You had to understand that carrying the Akatsuki Organization's name was no good thing. After all, the entire Shinobi World was currently hunting the Akatsuki Organization, so if this group called "A" was impersonating them, that was serious.
At that thought, Obito's expression darkened.
Zetsu continued, "This group seems to have appeared out of nowhere. Judging from what happened today, there are quite a few of them."
Obito said, "And they have a deep-seated grudge against those monsters from the Upper Rank!"
Nagato had ordered the operation to wipe out those Upper Rank monsters in response to their repeated provocations.
Even now, Nagato still hadn't figured out why those monsters from the Upper Rank had repeatedly targeted the Akatsuki Organization, or why they had even resorted to the despicable act of disguising themselves as Akatsuki members and attacking shinobi from the Five Great Shinobi Villages.
There was no way to explain all this baseless hostility.
But if they took this group called "A" into account, it wasn't hard to reach a conclusion: the Upper Rank monsters were probably truly hostile toward this group.
It was only because this group called "A" operated under the Akatsuki Organization's name that the Upper Rank monsters had targeted the Akatsuki Organization as well.
The two men realized this at the same time and exchanged a look!
If that really was the case, then the Akatsuki Organization had been completely used by "A" and his group. Whether it was their premature conflict with the Five Great Shinobi Villages or their bloody battle with the Upper Rank monsters, they had been played for fools at every turn.
"Damn it!"
Obito was overcome with anger and humiliation.
He had always been the one scheming in the shadows, sowing discord and manipulating others. This time, though, he'd fallen