In the most luxurious room of the Immortal Allure Inn, Bu Zhi sat at the table drinking tea as he waited for Pain to arrive.
Suddenly, space shattered like crystal. A black cavern appeared soundlessly, and a figure floated out from it, arriving before Bu Zhi.
The abrupt scene nearly made Bu Zhi drop and shatter his teacup. Though he had known in advance that Pain was coming, he was still startled.
Yomotsu Hirasaka was simply too terrifying. No spatial fluctuations spread out when it was used; if he had not seen it with his own eyes, Bu Zhi would not even have known someone had already arrived at his side. If this technique were used for a sneak attack, the outcome was easy to imagine.
"Elder Bu!" Zero Burial said softly.
Bu Zhi's expression changed instantly. This was not Deva Path's voice. At that moment, Zero Burial removed the conical hat from his head, revealing his true face. Those pale violet Rinnegan were indifferent yet oppressive. Unlike Deva Path, Zero Burial had no black chakra receivers on his face. This was his true appearance.
"Zero... Zero Burial Divine Envoy!!!" Bu Zhi exclaimed in shock.
"It is me." Zero Burial nodded. His coldly handsome face, paired with those pale violet Rinnegan, made him seem especially mysterious and eerie.
Bu Zhi had not expected Pain's so-called personal arrival to mean that Zero Burial himself would come. It caught him somewhat off guard.
Fortunately, Bu Zhi was also someone who had seen his share of grand occasions. He immediately recovered and respectfully said to Zero Burial, "Bu Zhi greets the Zero Burial Divine Envoy!"
This was the elusive leader of Akatsuki, one of the most mysterious figures in the entire cultivation world. Everyone had only seen the corpses he controlled—the Six Paths