Naruto: I Traveled with a Max Level Account-Chapter 130 - 529: The Legendary Sage’s Eyes—The Rinnegan

"I don't know."

Takuya bluntly dropped those three words.

Are you messing with me?

Minato's eyes widened in disbelief, and he even pulled out a kunai from his pouch, ready to make his displeasure known. If Takuya kept up with this nonsense, he might have to teach him a lesson—like giving him an extra "eye" on his backside to open his perspective.

"Put that thing away," Takuya said, rolling his eyes. "I'm serious—I really don't know. At least, not for sure."

He spread his palms in a gesture of innocence.

"Have you ever paid attention to Nagato's eyes?"

There were some things that couldn't be disclosed prematurely, and while it wasn't too early to mention the Rinnegan, it still wasn't the right moment for full transparency.

Takuya even considered spreading this information after the deals with the other villages were concluded, just to see how figures like Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu—hidden in the shadows—would react. The other villages' responses would also be worth observing.

"His eyes?"

Minato furrowed his brows. Upon Takuya's reminder, he realized that while he had met Nagato several times, he had never once focused on the boy's eyes.

Nagato always kept long hair draped over half his face, clearly trying to avoid drawing attention to himself.

If someone made an effort to stay inconspicuous, staring at them would be outright rude.

"Is there something unusual about that boy's eyes?"

Pakura, who had also met Nagato several times alongside Takuya during the Rain Country envoy's visit, joined the conversation.

But like Minato, her attention had mostly been on Konan and Yahiko, not on the quiet Nagato, who kept his head down and half his face hidden beneath his long hair.

Compared to Nagato's reserved and low-profile demeanor, Yahiko, who was extroverted, clingy toward Takuya, and constantly exuding strange energy, was far more memorable.

Takuya didn't answer directly. Instead, he turned to Minato and Pakura and asked:

"Have you ever heard of the legends about dojutsu in the ninja world?"

"The Byakugan, the Sharingan... and the Sage's Eyes?"

Pakura blinked, recalling the widely known tales.

The Byakugan and Sharingan were easy to understand—both belonged to Konoha's two major bloodline-limit clans. But the Sage's Eyes, also known as the Rinnegan, was far more mysterious and mythical.

Minato, who knew Takuya better, felt his face stiffen. Turning his neck stiffly, he asked with a forced smile:

"Don't tell me... that boy has a pair of Sage's Eyes? That's just absurd! It's like a fairy tale. He's an Uzumaki, isn't he? How could he possibly have a dojutsu bloodline limit?"

This can't be real, can it?

Pakura also sensed something off and quickly turned to Takuya, her expression tense.

Takuya shrugged and replied, "You've already guessed it. Why are you acting so shocked?"

The Sage's Eyes—the legendary eyes of the Sage of Six Paths. Was he serious?

Minato and Pakura both felt like Takuya was pulling their legs. There was no way this could be true.

What was next? The Sage of Six Paths being resurrected and gifting his eyes to Nagato? Even ghost stories weren't this far-fetched.

"All I'll say is, the Sage's Eyes aren't exclusive to the Sage of Six Paths. I wasn't certain before, but now I am."

Takuya didn't care whether Minato and Pakura believed him.

"Then those Sage's Eyes..."

Minato felt a chill run down his spine, as if he'd accidentally stumbled upon a terrifying secret.

"They're definitely not Nagato's own. Someone must have placed them in him. Even the Sage's Eyes need nurturing, and an Uzumaki—known for their strong life force and immense chakra—would be the perfect host."

Takuya paused briefly before continuing:

"While the eyes don't belong to Nagato, nurturing them for a long time would allow him to harness some of their power. That's why I said Hanzo wouldn't be the real threat to the Akatsuki."

"The true danger is the person who implanted the Sage's Eyes in Nagato."

In just a few minutes, Minato felt his worldview shatter.

Things he had believed to exist only in legends were now suddenly very real.

"When did you figure all this out?"

Minato tried to piece everything together. He remembered being present the first time Takuya met Nagato, but after that, they hadn't seen the boy for quite a while.

If the meetings had been so infrequent, how could Takuya have uncovered such a significant secret?

Now it made sense why Nagato always kept his head down, his movements reserved, and his face half-hidden by his hair.

Minato had assumed it was because of trauma, that Nagato's experiences had made him introverted and shy.

Turns out, it was to conceal a secret.

"It was... probably..."

Feigning deep thought, Takuya dragged out the moment before casually saying:

"I noticed it the first time we met."

Minato: "....."

I'm such an idiot. Seriously.

"What about the power of the Sage's Eyes?"

Pakura, like Minato, was now tense.

If the Sage's Eyes truly existed and had belonged to the Sage of Six Paths, their power had to be unimaginable.

"Well... probably... strong enough to wipe out the Five Great Shinobi Villages."

Given the capabilities of the Rinnegan, that wasn't an exaggeration.

Whether it was the Rinnegan or the Tenseigan, both had the potential to accomplish such a feat.

Of course, the artificial Tenseigan created on the moon didn't count—that was an anomaly.

The Tenseigan, beaten by a half-Kurama Jinchūriki, was embarrassing, to say the least.

Yet under normal circumstances, the Tenseigan was even more destructive than the Rinnegan.

Was it a plot contrivance? Absolutely. If it weren't, the protagonist would've been dead in minutes.

Regardless of narrative logic, both the Rinnegan and Tenseigan granted their users enough power to dominate the Five Great Shinobi Villages.

At least, with the current state of affairs, that was true.

The exception was Sasuke's "Tomoe Rinnegan," which didn't count as it was artificially created.

"Hissssss..."

The sound of both Minato and Pakura sucking in a sharp breath filled the room, accompanied by their wide-eyed, stunned expressions.

To possess enough power to crush the Five Great Shinobi Villages—it was incomprehensible.

Takuya struggled to keep a straight face as he watched their reactions.

Minato had a bit of a consolation prize in later years, where he could still have some highlights. But Pakura? In the original story, she was reduced to a mere cameo, only brought back through Edo Tensei to be a glorified extra.

"Calm down. The stronger the power, the greater the cost to use it. Even if Nagato has the Sage's Eyes, they're far beyond his ability to fully control—unless he's willing to sacrifice his life."

"Or unless someone forces him into a situation where he has no choice but to risk his life."

Wait a second...

Suddenly, Takuya slapped his thigh, startling Minato and Pakura.

"What's wrong?"

"No time to explain. Minato, go catch up with the Rain Country's envoy. Stop Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato and have them wait for me—I need to talk to them."

"Got it."

Without hesitation, Minato bolted out of the room to intercept the group.

"And me?"

Pakura pointed to herself, awaiting instructions.

"Go notify the representatives from Sunagakure, Kirigakure, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure. Tell them to head to the Hokage's office—the same meeting room as before. It's time to discuss the intel on perfect Jinchūriki. Oh, and don't forget Takigakure."

Though Takigakure was a small village, even small contributions mattered.

No matter how insignificant it seemed, squeezing out resources from Takigakure was still worthwhile.

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