With Konan's departure, Nagato's expression darkened at once.
"Who... are you?"
Nagato asked in a hoarse, low voice.
At this moment, he was sitting inside the Asura Path machine. The instant the man arrived, he felt himself bound and unable to move.
Having lost the Ten-Tails' energy and expended one Rinnegan, his physical condition had changed noticeably.
His once emaciated, lifeless body now seemed to possess a trace of vitality.
Although he was still skin and bones, his face was no longer as bloodless as before. Instead, it had taken on more of a living person's color.
"Is this the price of overusing the Rinnegan? It was only a small technique, yet now you don't even have the strength to resist or turn around?... Heh heh."
Madara spoke indifferently.
"Who am I? I am the leader of the Eye of the Moon Plan."
"Madara Uchiha." Madara answered calmly.
Upon hearing that name, Nagato's pupils suddenly contracted.
"So it was you..." A hint of shock colored Nagato's voice.
Madara smiled faintly. "That fellow Obito seems to have done a pretty good job impersonating me."
"I never thought you would come here..."
Nagato said between breaths.
Through Itachi, he did know that Madara had been brought back by Impure World Reincarnation. He just had not expected Madara's first stop to be here.
"You gave my eye to Hashirama without permission. You have truly disappointed me."
"That fellow Hashirama... he was incompetent and foolish."
"Now, return my other eye to me. Fortunately, you didn't give him both eyes."
Madara's words were indisputable, though they also carried a trace of relief.
"Your eye? Impossible! This is my eye!"
"My eye belongs to me. I can give it to whoever I want! Besides, for someone like you, it would be better to destroy it than