At the moment he saw Pain, the smile on Orochimaru's face froze!
He was just about to sarcastically mock Uehara Naraku, but how did he actually summon Pain?
What's going on?
Orochimaru's first thought was why Pain was summoned. Was it the ability of the Rinnegan or has Pain already ceased to be a real human being…
If ninjas can summon each other, what kind of impact would it have on the transmission of intelligence and technology?
Orochimaru really didn't have any confidence in defeating Deva Path Pain, especially since he had just undergone Immortal Reanimation and abandoned his own body…
"Yahiko-sama."
Uehara Naraku's words interrupted Orochimaru's wild thoughts. The young boy raised his palm and pointed at Orochimaru, speaking to Pain, "We have encountered a traitor of Akatsuki."
"Orochimaru, huh?"
Pain's eyes lifted and he stretched out his hand towards Orochimaru, "Then let's settle this quickly, I don't have much time to appear… Heavenly Attraction!"
A mysterious gravitational force pulled Orochimaru towards Pain's position!
Orochimaru wasn't willing to sit and wait for death. A long snake spat out from his mouth, and the snake's mouth held a Kusanagi Sword, stabbing towards Pain!
"Almighty Push!"
A repulsive force suddenly exploded, sending Orochimaru flying out at an even faster speed!
The one-sided battle ended just like that, with Orochimaru having no power to fight back, being severely injured by just two jutsus from Deva Path Pain!
Neither Hozuki Mangetsu, Hoshigaki Kisame, nor Momochi Zabuza were able to hide the shock on their faces as they gazed at the figure of Deva Path Pain.
The Orochimaru they couldn't defeat seconds before was vanquished in mere seconds by this man dressed in the Red Cloud Black Robe, without any room for resistance!
"Alright."
Deva Path Pain casually withdrew his hand, ignoring the tattered Orochimaru in the distance, and turned to survey Hoshigaki Kisame and the others, finally looking down at the young boy beside him, "Are these also enemies?"
"…"
Hozuki Mangetsu and the others' expressions immediately turned tense.
Uehara Naraku shook his head and explained softly, "They are from the Seven-swords Ninja of the Hidden Mist, people I recruited this time in the Land of Water."
"…"
This left Pain a bit speechless.
The task given to Uehara was clearly to recruit just Hoshigaki Kisame, but he recruited others as if preparing backup members for when Kisame dies in battle?
Teacher Konan's disciple is unexpectedly capable!
With the Akatsuki members constantly being lost, Uehara's recruitment of so many backup candidates saved them the trouble of seeking new members…
"Aside from these…"
Uehara Naraku paused, carefully choosing his words to continue softly, "Yahiko-sama, are you aware of Senior Afei's true identity?"
"Uehara, why are you asking this?"
Pain's expression shifted slightly, he actually did not want the fact that Afei is Uchiha Madara to be leaked out due to how intertwined things were.
However, after pondering for a moment, Pain reassured Uehara: "Teacher Konan has already returned to the base, let your teacher tell you after you come back!"
"Wait…"
This is not acceptable!
If it was just to deal with Orochimaru, there was no need to summon Deva Path Pain. Uehara's primary intention was to deter the secretly observing Uchiha Obito.
If Uehara can inform Pain of the information in advance, Obito has no reason to assassinate us to conceal the news.
Uehara Naraku quickly explained: "Yahiko-sama, a few days ago I happened to meet Konoha's Hatake Kakashi, Kakashi had contact with Senior Afei and referred to him as Obito…"
After finishing, seeing that Pain still seemed unconcerned, Uehara Naraku added: "Senior Afei tried to kill me to silence me after hearing that name, luckily Teacher Konan gave me a hundred million paper bombs to escape…"
"He wanted to kill you?"
Pain couldn't help but frown: "Because his name was exposed, he wanted to kill you to silence you?"
This matter just became complicated.
Scenes from the past flashed in Pain's mind: the mysterious masked man and Zetsu appeared before them, claiming to be the Ninja World Asura Uchiha Madara, guiding the Sage Eye.
Coincidentally, during that period.
Shimura Danzo and Hanzo of the Salamander conspired to besiege the growing Akatsuki, killing leader Yahiko and the rest, leaving only Nagato and Konan to survive.
If the mysterious masked man's real name is Obito and he is a Konoha ninja, then there must be some conspiracy behind all this!
Shimura Danzo of Konoha, in collaboration with Hanzo, rounded them up;
Another Konoha ninja appears to guide Nagato, if these two things are not related, who could believe it?
Especially since just before the mysterious masked man and Zetsu appeared, Yahiko had rejected their proposal, followed by Danzo and the Hidden Rain's siege on Akatsuki!
After thinking for a while, Pain's face became suddenly icy, and he spoke up, "That guy… could he be a spy sent by Danzo?"
"…"
Uehara Naraku didn't quite understand Pain's line of thinking, looking somewhat bewildered: "This is just information I happened to come across…"
After saying that, Uehara Naraku glanced at Orochimaru on the ground, suddenly speaking up to add: "Wait, I remembered… earlier, Orochimaru mentioned that Obito is a war-dead hero of Konoha, Orochimaru must know his information!"
"Well done!"
Pain's eyes lit up, complimenting Uehara with a pat on his head, and softly said: "Uehara, the Land of Water is too dangerous for you, leave immediately!"
"Should I take Orochimaru back?"
Uehara Naraku nodded, glanced towards Orochimaru, whose already battered body seemed more deflated…
Pain shook his head, coldly stopping Uehara's intention: "That guy escaped while we were talking!"
"I'll go after him!"
Uehara Naraku jumped, preparing to rush out.
Deva Path Pain caught his clothes, and said sternly: "Don't worry, Akatsuki still has a member who is also a Konoha ninja, he returned with Konan to the base, just enough to investigate if he might also be a Konoha spy…"
Pain couldn't use too much chakra in the Land of Water.
If it was at the Akatsuki base, Pain wouldn't have any fears, as he just needed to restrain their organization's other Konoha-ninja defector to gain intel on Obito.
"Itachi-san?"
Uehara Naraku displayed a look of realization.
That person is truly a Konoha spy!
If Uchiha Itachi wishes to clear himself from any espionage suspicion, would he spill all the information on Uchiha Obito?
Once Uchiha Itachi knows the mysterious masked man's true identity is Uchiha Obito, how will he treat this ninja who helped him slaughter his clan?
Uehara Naraku is very eager to see the showdown between the two masters of disguise!
Uchiha Madara instills fear…
As for Uchiha Obito… if it weren't for him dying in the war and becoming a hero of Konoha, he probably would have become the shame of the Uchiha clan!