Shattered Understanding

Minamoto Takuya watched Nagato before him. The Fox Mask covering his face with strange patterns made him seem especially mysterious and unfathomable.

He spoke calmly. "Then, to begin with, could you tell me Akatsuki Organization's true plan?"

He knew full well that his earlier actions had forced Obito Uchiha, who had been lurking in the shadows, to reveal himself ahead of time. This unforeseen development had undoubtedly aroused Nagato and Konan's vigilance and suspicions.

By all logic, their trust in Obito Uchiha—the man impersonating the deceased Madara Uchiha—should have been far less solid than it had been in the Original Work.

Minamoto Takuya wanted to know exactly how Obito Uchiha had painted Nagato such an enticing vision of the forbidden power known as the "Ten-Tails."

Nagato fell silent, and time seemed to freeze.

His sunken eyes remained fixed on Minamoto Takuya's mask as an intense internal struggle raged within him.

In the end, one thought prevailed.

Perhaps this was a test from the mysterious powerhouse before him.

The other party's initiative in asking about the plan did not necessarily mean he truly knew nothing. More likely, he was testing whether they were honest.

He could take a gamble—gamble that the other party knew nothing and choose to conceal it...

However, the moment that thought surfaced, Nagato's gaze involuntarily shifted to Konan beside him and the shell carrying his dear friend Yahiko's will.

Yahiko was gone forever. He could not allow anything to happen to Konan too!

This desire to protect her overwhelmed every trace of luck.

Thus, Nagato's low voice broke the silence as he laid out in full the plan Obito Uchiha had instilled in him under the name "Madara Uchiha."

Akatsuki Organization's ultimate goal was to gather the nine great Tailed Beasts scattered throughout the world and inject