Naruto: Five Lives, Five Times the Excitement

Chapter 46 Transplanting the Rinnegan

"Spiral pills!"

Kyosuke didn't try to escape, but instead charged at Centipede, intending to kill it before it regained consciousness. Centipede suddenly opened its eyes, saw Kyosuke's attack, and immediately merged into the centipede puppet's body.

"go to hell!"

Centipede had no memory of what had just happened. It manipulated the centipede puppet to launch an attack, and countless poisonous needles shot towards Kyosuke from all directions. Kyosuke jumped up to dodge and ended up hanging upside down inside the centipede's body.

"Shadow Clone Technique!"

More than a dozen shadow clones appeared. Several people dealt with the continuous attacks. They used Rasengan together to attack a single point on the puppet, instantly creating a large hole.

Kyosuke immediately rushed out, followed closely by the centipede puppet, which launched countless hidden weapons.

"Spiritual communication!"

Suddenly, a giant toad fell from the sky and landed directly on the centipede puppet. The immense force slammed the centipede's body into the ground, sending rocks flying everywhere.

At the same time, Minato Namikaze suddenly appeared, grabbed Kyosuke, and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take Kyosuke to a safe place.

Are you alright?

Kyosuke looked up and saw Shiki Aburame, Choza Akimichi, Yamato, Kakashi, and Naruto, who had been rescued.

Kyosuke pointed at Yamato and said, "I'm fine. By the way, Minato-sensei, Kakashi and I ran into a Konoha ninja. It was him."

Well, I just said Kakashi's name directly and even called him Minato-sensei. Hehe, Naruto, you should get it by now.

As expected, Naruto was taken aback by Kyosuke's words. At that moment, no one except Kyosuke was wearing a mask, so Naruto looked at young Kakashi, then at Minato Namikaze, and opened his mouth to say something, but was stopped by Minato.

"The battle is not over yet, so let's talk about some things after the battle is over."

Before Kyosuke and his friends met Yamato, Minato and his two companions had already encountered Naruto. The mask was removed at that time, and after talking with him, Minato roughly guessed Naruto's identity.

The two had to separate in order to find Sara. Later, when they learned that Naruto had been captured, Minato rushed over immediately.

Hearing Minato Namikaze say this, Naruto could only suppress his thoughts and fight against the Centipede with the others. The two sides fought back and forth.

Kyosuke suspects that his future self secretly strengthened Hyakutachi's abilities to ensure that Hyakutachi wouldn't be easily killed by Minato and his son before completing the mission.

However, after a fierce battle, Centipede was defeated and the mission was successfully completed.

Having defeated the enemy, Sara, together with Minato Namikaze, sealed the dragon vein. Kyosuke opened his eyes wide, observing every detail and memorizing the sealing technique.

Once he has mastered the sealing technique, Kyosuke plans to come here to unlock the dragon vein and obtain its power.

As Longbai was sealed away, Naruto and Yamato began to glow.

Minato Namikaze looked at Naruto and said in a complicated tone, "It seems you're going to have to go back to the future."

Naruto said urgently, "I have something I want to tell you..."

Minato Namikaze placed his hand on the ground, and a sealing technique appeared beneath everyone's feet.

Minato Namikaze said, "In order to avoid causing historical disorder, everyone's memory must be erased."

Upon hearing this, Naruto became even more excited and blurted out, "You said you had something to tell me, and if you don't say it now, it will be too late!"

Minato Namikaze smiled gently and said, "One day, you will hear it."

Naruto's eyes were already wet, and he choked up as he said, "Big brother, big brother, you are...?"

Looking at Naruto's face, Minato Namikaze said with satisfaction and pride, "If I had a son, I would definitely raise him to be a ninja like you... Naruto..."

Kyosuke stood to the side, watching with great interest the deep affection between Naruto and his son, feeling as if he were witnessing history. Moreover, Kyosuke guessed that Minato Namikaze must be carrying a deep sadness in his heart.

Minato Namikaze should have realized that Naruto was his son, but he didn't recognize him immediately, which means that Naruto lost his father at a very young age and therefore has no memory of his father.

Death itself wasn't frightening to Minato Namikaze, but the fact that he couldn't be there for his son as he grew up, and that his son never felt his father's love, filled Minato's heart with a deep sense of guilt.

Kyosuke really wanted to tell Minato Namikaze that he was only half right: Naruto didn't lack fatherly love, but rather both fatherly and motherly love.

"Fortunately, I was here. Maybe Minato Namikaze wouldn't have died so young. Even if the plot doesn't change and Naruto is an orphan, I will take good care of him and make his childhood easier. That would be a way of repaying Minato and his wife for taking care of him."

At that moment, Yamato bumped Kyosuke's shoulder.

"Hey, you haven't taken off your mask yet. We're about to leave, so let me see what you look like."

"Okay!"

Kyosuke was also curious about Yamato's expression when he saw his face, so he carefully observed Yamato's face while removing his mask.

Yamato's expression was incredibly complex as he looked at Kyosuke. First, he was puzzled, then he suddenly realized, and finally, he was shocked. He pointed at Kyosuke and stammered, "Y-you, you, you are..."

Just as Kyosuke was about to hear what the other person had to say, he saw that the other person had disappeared, while the others looked around blankly, clearly having lost their memories of the matter.

However, Kyosuke's memories were not sealed, possibly because of that gift from the future.

Having completed their mission, everyone returned to Konoha. Kyosuke recounted everything in his dream, and everyone marveled at it, encouraging him to keep up the good work and quickly master Sage Mode.

"It's really interesting to think how far we'll go in the future. But since we can give each other gifts, it means that at least we're not all dead, which is good news."

Kiichiro expressed his delight, while Sensuke looked at Ooka Shin.

"I'm going to seal the Jinchuriki in two days. Hurry up and lend me the Rinnegan. Once it's successful, everyone will have the strength of a Jinchuriki."

Nobuoka Ooka said there was no problem: "Don't worry, everything is under control."

After exchanging words for a while, everyone left. The next day, when Ooka Shin got up and opened the door, he saw Uzumaki Masao wielding a long sword and training hard.

On the mat to the side, Kanae was throwing building blocks around.

After instructing Masao for a while, Ooka Shin found Nagato and got straight to the point.

"Nagato, I am currently practicing a secret technique and would like to borrow your Rinnegan."

If it were anyone else, they would probably have killed Ooka Nobu on the spot when faced with such an outrageous request. But Nagato nodded in agreement without any hesitation, and was even worried about Ooka Nobu.

"Shin, even though the Rinnegan has been with me for so long, I still feel a deep barrier between us. I increasingly feel that my chakra is insufficient to unleash the full power of the Rinnegan. If you transplant the Rinnegan, you must use it with extreme caution."

Ooka Shin laughed: "You misunderstand. I don't want to possess the Rinnegan. I just want to use it to verify a ninjutsu. I only need to borrow it for one day."

Nagato breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing Ōoka Shin's explanation. It wasn't that he was reluctant to part with the Rinnegan, but rather that he felt Ōoka Shin would be unharmed since the transplant was only for one day. So he asked, "When will you use it?"

Ooka Nobu replied, "The day after tomorrow."

Nagato suggested, "Then you should transplant it today and get used to the Rinnegan's abilities. I can guide you from the side."

Ooka Shin thought the suggestion was good and added, "We should also call Yahiko and Minami-nee. If I'm in danger, you must do your best to save me."

Nagato was speechless at Ooka Shin's cowardly appearance.

He wants to use the Rinnegan, but he's also afraid of dying. He expresses his thoughts without any pretense. He truly lives up to his reputation as a Shin.