Naruto: This Uchiha is too innocent.

Amegakure Village

A torrential downpour began, the mist obscuring the sky and making it impossible to open one's eyes.

The heavy rain washed away the strong industrial atmosphere, along with the overwhelming stench of blood. Countless severed limbs were soaking in puddles, turning white from the water.

A figure stood atop an industrial platform, drenched in rain, atop a giant salamander, overlooking the entire Amegakure village.

Deep in his eyes was unconcealed horror, and in his mind, the image of that terrifying monster was flashing.

"What... is it...?" Hanzo murmured.

Not long ago, Danzo came to Amegakure and successfully sowed discord between him and the Akatsuki organization. So he joined forces with Danzo to ambush the Akatsuki organization.

Originally, they wanted to wipe out the Akatsuki organization in one fell swoop, but at the moment Yahiko died, the young man named Nagato suddenly unleashed an extremely terrifying power, summoning a world-destroying monster!

What kind of monster was that? It seemed capable of destroying everything. So-called ninjas were like ants in front of it. Hanzo was a ninja who had experienced countless great battles, but he still felt fear when he saw the Ten-Tails.

Fortunately, Nagato fainted at the crucial moment; otherwise, everyone would probably have been killed along with Yahiko.

"Lord Hanzo." At that moment, a ninja appeared beside him.

"Have you found it?" Hanzo said calmly, but beneath that calm lay an endless, raging storm.

The ninja shuddered. "No, we couldn't find her. Konan is too fast; we lost track of her."

Hanzo's eyes turned completely cold. "Keep searching. I want to see them alive or dead. If I can't find them... you can bring me your head."

"Yes, yes!"

As the ninja left, Hanzo exhaled deeply. Rainwater streamed down his gas mask, and his sharp eyes gradually became hazy.

He regretted it.

If he had known that Nagato possessed such terrifying power, he would never have been an enemy of Akatsuki; that power was enough to change the world's格局 (geju, a term referring to the overall situation or structure of the world).

"Danzo, the darkness of the ninja world, is this your goal? How... terrifying."

……

Leaf root base

"Cough cough cough!" The man coughed violently.

"Lord Danzo, you need to rest!" Aburame Ryoma exclaimed in surprise and quickly helped the heavily injured Danzo up.

Danzo waved his hand. "It's alright, my injury isn't important. Shall we find clues about Nagato?"

Ryoma Aburame shook his head. "The ninja world is vast; finding someone in such a sea of ​​people is no easy task. My lord, what exactly is that monster?"

Danzo closed his eyes, his mind filled with the image of that ferocious monster—a monster far more terrifying than the nine-tailed fox demon in the village.

"I have no idea."

Aburame Ryoma was taken aback; even the well-informed Danzo didn't recognize that monster.

A deep sense of dread flashed in Danzo's eyes. "Those eyes... they actually exist."

The moment he saw Nagato's eyes, he was determined to kill him. The Rinnegan, the legendary eye, was a huge potential danger to Konoha due to its unpredictability.

Unfortunately, just as he was about to kill Nagato, Yahiko Sei stepped in to take the blow for him.

"Damn it, it was so close!"

He remained silent for a long time before issuing a bounty order, offering a reward for Nagato's capture at any cost.

……

Deep in a remote mountainside, darkness and dampness dominate the atmosphere, and endless sorrow permeates the air.

Cold tears fell silently, one after another, sliding down Xiao Nan's pale cheeks and landing on the freshly turned soil.

With trembling hands, she used all her strength to wed the rough stone tablet deep into the newly piled, protruding earthen mound before her.

The four simple yet profound characters "Yahiko's Tomb" on the stone tablet stung her eyes like a red-hot branding iron.

The stone tablet was finally erected, but her movements suddenly stopped, as if all support had been drained away in an instant.

Staring at the cold inscription, an overwhelming grief suddenly engulfed her.

The suppressed sobs finally burst forth from her throat. She abruptly raised her mud- and tear-stained hands and tightly covered her face. Her thin shoulders trembled uncontrollably. The suppressed, heart-wrenching sobs finally tore through the surrounding deathly silence.

After a long while, she staggered to her feet, the sadness in her eyes hidden beneath a calm surface.

"I cannot be defeated. I still have... Nagato."

Suddenly, the image of a boy flashed through her mind. It was an ordinary day; she was chatting with Uchiha Sora on a park bench.

"Konan, watch out for Hanzo," the boy said casually.

"It's all my fault," Xiao Nan said softly, then turned and left.

After walking for a long time, she came to another mountain wall. Deep inside, a lonely figure sat on the ground, his eyes vacant and lifeless.

Seeing this, Xiao Nan quickly went over and knelt down next to Nagato.

"Nagato, Nagato, you're finally awake."

Nagato, who had been holding that position for who knows how long, heard a familiar voice and slowly turned his head like a wound-up toy, his voice hoarse and strained.

"Minami, Yahiko is dead. He died in my arms."

As he spoke, his body trembled, and his face showed terror. Konan felt a pang of pain in her heart and hugged Nagato tightly.

"Nagato, I know, I know, listen to me, don't think about it anymore, okay?"

Nagato's current state is very strange; she's like a walking corpse, and she knows Nagato is going to have problems.

"You don't understand!" Nagato suddenly roared, shoving Nagato aside with a ferocious expression. "Yahiko is dead! He died because of me! I should be the one who should have died!"

"Aaaaaah! Why wasn't it me who died?! I should be dead right now!"

Snapped--!

The crisp sound of a slap echoed through the hollow cliff. Nagato seemed to be frozen in time, covering his face and staring blankly at Konan, whose eyes were filled with tears.

"Nagato, Yahiko died to save you, how can you betray him! If you die, how can you face Yahiko? How can you face me? What will I do?"

This slap finally brought Nagato back to his senses, and he fell silent...

Xiao Nan's eyes were red, and she remained silent...

for a long time,

"I want revenge."

From within the cliff, Nagato's calm voice could be heard.

"I'll stay with you."

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Iron Blood Residence

Uchiha Sora ate his dinner absentmindedly; his mind was entirely on Amegakure.

The image of that gentle and kind face appeared in his mind. Although he hadn't spent much time with Xiao Nan, there was no denying that he admired her greatly.

Rather, he greatly admired the Akatsuki's original ideals, ideals that were about to change with Yahiko's death.

"If... I were to be more specific, could I change this trajectory?" he wondered.

However, he didn't feel particularly sad. He didn't care about the person's life or death; he just felt a little regretful.

He only wanted three things.

To stop Rin's death, to stop the Uchiha clan's annihilation, and to unify the ninja world.