Chapter 171 Uchiha Madara's Base

Konan and Yahiko arrived at Mt. Myoboku and finally saw Nagato, as well as the old and huge Toad Sage.

There was no need to say much. The mere presence of the Great Toad Sage, his huge size and terrifying chakra were enough to shock the trio and make them all behave themselves.

In the following time, Nagato was taken to practice fairy arts by two toads, Fukasaku and Shima, who had mastered fairy arts. Konan and Yahiko also followed Jiraiya to learn about a group of toads in Myoboku Mountain, and learned how to summon these toads and cooperate with their own ninjutsu system.

The toads of Myoboku Mountain have many uses and can be said to be the most versatile among the three holy places. Whether it is direct combat, or sealing, concealment, detection and other abilities, they can do all the tasks, greatly making up for the shortcomings of Konan and Yahiko.

But the one who has made the most progress is still Uzumaki Nagato!
Nagato himself possesses the sage body of the Uzumaki clan, otherwise he would not be able to withstand the oppression of the Rinnegan. It can be said that in terms of talent in Sage Mode, Nagato is much stronger than Jiraiya, and is comparable to Hashirama Senju of his time.

Although the Rinnegan squeezed the chakra in Nagato's body, in fact, this eye, which condensed the highest level of Yin-Yang Release, was also of great help to Nagato in practicing the Sage Mode.

In the original work, Uchiha Madara was able to easily seize the fairy chakra from Hashirama Senju in the end, and this was absolutely inseparable from the help of a pair of Rinnegan. This shows the effect of the Rinnegan.

In three months, Uzumaki Nagato could easily enter the Sage Mode. Because of the nourishment of the Sage Chakra, his original Sage body was one step closer. Even in a normal state, his ability to withstand the Rinnegan was greatly increased.

Uzumaki Nagato has no way to bring out the power of the Rinnegan, so in this situation, as long as Nagato's body's endurance increases, his strength will naturally increase.

Even in a normal state, the current Uzumaki Nagato can use some normal ninjutsu such as Shinra Tensei and Bansho Tenin without consuming his vitality.

If he enters the Sage Mode, Uzumaki Nagato can even use one or two large-scale Rinnegan ninjutsu such as Super Shinra Tensei and Chibaku Tensei without any damage!

On this basis, by consuming vitality for bonus, the power that burst out is even close to the Rinnegan Uchiha Madara - of course, even if Uzumaki Nagato is in much better physical condition, he can probably only unleash one or two ninjutsu before he is beaten dry.

The stronger the ninjutsu, the more vitality it draws, just like when the original Uzumaki Nagato used the smallest Chibaku Tensei, about half of it belonged to chakra and half to his vitality.

And now that he is desperate, he can use the Tenai Zhenxing, which also consumes half chakra and half vitality - but the chakra consumed by the Tenai Zhenxing is seven or eight times that of the small Chibaku Tensei, and the vitality consumed is naturally the same.

However, ninjas have always accepted these desperate ninjutsu. In many cases, if they fight desperately, they can still keep half their lives, but if they don't fight desperately, they will be killed on the spot.

Although Myobokusan treated Nagato and the other two as cannon fodder, it was also very clear about teaching them ninjutsu and providing contractual assistance. It can be said that in a short period of time, the trio, especially Nagato, have been transformed and surpassed their strongest period in the original work.

When Jiraiya brought his three disciples back to the Land of Rain through the summoning technique again, the four of them were full of confidence.

After seeing the strength shown by Nagato, Jiraiya even felt that the God of Ninja and Shura of the Ninja World back then were only this kind of fighting power at most! With the help of Nagato, wouldn't it be easy to deal with a mere Uchiha?

"Nagato-sama, Yahiko-sama, Konan-sama, you are finally back!"

Just as the four of them returned to the Rain Country, the Akatsuki organization had already received the news that the ninja disguised as Black Zetsu found them directly.

"My three lords, you will never imagine what happened after you left."

Yahiko, who had returned to the ninja world, tilted his head, took a look at the dancing ninja in front of him, and said:
"Okay, Ah Fei, stop keeping us in suspense. What happened?"

"Good news, great news, leaders, we have discovered a legendary ninja secret base."

As he spoke, the ninja named Afei glanced at Jiraiya, who chuckled and stretched.
"Oh, I've been eating bug feasts from Myoboku Mountain every day for a while now. I'm almost ready to throw up... I'm going to go out and find a restaurant to enjoy a real feast!"

When they heard the words 'insect feast', Yahiko and the other two's faces turned a little green. Although Jiraiya found an excuse to leave, the food in Myoboku Mountain... can only be said to be full of protein and very nutritious.

After a while, the three of them came to their senses from the aftertaste of the insect feast and looked at the ninja named A Fei again:
"Well, now that Jiraiya-sensei has left, you can tell us whose secret base you discovered now if you have anything to say!"

Ah Fei smiled and said:
"The three leaders would never have thought that when we were digging the underground base, we found a secret base that was left behind a long time ago. It turned out to be the secret base left behind by the legendary Uchiha Madara!"

"Uchiha Madara? Why would he leave a base in the Land of Grass? I don't remember the Uchiha clan coming to the Land of Grass?"

Yahiko, the most knowledgeable of the three, frowned, thinking it was a bit strange. Ah Fei shrugged:

"We don't know for sure, but we did find a lot of ninjutsu scrolls and even some strange white androids. According to our inquiries, that is indeed Uchiha Madara's secret base. Uchiha Madara even stayed there five or six years ago!"

"It's getting harder and harder to believe. Everyone knows that Uchiha Madara has been dead for decades..."

Yahiko shook his head with a look of disbelief. Although he didn't go to school much when he was young, he had heard of the battle between Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama at the Valley of the End!
How could a dead person who had been dead for decades suddenly appear in the Grass Kingdom a few years ago?
"Hey, Master Yahiko, why don't you care whether he is Uchiha Madara or not? Go study the ninjutsu in those bases first! The ninjutsu in there are all very advanced. According to our judgment, even the weakest one is a B-level ninjutsu, and there are seven or eight S-level ninjutsu!"

"And those white androids are also very strange, with very strong vitality, and there are even androids that can use Wood Release!"

Seven or eight S-level ninjutsu, a cyborg using Wood Release? Why is it getting more and more outrageous? Yahiko looked at the jubilant Afei and wondered if someone had used an illusion on him?
But Afei is the fourth-ranked ninja in the Akatsuki organization after all. He is a strong jonin anyway. His ordinary illusions can't be that powerful, right? Is what he said true?

Yahiko and the other two were half-believing and half-doubting, and followed A Fei and soon arrived at the so-called secret base.

This base was built 30 meters underground. As soon as they walked in, Nagato and the other two frowned and looked unhappy.

On the stone table in the base, there were some strange-shaped pieces of meat, and on the rock wall, there were some three-magatama Sharingan that had been dug out and placed in glass containers.

"Is this a human experiment? The three-magatama Sharingan... could it really be related to Uchiha Madara?"

Seeing the things in this secret base, Yahiko actually believed what Afei said. Even if the owner of this base was not Uchiha Madara, he should have a close connection with the Uchiha clan. Over the years, the Uchiha Sharingan rarely leaked out. Most of them were digested by the clan. Originally, the Root also secretly collected some. Now that the Root has been destroyed, it is hard to imagine that there are so many Sharingans in the outside world except for the people in the Uchiha clan.

And he can't be an ordinary Uchiha, he has to be at least an elder or something to collect so many three-magatama Sharingan.

While the three were still touring the base, suddenly, several white figures emerged from the base's underground:

"Oh, there's another one coming!"

"Are they here for a group tour? Do they know what it feels like to poop?"

"Look at the eyes of that red-haired man, isn't that Madara-sama's Rinnegan?"

what! ?

Nagato and the other two turned around and looked at the white figure that suddenly appeared, with looks of surprise on their faces.

Firstly, the aura of these strange white figures was very subtle. They looked more like plants than humans. Even though Nagato and the other two were not easy to deal with, they did not notice the other party's existence at the beginning.

Secondly, this is also the question discussed by these white weirdos... Is the Rinnegan related to Uchiha Madara?
"What are you guys talking about?! Is the Rinnegan related to Uchiha Madara?"

When it came to the issue of Nagato's Rinnegan, the one who reacted the most was not Nagato, but Yahiko. He flashed in front of several white figures and asked with a frown.

"Ah, he should be Madara-sama's successor! That's why Madara-sama gave him the Rinnegan."

"It's a pity that Madara-sama is dead now, so I can't continue to teach him."

"What exactly is going on?!"

Yahiko grabbed a white weirdo and asked impatiently.

"Well... this is what happened..."

A white weirdo who looked a little more serious and intelligent started to explain to the trio.

"After the battle at the Valley of the End, Uchiha Madara-sama used a secret technique to fake his own death and deceived Hashirama Senju, but he himself was also seriously injured and had to implant the flesh and blood of Hashirama Senju to recover from his injuries."

"After a long time, after fusing with the flesh and blood of Hashirama Senju, Madara-sama obtained powerful Yang Release Chakra, which merged with his own Mangekyō Sharingan and awakened the most powerful Samsara Eye!"

"Unfortunately, Madara-sama was already old at that time, and the burden of the Samsara Eye was too great for him. With no other choice, Madara-sama could only transplant these eyes to his successor."

"Originally, Madara-sama was planning to wait until his successor reached adulthood before teaching him, but unfortunately, before the plan could begin, Madara-sama was found by a descendant named Uchiha Toba, and then he was killed."

"Uh……"

After hearing this, Nagato and the other two looked at each other in bewilderment. They had originally suspected some conspiracy, but the sudden turn in the last sentence really shook their already heavy mood and made them feel a little awkward.

Although in the mouths of these white monsters, Uchiha Madara regarded Nagato as his successor, Nagato and the other two were not three-year-old children. They have been struggling in the ninja world for so many years and founded the Akatsuki, the second largest organization in the Rain Country. They are no longer newbies.

All of Uchiha Madara's actions are full of conspiracy no matter how you look at it. The Rinnegan he left for Nagato was probably not just to make Nagato his successor, but he must have other purposes and backup plans.

But in the end... Uchiha Madara didn't carry out any of his plans, and was killed directly by Uchiha Feiyu who came to his door. It was a complete failure.

After calming down a bit, Yahiko looked at Nagato and asked:
"Nagato, do you think these weirdos are telling the truth?"

Nagato gently touched his eye sockets, was silent for a moment, and nodded somewhat disappointedly:

"I believe what these weirdos say. My Samsara Eye... is indeed very strange. If it is a transplanted eye, it can indeed explain a lot of things."

In fact, Nagato was not unaware of many problems with the Rinnegan. For example, it was difficult for him to develop the potential within the Rinnegan, and he even had to spend his life to fully unleash the power of the Rinnegan. Another example was that his Rinnegan could only be opened but not closed, which was completely different from other eye-type bloodline limits.

It’s just that the Rinnegan had become a legend thousands of years ago, and no one has ever awakened it over the years. Because it was an isolated case, Nagato attributed this to the special nature of the Rinnegan.

Now it seems that this is really not a problem with the Rinnegan. If it is explained by the fact that the Rinnegan itself was transplanted, it would be more in line with common sense.

In the ninja world, there have been many examples of special eye transplants, but the recipients generally find it difficult to fully utilize the potential of the eyes. After the transplant, the eyes will always remain open and consume a large amount of chakra, which is very similar to Nagato's current condition.

After this comparison, Nagato naturally understood the situation. As for why he had no memory of the Rinnegan transplant - given his age when he awakened the Rinnegan, his memory had been tampered with and there was no way to discover it.

Yahiko glanced at Nagato and spoke slowly:
"Nagato, don't feel disappointed. We can't be completely sure that this eye belongs to Uchiha Madara. Do you white guys have any other evidence?"

"As for evidence, Master Madara has done a lot of research on the Samsara Eye. You can go and take a look!"

(End of this chapter)