Naruto: Reborn with the Script & A Flying Thunder God Tagged to Hinata

Nagato felt a sudden, unexpected loss — his connection with Pain had completely severed. 

"Cough… cough…" Nagato spat out a mouthful of blood, blood still trickling from his nose. 

"What exactly just happened?" 

"Could this be… genjutsu?" 

"But I didn't see anyone casting genjutsu…" 

Nagato couldn't wrap his head around it. Who could possibly have the ability to cast genjutsu without him noticing? 

Even Itachi, a master of genjutsu, had to make direct eye contact with his Sharingan to cast it. 

To use genjutsu undetected by Nagato himself — such an ability must surpass even Itachi's. 

"Damn it, Konan is still outside." 

"I finally found you," Naruto said as he walked in, Hinata right behind him. 

Naruto smirked and said proudly, "My wife is from the Hyuga clan. Her Byakugan scanned every high ground around here. There was no way she'd miss your hideout." 

Caught off guard by their sudden appearance, Nagato said nothing. 

Nagato thought inwardly: How does Naruto know about my connection with Pain? I can only control the Six Paths of Pain within a certain range… How did he find out this information? Even Jiraiya didn't know this… 

"So you're not going to talk, huh?" Naruto tilted Hinata's chin up, and she willingly closed her eyes before leaning into the kiss. 

Nagato was momentarily stunned. 

"Excited? Want something even more intense, old man?" Naruto grinned mischievously. 

"What… what do you want to do?" Nagato struggled to get the words out. 

Hinata performed hand seals and transformed into Konan's form. 

Nagato stared in shock at Hinata, who now looked exactly like Konan. 

"Naruto, what exactly are you trying to accomplish with this?" 

"Obviously, changing this world and bringing peace to it," Naruto wrapped his arm around Konan's waist. 

The current 'Konan' was just Hinata using the Transformation Jutsu. 

Nagato couldn't understand — Naruto's approach would never bring peace to the world. Instead, it would only cause more suffering. 

Naruto feigned a pout, then leaned forward and kissed 'Konan.' 

Under Nagato's watchful gaze, Naruto kissed 'Konan.' 

Though he knew full well that this wasn't the real Konan, wasn't truly her at all, Nagato still felt a surge of anger. 

"Sorry Konan, I got my saliva on you. Let me wipe it off for you." 

Naruto started getting touchy again. 

"No," Konan murmured half-heartedly, faking reluctance. 

... 

Nagato could barely believe his eyes, repeating internally: That's not the real Konan… That's an imitation… That's not the real Konan… That's an imitation… 

Even though he knew it wasn't really Konan, why did it still piss him off so much! 

Gathering his last ounce of strength, Nagato prepared to take Naruto down with him. 

"Senior, have you ever considered what Lady Konan would do if you died?" 

Naruto suddenly dropped a bomb with his next question. 

Nagato stopped circulating chakra in his body. 

Naruto sneered, "You really are the biggest idiot there is." 

"If you die, Obito will come for your Rinnegan. Lady Konan will definitely try to protect those eyes."

"Whoever loses the fight between Konan and Obito will die. Who do you think will win?"

Nagato recoiled. "The Rinnegan is mine!"

Naruto continued, "Once you're gone, there's no way Sis Konan could keep going."

"For Sis Konan's sake, stop using the Rinnegan now. You weren't born with that eye. The more you use it, the more it drains your life force."

Nagato was stunned. "The Rinnegan is mine!"

"Come on, don't be naive," Naruto said. "Long ago, you were from the Uzumaki clan. Where would you get something like the Rinnegan? The Rinnegan is the evolved form of the Sharingan — the ultimate Dojutsu. It belongs to the Uchiha clan without question."

"The Rinnegan belongs to the Uchiha clan, not the Uzumaki."

"Precisely because you have Uzumaki blood and a strong vitality, someone deliberately implanted the Rinnegan in you."

"A regular person wouldn't survive the strain caused by the Rinnegan."

Nagato refused to believe it. "That's impossible. I already had the Rinnegan when I was very young."

Naruto shook his head, finding Nagato's innocence almost cute. "In the ninja world, people have countless ways to hide abnormalities."

"See my Sharingan? I had it implanted. Transplanting an eye's easier than drinking water."

"Maybe back then you were too young to remember clearly. Or maybe someone used memory-erasing techniques on you."

"But your Rinnegan was definitely implanted into you by someone else."

Nagato bellowed, "So what?! Even if the Rinnegan wasn't mine from the start, what difference does it make? You think that changes the fact this world is full of bastards?!"

"It can change things," Naruto pulled Hinata closer as she reverted back to her original appearance.

"Yahiko may be gone, but Konan is still here, Jiraiya is still here, and I'm still here."

"All I want now is to kill you."

"Hahaha!" Naruto burst out laughing. "Go ahead then! Aren't you supposed to be a god? Has anger made you forget your mission, God? In my eyes, you and I are both just mortals anyway."

"The Six Paths of Pain aren't gods, and Nagato is just an ordinary human."

"You're nothing but a normal human who never learned how to find the most important things in this broken world."

"My most important thing is Hinata. And aside from Yahiko, yours is Konan too."

"Think carefully — how many years has Konan followed you? Have you ever treated her kindly? When did she last smile? Isn't her face always gloomy?"

"Tell me Nagato, are you even a man?"

"If you're so eager to die, have you thought about what Konan would do after your death? Would she follow you into death? How would you face her after that?"

Nagato completely broke down. Indeed, what he owed Konan could never be repaid in this life.

"Join Konoha. Join my team," Naruto urged. "There's one despicable bastard behind all your pain."

"Who?"

"Madara Uchiha! He's the one who implanted the Rinnegan into you."

Nagato refused to believe it.

Instead, Naruto wore a confident smile.

Let me prove it to you. Just hear me out, and I'll reveal the whole truth.

"What do you say, brother?" Naruto asked.

"You can save yourself, Konan won't have to die, and you'll learn the truth. Once you know the truth, what you do from there—like changing the world—is completely up to you."

Naruto extended his hand in friendship.

But Nagato refused to shake it. He saw Naruto as particularly despicable—not just in thoughts and actions, but even in his methods.

"I have one request," Nagato said to Naruto.

"Make it ten, and I'll agree to them all."

"You will never use Konan, pretend to be Konan, or use any jutsu on her."

"No problem at all, senior. She's my respected senior after all. Why would I ever disrespect her? Don't you agree?"

Nagato glared at Naruto. He thought he had some nerve.

Naruto left with Hinata.

"Teacher Jiraiya, you've taken in a very strange apprentice. I really want to kill him, but he almost convinced me."

Then, Naruto carried everyone who had been caught in genjutsu back to Konoha.

Including Jiraiya, Konan, Torune Aburame, the six bodies of the Six Paths of Pain—and Nagato himself.

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