- Where are we, and where is Kiri? - The kunoichi rolled her eyes and poked her friend in the side. - Reading on.
"But that's all so-so, not really significant. This time I want to touch on a much more serious topic that you've been wondering about since the beginning - why is someone helping you at all, spending a lot of money and effort, while trying to hide this fact as much as possible and exclude the possibility of tracking by all interested parties, including you? Believe me, the latter has cost me many days of headaches. In the current world, it became very difficult to get knowledge on Fuin, after those doughboys took off somewhere with their island at the beginning of the second world war. Instead of coming and ordering the necessary fuin, we have to haggle!"
- "Heh," the Akatsuki leader grinned, unable to resist the comment, but shrank back and fell silent under the fierce stares of his friends.
"You guys are talented and cute, of course, but there are plenty of those all over the country, with no less sad histories, and moreover, you and I aren't related, or I would have long ago taken you to a completely different place years ago. You can say a big thank you to Nagato, his legendary dojutsu is the very reason for my attention, no more and no less.
You may be scared, but it's still early, really. Had I wished to possess the Rinnegan and would have gotten it back when I learned of its existence from a mere kid who didn't belong to any village.
As they say, possessing a treasure will only bring trouble if you don't have the power behind you. It's just too hot a rock to try to pick up on, even though the information didn't get any further than I did, and Nagato-kun was careful to keep it to himself and immediately used my methods of disguising the presence of any dojutsu at all.
You may have a legitimate question - who am I so afraid of that I did not try to get hold of such a treasure, despite the fact that I more or less know its capabilities, having gathered information from historical chronicles? The answer is quite simple: its true owner."
- What?!!! - A couple of teenagers exclaimed in utter shock after reading to this point in the letter.
- What real owner?! It's Nagato's dojutsu! - The red-haired boy turned to his friends indignantly. - A dojutsu that will bring peace to the world!
- You have a rather restrained reaction to that letter, considering what it claims," the girl remarked, glaring intently at the half-breed Uzumaki.
- I've thought a lot about the question of whether I have Rinnegan, - sighed the latter, shrugging his shoulders a little nervously, - our well-wisher only added to one of my many theories, there further everything is quite reasonable and reasoned.
The teens huddled over the sheets of paper again and continued reading.
"Did you really think that the legendary dojutsu of the Sage of the Six Paths and ancestor of all chakra users could suddenly awaken in some half-breed Uzumaki from a war-torn small country, not even a direct descendant of Rikudo Sennin? I've handed you enough historical chronicles of different countries devoted to the times of the clans' emergence to know about the only heirs of the Sage who inherited a part of his power - Senju and Uchiha. Actually, they themselves had been shouting so loudly about this legacy for years that this knowledge had become available even to civilians. Uzumaki is not on this short list, though I suspect that the longevity and power of the chakra has its roots there. Even if one thinks extremely freely, it won't be able to awaken the dojutsu. Have you thought of the most likely candidates to awaken the Rinnegan yet?"
- Uchiha, there's just no one else," the kunoichi shook her head, who was quite fond of reading history books, unlike the boys.
"The correct answer is Uchiha, especially considering the gradual development of the dojutsu, but since Rikudo's time there have been many Uchiha born, but nothing has been heard of the Rinnegan until now, and it hasn't appeared in Konoha yet, otherwise everyone would know about it. I've never been able to find out who the real owner of the Rinnegan is, but one of the reasons Nagato gave it to him was because he had a powerful chakra that could be used for the Rinnegan. And given its non-native origins, even with its volume, it could be a very dangerous endeavor."
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