Orochimaru, one of the Three Ninja.
After defecting from Hidden Leaf Village, he had been recruited by the Akatsuki Organization.
He had originally held no interest in this small organization he had never heard of, but then he learned that its leader possessed the legendary Sage's Eye.
Out of curiosity about the Sage's Eye, he had agreed to join the Akatsuki Organization.
Yet today, Orochimaru had actually dared to attack Nagato's Deva Path Avatar—Pain—in an attempt to seize the Rinnegan.
And naturally, he had failed.
Orochimaru's ability to preserve his own life was truly remarkable. Even Deva Path Pain had let him escape when he had not taken the fight seriously.
Since he had escaped, Nagato had not used Deva Path Pain to hunt him down.
Part of the reason was that Deva Path Pain could not travel too far from him, but the real reason was that he had not taken Orochimaru seriously.
After merely informing the other Akatsuki Organization members that Orochimaru had defected and ordering them to pursue him, he had stopped caring about the matter.
Compared to that, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path was far more important.
Behind Nagato, three of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's eyes had already opened.
No one knew which three unfortunate tailed beasts had been captured.
"When Orochimaru defected, he took several demons sealed within the organization with him." A woman with wings on her back flew before Nagato.
After landing, the wings behind her began to break apart and vanish. Only then did it become clear that they had been made of sheets of white paper.
Nagato said, "...It does not matter. We already know the abilities of those demons. We only need to be more careful." He looked at the Demonic Statue of the Outer