For some reason, Pain paused what he was doing and turned toward Uzumaki Reikawa, his expression betraying neither joy nor anger. In fact, unless an outside force acted on him or he deliberately made an effort, that dead face of his could not show any other expression anyway. "Is what he said true?"
"—It's nothing serious, really. It's an old problem, after all." Uzumaki Reikawa looked up at the sky. Strictly speaking, he had died long ago. Of course, Pain did not know that.
Hearing this, Pain considered the situation before him in silence. He said nothing more, merely controlling the Asura Path to retract his laser cannon.
Nagato rubbed his forehead. Since his identity had already been exposed, he no longer needed to worry about concealing it.
But the current situation had spiraled somewhat beyond his control. Apart from Konan and the man calling himself "Uchiha Madara," he had always dealt with everyone through Pain Tendo. As a result, the other members of the Akatsuki did not know his true identity, and among these people, Uzumaki Reikawa was the most suspicious.
Although he had personally watched Uzumaki Reikawa over the past few days, the problem was that the Ninja World had all kinds of ninjutsu. The chances were slim, but he could not be completely certain that Uzumaki Reikawa had not leaked this information.
And that raised another question: if Uzumaki Reikawa had leaked it, had he done so willingly or under duress? Or had he been unaware of it altogether?
After all, according to that man, Uzumaki Reikawa had developed a physical problem that even he could not cure, yet Genkyo's leader seemed to have a solution. Much as Nagato hated to admit it, this was the most reasonable explanation he could come up with so far.
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