat Obito posed and had the means to eliminate him, yet you left that responsibility to a newborn.

Namikaze Minato: Hahaha… (Awkward laugh)

Lucas: Relax, this is just basic Konoha protocol.

Fire Fist Ace: This is basic protocol?!

Lucas: Yeah! Uchiha Itachi killed his entire clan, including his parents, all for his little brother. Uchiha Obito slaughtered his village and nearly destroyed the world just because of his childhood crush. Compared to them, Minato sacrificing himself for his wife, his village, and his son is barely even worth mentioning.

Namikaze Minato: …

Pirate King Roger: You’re right! Compared to those two Uchihas, Minato’s sacrifice actually seems… pretty mild. By the way, does the Ninja World have a lot of crazy people like this?

Lucas: In the grand scheme of things, there aren’t too many of them. But among the people who reach the peak of the ninja world? Oh yeah, there are plenty.

Golden Lion Shiki: Hahahaha! Bro-con, secret crush, wife-obsessed maniacs… These types of people really are fascinating. They’ll do anything for their obsessions!

Real World

Uchiha Obito's body gradually became illusory before reappearing, completely intact, a short distance away.

Namikaze Minato’s expression stiffened. “Izanagi? No… why isn’t his Sharingan blind?”

His disbelief deepened. “Could it be that after obtaining Senju Hashirama’s cells, using Izanagi no longer results in blindness?”

Lucas smirked. “No. The reason his Sharingan isn’t blind is simple—he didn’t use his own. The one under his mask isn’t his original eye. After giving his Sharingan to Hatake Kakashi, he replaced it with another Uchiha’s Sharingan.”

Obito’s voice was cold. “You sure know a lot. But it doesn’t matter. Now that I’m on guard, Minato-sensei, you won’t be able to kill me with the Flying Thunder God Technique.”

With that, Obito violently tore a piece of flesh from his own arm and threw it far away.

On that severed flesh was the Flying Thunder God mark Minato had placed on him.

Minato sighed bitterly. “Troublesome. Without the mark, dealing with him will be much harder.”

Even so, Minato’s expression quickly turned firm as he prepared for battle.

Obito, however, simply raised his hand.

“Forget it, Minato-sensei. I have no interest in fighting you right now. You should know by now… if I don’t want to fight, there’s nothing you can do to stop me.”

He spoke with complete confidence. Minato had already experienced Kamui’s phasing ability firsthand—he believed he could bluff his way out.

And in a way, he was right.

Minato indeed had no direct counter to Kamui’s intangibility. But what Obito didn’t expect was that Minato had other resources at his disposal.

“Group Leader,” Minato said, turning toward Lucas. “I can’t stop him if he decides to run.”

“His space-time ninjutsu makes him untouchable. I don’t know how to counter it.”

Minato sighed. “I wanted to settle this myself, but it looks like you’ll have to handle him.”

At this, Obito turned toward Lucas and felt an ominous chill when he saw Lucas watching him with an amused smirk.

Lucas chuckled. “Relax, dealing with him is simple. His space-time technique has weaknesses. Let me explain—after hearing it, you’ll realize he’s not as untouchable as he thinks.”

As Lucas fixed his gaze on him, Obito subconsciously tensed up, unwilling to make any rash moves.

Lucas then began explaining.

“His Mangekyō Sharingan ability is called Kamui. Each of his eyes has a different function.

His right eye allows him to absorb objects into a different dimension and also lets him phase through attacks by transferring parts of his body into that dimension.
The reason your attacks passed through him, Minato, is that his real body wasn’t even in the physical world—it was in his dimension. The part of him you saw was merely an afterimage.”

Minato’s eyes narrowed. “That explains why none of my attacks landed. His real self wasn’t even there.”

Chat Group

Golden Lion Shiki: That ability sounds just like the Logia-type Devil Fruits that allow users to turn into elements! Except instead of fire or smoke, his element is… space itself?

Pirate King Roger: Then can’t we just use Haki to hit him? The group leader should try it!

Whitebeard: That’s not possible. He’s not an actual Devil Fruit user.

Senju Tobirama: There’s no such thing as an invincible technique. There has to be a weakness!

Real World

Lucas nodded. “And there is one. You can counter Kamui’s intangibility simply by attacking him nonstop for five minutes.”

Minato frowned. “Why five minutes?”

Lucas smirked. “Because Kamui is a Mangekyō Sharingan ability, and like all Mangekyō techniques, it drains pupil power. Even with Senju Hashirama’s cells aiding his recovery, he still needs time to replenish it.

If you can keep him phasing for a full five minutes, his Mangekyō will completely burn out, and he won’t be able to phase anymore.”

Minato’s eyes widened in realization. “So that’s why he prepared an extra Sharingan to use for Izanagi—because his Mangekyō’s power would be exhausted.”

Lucas nodded. “Exactly. The time Izanagi buys him allows his Hashirama cells to restore just enough power for him to keep using Kamui.”

Minato sighed. “Kamui really is a near-invincible ability… But keeping up an attack for five minutes straight is difficult. I may have unlimited chakra now, but even then, it won’t be easy.”

Lucas shrugged. “No problem, there’s another way to deal with him.”

Minato perked up. “What way?”

Lucas smirked. “His Kamui teleports him into another dimension, right? But his afterimage still appears in this world before he fully disappears. To fully shift into the alternate dimension, he needs at least ten seconds. During that ten-second period, he’s completely vulnerable to attacks.”

Minato’s eyes lit up. “That’s perfect!”

Chat Group

Senju Tobirama: Hah! So it takes him ten seconds to fully teleport? That’s a huge flaw!

Lucas: It’s only that slow because he has one eye. If he had both, he could fully teleport in under three seconds.

Senju Tobirama: NANI?! THREE SECONDS?!

Senju Hashirama: That’s terrifying…

Lucas: It wasn’t that powerful before. The only reason Kamui is so ridiculously strong now is because he has Hashirama’s cells. They allow him to continuously regenerate pupil power, making Kamui abusable instead of something he has to use sparingly.

Uchiha Shisui: That makes sense! Without Hashirama’s cells, Mangekyō Sharingan is risky to use. The more you use it, the faster you go blind. Without Hashirama’s cells, Obito’s eyes would have burned out long ago.

Senju Hashirama: Hahaha! My cells really are amazing!

Uchiha Madara: @Senju Hashirama, can you stop being an idiot for once?

Senju Hashirama: I’m just a little amazed that my Senju cells and the Uchiha’s eyes together could create such a broken ability!

Real World

Minato asked, “Leader, isn’t there a faster way? Five minutes is too long—it doesn’t suit my fighting style.”

Minato was all about speed. In all his past battles, fights had been decided in an instant. Dragging things out for five minutes wasn’t his style.

Lucas smirked. “If you don’t want to waste time, just go back to Konoha and grab Kakashi’s Sharingan. With his Mangekyō Sharingans, you can open the same dimension and send a Shadow Clone inside to ambush him.”

Obito fell silent.

After hearing Lucas expose every single one of his weaknesses, he knew it was over.

There was no way he could escape.

Finally, he let out a defeated sigh and sat down.

“…I give up.”

He had no way to struggle anymore.

All he could do was accept his fate.

Chapter 128: What Did It Cost? Years!

Real World

Just as Namikaze Minato was about to make his move, Uchiha Obito suddenly sat down with a grin.

“Don’t bother. I admit defeat.”

With an emotionless expression, he removed his mask.

Minato looked stunned. “Admit defeat?”

“My weaknesses have been completely exposed. There’s no point in struggling anymore.” Obito sighed, his tone filled with regret. “I should have taken back Kakashi’s Sharingan from the start.”

There was no fight left in him.

The Sharingan in Kakashi’s possession was the real reason he had given up.

Facing the Fourth Hokage, who could instantly teleport using the Flying Thunder God Technique, Obito had no confidence in retrieving Kakashi’s eye before Minato got to it first. If that Sharingan fell into Minato’s hands, his dreams would be over.

With Minato having access to both Mangekyō Sharingan, he could send a Shadow Clone into Kamui’s dimension. If that happened, Obito’s biggest trump card—Kamui’s intangibility—would become worthless.

Without his so-called "invincible" ability, could he still pretend to be Uchiha Madara?

No.

He wouldn't even have the confidence to stand before Nagato, let alone manipulate him into executing the Eye of the Moon Plan.

That was the real reason he surrendered. His dreams were no longer possible.

He was now nothing but a defeated man—a broken shell with empty eyes, void of any ambition.

Snap!

In a blur, Lucas appeared beside Obito, slapping a sealing mark onto his shoulder. Jet-black markings quickly spread across his body.

Seal!

Puff!

With Obito’s chakra completely sealed, Lucas reached out and plucked the Mangekyō Sharingan from his eye socket.

This eye was valuable—Lucas had a use for it.

“...”

Minato turned his head away, unable to watch.

Lucas noticed and casually reassured him. “Relax. He has Senju Hashirama’s cells—he can replace his eyes anytime.”

Digging through Obito’s belongings, Lucas retrieved a sealed scroll. Inside was a tube of pale green nutrient solution, which contained a spare Sharingan that Obito had prepared.

Lucas removed the spare eye and implanted it into Obito’s empty socket, restoring his vision. Meanwhile, he carefully stored the Kamui Mangekyō in the nutrient solution for safekeeping.

“This guy’s all yours now,” Lucas said, tossing Obito toward Minato.

Minato didn’t waste time. Without saying much, he gave Lucas a nod and activated Flying Thunder God Technique, disappearing with Obito in an instant.

The technique drained an enormous amount of chakra when used over long distances, especially across two different villages. Fortunately, as an Edo Tensei, Minato now had unlimited chakra, allowing him to teleport freely.

BOOM!

At that moment, the Three-Tails beneath Lucas trembled violently.

With Obito’s Mangekyō Sharingan removed and his chakra sealed, the Tailed Beast was beginning to regain its senses.

ROAR—!

A low, guttural growl escaped from the massive turtle-like creature. But just as it began to stir, a wooden dragon—coiling tightly around its body—contracted with immense force. The sheer pressure nearly crushed its shell.

Three-Tails: …

Under such overwhelming suppression, the giant turtle decided to surrender. Without hesitation, it retreated back into the body of its Jinchūriki—Yagura Karatachi.

Real World - Kirigakure

“...What happened?”

Yagura groggily opened his eyes, finally freed from Obito’s genjutsu. His gaze darted around in confusion as he took in the surrounding scene.

SLAP!

Before he could react, Lucas appeared beside him and slapped a sealing mark onto his shoulder, instantly imprisoning his chakra.

Nearby, Terumi Mei—who had been silently observing—finally stepped forward, her expression serious.

“What are you planning to do with our Fourth Mizukage?” she asked coldly.

Lucas smiled. “He’s done too many terrible things. Do you really think Kirigakure will just forgive him?”

Mei frowned. “So… you’re planning to save him?”

Lucas shook his head. “Not at all. I just don’t want him to die too soon. I need to borrow him for a while. I’ll return him in a few days.”

Mei’s expression darkened. “I refuse. Neither our Fourth Mizukage nor Kirigakure’s Three-Tails Jinchūriki can be handed over so easily.”

Lucas chuckled. “Oh? That’s fine. But let me be clear—I don’t need your permission. If you think you can stop me, go ahead and try.”

BOOM!

The wooden dragon, having lost its previous target, suddenly expanded.

A wooden giant, as large as Susanoo, emerged from within, radiating an aura of immense power.

Its tailless wooden dragon coiled around its body, and two pairs of huge golden eyes locked onto Terumi Mei.

"...…"

Feeling the sheer pressure emanating from the Wood Release construct, Terumi Mei instantly understood.

This was not a fight she could win.

Even Three-Tails had been easily subdued—she stood no chance.

“…Fine.” Mei sighed, her tone laced with frustration. “You win. Kirigakure can’t stop you.”

She gritted her teeth as she looked up at the massive wooden entity, barely resisting the urge to curse aloud. If this thing went berserk in Kirigakure, it would cause as much devastation as a Tailed Beast attack.

Lucas gave her a playful smile. “That’s the spirit. Don’t worry—I’ll bring Yagura back to you.”

With that, the ground beneath him shifted, forming an earthen platform that lifted both him and Yagura into the sky.

Mei watched as Lucas disappeared, her gaze narrowing.

“‘See you later’…?” she muttered to herself before glancing at the now-lifeless wooden constructs.

“This… this is definitely First Hokage’s Wood Release,” she murmured.

Kirigakure’s records contained information about Senju Hashirama—the God of Shinobi who ended the Warring States Era.

Among those records were descriptions of the Wood Golem Jutsu and Wood Dragon Technique.

Before today, Mei had believed the stories were exaggerated.

Now, however…

She realized the truth—the records weren’t exaggerated at all.

“This changes everything,” she muttered.

“The Fourth Hokage, the reappearance of Wood Release… it’s been far too long since Kirigakure has truly understood the outside world.”

Her resolve hardened.

She needed to restore Kirigakure’s strength—and fast.

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Gengetsu Hōzuki: Group Leader, why did you take Kirigakure’s Three-Tails?

Lucas: Because I need it.

Gengetsu Hōzuki: Wait… aren’t you planning to return it? That’s an important asset for Kirigakure!

Lucas: Not just Three-Tails—all of them. The entire tailed beast distribution system has failed. These things are better off elsewhere.

Gengetsu Hōzuki: Wait—so only Kirigakure is losing a Tailed Beast? How is that fair?!

Senju Tobirama: Are you sure? Without a Tailed Beast and with Yagura’s rule damaging Kirigakure, can your village even stay in the Five Great Nations?

Gengetsu Hōzuki: Hah! Unlike Konoha, our village isn’t hated by everyone. We’ll recover soon enough!

Gengetsu Hōzuki: That girl who led the rebellion against the Fourth Mizukage isn’t bad. She’s bold, decisive, wise, and willing to make sacrifices. She’ll definitely become the Fifth Mizukage and lead Kirigakure to prosperity.

Senju Hashirama: Group Leader, why are you collecting the Tailed Beasts? I admit that my original plan to distribute them among the villages has proven to be a failure, but what’s the use of gathering them all? With your strength, even the Nine-Tails wouldn’t pose much of a threat to you.

Lucas: The Nine-Tails is no longer useful to me… but the Ten-Tails is different. Right, Uchiha Madara?

Uchiha Madara: …

Senju Hashirama: Ten-Tails? As far as I know, there are only nine Tailed Beasts. Where did a Tenth one come from?

Uchiha Madara: Its real, Ten tail is all the combine tailed beasts.

Senju Tobirama : Madara, is this another one of your schemes?

Lucas: No, this isn’t Madara’s plan. He was just an executor. The Ten-Tails was always his goal. By becoming its Jinchūriki, he could complete the Eye of the Moon Plan and cast Infinite Tsukuyomi over the entire ninja world.

Uchiha Shisui: So that’s it! I always wondered… how did Uchiha Madara plan to put the entire world under a genjutsu? That’s not something a regular Sharingan can do.

Uchiha Madara: Indeed. It’s impossible for a mere human. But by becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki, one gains power rivaling the Sage of Six Paths. Only with that power could Infinite Tsukuyomi be cast.

Pirate King Roger: Sage of Six Paths? Who’s that? I never asked before.

Senju Hashirama: A legendary man—said to have created the ninja world.

Golden Lion Shiki: Created the world?! Shihahaha! Now I’m really interested in this Ten-Tails. I’d love to see what kind of power can create an entire world! Shihahahaha

Whitebeard: Gurararara! Interesting indeed. There are plenty of powers in our world that can destroy the world, but I’ve never heard of one that can create it!

Uchiha Madara: I don’t know what that power truly is, but I believe I’ll see it one day. Lucas… you want to be the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki, don’t you?

Lucas: That’s right. Since you won’t give me Rinnegan through the chat group, I’ll just take the Rinnegan you left behind in the ninja world.

Uchiha Madara : It’s annoying how much you already know!

Lucas: Oh? Did I upset you? What an honor!

Senju Hashirama: Wait! What did you just say?! Madara… you had the Rinnegan?!

Senju Tobirama: Yeah! The Rinnegan is the eye of the Sage of Six Paths. If you had Rinnegan, you wouldn’t have lost to my brother!

Lucas: Madara, do you want to tell them, or should I?

Uchiha Madara : Hmph! Hashirama, did you really think you killed me all those years ago? Don’t be stupid. That was just part of my plan. I never truly died—otherwise, how do you think I trained Obito?

Senju Tobirama: That’s true… I always found it suspicious that Madara lived long enough to meet Obito. I personally nailed his coffin shut after he died!

Uchiha Madara: Because I never died. Or rather, I was resurrected after death.

Senju Tobirama tensed up. How?!

Uchiha Madara: The method I used is one you’re all familiar with—Izanagi.

Senju Tobirama : Impossible! I examined your body for hours. Izanagi can only rewrite short periods of time. You should’ve been dead by then!

Uchiha Madara : Hah! Foolish Tobirama. The Izanagi you know is only the one cast using a normal Sharingan. But if you use Mangekyō Sharingan, you can rewrite even death itself!

Senju Tobirama :. Group Leader… is that true?

Lucas: Yes. Madara stored Izanagi within his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and activated it after his "death." He tricked everyone using time delay. After his body was sealed away, Izanagi took effect, resurrecting him.

Uchiha Madara : After that, I left a clone in the coffin so that when Tobirama checked later, he wouldn’t notice anything was off. Then, I returned to my hideout… and used the flesh and blood I took from Hashirama to cultivate myself.

Senju Hashirama: Wait… my flesh and blood?

Lucas chuckled. Yeah. During your final battle, Madara bit you and took some of your cells, then placed them into his own wound to heal.

Senju Hashirama : He… bit me?!

Senju Tobirama: Transplanting my brother’s cells… I should’ve known. Only those with Sharingan can suppress the rampant regeneration of Hashirama’s cells.

Uchiha Madara : You figured that out?

Senju Tobirama :Of course. I’m a scientist. Hashirama’s cells have too much vitality—only someone with immense mental strength can suppress them. Otherwise, they’d consume the host.

Uchiha Madara : Hah! But you never shared that knowledge, did you? Afraid of the Uchiha growing too strong?

Senju Tobirama: That’s right. Uchihas with Sharingan have a high success rate in transplanting Hashirama’s cells. But I refused to let them experiment with it—I knew that if they became too strong, they’d be uncontrollable.

Uchiha Shisui: That explains it! Uchiha Obito had Mangekyō Sharingan, and Danzo transplanted my Mangekyō along with multiple Sharingan into his arm. That’s why their bodies could handle Hashirama’s cells!

Senju Tobirama: Then, Madara… you lost a Mangekyō due to Izanagi, but you were still able to withstand my brother’s cells?

Lucas : Not just withstand—he achieved perfect fusion. He gained Hashirama’s Sage Body and Wood Style. Not only that… but he also awakened the Rinnegan!

Senju Tobirama : Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan + Hashirama’s Cells = Rinnegan?! This is huge news!

Lucas: Not quite. Rinnegan doesn’t appear instantly. Madara paid a price for it.

Senju Tobirama: A price?

Lucas: What did it cost, Madara?

Uchiha Madara: …Years.

Lucas: Hahaha! That’s right. Decades. Madara was already old and frail by the time his Rinnegan awakened. That’s why he had to rely on Obito.

Uchiha Madara : Tch. The worst part? Even knowing everything, I’d do it again. The power of the Rinnegan is worth it.

Chapter 129: Nagato... He Likes Both of Them!

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Lucas: Uchiha Madara is right. By the time he awakened the Rinnegan, he was already quite old. Executing the Eye of the Moon Plan by himself was impossible, so he entrusted his Rinnegan to someone else.

Namikaze Minato: I remember now! Jiraiya-sensei once mentioned that he had three disciples in the Land of Rain. One of them, Uzumaki Nagato, was from the Uzumaki Clan and possessed the legendary Rinnegan—the eyes of the Sage of Six Paths.

Senju Tobirama : Nani?! Your teacher Jiraiya was a Konoha ninja, right? If he found someone with Rinnegan, why didn’t he bring him back to Konoha and train him?!

Namikaze Minato : Because none of Jiraiya-sensei’s three disciples had any strong affection for Konoha. They wanted to stay in the Land of Rain and change their country. Jiraiya-sensei respected their decision.

Senju Tobirama : Your teacher Jiraiya is really something else…

Lucas : Don’t be too harsh on Jiraiya. Bringing Uzumaki Nagato—someone with Rinnegan—to Konoha wouldn’t have been easy.

Senju Hashirama: Why? Konoha and the Uzumaki Clan were close allies… Oh, wait. I get it.

Golden Lion Shiki : Shihahahah I remember this part! Didn’t Konoha betray the Uzumaki Clan? Sounds like karma to me!

Lucas: Not only that. Uzumaki Nagato’s biological parents were killed by Konoha ninjas.

Senju Tobirama: Wait… How could Nagato’s parents be enemies of Konoha? Was this an act of revenge?

Lucas: You’re overthinking it. Nagato’s parents were just ordinary civilians—they had nothing to do with any vendetta against Konoha.

Senju Hashirama: Then how did they end up being killed by Konoha ninjas?

Uchiha Madara: I know about this. During one of Konoha’s wars against other villages in the Land of Rain, the area where Nagato’s family lived turned into a battlefield. Most civilians fled, but his family stayed behind.

Uchiha Madara: Three Konoha ninjas broke into their home, looking for supplies. When they saw Nagato’s parents, they mistook them for enemy ninjas and attacked, killing them on the spot.

Whitebeard: What a tragedy…

Senju Hashirama: That’s… not as bad as I thought it would be.

Uchiha Madara : Not bad enough? Hashirama, the village you created—the one you believed would bring peace to the world—murdered innocent people in another country.

Senju Tobirama: Madara, don’t tell me you orchestrated this. Just like how you manipulated Obito, were you also controlling these Konoha ninjas?

Uchiha Madara: Hmph! Don’t put this on me. I had nothing to do with that.

Senju Tobirama: Then Nagato’s Rinnegan—that was your doing, wasn’t it?

Uchiha Madara: That much is true. I gave Nagato my Rinnegan. But I had no involvement in the deaths of his parents. Although… I did prepare a few other tragedies for him. They just weren’t necessary in the end.

Uchiha Shisui: Group Leader, are you going to find Uzumaki Nagato now?

Lucas: That’s right. Madara’s Rinnegan is with him. I’m going to take it back.

Namikaze Minato: Wait… I remember Jiraiya-sensei once said that all three of his disciples—including Nagato—died during the war.

Senju Tobirama: Your teacher received false information. Have you forgotten what the group leader told Obito? Obito manipulated Nagato.

Namikaze Minato: Eh? I didn’t notice that before…

Whitebeard: Minato, what are you going to do with Obito?

Namikaze Minato: I’ll handle him according to justice. I won’t let personal feelings cloud my judgment. I won’t punish him more just because he hurt me, nor will I punish him less just because he was once my student.

Senju Hashirama: So fairness, huh? That means… he won’t survive. He’s done too many unforgivable things. Letting him live would be dangerous.

Namikaze Minato: So, you’re heading to the Land of Rain?

Lucas glanced at the perpetual downpour around him. “Yeah, this eternal rain could only mean I’m in the Land of Rain.”

Pirate King Roger: I’ve noticed something. The Ninja World is very similar to the Grand Line in the Pirate World. Kirigakure has its eternal fog, and the Land of Rain has constant storms. This kind of crazy weather reminds me of the Grand Line!

Whitebeard laughed. Gurararara! Roger, feeling restless? Want to go out and stretch your legs?

Pirate King Roger: You read my mind, Whitebeard! @Lucas, Group Leader, can you reincarnate me? I want to return to the world of the living!"

Lucas: Theoretically… yes.

Pirate King Roger: Then what are you waiting for?! Hurry up and reincarnate me!

Lucas: No can do. Edo Tensei requires physical remains—and I don’t have any of yours.

Pirate King Roger : Damn! My remains are all back in the Pirate World…

Lucas: Relax. Once I return to the Pirate World, I’ll reincarnate you in seconds. Anyone else in the group want to come out for some fresh air? I can start digging graves ahead of time.

Whitebeard: …Did you just say grave digging?

Lucas: Of course! You’re all buried in the ground. How else do you expect me to get your remains?

Fire Fist Ace: …This is making me think…

Golden Lion Shiki: Shihahaha! I wouldn’t mind coming back for a bit. The idea of a reincarnated body sounds interesting.

Doflamingo: Fufufufu~ The chat group allows us to see the outside world, but I’d much rather witness the destruction of the World Government with my own eyes.

Namikaze Minato: Group Leader, is that Amegakure (Rain Village) up ahead? That’s where the leader of the Rain Shinobi, Hanzō of the Salamander, resides. But what about Uzumaki Nagato?

Uchiha Shisui: Did Nagato seek refuge under Hanzō of the Salamander? No wonder Jiraiya-sama couldn’t find them. Hanzō is known as a demigod, a powerful figure in the ninja world.

Senju Tobirama: Wait… what did you just call him?

Uchiha Madara sneered. A demigod—as in "half a God of Shinobi." After Hashirama and I disappeared, the ninja world lost its sense of awe. Even a mediocre man like Hanzō dared to claim such a title.

Uchiha Shisui: He may not be on the same level as the First Hokage, but he was still one of the strongest Kage-level shinobi. His poisonous salamander summon was nearly unbeatable on the battlefield.

Namikaze Minato: That’s true. Hanzō was widely respected. He was even the one who gave Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade their legendary title—Konoha’s Sannin—after their battle.

Senju Hashirama: Interesting! I’d love to meet this so-called demigod Hanzō of the Salamander.

Lucas: Too bad you can’t. Hanzō is dead. He was killed by Uzumaki Nagato long ago. The real ruler of Amegakure now… is Nagato.

Uchiha Shisui: What?!

Namikaze Minato: How did that happen?!

Lucas: Surprised? You shouldn’t be. Amegakure has always been a secluded village, isolated from the outside world. On top of that, Nagato deliberately blocked all information from leaving the village. It’s no surprise that no one knew Hanzō was dead."

Senju Tobirama: So, Nagato killed Hanzō and took over Amegakure… but never announced it? What is he planning?

Lucas: Simple. Revenge… and the Eye of the Moon Plan."

Senju Tobirama: The Eye of the Moon Plan makes sense—he must’ve been manipulated by Uchiha Obito. But revenge? Against whom?

Lucas: It’s a long story, so I’ll summarize. In short, it’s another case of a love triangle… and a “best friend” situation."

Senju Tobirama: A love triangle?!

Lucas: Is that surprising? Honestly, I don’t know which idiot came up with the idea of forming three-man squads consisting of two men and one woman. Of course, love triangles were bound to happen.

Uchiha Madara: @Senju Tobirama, hello idiot, goodbye idiot!

Senju Tobirama : My squad formation had deep meaning! It was meant to promote teamwork, ensuring that the men recognized the value of women while also fostering competition between the two men to push them to improve.

Lucas: I don’t know about that, but what I do know is that this system resulted in endless love triangles and questionable friendships in the ninja world.

For example, take Uchiha Obito’s team. A classic love triangle and “bro” situation.*

Lucas: Obito had a crush on Rin. Rin had a crush on Kakashi. But Kakashi… well, he was too busy obsessing over his "best friend" Obito. @Tobirama, your squad system has caused massive consequences in the ninja world!

Uchiha Madara chuckled. What kind of consequences?

Lucas: Before this squad system was introduced, the ninja world was all about brotherly bonds.

Uchiha Madara & Izuna
Hashirama & Tobirama
Hashirama & Madara

Romantic relationships weren’t even a major factor.

After the squad system was put in place?
It created a generation of love triangles and complex emotions!*

Uchiha Madara: …

Lucas: Don’t believe me? Just ask Senju Hashirama—was Uzumaki Mito more important to him, or was it Tobirama and Madara?

Senju Hashirama: …

Senju Tobirama : Enough! Get back to talking about Nagato!

Lucas: Alright, let’s get back to Nagato. After his parents were killed, he became an orphan wandering the war-torn Land of Rain. That’s when he met Yahiko and Konan, two other orphans.

Lucas: To survive, Nagato joined Yahiko and Konan in stealing food and fighting for scraps. Eventually, the three of them encountered Jiraiya, who took them under his wing and trained them in ninjutsu.

Howard Stark: Alright, alright, cut to the real story—what about the love triangle? Who liked who?

Lucas: *imple:

Yahiko liked Konan.
Konan liked Yahiko.
Nagato… liked both.

But he wasn’t about to be a third wheel.

Howard Stark : What? That’s it? I was expecting some drama! Maybe all three of them being together or something…

Lucas: That wasn’t gonna happen. The ratio was wrong. If Nagato had been a girl, then maybe… but two guys? No chance.

Senju Tobirama : Forget the love triangle! Explain how they turned against Hanzō of the Salamander!

Chapter 130: I Really Can’t Help It!

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Lucas: Why did Uzumaki Nagato seek revenge against Hanzō of the Salamander? That’s a great question! And the answer is simple—it’s all because of you, Senju Tobirama! You trained an excellent student: Shimura Danzo!

Senju Tobirama: Why are you bringing up Danzo just to insult him? What did he do this time?

Lucas : "What did he do?" More like, what didn’t he do? @Senju Tobirama, don’t underestimate Shimura Danzo. His strength may have been mediocre, but his ability to cause chaos? That was top-tier.

Senju Hashirama: Danzo… what did he do to Nagato?

Lucas: Danzo allied with Hanzō of the Salamander, orchestrating an ambush on Yahiko and the Akatsuki organization. As a result, Yahiko died.

Senju Tobirama : Danzo is really talented… I should have seen it earlier.

Uchiha Madara : Tobirama, don’t try to play innocent. If you didn’t recognize Danzo’s "talents," why did you make him your disciple? You and Danzo… you’re more alike than you’d like to admit.

Senju Hashirama : Why was Danzo targeting Yahiko and the Akatsuki?

Lucas: Because Yahiko was like you, Hashirama.

Senju Hashirama blinked. Wait, what? So… Danzo targeted him just because he reminded him of me? That makes no sense!

Golden Lion Shiki: Shihahaha! I get it. Yahiko was a charismatic leader with a grand vision for peace—just like you, Hashirama. Danzo and Hanzō must have seen him as a threat and decided to eliminate him before he could grow too powerful.

Senju Hashirama : So that’s it… A young leader with big ideals, taken down before he could achieve them. What a shame…

Lucas: Wrong. Yahiko wasn’t a genius ninja like you. What made him similar to you was his ideology—he believed that peace could be achieved through mutual understanding among people.

Senju Hashirama: If that’s the case, then why did Danzo and Hanzō see him as a threat?

Lucas: Yahiko and his group formed the Akatsuki, an independent organization trying to negotiate peace between warring nations. They wanted to act as a neutral force within Amegakure—but to Hanzō, that meant a loss of control over his own village.

Senju Tobirama: I see… Yahiko made a critical mistake. He didn’t have a strategist by his side. He was just like my brother—all ideals, no political sense. He had ideas, but no power or cunning to back them up.

Uchiha Madara : See, Hashirama? You didn’t bring peace to the ninja world through negotiation—you did it through sheer power. If you hadn’t been the strongest ninja alive, you wouldn’t have ended the Warring States Era. Yahiko, on the other hand, lacked that strength… and paid the price for it.

Lucas: Exactly. If Hashirama hadn’t been so overwhelmingly strong, he would have ended up just like Yahiko."

Senju Hashirama : I get it now… My vision alone wasn’t enough. Yahiko was me… without power.

Lucas: And that’s why Danzo got involved. He loved war and saw the Akatsuki’s peace efforts as a threat. He couldn’t allow an independent organization to interfere with the major villages’ conflicts. So, naturally, he had to eliminate them."

Lucas: At that time, Akatsuki had many members, but few strong ninjas. The combined forces of Danzo’s Root ANBU and Hanzō’s army were enough to massacre them.

Danzo and Hanzō devised a plan: They kidnapped Konan and forced Yahiko to choose—

"Kill yourself… or we kill Konan.""

Whitebeard: Wait a damn minute. If they already had the upper hand, why go through all that trouble? Why not just kill them outright?

Lucas: Because they wanted to break Yahiko’s spirit, destroy Akatsuki’s belief in peace, and minimize their own losses. Ninjas will use any method to complete a mission.

Whitebeard: Tch… Cold-blooded bastards. If you call yourself a demigod, you should at least act with some dignity. Using such dirty tactics against the weak… that’s just pathetic.

Lucas: Hanzō wasn’t always like that. In his youth, he truly wanted to protect the Land of Rain. He even had the courage to declare war against three Great Ninja Villages at the same time, just to keep them from turning his home into a battlefield."

Golden Lion Shiki: Shihahaha! So he used to have some backbone? I was starting to think his title was just self-proclaimed nonsense.

Gold Thief Woonan: Maybe it was… but at least his younger self was respectable.

Senju Tobirama: A hero who protects his country and a tyrant who clings to power… are not mutually exclusive. People can be both."

Uchiha Shisui: Regardless, he paid the price in the end. Nagato killed him. But what happened to Akatsuki after that? If Obito got involved, things must’ve changed.

Lucas: All of Yahiko’s original followers—the ones who still believed in his peaceful vision—were wiped out by Obito. He blamed their deaths on Amegakure’s forces to manipulate Nagato into hatred… and then led him into accepting the Eye of the Moon Plan."

Doflamingo: Fufufufu~ How ironic. He thought he was controlling Nagato, but he didn’t realize that he himself was being manipulated by Uchiha Madara. The cycle of deception never ends.

Lucas: That’s human nature—everyone thinks they’re different, that they’re the ones in control. But in the end, most people are just pawns in someone else’s game."

Real World

Lucas arrived at the center of Amegakure, standing atop its tallest building.

Step!

The moment his foot touched the ground, three figures emerged from the shadows, surrounding him.

One of them was a blond-haired man with black metal rods protruding from his nose and ears. His eyes, inked with concentric circles, exuded an aura of mystique and authority.

Chat Group

Senju Tobirama: Is this Uzumaki Nagato?

Lucas: No, this is Yahiko. After his death, Nagato transformed him into one of the Six Paths of Pain.

Fire Fist Ace: Wait, he actually turned his dead friend into a puppet?!

Lucas: Yes. He wasn’t trying to replace Yahiko—he was trying to use his body to bring Yahiko’s ideals to life. He hid himself away, using Yahiko’s corpse as his public identity, as if Yahiko were still alive.

Howard Stark: Damn… that’s some next-level obsession.

Lucas: It’s not about obsession. It’s about devotion. Maybe… when Yahiko died, Nagato died too. What’s left is just someone living for Yahiko’s dream."

Howard Stark: What about Konan?

Lucas: The blue-haired girl beside him? She’s a sealing master who can create paper bombs out of thin air. If she used that skill for business, she’d be a billionaire by now. Don’t underestimate her—she has enough stored explosive tags to level Konoha if she wanted to.

Howard Stark: No, no, that’s not what I meant. If Nagato is "living as Yahiko," then where does Konan fit into this love triangle?

Lucas: She’s out. Yahiko died to save Konan, completely engraving himself into Nagato’s heart.

Lesson of the day: In the battle of emotions, the dead always win. Remember this—it will be on the test later.

Real World – Amegakure

Tendo Pain (Yahiko’s body) stared coldly at Lucas, his Rinnegan gleaming under the gloomy rain.

“You dare invade Amegakure so openly? Do you really think we wouldn’t detect you flying in the sky?”

Lucas laughed. “Detect me? How could I possibly escape your perception when you mix your chakra into the rain with your Rain Technique? Every single person in this village is under your watch.”

Tendo Pain narrowed his eyes. “Then why didn’t I sense you?”

Lucas grinned. “I never hid myself—you just didn’t notice because I simply don’t like rain.”

Pain’s expression didn’t change, but the third figure among them, Kakuzu, let out a low growl and scoffed.

“Boss, why are we still talking? Let’s take him down and see if he has a bounty!”

Without waiting for permission, Kakuzu suddenly launched a punch, his Earth Style-enhanced fist shooting toward Lucas like a cannonball.

Boom!

Lucas effortlessly caught Kakuzu’s fist, his grip tightening with amusement.

“I heard you fought First Hokage, is that true?” Lucas asked with a smirk.

Kakuzu’s chest puffed up with pride. “That’s right! So you’ve heard of the legendary Kakuzu? You’ve got good taste, kid!”

Chat Group

Lucas: @Senju Hashirama, do you remember this guy?

Senju Hashirama: …Who?

Senju Tobirama: Group Leader, are you sure this guy isn’t lying? With his level, how could he have survived against my brother?

Lucas: No, it’s true. He was originally a ninja from Takigakure. He was sent on a mission to assassinate Senju Hashirama… and failed miserably. When he returned, his village’s leaders punished him for the failure, which made him turn against them.

Uchiha Madara: Wait… He really fought Senju Hashirama?! That would mean he’s ancient! How is he even alive?!

Lucas: Because he stole a forbidden technique—Earth Grudge Fear—which allows him to steal hearts from others, extending his lifespan indefinitely.

Doflamingo: Eternal life? Fufufuf…Now that’s interesting…

Uchiha Madara: Are you sure about that?

Lucas: Absolutely. His technique allows him to implant other people’s hearts into his body, absorbing their chakra, jutsu, and lifespan.

When one heart runs out, he simply replaces it with another.

Doflamingo chuckled. Fufufufu~ That’s a broken technique. Not as good as the Op Op Fruit’s immortality surgery, but still useful.

Lucas: Madara, do you regret not having this ability? If you had it, you’d have enough lifespan to wait for your Rinnegan to awaken naturally.

Uchiha Madara: …

Madara stayed silent, but deep inside, he did regret it.

The Uchiha Stone Tablet had told him how to awaken the Rinnegan—but it never mentioned how long it would take. Had he known it would take decades, he would have found a way to extend his life.

Real World – Amegakure

Tendo Pain remained indifferent, his Rinnegan glowing ominously.

“What is your purpose here?” he demanded. “If you don’t explain, you won’t be leaving.”

Lucas smiled, his gaze locking onto Pain’s piercing eyes.

“I have no grudge against you, Nagato. I’m simply here to take back the Rinnegan that Uchiha Madara left in your care.”

Pain’s expression didn’t change. “These Rinnegan were not left with me by Madara. He was merely a partner in our cause.

I don’t know where you got your information, but since you are here—”

Pain slowly raised his palm.

“—I will show you the power of a God!”

Universal Pull!

An overwhelming gravitational force erupted from Pain’s hand, attempting to drag Lucas forward.

However, an aquamarine chakra aura erupted around Lucas, forming a Susanoo, which blocked the gravitational force entirely.

Pain’s Rinnegan gleamed.

“What?”

Lucas grinned. “You seem surprised. If this is all you’ve got, you won’t be able to stop me.”

Pain’s voice remained emotionless. “If that is your only reliance, then this is where you fall.”

Lucas laughed. “Where do you get so much confidence? If possible, can you share some with me?”

Pain ignored the sarcasm.

“I inherited the power of the Sage of Six Paths. I am the Child of Prophecy—the one who will bring peace to the world. The ninja world’s fate is in my hands.

I am a God!”

Lucas sighed.

In an instant, he vanished from within his Susanoo’s protection, appearing directly in front of Pain.

With a fist covered in top-tier Armament Haki and the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, he slammed his punch into Pain’s body.

“I wanted to defeat you with ninjutsu… but I really can’t help myself! Can you stop being such a damn edgelord?!”

Pain’s eyes widened as he activated Shinra Tensei to repel the attack.

But the repulsion force was instantly shattered, and Lucas’s fist connected with Pain’s chest, sending him flying back and disabling his body.

BOOM!

A crater formed as Pain crashed into the ground.

Kakuzu’s mung bean-sized eyes widened in pure disbelief “Did… did you just kill the leader?!”

He had come here to deposit money for the Akatsuki, only to witness their "God" being beaten into the dirt in an instant.

That was Rinnegan!