[Nightfall]
Rengoku followed a flying paper crane and arrived at the forest outside of Uchiha.
In his arms, he also carried a book taken from the Uchiha clan's library.
This book was a detailed record of Uchiha Madara.
From his birth to his departure, from physical features to abilities, personality and habits, all were included.
Many things Rengoku had to say needed proof.
Bringing this along felt appropriate.
But when Rengoku arrived, he found that besides Konan, Kisame was also here.
The two just stared wide-eyed at each other.
Neither had thought the other would be here.
Rengoku also hadn't thought the two of them would bump into each other.
Because the meeting time with Kisame was scheduled for the next day.
Kisame didn't remember the time wrong, but rather, without getting an answer, he didn't know where else to go.
So he came early to wait for Rengoku here. Who knew that Konan would descend from the sky, and the two bumped into each other head-on.
"Alright, stop looking at each other, both of you want to know the masked man's identity. Since you're both here, I can save myself from repeating it again," Rengoku saw that the atmosphere between the two was strange and attracted both their attention to himself.
Kisame was indeed drawn to the Eye of the Moon plan by the name Uchiha Madara.
And in the end, to prevent information from leaking, he committed suicide. Although it was tragic, in hindsight, it really didn't mean much.
He could be considered one of the most honest wage slaves in this world.
Rengoku took out the book recording Madara from his body and directly threw it to Kisame.
"This is our clan's detailed record of Madara, take a look and see if it matches the masked man."
Kisame ignored Konan beside him, took the book, and began flipping through it quickly.
He didn't read much of the biography, mostly focused on physical features, abilities, personality, speaking style, etc.
Kisame was indeed honest, but having once served in Kirigakure's Anbu, if he couldn't recognize such detailed comparisons, then his intelligence would be in question.
Kisame's face looked very ugly, his small round eyes bloodshot.
From ability, personality, speaking style, and behavior patterns, the masked man and Uchiha Madara did not match at all.
"Why, I thought it was Uchiha Madara?", Kisame murmured in disbelief.
"Then do you see me as Uchiha Madara now?", Rengoku's voice sounded.
The moment Kisame looked up, he was hypnotized by Rengoku.
In Kisame's perspective, Rengoku now looked exactly like Uchiha Madara.
In the next moment, Rengoku's face returned to normal.
"This!", Kisame hadn't expected that what he saw was a genjutsu.
"He has the Mangekyo Sharingan, it's effortless for him to hypnotize you."
"So this is all a scam? Then what about the Eye of the Moon plan?"
Rengoku sneered, "Exactly, the plan he told you and the one he told Konan are completely different."
"You can verify with Konan what exactly the Eye of the Moon plan is."
Kisame curiously asked, "The masked man cooperated with you, didn't he tell you the Eye of the Moon plan?"
Konan shook her head, "The plan he told us wasn't anything about the Eye of the Moon."
Then Kisame first told Konan what the Eye of the Moon plan was.
After hearing it, Konan was extremely shocked, because what Obito told her and Nagato was: After capturing the tailed beasts, they would be made into war machines, and whichever faction disobeyed would be attacked.
To force the ninja world into peace. There was no second half of the plan.
"Let me explain, this person may not be Uchiha Madara, but he is somewhat related to him," Rengoku's words drew both their attention, "His name is Uchiha Obito. Years ago, due to Madara's conspiracy, he fell into darkness and became the spokesperson for Madara's will."
"The reason he didn't tell you, Konan, the second half of the plan—"
"Was because he was preparing to use Nagato, to use Rinne Tensei no Jutsu to resurrect Uchiha Madara."
Konan exclaimed in shock, "Impossible, the Rinnegan belongs to Nagato, he wouldn't do that."
Rengoku smiled, "Then if the Rinnegan originally didn't belong to Nagato, do you think there might be a control mechanism within?"
Konan was about to say something, but Rengoku raised a hand to stop her, "You can try when you go back. See if you can take the Rinnegan out."
"If it's your own eye, it should be easy to remove, right?"
"Or let Nagato try to harm himself."
Konan's face turned iron-blue and she shut her mouth, because Rengoku's attitude clearly wasn't joking.
Besides, removing the eye was just a minor surgery. Testing it wouldn't cause harm.
Something so easy to verify, lying about it would be meaningless.
But she didn't dare to think about it now, nor could she.
The Rinnegan was the foundation of her and Nagato's dream.
If it was a conspiracy, that would be an enormous blow to Nagato.
Rengoku turned to look at Kisame, who wasn't concerned about whose eye the Rinnegan was.
He now had vacant eyes, clearly still in shock.
"Kisame, your life has been very hard, hasn't it?", Rengoku's sentence made Kisame's pupils shrink violently.
That was what his dying comrade said during his last mission as a Kirigakure Anbu, to silence leaks.
Because of fear that information would leak, Kisame personally killed the girl who had feelings for him.
But before dying, she didn't blame Kisame, only felt sorry for how hard he'd lived all these years.
That sentence was undoubtedly the last straw that broke the camel's back, causing Kisame's mental world to collapse.
Which led to the later killing of Fuguki Suikazan, and being manipulated by Obito, wanting to carry out the Eye of the Moon plan.
"How do you know about her?", Kisame was shocked beyond words. At that time, all people around him were silenced.
'No one should've known.'
Rengoku raised a finger and shook it, "Of course I have my sources."
"I said that to tell you, Obito controlled Yagura and continued the Blood Mist policy."
"All those people you silenced were Obito's fault."
"When you were doubting yourself, he told you the Eye of the Moon plan."
"That way, he could easily manipulate you into becoming his enforcer."
"If you keep working for him, it's like he sells you out and you thank him for it."
Rengoku faced Konan, "Chusuke and Daibutsu are the same. If they had supported in time—"
"Would Yahiko have died? Would Nagato have become like this? You should know the answer in your heart."
Konan's mind had taken in too much information, it was very chaotic now, and she didn't speak for a while.
She slowly exhaled, "Then, Rengoku, what is your purpose in revealing all this?"
Rengoku smiled slightly, "Our first cooperation, just showing some sincerity."
"Konan, do you want to see Chusuke again?"
"Kisame, do you want to see that kunoichi again?"
Konan and Kisame's eyes widened, "What do you mean!?" ×2
Rengoku chuckled, "I have a secret technique, as long as I have part of the person's corpse—"
"I can summon the soul of the ninja who died early back into the world, and revive them in physical form."
"Although they can't exist for long, it's no problem for you to meet and talk."
"If you have any questions, you can ask the person directly."
Kisame's small round eyes flashed with a terrifying gleam, "Are you serious?"
Rengoku raised both hands, "I must have a corpse. Even if it's partial or decayed, it's fine. If there's no corpse, I'm powerless."
After hearing that, Kisame stuffed the book into Konan's hands and turned to leave. All the talk of Obito and Eye of the Moon plan was forgotten.
He had more important matters.
Rengoku shouted toward Kisame, "Don't fall out with Obito yet. Go find Yagura, I'm allied with him, he will help."
Kisame paused, "Thanks." Then his figure disappeared.
Only Rengoku and Konan were left, "Alright, Kisame's gone. Any more questions?"
Konan took a deep breath, "Why are you helping us?"
Rengoku shook his head, "I can only tell you for now, we have a common enemy."
"Yagura used Tailed Beast Bomb to blow you up because you were with Obito earlier, and he thought you were allies."
"Now he's my ally, so don't create conflict."
Konan was somewhat speechless, this was a bitter loss to swallow.
But Yagura, being controlled all these years, had provided Akatsuki with an unknown amount of funds and supplies.
Who really suffered more was unclear.
Konan nodded, considering the matter with Yagura settled.
Rengoku pointed to the book Kisame handed her before leaving, "The rest of the cooperation, let's talk after you verify these things."
[T/N: I have midsems this week so there will be 1 Chapter/Day instead of 2 till next Monday, after that we will be back to 2 Chapters/Day. Hope you all understand, have a great day~]
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