The white light dissipated, and the Pokémon egg disappeared without a trace, leaving only the cushion that Nagato used to hold the egg.
Of course, this is not because Mu Yue gave Nagato a fake Pokémon egg.
Sensing the gaze and slight chill coming from behind, Nagato looked back.
What caught the eye was a purple smoke, and in the center of the smoke was a big black ball, on which was a pair of big white eyes and a mouth with a pair of fangs.
When Nagato looked at the big black ball, the big black ball's big eyes were also looking at Nagato curiously.
After seeing Gastly clearly, Nagato subconsciously took half a step back.
Although he usually does not judge people by appearance, the unknown being in front of him does not look like a living being from this world.
Nagato felt that no matter who it was, if they turned around and saw a black ball with eyes and a mouth covered in purple smoke about to stick to their face, they would subconsciously step back.
He only took half a step back, which showed that he was very confident in his own strength.
"Kou Jie!"
Gastly greeted Nagato with a friendly smile. For some reason, it felt very friendly towards Nagato.
Of course, this friendliness was just Gastly's self-perception. From Nagato's perspective, it was just a black ball with purple smoke making a weird laugh.
"Is this a ninja beast?" Nagato fell into deep thought.
The Ninja Beast egg hatched, and then Gastly appeared in the training room. According to common sense, Gastly is the Ninja Beast that had just hatched.
It's not like Nagato hasn't seen strange-looking summoning beasts before, but never one as strange as Gastly.
To be frank, he felt that Gastly was more like a legendary monster than a ninja beast.
"There is no doubt that it is, but it is a little peculiar." Mu Yue said as he walked into the training room.
Mu Yue didn't expect that Nagato's Pokémon was Gastly.
He thought it would be Eevee or something, after all, Nagato has many attributes.
But in terms of combat, Gastly is indeed a good match for Nagato.
The only weakness of Nagato now is his physical skills, but Gastly has a strong ability to hide and can lurk beside Nagato to protect him.
"Eeheeheehee!"
When Gastly heard Mu Yue praising it for being peculiar, he immediately burst into laughter, then floated beside Nagato and kept circling around him.
Since Gastly was really a ninja beast, Nagato did not hesitate and signed a contract with Gastly.
"Teacher Mu Yue, can I take it out, or should I let it stay in the training room for the time being?" Nagato asked Mu Yue.
Gastly's egg has been kept in a training room without even a window ever since Mu Yue gave it to Nagato. Nagato wanted to take Gastly out for a walk.
"Okay, there's no need for it to stay here any longer." Mu Yue replied.
Gastly has a huge gap with Obito and his Pokémon in terms of both ability and appearance. No one would associate Gastly with Obito and his Pokémon.
If Gastly evolved, then there would still be a common point, but there is no way to equate Sosuke and Hanyu Mugetsu based on this point.
Of course, even if Uchiha Madara or even Black Zetsu knew that Mu Yue was Sosuke, Mu Yue would not care.
He hid his identity at the beginning because he didn't want Uchiha Madara to interfere with his decision to accept Nagato as his disciple.
Now that he has successfully accepted a disciple, Mu Yue and Nagato have established a good master-disciple relationship, so there is no need to worry about Uchiha Madara coming to cause trouble.
This is also the reason why Mu Yue confessed everything to Nagato soon after accepting him as his disciple, because if he didn't, Uchiha Madara might use this to deceive Nagato.
The current situation is very favorable for Mu Yue. Even if Uchiha Madara knew his identity, he could do nothing except using his own power to cause trouble for Mu Yue.
Uchiha Madara couldn't make Mu Yue's identity known to other countries to alert Konoha and the Ninja Clan and thus cause trouble for Mu Yue?
Because if Uchiha Madara asked White Zetsu to spread the news, no one would believe it.
Compared to the theory that Konoha's Reiyang Muyue is the ninja master Sosuke, the theory that everything about Sosuke is a conspiracy planned by the Rain Village seems more credible.
Uchiha Madara had no way of playing public opinion with Mu Yue.
Mu Yue is the second-in-command of the Root in Konoha, and Sarutobi Hiruzen also trusts Mu Yue.
In the Land of Rain, Mu Yue is a highly acclaimed ninja master. In addition to his own ninja sect, he can also mobilize the power of the Rain Ninjas after consulting with Hanzo.
Uchiha Madara can make the already chaotic situation even more chaotic through his own arrangements, but if we have to talk about the manpower that can be mobilized, Uchiha Madara is far inferior to Mu Yue.
After all, Uchiha Madara has been pretending to be dead for decades, and each village has changed from the first Kage to the third generation. The faster Sand Village has even passed to the fourth Kazekage.
Nagato nodded and walked out, Gastly floated behind Nagato and left the training room together.
Seeing Nagato leave, Mu Yue took out his Pokémon egg and took a look at it.
Although they were obtained together, Mu Yue's Pokémon egg still showed no signs of hatching.
"Nagato." Yahiko, who was about to go out for a walk, saw Nagato and greeted him with a smile.
But soon the smile on Yahiko's face turned solemn, because he saw a mysterious figure shrouded in purple smoke slowly rising behind Nagato.
"Nagato, be careful!" Yahiko shouted, then rushed towards Nagato.
Nagato sensed that there was nothing behind him except Gastly, and he couldn't help but look puzzled.
Nagato immediately thought about it carefully. Judging from Gastly's image, perhaps Yahiko was talking about Gastly.
"It's okay, Yahiko, you don't have to worry." Nagato, who had figured it out, spoke to comfort him.
Although Gastly doesn't look like a creature from the mortal world, it is a ninja beast certified by Mu Yue personally, so there will be no problem.
"How can you be okay? There's something like a ghost floating behind you." Yahiko couldn't help but complain.
Although Yahiko didn't believe in ghosts before, after seeing it with his own eyes, he had to believe it even if he didn't want to.
"If you don't believe me, look back." Yahiko said and turned his gaze back to behind Nagato, and found that the mysterious purple figure had disappeared.
"Hey, that's weird, did I see it wrong?" Yahiko couldn't help but reach his hand back to grab his hair, but he inexplicably felt a coldness as if he had put his hand into ice water.
Yahiko subconsciously looked back and saw a black ball with big eyes and an ominous purple mist emanating from it.
"Ghost!"
Yahiko's eyes widened and he was almost falling to the ground due to being caught off guard. Fortunately, Nagato was quick to catch Yahiko, thus preventing Yahiko from having a close contact with the ground.
"Nagato, use Shinra Tensei quickly!" Yahiko shouted while concentrating chakra.
Gastly is too close to them, so at this position, Shinra Tensei, which can be cast instantly without the need for hand seals, is very useful.
"Well, actually it's my summoning beast." Nagato explained.
He said it was normal to see Gastly take half a step back, and Yahiko almost fell down.
"Oh, it turns out to be a summoned beast." Yahiko made an expression of sudden enlightenment.
"I can't understand it at all. Whose summoning beast looks like this?" Yahiko complained after looking at Gastly again and couldn't hold it in any longer.
This purple smoke, this black ball, these big eyeballs, which good guy's spirit beast looks like this?
"Kou Jie!"
When Gastly heard Yahiko complain about its appearance, it instantly became unhappy and stuck out its long pink tongue at Yahiko.
'Lick!'
Although he was unable to cause any actual harm to Yahiko due to his low strength at birth and lack of chakra, he still made Yahiko's eyes go dark and he wanted to wash his face a dozen times.
"Although it is somewhat different from ordinary beasts, it is indeed a ninja beast." Nagato repeated Mu Yue's explanation to him.
Although Gastly really didn't look like a creature from this world, he did not show any aggressiveness, so Yahiko had to believe what Nagato said.
"Nagato, let's go and see what the others are doing." Yahiko thought for a moment and took Nagato to find Hatosuke.
But he can't be the only one to be scared, Yahiko has to let others know Nagato, this unusual summoning beast.
Anyway, as Gastly is Nagato's summoned beast, others will see him sooner or later.
"Isn't it a bit unpleasant?" Nagato looked a little hesitant.
Although it is not good to judge people by their appearance, Gastly's appearance will indeed attack anyone who sees it first.
"What's wrong with that? Let's get to know each other first to avoid mistakes in the future." Yahiko gave a very legitimate reason.
If Yahiko encounters Gastly alone, he will definitely fight with Gastly.
Nagato thought about it and agreed, and since Gastly seemed very interested, he agreed.
"Ghost!"
In this way, exclamations continued to appear in the Shinobi Clan's headquarters, and Gastly's strange appearance made a large number of Shinobi Clan ninjas remember its image.
...
The martial arts tournament was over, and there was no need for Mu Yue to use any special means of public opinion. All kinds of news about the martial arts tournament were flying all over the ninja world.
After all, the martial arts conference had attracted much attention for various reasons before, and now so many unexpected things have happened at the conference, so the popularity has naturally increased.
However, what surprised many ninjas in the ninja world the most was that the first place was actually taken by a ninja from the Ninja Clan's own clan. This was truly shocking.
All ninjas who pay attention to the Youth Martial Arts Tournament know that Iwagakure and Konoha attach the most importance to the Youth Martial Arts Tournament.
Not only did he send many talented ninjas from the village, he also sent strong men to lead the team.
Iwagakure sent out Huang Tu, the son of the Third Tsuchikage, while Konoha sent out Lieyang Muyue.
This posture obviously doesn't allow the Ninja Clan to get first place by some secret manipulation.
After all, no matter how good the draw is for your own players, in the end you still have to compete with the strongest players for the first place, and you can only rely on your strength.
Therefore, some people gave Nagato the title of the first genius in the ninja world, and believed that Nagato is the most talented ninja in the current ninja world.
The person who originally proposed it may have sincerely believed that Nagato was unparalleled in strength.
However, as the momentum grows, it seems a bit like flattery.
The five strongest ninja villages in the ninja world do not have a genius who is called the number one genius in the ninja world. It is hard not to think of conspiracy theories when a ninja force from a small country suddenly gets such a title.
In addition to the first place, the strong performance of Konoha Ninja in the Youth Martial Arts Tournament also dropped many people's jaws.
Although Iwagakure showed the same importance as Konoha, in terms of the results of the ninja competition, the results of the Iwagakure ninjas were far surpassed by those of the Konoha ninjas.
Starting from the quarterfinals, the proportion of Konoha ninjas began to become exaggerated. Five of the quarterfinals were from Konoha, and three of the semifinals were from Konoha.
As for Iwagakure, not a single ninja made it into the top eight.
Of course, there were more than just Iwagakure that didn't make it to the quarterfinals. Sand Village and Kumogakure were all eliminated in the first round.
But Sand Village and Kumogakure didn't send many ninjas in the first place, so it was obviously not the same situation as Iwagakure.
In the Iwagakure Village, in the Tsuchikage's office, Ōnoki felt a headache when he looked at the martial arts tournament materials submitted by Huang Tu.
"In terms of talented ninjas, Iwagakure is so much worse than Konoha." Ohnoki rubbed his brows.
You won't know until you compare it. It's really shocking.
As a responsible Tsuchikage, Ōnoki certainly knew that Iwagakure had not had any particularly outstanding genius in recent years.
But he really didn't expect that there was such a big gap between Konoha and Iwagakure in terms of young ninjas.
Changshi was already one of the strongest young talents in Iwagakure, but he was killed instantly by Might Guy with one punch at the Youth Martial Arts Tournament.
It would be fine if there was only one Might Guy in Konoha, but Konoha also has several other super geniuses who are slightly inferior to Might Guy.
"From this perspective, Sosuke's side is more important." Oonoki fell into deep thought.
If the Ninja Clan can help them train better ninjas, it will be able to alleviate Iwagakure's current situation to a certain extent.
But in Ōnoki's plan, Iwagakure is very likely to become an opponent of the Ninja Clan.
Because Ōnoki initially helped the Rain Ninjas to negotiate peace with the Shinobi Clan in order to create hatred and let the Rain Country contain Konoha.
As long as it is a plan, it is possible to be discovered. If the Ninja Clan discovers what Iwagakure has done, the Ninja Clan will inevitably break off relations with Iwagakure.
"Change the plan, make the main body the Rain Village, and let the Rain Village lead the Ninja Clan to contain Konoha?" Ohnoki thought of a solution.
Although in the end it was still Iwagakure that was causing trouble in the Rain Country, it was not the Ninja Clan that was causing trouble.
The disadvantage of this change is also obvious, that is, the Ninja Clan may not contribute.
Because in Ohnoki's perspective, the Ninja Clan and the Rain Village are just two forces that have united because of their fear of each other. In this case, it is very normal for the Ninja Clan not to help the Rain Village fight against Konoha.
"Observe the situation again." Ohnoki suppressed his anxiety.
Although the gap between the top young ninjas has widened, the overall strength of Iwagakure is no worse than that of Konoha, because Iwagakure has tens of thousands of ninja troops.
Therefore, as long as Iwagakure finds an opportunity to defeat Konoha in this war, then there is no need to worry about Konoha's strength surpassing its own.
…
The Land of Thunder, the Hidden Cloud Village.
The Fourth Generation Ai looked at the news about the Youth Martial Arts Tournament with disdain, "Just because you won a tournament held by your own faction, you dare to call yourself the number one genius in the ninja world. How arrogant and ignorant."
"If it weren't for the need to familiarize themselves with the power of the tailed beasts, I really want you to go and give them some knowledge." The Fourth Hokage Ai said to Killer Bee who was training.
As he became the new Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, Killer Bee was restricted from leaving the village.
The fourth generation Ai doesn't think that people like Nagato, Might Guy, and Obito can defeat Killer Bee.
The fourth generation Ai witnessed Killer Bee becoming stronger step by step. In his opinion, Killer Bee could even surpass him.
If he could even surpass him, then who else could he be but the number one genius in the ninja world?
"Rain Ninja bastards, so arrogant. If it weren't for the fact that we still have to train, we must teach them a lesson." Killer Bee responded to the Fourth Generation Aido in his unique rap tone.
"Asshole, if you want to talk during training, speak properly!"
The fourth generation Ai couldn't help but twitch his eyelids when he saw Kirabi practicing and acting weird, and punched Kirabi on the head.
He felt that the reason why Killer Bee was unpopular in the Hidden Cloud Village had nothing to do with the Eight-Tails. It was entirely because Killer Bee was disturbing others by rapping regardless of the occasion.
"Even if you're my big brother, you can't make me give up the gorgeous rhythm, yeah!" Kirabi, who was beaten up, was still not ready to change.
At this moment, Tutai suddenly came into the sight of the Fourth Generation Ai.
"Please follow me to the meeting room of the Yunyin Building." Tutai said.
The Fourth Generation Ai nodded, without asking why, and walked directly towards the Kumogakure Building with Dodai.
After entering the Raikage's office, the Fourth Ai discovered that in addition to his father, the Third Raikage, there were several other elite Kumogakure ninjas in the conference room.
"Okay, let's start." The Third Raikage nodded when he saw Dodai and his son arrived.
"Which ninja village will Kumogakure place its main target on next? Tell us what you think."
Due to the problem with the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, the Hidden Cloud Village is actually not as arrogant as it was two years ago and has become much more restrained.
They are just in a standoff with Konoha, and the only one fighting a little more fiercely is Sunagakure.
Logically speaking, the Cloud Village should have persisted in fighting the Sand Village, but with the end of the civil strife in the Sand Village, the current Sand Village is not as easy to bully as it was when the Third Kazekage had just disappeared.
Of course, it's not just this one reason. There's also the geographical factor. It's actually quite difficult for Kumogakure to fight Sandagakure. You have to cross several small countries to get there.
Before, there was hope of taking down Sand Village, so this kind of problem could be ignored, but now that Sand Village is becoming more and more difficult to deal with, various problems are gradually exposed.
"Iwagakure Village is a good choice. Our ninjas can take a boat directly to the east coast of Iwagakure, or they can choose to land in the northern part of Takikuni and then enter the Land of Earth." Yumogakure said.
In fact, considering the marching speed of ninjas, taking a ship is not necessarily faster than taking land transport, but the advantage of sea transport is that it is direct and does not require passing through any countries.
The more countries you pass through on the road, the easier it is to expose your intelligence or be ambushed.
"And according to the war between Iwagakure and Konoha, Iwagakure is not very strong, and there are not many strong people worth paying attention to."
Although the Hidden Cloud Village is seen as a reckless group by many ninjas in the ninja world, they are not really brainless and have been sending spies to collect war intelligence from various villages.
"I think Konoha is the best choice." At this time, a bespectacled Kumogakure ninja spoke.
"Although Konoha looks strong now, it has experienced several wars and lost a lot of ninjas. Although strong men like Yellow Flash Lieyang Muyue have emerged, the strength of the middle and low-level ninjas is definitely not as strong as before."
"If we don't take this opportunity to defeat Konoha, once Konoha recovers its strength in a few years, I'm afraid Kumogakure will have trouble defeating Konoha."
"Why don't you try to cause trouble for Kirigakure? They even killed one of their Jinchuriki."
The fourth generation Ai silently watched the Hidden Cloud elites speak enthusiastically without saying anything.
He was only called over by the Third Raikage to learn, and in such occasions he usually just listened and didn't speak.
After discussing for about three hours, the Third Raikage called a halt to the meeting, "That's all for today, adjourned!"
Obviously, strategic decisions for the entire ninja village or even the national level cannot be made easily, and the Third Raikage currently has no clear idea.
They must fight. If they don't, Yunyin would have accumulated strength for so long in vain.
But who to attack and how to attack is a big problem.
…
The Land of Fire, Konoha.
"I didn't expect that the Ninja Clan actually has such an outstanding young ninja. Might Guy and Kakashi didn't get first place." Sarutobi Hiruzen showed a look of regret as he looked through the information of the Youth Martial Arts Tournament.
He really wanted to take a look at the legendary dancing fire dragon.
After all, it was fire that suppressed Hanzo's fire-style ninjutsu against water, so it was hard for a fire-style master like him not to be curious.
"But our Konoha's ninjas are still very good overall." Sarutobi Hiruzen was quite satisfied with the results of the martial arts tournament.
Although Konoha did not get first place, the rewards for second to fourth place were all taken by Konoha, so it was not a wasted trip.
However, rewards two to four are not the biggest gain for Konoha from participating in the martial arts tournament. The bigger gain is the increase in the number of Konoha commissions.
Although Nagato's strength is amazing, Konoha has shown extraordinary strength, with five Konoha ninjas in the top eight.
"Asuma is actually tied with Kakashi for the top eight. Should we give him a warning so that he doesn't develop the illusion that he can be on par with Kakashi?" Sarutobi Hiruzen showed a thoughtful expression.
There are also gaps among the top eight. Kakashi made it to the top eight because he met Might Guy, so he was only in the top eight, while Asuma's achievement in the top eight was obviously due to some luck.
Thinking of his experience in teaching disciples through communication with Mu Yue, Sarutobi Hiruzen finally shook his head.
Asuma has traveled across mountains and rivers to the Rain Country to participate in the competition, so we should be more lenient with him.
Of course, in order to prevent Asuma from having a wrong perception, the reminder still needs to be given, but it can be put off a little to let Asuma be happy first.
Sarutobi Hiruzen was in a good mood, but Danzo Shimura of the Root was very depressed.
He originally wanted to take advantage of the Youth Martial Arts Conference to cause trouble, but Mu Yue was too well prepared in all aspects, and the root forces of the Rain Country had no way to start.
Danzo Shimura had no good solution and could only look at the intelligence. During the war, the power he could mobilize was limited, and the Ninja Clan was not a soft persimmon, so he couldn't force his way through.
"Repulsion, attraction, absorption ninjutsu, these must be the abilities of the Rinnegan!" Looking at Nagato's information, Danzo Shimura's desire for the Rinnegan became stronger.
In his opinion, the reason why this young boy Nagato could be number one was entirely due to his Rinnegan, otherwise there was no way he could have defeated the Konoha Ninja.
The more Danzo Shimura thought about it, the more he felt that he must get the Rinnegan. With his strength and the Rinnegan, even Sarutobi Hiruzen could not be his opponent.
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