"Found him!"
After relentlessly bombarding the Six Paths of Pain, Hawking had destroyed more than half of the Rain Hidden Village's tower and finally located the tower where Nagato was hiding.
"Looks like I underestimated you. When did the Hidden Leaf produce a ninja as powerful as you? What's your name?"
On the ruins of the half-destroyed tower sat Nagato, his emaciated back studded with black Chakra rods, half his body embedded in some kind of device.
Beside him stood Konan, white Paper Release wings spread behind her like an angel's.
"I'm not really one of the Hidden Leaf Ninjas. You can call me Hawking."
Now that he had found Nagato's true body, Hawking was no longer in a hurry.
With Jiraiya appearing and such a huge commotion breaking out, Zetsu and Obito might already be hiding nearby.
Once he revealed his intentions, Obito's guard would surely rise.
"Hawking, why did you become the Nine-Tails' Jinchuriki? Is the previous Jinchuriki dead?"
A puzzled expression appeared on Nagato's face. He had never heard that name before.
Zetsu reported intelligence from all the major ninja villages to him, but Zetsu only ever paid attention to the more famous ninjas within those villages.
Someone like Hawking, who had never openly displayed his strength in the village and did not even possess an official ninja identity, naturally fell outside Zetsu's attention.
The only time he had shown his strength was when he captured Kakuzu and Hidan, but that had not happened in the Hidden Leaf. Tsunade had also issued a gag order to the ninjas involved, so the news had not spread.
Even Danzo and the two advisors did not know Hawking was the one who captured Kakuzu and Hidan.
"I don't think that can be explained in a sentence or two. How about