After the initial shock, Konan flew into a rage. "So you've been using us to gather the Tailed Beasts all along!"
Nagato seemed to have realized something as well. His face darkened as he asked, "Yahiko's death... was that something you planned too?"
Obito did not deny it. He had indeed been involved in Yahiko's death. It was he who had wiped out the former Akatsuki members rushing to warn Yahiko and Nagato.
That was why Yahiko and Nagato had fallen into Hanzo and Danzo's ambush.
His reason for doing so was simple. If Yahiko, who regarded justice as his creed in life, had continued to lead Akatsuki, then the plan to gather the Tailed Beasts and revive the Ten-Tails would have remained a distant dream.
Seeing Obito tacitly admit it, Konan gritted her teeth. "I'll kill you!"
Nagato, too, stirred all the chakra in his body, intending to fight Obito to the death.
Obito narrowed his eyes slightly. "Without the Rinnegan, you can't kill me!"
Then his figure gradually faded away, vanishing without a trace.
Although Nagato no longer had the Rinnegan, his terrifying physique, possessing the Sage Bodies of both the Uzumaki Clan and Senju Clan, remained. Coupled with all manner of powerful Wood Release ninjutsu and the Uzumaki Clan's Sealing Jutsu, it would not actually have been easy for Obito to defeat Nagato at this point.
What was more, Konan was at Nagato's side, and the God Organization could appear at any moment. Having successfully stolen Nagato's Rinnegan, Obito did not continue to entangle himself with them and instead withdrew swiftly.
After Obito left, Konan immediately supported Nagato. "Damn it, I never thought Sasori would betray us!"
Under normal circumstances, no one in the current Ninja World could have removed Nagato's Rinnegan. Even Hyuga Kagami, who had