Chapter 52: Is Obito a Spy Sent by Danzō?
The moment he saw Pain, the smile on Orochimaru's face instantly stiffened!
He had clearly just wanted to casually mock Uehara Naraka moments ago; how did he actually summon Pain?
What was going on?
Orochimaru's first thought was actually why Pain could be summoned. Was it an ability of the Rinnegan, or was Pain no longer truly human...?
If ninjas could also summon each other, what kind of impact would that have on ninja intelligence transmission and technology?
Orochimaru himself truly had little confidence in being able to defeat the Deva Path Pain, especially since he had just undergone Living Corpse Reincarnation, discarding his own body...
"Lord Yahiko."
Uehara Naraka's words interrupted Orochimaru's wild thoughts. The boy raised his hand, pointed at Orochimaru, and addressed Pain, "We've encountered Akatsuki's traitor."
"Orochimaru?"
Pain's eyes lifted. He extended his palm towards Orochimaru, "Then let's finish this quickly. The time I can appear is limited... Banshō Ten'in (Universal Pull)!"
A strange gravitational force pulled Orochimaru flying towards Pain's position!
Orochimaru refused to sit idly by waiting for death. A long snake emerged from his mouth again, and a Kusanagi sword shot out from the snake's mouth, stabbing towards Pain!
"Shinra Tensei (Almighty Push)!"
A repulsive force erupted violently, blasting Orochimaru away at an even faster speed!
This overwhelming battle ended just like that. Orochimaru had no power to resist, severely injured by just two techniques from the Deva Path Pain!
Whether it was Mangetsu Hōzuki, Kisame Hoshigaki, or Zabuza Momochi, their expressions all held some horror as they gazed at the figure of the Deva Path Pain.
Orochimaru, whom the three of them couldn't defeat earlier, was beaten in a few seconds by this man in the red cloud cloak, without even a chance to resist!
"Alright."
The Deva Path Pain nonchalantly withdrew his palm, ignored the battered Orochimaru in the distance, turned to look over Kisame Hoshigaki and the others nearby, and finally looked down at the boy beside him, "Are these also enemies?"
"..."
Mangetsu Hōzuki and the others instantly tensed up.
Uehara Naraka shook his head and explained softly, "They are all Seven Ninja Swordsmen of Kirigakure (Village Hidden by Mist), the manpower I recruited during this trip to the Land of Water."
"..."
Now it was Pain's turn to be somewhat speechless.
The mission given to Uehara was clearly just to recruit Kisame Hoshigaki. How did he end up recruiting others? Were they backup members in case Kisame died in battle?
Konan's disciple was unexpectedly capable!
Akatsuki's manpower was constantly dwindling. Uehara recruiting so many backup candidates saved them the trouble of finding ways to recruit new members...
"Besides these..."
Uehara Naraka carefully chose his words and continued softly, "Does Lord Yahiko know Afei-senpai's true identity?"
"Uehara, why are you asking this?"
Pain's expression changed. He actually didn't really want to reveal that Afei was Uchiha Madara, because there were many complications involved.
However, after pondering for a moment, Pain spoke again to soothe Uehara, "Konan has already returned to the base. After you return, let your teacher tell you."
"Wait..."
How could this be acceptable!
If it were purely to deal with Orochimaru, there was no need to summon the Deva Path Pain. Uehara's main goal was to deter Uchiha Obito, who was peeking in secret.
This way, as long as Uehara told Pain the information in advance, there would be no need for Obito to assassinate their small team to conceal the news.
Uehara Naraka quickly explained, "Lord Yahiko, a few days ago I happened to encounter Konoha's Kakashi Hatake. Kakashi had contact with Afei-senpai, and Kakashi called Afei-senpai 'Obito'..."
After speaking, seeing Pain still looking unconvinced, Uehara Naraka added, "After Afei-senpai heard this name, he wanted to kill me to silence me. Fortunately, Konan-sensei gave me one hundred million exploding tags, allowing me to escape successfully..."
"He wanted to kill you?"
Pain couldn't help frowning, "Because his name was revealed, he wanted to kill you to silence you?"
This matter had become complicated.
Scene after scene from the past appeared in Pain's mind. Back then, the mysterious masked man and Zetsu appeared before them, claiming to be the Asura of the Ninja World, Uchiha Madara, the one guiding the Sage's Eyes (Rinnegan).
Coincidentally, during that period.
Shimura Danzō and Hanzō of the Salamander conspired to ambush the growing Akatsuki organization. Including the leader Yahiko, almost all died in battle; only Nagato himself and Konan survived.
If the mysterious masked man's real name was Obito, and he was a Konoha ninja, then there must be some conspiracy hidden within!
Konoha's Shimura Danzō allied with Hanzō to ambush them;
Another Konoha ninja appeared to guide Nagato. If these two events weren't related, anyone would find it unlikely, right?
Especially since just before the mysterious masked man and Zetsu appeared, Yahiko had rejected their proposal, and immediately after, Akatsuki faced the ambush from Shimura Danzō and Amegakure!
After pondering on the spot for a while, Pain's face suddenly turned icy cold. He suddenly asked, "That guy... could he be a spy sent by Danzō?"
"..."
Uehara Naraka didn't quite understand Pain's train of thought. His face showed some bewilderment, "This is just information I happened to obtain..."
After speaking, Uehara Naraka's peripheral vision caught sight of Orochimaru on the ground. He suddenly added, "Wait, I remembered... Orochimaru mentioned just now that Obito was a Konoha hero who died in battle. Orochimaru definitely knows his information!"
"Well done!"
Pain's eyes lit up. He praised him approvingly, reached out to pat Uehara Naraka's hair, and said softly, "Uehara, the Land of Water is too dangerous for you now. Leave here immediately!"
"Then should I bring Orochimaru back?"
Uehara Naraka nodded, looking towards Orochimaru's direction. The originally battered Orochimaru seemed to have... flattened considerably?
Pain shook his head, coldly stopping Uehara's plan, "That guy escaped while we were talking just now!"
"I'll go after him!"
Uehara Naraka leaped up, about to rush out.
The Deva Path Pain grabbed his clothes and said gravely, "No need to worry. Akatsuki has another member who is also a Konoha ninja. He and Konan have also returned to the base. We can investigate him right now, see if he too might be a Konoha spy..."
Pain couldn't use too much chakra in the Land of Water.
But at the Akatsuki base, Pain had nothing to fear. He just needed to control their organization's other rogue ninja member from Konoha and get Obito's information.
"Mr. Itachi?"
A look of realization dawned on Uehara Naraka's face.
That guy really WAS a Konoha spy!
If Uchiha Itachi wanted to clear himself of suspicion of being a spy, would he spill everything about Uchiha Obito?
Once Uchiha Itachi knew the mysterious masked man's true identity was Uchiha Obito, how would he treat this ninja who assisted him in slaughtering his own clan?
Uehara Naraka really wanted to see the two Best Actors turn against each other!
Uchiha Madara inspired fear...
As for Uchiha Obito... if not for dying in battle and becoming a Konoha hero, he probably would have become the Shame of the Uchiha!
(End of Chapter)
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