Since he had already agreed to Black Zetsu's plan.
Nagato naturally had no intention of hiding anything further, and he had decided to pin Jiraiya down in the Land of Fields!
Besides, he truly wanted to see Jiraiya.
Because he wanted to tell his teacher just how terribly wrong he had been!
"Teacher?"
His words made everyone besides Orochimaru and Uchiha Obito look rather strange.
This was the first time they had learned that their leader was actually Jiraiya's disciple.
"Yahiko, is that you..."
A trace of complicated emotion flashed through Jiraiya's eyes. He was still somewhat unable to believe it.
In his memories, his disciples from the Land of Rain had died long ago. He had even gone to pay his respects not long ago.
Yet he had never imagined that this disciple, who had supposedly died long ago, would appear before him as part of the Akatsuki Organization!
What was even stranger was that those Rinnegan had clearly belonged to Nagato. How could they be on Yahiko?
Suddenly, something flashed through his mind, and he could not help asking in a low voice.
"You were among those who attacked and controlled the Mizukage back then, weren't you? The other one...
"Was Konan?"
"Yes, it was us."
Pain nodded lightly, and Jiraiya immediately grew anxious.
"Yahiko, what exactly is going on with you all...
"Why did you do this?"
Pain calmly cut Jiraiya off, his tone becoming even colder.
"Are you asking why we joined the Akatsuki Organization? Or why we're still alive?"
Jiraiya was left speechless, but Pain seemed completely unconcerned.
"We founded the Akatsuki Organization ourselves, and we were already dead to begin with."
"You founded the Akatsuki Organization... already dead..."
"We originally believed in everything you described to us and had always worked toward it, but