Yahiko looked at the young man in front of him, who had a handsome appearance.
"Are you Hakuryu?"
"Yes, Lord Yahiko."
The man had a slender build, with long black hair neatly tied into a ponytail, and his appearance seemed somewhat fragile.
Yahiko looked at the information on this person.
He was from the Land of Rain, and due to the war, his family was broken apart, and he had been living in exile.
He had joined a mercenary group, worked as a bodyguard for caravans, and traveled through many countries, including Fire, Wind, Rain, Field, and Grass.
This information was all based on his own account, so the credibility wasn't very high.
This person still needed to be carefully examined.
If all of this was true and his character was suitable, then he could indeed be someone needed by Akatsuki.
Only those who have experienced the pain of war would despise war and want to stop it!
Yahiko said, "Since Nagato has high expectations for you, you can stay in the village, but you'll have to start from the lowest rank."
Hakuryu replied, "As long as I can stay by Lord Nagato's side, that's enough."
Yahiko smiled and looked at Nagato, saying, "I didn't expect Nagato to have followers too."
Nagato felt a little embarrassed upon hearing this.
Yahiko nodded at Hakuryu and said, "In Amegakure, we are all comrades, so you should help each other from now on."
"Yes!"
Nagato left with Hakuryu.
Since Hakuryu was a wandering ninja, he had been brought back to Amegakure by Nagato and had been staying in the village's guest house.
Once he had official status, the village would arrange for housing and provide some relief funds for the first month.
On the way to the registration office, Nagato reminded Hakuryu, "Hakuryu, now that you're a ninja of Amegakure, things here are different from the outside. Amegakure has its own rules, and you must follow them strictly. You need to temper your personality."
"I understand, Lord Nagato."
"Although you're starting as a Genin, you've just entered the village, and with your abilities, you'll quickly have the opportunity for promotion."
"I will work hard."
The two of them walked up one step after another, from the upper levels of Amegakure to the middle levels.
The surrounding towering skyscrapers and drainage pipes were dizzying to look at.
Due to the climate, the architecture of Amegakure was quite unique.
The lowest level, where no one lived, was filled with machines in operation, heavy with industrial atmosphere.
The middle level was the residential area.
A large area in another part of the village was still under construction.
Nagato noticed Hakuryu looking around and said, "The village is still in the process of construction. We've received a lot of skilled craftsmen from the Land of Fire, so Amegakure will definitely improve."
Hakuryu commented, "Amegakure has a really good relationship with Konoha."
Nagato simply responded with a faint "Mm."
Hakuryu's gaze shifted slightly. "Lord Nagato, do you have any dissatisfaction with Konoha?"
"No, don't jump to conclusions."
After Hakuryu's name was officially added to the Amegakure register, he received some basic living supplies and ninja equipment, and then returned to his new living quarters.
It was a very simple house, not very spacious, with only a bed, a desk, and a wardrobe, nothing more.
Hakuryu stood by the window, looking out at the heavy rain outside.
Yet, his mind kept flashing with Nagato's image.
His gaze turned cold and ruthless, no longer carrying the frail and obedient expression from earlier.
He muttered quietly to himself, "Rinnegan..."
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At the Konoha Research Institute, Tobirama looked at the pair of twin boys in front of him, his thoughts deep as he examined the files in his hand.
These were two of the more special test subjects left behind by Orochimaru.
Their physical bodies were both White Zetsu, and their original bodies had long since been discarded.
The file showed that Orochimaru had performed a soul transference, splitting the souls of these twins into two halves and then recombining them.
In other words, each of these two individuals actually had half of the other's soul.
This method horrified Tobirama.
He had no idea how Orochimaru had achieved it, or whether he had even truly succeeded… It might not have been a success at all.
It was possible that one half of the soul in one of their bodies hadn't fully integrated, but merely coexisted within the same body.
Orochimaru hadn't left any notes on how he achieved this, and Tobirama, having studied the Soul Technique and the Yamanaka clan's mental arts, still couldn't grasp what Orochimaru had done.
Soul splitting…
Could the split self still be considered the same person?
After splitting, was it still truly you?
The thought was so insane that Tobirama couldn't help but conclude that Orochimaru was nothing but a complete madman!
But the records left behind were only experimental logs, with no technical details, which made Tobirama feel deeply regretful.
The pair of twins before him were living healthy lives.
Not only them, but the remaining test subjects were all successful cases of soul transference.
However, they were all living people undergoing the transference.
Tobirama was already dead, and if his soul were to leave his body now, it would immediately return to the Pure Land.
The difficulty lay in this fact, and it was something Tobirama found troublesome, leaving him without any clear direction.
As for the Byakugan that he was truly trying to study, Tobirama had indeed examined it and found that its principle was quite similar to the Sharingan.
Both were the result of a special chakra that altered the eyes, causing them to take on a white pupil and gain unique abilities, which were then imprinted in the DNA.
All Kekkei Genkai were based on the same principle: a special chakra was produced in the body, exhibiting a different state, which was then etched into the genes and passed down to future generations.
This was essentially an unsolvable problem.
Tobirama realized he had hit a bottleneck.
No matter what aspect he focused on, his theoretical knowledge had reached its limit.
The only way to break through was to resort to experiments on human bodies, much like Orochimaru had done.
But how was he supposed to ask for that?
How could he ask for a batch of living humans to use as test subjects, preferably children?
If it were during his time in power, he wouldn't have hesitated.
The problem now was that Hyuga Makoto was the Hokage.
If he made such a request, it would mean giving Makoto a handle to control him.
Once this kind of thing was exposed, his fate would be no different from Orochimaru's.
Even if he were revived, he would still be under the control of Makoto.
However, the Fifth Hokage didn't make him hesitate for long.
Two days later, an Anbu arrived to inform Tobirama that the Hokage had sent him a gift.
Tobirama followed the Anbu outside the village to a base, where he found a group of young children.
These young kids were ragged, their eyes filled with confusion and fear.
The Anbu explained that they were orphans collected from various countries.
Tobirama returned to the village in silence, looking at the now empty Hokage Rock.
It seemed that the Fifth Hokage had no intention of restoring it, nor did he plan to carve his own face onto it.
The Third Hokage, the Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato... their fate was the result of the law of winners and losers.
As long as he ultimately emerged victorious, it didn't matter what he did along the way.
No one would know, and no one would dare to bring it up.
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