Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-33953813-20171226015659/@comment-734582-20180105190050

Gagua2028 wrote: I don't think Nagato had Zetsu spies following him since at one point he was about to die of starvation and it was only luck that Konan found him. It seems exceptionally stupid to me that Madara would not have the kid with his Rinnegna, who is a major point of his future plan, permanently shadowed. Zetsu can hide from even the most expert Ninja sensors, so there's zero chance that Nagato or Konan would even know they're there. Plus, he got saved in the end didn't he? They would never give up their cover unless they absolutely had to. And they didn't have to.

Gagua2028 wrote: Even you know how weak they are. Any person capable of taking Rinnegan from Nagato wouldn't be a chicken. Any person capable of taking that Rinnegan would likely get a visit from Obito. The Zetsu don't have to physically defend him, worst case scenario they can encase him and hide underground. Zetsu may not be great combatants, but they have some very useful abilities when you want to keep an eye on a kid with god-eyes and keep him safe from most reasonable sources of danger.

Gagua2028 wrote: If Madara's plan failed, he couldn't use the Edo tensei since he wouldn't be able to be the "saviour" then and wouldn't be able to become the TTJ and then no IT. He could use Edo Tensei to enact his plan himself, to recover his Rinnegan himself and ensure his plan that way. With Black Zetsu, he could force someone to revive him with that Rinnegan. Plus, at the time nobody understood the true power of the Rinnegan, so it's not like they'd risk their lives for a kid with a weird eye pattern. Not even Jiraiya understood his full power until he faced him as an adult. There's thus no reason to believe that he'd be at risk from capture by Orochimaru (who didn't understand the implications until much later, when nagato was already able to defend himself).