Naruto: Starting as Tsunade's Desk Mate

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On the other side, Naruto had already engaged Pain in battle, and with just one simple move, he crippled the Hell Path who was wielding missiles.

An Yan originally wanted to make a move, but suddenly remembered that Naruto and Hinata seemed to have found a chance to get together in this battle, so he held back for the time being.

An Yan still likes the Crown Prince and Crown Princess very much, and unless necessary, An Yan has no intention of breaking up the couple.

Now it's Naruto's turn to fight Pain; no one can steal the spotlight from the protagonist.

Chapter 158 Naruto and Nagato Suppress with One Hand

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Naruto Uzumaki and Pain engaged in a fierce battle. Although Pain's Shinra Tensei was not fully effective, it still provided them with a wide space to fight, allowing them to freely use their ninjutsu.

Tsunade led An Yan and the others to the edge of the battlefield. Under An Yan's gaze, Tsunade felt a little embarrassed, especially knowing that the man in front of her was her choice in a parallel world. However, she did not lose her head or her composure because of this. Instead, she organized people to start treating the wounded as soon as she left the battlefield.

Sakura Haruno was perceptive and quickly took over Tsunade's work, leading the medical ninjas to treat all the wounded in Konoha, big and small.

An Yan crossed his arms and watched Naruto and Pain's battle from afar. He wondered how much time had passed since their last meeting, and whether the flow of time between the two worlds was the same. However, it seemed that after An Yan's training, this kid was much stronger than in the original story.

Tsunade stood beside An Yan, also watching the battle between Naruto and Pain. She was ready to intervene at any moment. With An Yan's help, she had fully recovered.

With information provided by the slug and the super cheat code of accelerated thinking, Naruto easily eliminated five Pains. However, when Pain of the Heavenly Path made his move, Naruto was still suppressed.

It's true that Pain has six clones, but every time one clone falls, the remaining clones will inevitably become stronger. The same amount of chakra distributed among six people is different from that distributed among one person. Moreover, when the consciousness is not so scattered, the result of focused attention is inevitably an increase in strength.

With the help of Shinra Tensei and Bansho Ten'in, Naruto's hands were easily pierced by Pain's black rods, and he was stuck in the ground and unable to move. This exclusive ability of the Rinnegan is indeed a fatal blow to ordinary ninjas.

Seeing this, An Yan covered his forehead, secretly lamenting that his efforts to enhance Naruto's strength had been in vain. Naruto's hands had been pierced, resulting in a situation similar to the original timeline. An Yan felt somewhat ashamed.

Tsunade immediately wanted to help, but An Yan grabbed her arm and said in a clear voice, "Don't act yet, give the child some time."

Tsunade stopped abruptly when An Yan pulled her. Following his gaze, she saw a black-haired, white-eyed girl running towards the battlefield. In this dangerous situation, she stood directly in front of Naruto, wanting to protect him.

Tsunade exclaimed in surprise. She knew Hinata's strength all too well. With Pain's power, Hinata rushing in would be like a mantis trying to stop a chariot or a mayfly trying to shake a tree. There was absolutely no chance of her being shattered.

Tsunade was about to make a move, but An Yan stopped her again.

"Let Hinata show her what she's made of; don't miss out on a good match."

Tsunade didn't quite agree with An Yan's words. She understood what An Yan meant, but as the Hokage, she couldn't gamble with the lives of the village's promising younger generation. Battles were not child's play.

Seeing that Tsunade's gaze was firm and that she seemed not to be listening to his ideas, An Yan said directly, "I left the Flying Thunder God mark on Naruto. There's plenty of time to provide support, so don't worry."

Tsunade's pupils contracted slightly. The wonder of the Flying Thunder God Technique was not surprising, but An Yan's motive for leaving the Flying Thunder God Technique on Naruto was suspicious. Naruto's identity was too special. He was Konoha's ultimate weapon - the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

Naruto's identity was too sensitive, and An Yan happened to be Danzo's disciple, which made Tsunade somewhat wary of him.

An Yan was indifferent to Tsunade's wariness; his gaze remained fixed on the battlefield. At this moment, Hinata had already been violated and brutally ravaged by Pain in front of Naruto, collapsing to the ground drenched in sweat, her fate unknown.

Naruto thought Hinata was dead, so he suddenly unleashed his inner power and entered Tailed Beast Mode, fighting his way out of Konoha with Pain.

"Oh no, Naruto has gone berserk! Yamato is currently on a mission and probably won't be able to get back in time."

Tsunade clenched her fists and glanced at An Yan seemingly intentionally or unintentionally, as if asking him if he had any good ideas. However, before An Yan could reply, she walked directly towards Hinata.

After a quick check, Tsunade confirmed that Hinata was still alive and breathed a sigh of relief. Konoha was suffering from a severe loss of talent, and the death of any of these younger generations of Konoha would break her heart for a long time.

An Yan had no intention of staying and wasting time talking to Tsunade. He headed straight for the direction where Naruto and Pain were fighting, and in the process, he seemed to accidentally step on and kill a White Zetsu that had been hiding nearby for a long time.

The battle between Naruto and Pain was fierce. In just a few minutes, Pain had gone from having four tails to having eight tails and was about to transform into the Nine-Tails.

The deaths of Jiraiya and Kakashi, the destruction of his childhood home, and the hurt inflicted on the girl who loved him—all these events brought Naruto's hatred for Nagato to its peak.

Inside the sealed space, he pondered whether to release the Nine-Tails' seal, but the chakra clone that Minato had sealed inside him earlier dissuaded him. Meanwhile, outside, Pain had already unleashed his ultimate attack—Planetary Devastation.

A large amount of soil and rocks were sucked into the air, and the small black ball floating in the sky instantly transformed into a huge stone ball, which continued to grow and floated in the air, giving people a great sense of oppression, for fear that this thing would fall down.

An Yan immediately decided to take action. Since he had come all this way, he couldn't just stand by and watch without doing anything. Although Naruto had succeeded in his talk-no-jutsu and Nagato had used the Rinne Rebirth technique to bring back everyone he had killed, he still had to do something since he was here. Otherwise, wouldn't his trip have been in vain?

An Yan immediately used the Wood Man Technique, and this time the giant form was the demon hunter Dante. The moment it was materialized, Dante shattered the round boulder in the sky with a single sword strike, directly breaking Pain's Planetary Devastation.

Without the slightest hesitation, An Yan directly controlled the wooden dummy Dante, using the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport directly in front of Naruto. He then struck down with a palm, activating a powerful sealing technique that immediately put Naruto into a deep sleep.

Pain did the same, grabbing him and applying multiple seals to him, severing Nagato's control over Yahiko's corpse.

An Yan flew directly towards Naruto's direction with Naruto in his arms.

Konan immediately wanted to move with Nagato, but Nagato refused. The moment An Yan set his sights on him, he felt that he couldn't leave. He felt a stinging sensation in the air, as if the Fourth Hokage, whom he had never met before, was watching him.

Chapter 158 Nagato

Nagato and Konan were located on a high mountain outside Konoha Village, inside a large tree disguised as a piece of paper.

Konan's Paper Technique's disguise ability is so strong that she can even disguise paper as the ocean, which even the Mangekyou Sharingan cannot see through. Her disguise ability is second to none. The Mangekyou Sharingan can observe bombs at the nanometer level, and she can't see through it, let alone other ninjas without the Sharingan.

However, An Yan knew Sage Mode. When he suppressed Pain with a single palm strike, he sensed Nagato's location through the flow of chakra on the black rods. His senses locked onto Nagato firmly.

An Yan brought Naruto to where Nagato was. Naruto had regained consciousness while An Yan was traveling, and before he could process his thoughts, he realized that An Yan had found Nagato's location.

To Naruto's surprise, the mastermind behind the attack and destruction of Konoha was a sickly-looking man, while standing in front of Nagato was Konan, who was in a fighting stance.

An Yan smiled as soon as he saw the two of them.

"Konan, when did you get together with Nagato? I remember you were always Yahiko's little follower."

An Yan's words surprised everyone present. Naruto asked directly, "Fourth Hokage, do you know these two people?"

Xiao Nan said coldly, "Although I don't know where you got our information, I don't know you."

Nagato, standing behind Konan, asked in confusion, "The Fourth Hokage shouldn't look like you. Where did you come from, Fourth Hokage?"

An Yan laughed heartily twice, making no attempt to conceal his origins.

"I come from a parallel world, which is equivalent to Konoha twenty years ago in this world. You can understand what a parallel world is, right? It's a world where the same people make different choices in their destiny."

An Yan's revelation of his origins immediately shocked Nagato and Konan. If he were to make a move now, he could easily kill them both. However, An Yan did not attack. Naruto asked in astonishment, "Fourth Hokage, why did you tell them about your origins?"

Naruto couldn't understand An'an's decision not to hide anything. After all, information is extremely important for ninjas. A large part of the reason Nagato attacked Konoha was because Konoha had obtained information about Jiraiya about him, but An'an easily leaked his information.

An Yan understood Naruto's shock and smiled, "In my world, Konan and Nagato's destinies are very different from those in this world. In my world, Konan is my disciple, while Nagato disappeared during the war and seems to have been captured by Madara Uchiha."

"Uchiha Madara?"

Upon hearing An Yan's words, Nagato muttered to himself. He had always been wary of Obito Uchiha disguised as Madara Uchiha, and Konan had even specially trained a killing move to target Obito Uchiha.

An Yan heard Nagato's mutterings and immediately picked up where he left off.

"From what you're saying, you also know Uchiha Madara? In my world, that old man died of old age long ago, and his body was taken back by Konoha."

Nagato fell silent. The Uchiha Madara they knew was clearly not the same person as the Uchiha Madara Anyan had described. At the very least, this guy didn't look like an old man. However, Nagato didn't discuss Uchiha Madara's thoughts with Anyan. Those things weren't important; his own philosophy of peace was the most important thing.

His gaze fell on Naruto, who, with his keen senses, looked directly at him, their eyes meeting.

Has peace arrived shamelessly?

Nagato looked at Naruto and spoke, his words still full of provocation.

Do you hate me? Your enemy is right in front of you. Do you want revenge?

Naruto faced Nagato, his teeth clenched in hatred, his fingers clenched into fists so tightly that his bones cracked, yet he still managed to control the hatred in his heart.

He now carries his father with him everywhere, and Minato's chakra clones can communicate with him anytime, anywhere. This has not only greatly enhanced Naruto's strength, but also profoundly influenced Naruto's personality.

Konan was afraid that Naruto would make a move, and with An Yan present, she wasn't confident that she could protect Nagato if the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki attacked. So she advised, "Killing Nagato here and completing your revenge won't change anything in the world; it'll just be you indulging in self-satisfaction."

Nagato then provocatively retorted, "You, who cannot provide any answers, are incapable of doing anything. Your mission is to sacrifice yourself for the peace I have created."

Nagato made his move; black rods shot out from the chair beneath him, striking Naruto's body directly. He intended to control Naruto through the rods, but Kurama (the Nine-Tails) severed Nagato's control over Naruto.

Next came Naruto's talk-off. Under An Yan's watchful eye, Nagato demanded an answer from Naruto. However, Naruto wanted to know Nagato's story first. Konan didn't want to waste time talking to Naruto, but Nagato, giving his junior brother face, stopped Konan and began to tell his own story.

From Nagato's perspective, his life was incredibly painful. His parents died in the war at the hands of Konoha ninjas when he was young, leaving him to wander. Later, he met Konan and Yahiko, eventually becoming Jiraiya's apprentice. Jiraiya initially had no intention of teaching them ninjutsu, but in an accident, Yahiko was nearly killed by a ninja. Nagato unleashed the power of his Rinnegan and killed the ninja, causing Jiraiya to change his mind and begin teaching them ninjutsu. Three years later, Jiraiya left, and Yahiko founded the Akatsuki organization. However, the Akatsuki was targeted by Danzo and Hanzo, and Yahiko died. Nagato himself became a god, and Konan became an angel. And so it went.

Nagato told his story, demanding an answer from Naruto. Naruto's answer was simple: just believe what Jiraiya-sensei said. This infuriated Nagato. Believe? And then what? Are we supposed to keep waiting?

The two argued for a few moments, and then Nagato suddenly realized that the conversation sounded very familiar. Naruto then revealed the answer: these were all words that Nagato had said before, which Jiraiya had written into his book, intending to change the ninja world as a result.

Naruto: The Tale of the Strong-Willed Ninja, Jiraiya's first book, was a testament to his desire to change the world. The book's ending revealed that its inspiration came from his disciple, Nagato, and its protagonist was named Naruto.

Nagato was moved by Naruto's words and his mind wavered, but he was, after all, a strong person with firm beliefs. In fact, there are no strong ninjas with weak beliefs, and he was not so easily persuaded by Naruto.

Chapter 159 The Art of Reincarnation

When faced with Naruto's confident declaration that he would become Hokage and bring peace to Konoha and the Land of Rain, Nagato had only one question.

Can you be sure you won't change in the future? No matter what kind of suffering you experience, you won't change. Can you make that assertion? Can you have that much faith in yourself?

Nagato raised his question, but Naruto didn't answer. Instead, he began to recount his pain. As the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, Naruto was lonely as a child. Children were afraid to approach him, and adults disliked him. Sasuke, who was just as lonely as him, left the village in pursuit of power. Under these circumstances, if he didn't believe in himself, he couldn't go on in the future. Naruto had no choice but to believe in himself.

Nagato suddenly realized that he and Naruto had many similarities, but the difference was that Nagato did not trust Jiraiya and did not trust himself enough. Nagato decided to try to trust Naruto.

This cannot be easily explained by mere talk-no-jutsu. In Nagato's eyes, Naruto at this moment is more like another version of himself. Rather than saying that he was persuaded by talk-no-jutsu, it would be more accurate to say that he suddenly realized his mistake during his communication with Naruto. It's more like he was making amends to another version of himself.

Nagato used the Outer Path Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique, and a giant Yama appeared in Konoha Village. Yama is not something that ordinary people can see. Countless points of light were spat out from Yama's mouth, and all the Konoha villagers who died in the battle due to Pain's invasion were resurrected.

After using the Outer Path Reincarnation Life Technique, Nagato became even weaker. His originally bright red hair turned white, and he aged drastically. It seemed that even the Earth Amulet might not be able to save him.

Naruto was incredibly surprised to see Nagato's transformation. He asked what had happened, but Konan remained silent, her face filled with sorrow. However, a slug emerged from Nagato's collar and said, "The dead in the village are constantly coming back to life."

After Nagato finished his surgery, he was panting heavily, on his deathbed. He looked at Naruto and said, "Since I came to Konoha, there are still people who have died. This is my way of atoning for my sins."

Nagato, panting, spoke some words about war, hoping Naruto would listen. In the final moments of his life, he lamented, "Whether it's the book or you, it's as if someone arranged it all for me. No, is this the true arrangement of God? It seems my mission has come to an end. But, Naruto, if it's you, maybe it really is possible."

An'an naturally disagreed with Nagato's impending death. If Nagato were to die like this, Obito would inevitably target Konan. If everything happened as it did in the original timeline, wouldn't An'an's trip have been in vain?

An Yan went straight to Nagato's side and, before Nagato had completely breathed his last, cast a sealing jutsu on him. The Yin Seal, a sealing jutsu that could only be used on Tsunade herself, could now be applied to others by An Yan.

Facing the exhausted Nagato, directly inputting chakra would definitely not work. First, use the Yin Seal, then input chakra and he would be saved.

Naruto watched with a complicated expression as An Yan healed Nagato. He had previously harbored deep resentment towards Nagato, but as the two had a heart-to-heart talk, and Nagato revived the entire village of Konoha, his feelings towards Nagato became somewhat complicated. After all, Nagato was the one who killed Jiraiya.

An Yan used a variety of methods, infusing chakra into one hand and stimulating Nagato's body with medical ninjutsu in the other, while also taking out a tube of White Zetsu gene optimization fluid and stuffing it into Nagato's mouth.

After employing multiple methods in succession, An Yan finally pulled Nagato back from the brink of death. Konan was overjoyed, while Nagato looked completely bewildered.

"Fourth Hokage, why did you save me?"

Faced with Nagato's question, An Yan smiled and said, "In my world, Uzushio Village moved to Konoha a long time ago. In my eyes, you are naturally a Konoha person. Moreover, what you said before you died was not without reason. I feel that you were set up, but it is not a god behind you. It is probably that Uchiha Madara."

As An Yan injected chakra into Nagato's body, his body gradually regained some color, and his hair began to show signs of turning red again. Upon hearing An Yan's words, his brows furrowed immediately.

An Yan looked at Nagato and asked, "Do you know how the Rinnegan came to be?"

Nagato was somewhat puzzled. He had suddenly acquired the Rinnegan one day when he was a child, and he really didn't know what An Yan was trying to say.