After confirming again and again that Obito had left, Hyuga Kagami's expression darkened, and doubt welled up in his heart. "It's only been a few months since Akatsuki's last operation. Why are they making another move so soon? That shouldn't be the case. Did I reveal some flaw last time?"
Given how wary Akatsuki was of the God Organization, Nagato should have continued lying low.
Hyuga Kagami had even guessed that Akatsuki would disappear for several years. Only after noticing that the One-Tail showed no signs of revival and suspecting that the One-Tail Jinchuriki might still be alive would they take action again.
Yet he had not expected Obito to suddenly come knocking. From the sound of it, Akatsuki seemed to have an operation planned for the near future.
After carefully reviewing every detail of his last battle with Nagato and repeatedly confirming that he had left behind no loose ends, a flash of insight suddenly struck the puzzled Hyuga Kagami, and he realized something.
"Uh... Could it be that I overdid the act and stirred up Nagato's resolve to fight to the death?"
As the saying went, too much was as bad as too little. Last time, following Hyuga Aoki's line of thought, Hyuga Kagami had pinned the God Organization on the Ōtsutsuki Clan living on the moon. This had invisibly placed immense pressure on Akatsuki—and on Nagato.
After all, the surname "Ōtsutsuki" was itself a source of pressure!
Once he realized that his enemies were kin of the Sage of Six Paths, even Nagato, who styled himself a god, was probably somewhat intimidated.
Moreover, in all their past conflicts, Akatsuki had never gained any advantage against the God Organization. Nagato himself had repeatedly been defeated by the God Organization's Yama.
That steadily accumulating pressure was very likely what