"You didn't need to step in, Danzo."
Pain kept Kakuzu raised by the neck as he turned to Danzo with a warning.
He had originally intended to stand still and use overwhelming strength to force Kakuzu into submission, while also intimidating Danzo so he would not get any ideas.
"I merely thought it would be better to resolve this quickly."
Danzo spoke with his head slightly lowered.
He believed he had already witnessed the immense power of the Rinnegan, so there was no need to waste any more time.
The reason he lowered his head was not the fear Pain assumed, but because he did not want Pain to see the greed he could no longer suppress on his face.
The Mangekyō Sharingan beneath his bandages, which had once belonged to Kagami Uchiha, actually felt its ocular power being suppressed!
Eyes even more powerful than the Mangekyō Sharingan!
The Rinnegan! What tremendous power!
Danzo still remembered how Nagato had summoned a gigantic monster that wiped out a group of Amegakure and Root ninja, forcing Hanzō to flee.
And now, against a powerful ninja like Kakuzu, he could handle him so effortlessly. It seemed the Rinnegan's abilities had been developed even further!
However, Danzo remembered that during that battle, the red-haired brat with the Rinnegan had also suffered severe injuries to both legs from Hanzō's Explosive Flame Formation.
Danzo confidently concluded that if a reliable medical ninja had not treated him in time after that battle, injuries of that severity would have left the red-haired brat unable to stand again unless a medical master on Tsunade's level had intervened!
Moreover, Danzo also knew about Pain's past—the boy called Yahiko.
He had already determined that Pain was merely a puppet clone Nagato had created with the Rinnegan's abilities to facilitate his movements!