Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-26636534-20200616201221/@comment-39350828-20200616203425

I don't think they'd have accepted but assuming they did it might still have been possible for obito to make sure yahiko dies and nagato joins his side but he would probably have to take some extra steps to make sure jiraiya doesn't try to convince nagato not to become evil since yahiko's death would be more known about in the hidden leaf.