From Naruto onwards, I've become a dreamer.

Chapter 519 The Trend of the Times (Part 1)
The Rinnegan. Lost.

Nagato covered her bleeding eye socket and suddenly realized something.

The enemy's target has always been the 'Rinnegan', but he doesn't know what the Rinnegan can actually do.

But Nagato's intuition told him that the Rinnegan must be very important!

Just before he lost consciousness, he struggled to use his last bit of consciousness to control his summoned beast and send a warning message to Konan at the front line.

Konan, who was at the front-line command post, was stunned for only half a second after receiving Nagato's message, and then fell into a long silence.

"What happened?"

Chiyo, standing beside her, frowned. Seeing that she looked unwell, she asked with concern, "Are you too tired? Do you need to rest?"

During this period, the front lines of the combined forces of Amegakure and Sunagakure were constantly harassed by 100,000 White Zetsu and powerful resurrected warriors.

Each time, they had to take action themselves, and Konan was the strongest among the many ninjas, so she took action the most frequently.

"No, it's nothing."

Xiao Nan turned and left the command tent without expression.

Stepping outside, she gazed at the ongoing fierce battle ahead, her eyes flashing slightly, and lit a bronze lamp: "The plan is progressing smoothly. The tide of a new era is about to arrive, everyone. Please be prepared."

Meanwhile, Orochimaru was at a secret base in the Hidden Sound Village.

In the shadows, a smile appeared on his pale face as he tapped his index finger lightly on the table: "Is it finally coming?"

"Lord Orochimaru, is this what you mean by 'the trend of the times'?"

Kabuto pushed up his glasses, a hint of excitement in his eyes.

He was adopted by Orochimaru a long time ago, so he knows many secrets, but there are only the most crucial things that he still doesn't know, such as the legendary secret organization and the question about the 'era'.

"Era" is a word that Orochimaru repeatedly mentions, and Kabuto Yakushi considered many possibilities.

Looking at Kabuto's curious eyes, Orochimaru chuckled: "Not bad, you are very lucky, Kabuto. You will have the opportunity to witness the 'trend' of the times. Our plan, which we have been laying out for so many years, is finally coming to an end."

After years of planning, Kabuto Yakushi seemed to have caught the key words, his pupils flickering slightly: "You mean, the current situation of the Shinobi World War is entirely the result of you... no, that mysterious organization's actions?"

“Dou, sometimes all you need is a little push.”

Orochimaru smiled slightly and said calmly, "Like a windmill, it may turn slowly at times, but it's not worth watching. But we only need to increase the speed a little, and we can use this wind to make the windmill turn."

"I'll be looking forward to it, Lord Orochimaru."

Kabuto Yakushi could not hide his excitement; he was finally able to glimpse a 'truth' through the layers of gloom.

Meanwhile, Itachi Uchiha returned to the Aurora Society.

Black Zetsu, who had been waiting for a long time, looked at him excitedly: "The thing, the Rinnegan. Did you bring it?"

"Heh, who do you think I am?" Itachi Uchiha sneered, casually tossing the Rinnegan, which was in a preservation jar, over there: "The Rinnegan you wanted, can we start planning now?"

Black Zetsu was so frightened that he lunged forward, fearing that the maintenance jar would fall to the ground and shatter, causing the Rinnegan inside to be lost.

Holding the small jar, it gazed intently at the two mesmerizing purple Rinnegan eyes floating in the conditioning liquid: "Finally! Finally! Finally... I got it!"

"Can the plan begin?"

Itachi Uchiha said impatiently, "I don't have time to watch your performance here. Now that you have the Rinnegan, hurry up and start extracting the tailed beast's chakra and summoning the 'Ten-Tails Divine Tree'."

"Okay, I'll start now!"

Black Zetsu possessed White Zetsu and then implanted two Rinnegan eyes into him.

The powerful Rinnegan was embedded in his body, and a continuous stream of chakra seemed to flow uncontrollably into those eyes.

"As expected, only the cells of the First Sage's body can unleash the full power of this eye." Black Zetsu felt the power of the Rinnegan, and for a few seconds, he even thought it could break free of his control. However, the surrounding air suddenly dropped, and a chilling cold filled the air.

The blasphemous, eerie echoes, as if demons were reverberating in his ears, instantly pulled Black Zetsu back to reality from his fantasy.

It couldn't help but shiver and turned to look at Uchiha Itachi beside it.

The Kaleidoscope seemed even more sinister, shimmering with a chilling aura. Uchiha Itachi's lips curled slightly: "I advise you to think carefully about the consequences before you do anything, otherwise I don't mind tasting you."

"No, no, you've misunderstood, Holy Son!"

Black Zetsu trembled violently; it had witnessed firsthand Itachi Uchiha 'eating people'.

Those little thoughts I had just had immediately vanished.

"Hurry up and get ready."

Uchiha Itachi glanced at it with disappointment: "Our time is running out."

The captured Tailed Beast Jinchuriki were almost all under the hypnotic effect of the Sharingan, with Naruto Uzumaki being the only one immune to hypnosis.

Although Naruto was immune to the Sharingan's hypnosis, he was still firmly trapped by the sealing technique and could not break free at all.

Black Zetsu grinned maliciously, looking at the numerous Tailed Beast Jinchuriki: "Scattered chakra, it's time to return to the mother's embrace!"

"Summoning Jutsu, Gedo Statue!!!"

Amidst the terrifying ground tremors, a golem, completely twisted and possessing a blasphemous and horrifying appearance, appeared!
Is this... a demonic statue of a heretic?
Gazing at the clearly terrifying demonic statue, Black Zetsu suddenly fell into deep thought.

How could it remember that the Gedo Mazo wasn't that terrifying?

"What's wrong? What are you still hesitating about?" At this moment, Itachi Uchiha's voice sounded like a blasphemous voice that could make one feel dizzy: "Hurry up, let it devour the scattered tailed beast chakra, isn't that what you want to do?"

"That's what I wanted to do."

Black Zetsu was in a daze and had no chance of stopping the blasphemous, twisted voice of a Sequence 2 Hanged Man Path Angel.

Then, under Itachi Uchiha's enigmatic smile, Black Zetsu, like a manipulated puppet, slowly walked towards the summoned, clearly 'corrupted' Gedo Mazo: "I want to... revive my mother."

It leaped to the top of the Outer Path Statue, and something resembling a tentacle extended directly from the statue, piercing into Black Zetsu's body.

"Uhhhhhh-!!!"

Black Jue's pupils shrank suddenly, as if he were enduring immense pain, and he let out a scream.

The next moment, the Gedo Mazo opened its eyes, its ten blood-red eyes greedily staring at the Tailed Beast Jinchuriki.

It suddenly opened its mouth and spewed out chains.

Each chain was deeply embedded in the chest of the tailed beast jinchūriki.

“Ahhhh——!!!”

Naruto screamed in agony as he could feel the tailed beast being stripped away.

Gradually, Naruto's consciousness blurred, and he vaguely saw Lu Mingfei in a suit. With a slight smile, Lu Mingfei said to him, "I'm sorry, I lied to you. As compensation, I hope you like my gift."

boom!
The nine-headed tailed beast roared ferociously and struggled madly.

However, they were still unstoppable, being dragged towards the terrifying demonic statue.

"It's finally starting!"

Uchiha Itachi opened his arms wide, a smile spreading across his face: "Come, my great lord—!"

(End of this chapter)