Intercept

The two of them left the dam and climbed a large tree. Obito Uchiha pointed east and said seriously, "Look, Nagato is hiding on that hill a hundred miles away!"

"Didn't they notice you?" the Qi Shuang clone asked cautiously.

Nagato and Konan were always inseparable, and both were exceptionally perceptive ninjas.

If Obito had been detected in advance, no one knew what might happen when they launched their ambush.

Although he was only a clone and could die without consequence, missing such a good opportunity to kill Nagato would be a real shame.

"Don't worry. I know their patterns of movement very well. I deliberately avoided their detection, so they shouldn't have noticed me!" Obito replied confidently.

At the same time, the Qi Shuang clone saw six figures in black robes patterned with red clouds slowly approaching Kirigakure at the end of the main road.

Kisame Hoshigaki was already waiting on their path.

Before long, they met on the road.

Seeing those six pairs of overlapping ring-patterned eyes and the Akatsuki's distinctive black-and-red uniforms, Kisame immediately recognized who they were.

"Pain, I've been waiting for you for a long time!" Kisame said with a wide grin, resting his greatsword on his shoulder.

Hearing someone call out his name, all six figures stopped in unison.

Deva Path Pain, standing at the front, looked at the Shark Face and said, "Since you recognized me and deliberately waited here, I assume you know why I came."

"Hand over the Six-Tails. Otherwise, I'll flatten your Kirigakure!"

"What a boast! Who do you think you are?" Kisame said, a trace of anger rising within him.

It was the first time he had encountered someone so arrogant.

More importantly, he had gone to great lengths to acknowledge this newly reborn Kirigakure, yet this man kept