The distant Nagato and Konan were just as shocked.
According to their intelligence, there were only four mysterious members of the organization: "A," "B," "C," and the later arrival, "D."
Now, seeing that there were seven members, including "A," they were all taken aback.
If all seven were as powerful as "A," then they represented a truly terrifying force.
Konan grew angry. "That guy was hiding so many trump cards!"
The "guy" she meant was, of course, Obito.
Nagato's gaze flickered, as if he were considering something.
On the battlefield.
Shinji had been keeping an eye on the mysterious man.
If he hadn't used the power of the "Lantern" earlier because he was a rookie Lantern Bearer, unfamiliar with how to wield it, and because his Lantern was suppressed by his opponent, then his continued refusal to use it now was deliberate.
He had realized that the mysterious man across from him seemed genuinely unable to tell who the Shinobi World's true Lantern Bearer was.
If that was the case, then he had all the more reason to keep his identity hidden!
After all, no one who had faced the mysterious man so far had come out of it well.
Moryo and Shinnō had been caught by the mysterious man's special tool almost as soon as they encountered him, and had their Chakra extracted.
"Deva Path" was still bound by the silver spear crackling with lightning.
When Nagato, with his Rinnegan, escaped from Kamui Space earlier, he had been in a sorry state too.
And none of them were weak!
Even Shinji probably wouldn't have fared much better. If he hadn't faked his identity from the start and misled the mysterious man, he, the Shinobi World's Lantern Bearer, would likely already have been killed by him.
Even now, surrounded by