Chapter 170 Nagato Trio

"Uh... Teacher Jiraiya, is everything you said true?"

"It sounds a little far-fetched that a toad can predict the future."

After listening to Jiraiya's words, Yahiko hesitated for a long time before finally saying this.

There's nothing I can do about it. It's just a lack of experience. Even though Yahiko is now an elite jonin in terms of strength, he has never heard of anything like summoned beast sages who have lived for thousands of years or who can predict the future in dreams.

In Yahiko's eyes, the Rinnegan is already the pinnacle of the ninja world, and the various abilities displayed by the Great Toad Sage are simply like myths.

Jiraiya choked and looked at his apprentice, feeling a little helpless.

It’s fine if other people don’t know about Mount Myoboku, but you are my apprentice, how come you know nothing about Mount Myoboku?
But after thinking about it carefully, Jiraiya realized that it was actually his own fault.

There was no way. During the three years of teaching, Jiraiya not only mixed in a lot of personal ideas, but also retained many of his skills. After all, theoretically speaking, Yahiko and the other two all had a grudge against Konoha. If they wanted to seek revenge on Konoha after they became stronger, then Jiraiya would really be raising a tiger to harm himself.

So all he taught were the popular Five Elements escape techniques and some exercises to help them lay the foundation. He did not teach the summoning techniques and Sage Mode that were Jiraiya's core inheritance at all.

After thinking about it carefully, Jiraiya realized that it was still his own fault, and he couldn't help but feel a little amused.

But he was not in a hurry. This time, the Great Toad Immortal had already given him instructions, so he could be bolder.

"It's normal that you don't believe it, Yahiko. How about this, I'll help the three of you sign the contract with Myoboku Mountain! Then you can go to Myoboku Mountain to take a look and learn!"

Jiraiya's chest patted loudly, and Yahiko, who heard this, showed a look of mixed surprise on his face.

Even though he didn't know much about Mount Myoboku, Yahiko was very clear that Jiraiya was a powerful ninja who was famous in the ninja world for his summoning techniques. It could be said that the summoning contract was Jiraiya's true teachings.

Although the three of them have almost made their own way after so many years of hard work, they can still greatly improve their strength if they can obtain the inheritance of Myoboku Mountain.

Not to mention that Jiraiya was willing to teach summoning techniques, which was actually a very straightforward signal. At least Yahiko believed in Jiraiya.

"I understand, Sensei! I'll call Nagato back."

The Akatsuki organization is now developing in full swing in the Rain Country, which relies heavily on Nagato's strength, so Nagato is traveling most of the time.

After Yahiko met Jiraiya, he was not sure about his purpose, so he secretly sent some messages to Nagato at first, asking him to come back later. Now that Jiraiya has shown his sincerity, Yahiko will naturally let Nagato return.

Jiraiya smiled lightly, not caring about his apprentice's little thoughts, and directly summoned the scroll toad through the summoning beast.

"Come on, Yahiko, as long as you sign your name on this scroll, you will be able to summon the spirit beasts of Myoboku Mountain!"

Not long after, Nagato, who received the news, brought Konan and several other members of Akatsuki to the Akatsuki base.

As soon as they entered the door, Konan and Nagato, who were a little nervous, saw Yahiko standing there with a silly smile.

Next to Yahiko, a group of burly toads were wandering around in the base. At first glance, one would think this was the cave of some toad monster!
And their teacher, Jiraiya, was sitting on a huge toad head, looking at them with a smile.

"How is this going?"

Even though Konan and Nagato have been through a lot over the years and can be considered knowledgeable, they still feel a little dizzy when faced with the current situation.

At this time, Yahiko saw his two companions and restrained himself a little. He said to them with a smile:

"Nagato, Konan, you're back!"

"Yahiko, and Jiraiya-sensei, what's going on? Why are there so many summoned beasts here?"

Konan asked in confusion, and Yahiko smiled and said:
"This is great news. Teacher Jiraiya is going to teach us something new this time..."

After the story was told, Konan and Nagato looked at each other. They were somewhat skeptical about what Jiraiya said.

But no matter what, Jiraiya's inheritance of the Myoboku Mountain Summoning Scroll is definitely an unexpected surprise. Nagato still has confidence that even without this summoning scroll, it will not affect his future development much. But for Konan and Yahiko, the inheritance of this summoning scroll is more important than Mount Tai.

Although Akatsuki is an organization that yearns for peace and seeks to solve problems through dialogue, the three people who have been in the ninja world for so long have long understood the importance of strength - the so-called solution of problems through dialogue is often based on the premise that the opponent cannot defeat you.

Nowadays, with the help of the Rinnegan and his own talents, Nagato already possesses the strength of a Kage. Although Konan and Yahiko are also talented, they are still far inferior to Nagato. Nagato is very happy to be able to improve their strength.

"Teacher Jiraiya, so you asked me to come here this time just because you hope I can help you deal with that Uchiha?"

"That's right, Nagato. The Rinnegan is the first of the three major eye techniques. If you want to deal with the Sharingan, you naturally have to rely on your Rinnegan."

Jiraiya nodded, confirming Nagato's idea. In fact, this was also the suggestion given to him by the Great Toad Sage. He had to unite all the forces to fight Uchiha Feiyu. "Also... Nagato, perhaps ordinary summoned beasts can't increase your strength, but the unique Sage Mode of Myoboku Mountain can definitely greatly increase your strength, and even allow you to better develop the power of the Samsara Eye."

"The Samsara Eye is too strong. If I'm not mistaken, even with your Uzumaki clan's chakra and vitality, it would be very difficult to support the Samsara Eye in battle."

"But if you can use the Sage Mode, the chakra that is fused with natural energy can better exert the power of the Samsara Eye and reduce the backlash of the Samsara Eye on your body."

After hearing this, Nagato suddenly raised his head. In fact, Jiraiya was right. Even if he did not summon the Outer Path Demon Statue now, the Rinnegan was still a huge burden for Nagato.

Just from Nagato's slightly thin body, one can tell how much pressure the Rinnegan has on him. Normally, just nurturing the Rinnegan would take up more than 80% of Nagato's chakra. And when fighting, it would almost require Nagato's life to fight!

Basically, every time Nagato used the Rinnegan, he would lose several days to several months of his life. Fortunately, his own strength was strong enough and he did not use the Rinnegan very often, otherwise he would have been drained of energy by now.

"If it is true as Jiraiya-sensei said, that the Sage Mode can reduce the burden on the Samsara Eye, then with my strength, no matter what kind of opponent I face, I can deal with it calmly!"

Nagato could feel that there was still an endless amount of terrifying power hidden in his Rinnegan, but with his body, he could not afford it, nor could he tap into this potential unless he really gained another ten or twenty years of life.

If he could really fully develop the power of the Rinnegan, Nagato was confident that he could overthrow the five major ninja villages with his own strength, learn from the first generation Hokage, and set rules for these ninja villages!

Seeing that Nagato finally showed interest, Jiraiya smiled.

While the four masters and apprentices were happily chatting, one of the Akatsuki members who followed Nagato and Konan in had a dark look in his eyes:
"Did Jiraiya come to Nagato as well? What kind of future did that giant toad predict?"

'But this is indeed a good opportunity. The Uchiha junior who attacked Uchiha Madara should be Uchiha Feiyu. Uchiha Madara is easy to deal with, since the Samsara Eye has been given to Nagato. If he dies, he dies. But we must find a way to get the Outer Path Demon Statue back!'

A certain half-crippled mastermind behind the scenes didn't know that Uchiha Feiyu had already completely devoured the Outer Path Demon Statue and refined it into his own body. In fact, even the Otsutsuki clan could only seal the sacred tree into their own bodies at best, and completely refining it was almost impossible. Naturally, it could not have imagined that a mere Uchiha could do such a thing.

Speaking of this, the identity of the mastermind behind the scenes is obvious. It is naturally the Black Zetsu who survived being cut off by Uchiha Feiyu.

At that time, Uchiha Feiyu bullied Madara because he was old and weak, and launched a surprise attack on his face, catching Uchiha Madara, the Outer Path Demon Statue, Uzumaki White Zetsu and others in one fell swoop. Only Black Zetsu relied on his higher nature to escape.

After escaping, Black Zetsu took a long time to recover his condition. He did not dare to cause trouble for Uchiha Feiyu, so he could only come to Nagato, the host of the Rinnegan, to see if he could influence Nagato and let him take back the Outer Path Statue.

When he killed Uchiha Madara, Uchiha Hiha's strength was not really beyond the ceiling of the ninja world. It was only because Uchiha Madara was old and weak, and he no longer had the Rinnegan, that he was easily killed by Uchiha Hiha. So in Black Zetsu's eyes, Nagato actually had a chance to defeat Uchiha Hiha.

However, although Black Zetsu has gained Nagato's trust with his disguised identity, he is not yet able to truly influence Nagato. Moreover, out of fear of Uchiha Feiyu's strength, he dare not act recklessly like in the original work and cause Nagato's body to collapse.

Even if we calculate based on the strength of Uchiha Hiha when he killed Uchiha Madara, if Nagato wants to win, he has to develop the power of the Rinnegan to a certain level. If Nagato's body collapses by then, there is no way he can beat Uchiha Hiha.

But now Jiraiya actually came to the door, and also made a prophecy of the destruction of the world, wanting Nagato to help, and even willing to provide Nagato with the method of practicing the Sage Mode...

Black Zetsu now feels that his luck has finally turned. After Nagato learns the Sage Mode, he will find a way to help him and provide him with some of Uchiha Madara's research materials on Yin-Yang Release and Samsara Eye. Then, dealing with Uchiha Hiba will be easy.

As for Uchiha Feiyu's prophecy of destroying the world, it also made Black Zetsu think a lot: Could it be that this guy has discovered the true use of the Outer Path Statue, and wants to transform the Outer Path Statue into a sacred tree again?

If Nagato is really useless, maybe I can try to join forces with this guy and see if I can use him to rescue my mother?
For Black Zetsu, his only goal is to rescue his mother. As for whether it is Nagato or Uchiha Toba who becomes the host of his mother, it is completely unimportant.

But he definitely still thinks that Nagato is easier to fool... As for Uchiha Feiyu, this ruthless, selfish, and untrustworthy Uchiha is much harder to fool than the ordinary Uchiha. Unless he has no choice, Black Zetsu does not want to meet Uchiha Feiyu face to face.

The most terrifying thing is that Uchiha Feiyu really has the means to deal with Black Zetsu! Black Zetsu has already felt that part of his body has completely disappeared without a trace, rather than being sealed or teleported to some other space.

"Let's first see how much Nagato can be strengthened. With the sage body of the Uzumaki clan and the power of the Samsara Eye, if he learns sage arts, Nagato's strength may not be inferior to Uchiha Madara who does not have the Samsara Eye, or the Senju Hashirama in the past."

While Black Zetsu was thinking, Nagato and Konan had already signed a contract with Myoboku Mountain. Just as Nagato pressed his handprint on the contract, there was a bang, and his whole body turned into a cloud of white smoke and disappeared without a trace.

"Nagato!! What's going on?! Sensei Jiraiya! Where is Nagato?!"

When Yahiko and Konan saw Nagato disappear, they looked at Jiraiya with shocked and angry expressions. It seemed that they were going to take action if Jiraiya didn't give them an answer.

"Wait... Nagato should have been summoned to Myoboku Mountain. It seems that the great toad sage of Myoboku Mountain thinks highly of Nagato."

Jiraiya quickly waved his hand and spoke. Seeing that Yahiko and Konan were still on guard, he simply said:
"If you're worried, I'll take you to Myoboku Mountain!"

After that, Jiraiya said to the scroll toad:

"You go back to Myoboku Mountain first, and then you can send us over together!"

"Understood, Master Jiraiya."

The Scroll Toad spoke slowly, and with a bang it also turned into white mist and disappeared. After a while, three consecutive bangs were heard, and Jiraiya, Konan and Yahiko were all teleported to Myoboku Mountain.

(End of this chapter)