Just You Wait, Old Man!

Akatsuki Organization, Renye's room.

"Obito Uchiha, what is your objective?"

Deva Path Pain stared expressionlessly at the severely wounded Obito.

He knew Obito was using him, but wasn't he using Obito as well?

It was just that neither of them had ever known why Obito was doing this...

Obito Uchiha did not respond. Renye's words before leaving kept replaying in his mind.

Madara and I are both someone else's pawns...

Impossible. Absolutely impossible!

That guy must be talking nonsense. He only wanted to stop me from carrying out the Moon Eye Plan.

Or perhaps he was deliberately trying to drive a wedge into the mutually exploitative relationship between Nagato and me!

In any case, Madara and he could not possibly be anyone's pawns.

"Nagato, whether I am Madara Uchiha or not isn't important." Obito Uchiha raised his head. "As long as we can realize our ideals, isn't that enough?"

Deva Path Pain fell silent at those words.

Obito was right. As long as peace could be achieved in the Shinobi World, identity did not matter.

"If you want to achieve your goal, we can continue working together."

Obito Uchiha struggled to his feet and slowly extended a hand.

Ever since someone had crushed his fingers, he had become especially wary whenever shaking hands.

He was afraid Nagato would be like Renye and crush his fingers outright.

"Fine." Deva Path Pain shook his hand. "Whether you are Madara or Obito, our ideals remain unchanged."

He had originally wanted to kill Obito, but there was nothing to gain from doing so.

Now that he knew Obito's identity, he might as well continue their cooperation.

Until the day true peace came to the Shinobi World.

Konan watched the two of them talk, feeling somewhat distressed.

Had she known this would happen, she would