"Mangekyō Sharingan?"
In the Fourth Hokage's timeline, Minato Namikaze was somewhat shocked as he looked at the masked man on the glowing screen.
The Akatsuki already had one Mangekyō Sharingan user — Itachi. Now, there was another Mangekyō Sharingan with space-time abilities. What the hell was going on?
"Could it be that the Uchiha clan's incident is related to this person?"
If the Uchiha clan's incident meant their massacre, the one who carried it out was Uchiha Itachi, and the accomplice was Konoha Village, then what was the real motive behind the massacre?
It couldn't simply be because the Uchiha didn't obey orders, right?
The Uchiha clan had been acting the same way for years. If they were to be wiped out, it would have happened long ago. Why wait until now?
So, when Minato saw the masked man, he felt this person was closely connected to the Uchiha incident — and it was a big connection.
"But who exactly is this person?"
"The mask means he doesn't want anyone to know his identity."
Because of the mask, Minato could only tell that this man had one eye; nothing else about his appearance was visible.
"Wait, one eye? Why do I feel a strange familiarity?"
This feeling came suddenly. Minato really wanted to hold on to it, but in a flash, it vanished without a trace. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't remember where this feeling came from.
But he did gain something.
Familiarity meant he definitely knew this person.
Since he knew him, after the fact, he could use the process of elimination to find out who the masked man was.
After all, he didn't know many Uchiha, so with a little searching, he should be able to find out.
[With Zetsu's arrival, the news that Sasuke defeated Itachi was announced, shocking everyone.]
[At this moment, Kakashi seemed to discover something important.]
[Under that orange spiral mask, the Sharingan's glow was shining.]
[Before Kakashi could say anything, the masked man made an extremely cool move and retreated.]
[Not long after, Kakashi and the others arrived at the place where Sasuke and Itachi had fought. Unfortunately, they were too late, as Sasuke had already been taken away.]
[When Team Seven returned to Konoha, another heartbreaking news came.]
[Jiraiya had fallen in battle against Pain of the Akatsuki!]
"Bang!"
The Fourth Hokage, Minato, angrily slammed the office desk and shouted out of control, "Impossible! My sensei is invincible in the world, how could he die?"
After venting his emotions for a bit, Minato quickly calmed himself down.
Even Jiraiya fell to the hands of the Akatsuki, showing how terrifying their power was.
Such a strong organization couldn't have appeared overnight; it must have developed over many years.
With that in mind, Minato decided that after the light screen disappeared, he would use all the abilities he could to investigate if there was an organization called Akatsuki in the ninja world.
If there wasn't, he would stay alert.
If there was, he would take full advantage of the fact that the group hadn't grown to the terrifying state it would become later, and try his best to destroy it.
[Hearing that Jiraiya had died, Naruto's mood plummeted to rock bottom.]
[Jiraiya had given Naruto a warmth like family, and Minato was the light that saved Kakashi. So Kakashi understood Naruto's feelings best. But right now, the priority was to quickly decode the secret message Jiraiya left behind.]
[Kakashi held the sequel to "Icha Icha" and found Naruto and the others, and despite the risk of embarrassment, Kakashi read through it once.]
[Afterwards, Naruto went to Mount Myoboku to train in Sage techniques to defeat Pain, while at the same time, the Six Paths of Pain invaded Konoha.]
[At this time, Konoha's fighting strength was extremely weak, and morale was unstable.]
[The top fighter Jiraiya was gone. Tsunade was away on a diplomatic mission with strong members of the Hyuga clan. Team Guy was on a mission outside the village. Danzo was trying to take advantage of the situation for his own gain.]
[Besides Tsunade, the best fighter left in the village was Kakashi.]
[When the Deva Path prepared to attack Iruka, Kakashi appeared just in time and grabbed the black rod.]
[Seeing the Rinnegan, Kakashi clearly understood that the opponent's eye power was stronger than his own.]
[And they were absolute powerhouses who had defeated one of the Legendary Sannin, Jiraiya.]
"What the hell is this Rinnegan?"
Fourth Hokage Minato's eyes widened, his pupils shrinking as he stared hard at the screen video.
He had already highly overestimated the Akatsuki, but he never expected that this organization actually had the so-called Sage's Eye — the Rinnegan.
Not just one pair of Rinnegan, but six pairs.
"Impossible. There can't be that many Rinnegan."
Minato didn't know much about the Rinnegan. He only knew it was the eye once possessed by the Sage of Six Paths, which is why it's called the Sage's Eye.
But he didn't know what special abilities this eye had exactly.
Still, just the fact it was the Sage of Six Paths' eye was enough to show how extraordinary it was. Its power had to be above the Sharingan and Byakugan.
One pair of Rinnegan was already incredible, but the video showed six pairs?
Haha, what resistance? Might as well give up and go to sleep. When you wake up tomorrow, the ninja world might as well be called "Akatsuki."
"So, there must be some secret I don't know. The Rinnegan definitely can't have six pairs."
[Under heavy pressure, Kakashi chose a safe strategy: first, he used Earth Wall to block the path, but the Deva Path immediately pulled out a black rod and stabbed back.]
[When Kakashi counterattacked with Chidori, the chakra in his body was disturbed by the Rinnegan, causing him to miss at close range. He quickly retreated and launched another Chidori directly at the Deva Path.]
[This time, he witnessed the power of the gods.]
[The repulsive force of the Shinra Tensei sent Kakashi flying, destroying the Earth Wall along with him.]
[After realizing the black rods (from the Rinnegan) can interfere with chakra, Kakashi chose to keep distance and tested with Lightning Beast Tracking Fang from afar.]
[The result was the same as before; even ninjutsu was pushed away.]
[Before he could think of a countermeasure, the Asura Path arrived.]
[Kakashi dodged the missile and planned to circle behind for a counterattack, but was watched through Pain's shared vision.]
[He couldn't believe that Jiraiya was facing six of these guys at the same time.]
[This also showed that Pain was cautious of Kakashi and therefore called in the Asura Path in time.]
[This decision proved to be very correct.]
"The repulsive force, missiles, shared vision... these abilities are really tricky."
"But why use the word 'deploy'?"
Fourth Hokage Minato was a little confused.
Between teammates, it's almost impossible to use the word "deploy."
Unless it's between a superior and a subordinate, only then would such an order-like word be used.
"So, the six pairs of Rinnegan users aren't equals, but have a hierarchy of superior and subordinate."
"But that still doesn't make sense. They all have the Rinnegan and share vision, so why is there a superior and others subordinate?"
Minato thought hard.
But due to insufficient information, he couldn't figure it out.
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