Dealing with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path

A moment ago, Konan had still held out a sliver of hope. She had thought Kabuto and Hidan had learned how powerful Uchiha Genya was, decided they had no future with the Akatsuki Organization, and switched sides halfway through.

But they had been working for Konoha from the very beginning?

Nagato was no better off. It was as though his entire view of the world had been torn down and rebuilt.

Sarutobi Hiruzen's warning that he would regret it still echoed in his mind.

Nagato did not know whether he truly regretted it now, but his fists were clenched so tightly that his nails dug into his palms. He did not even notice the pain. Inside, he was anything but calm.

One wrong decision had landed both him and Konan in Uchiha Genya's hands, with no telling what would happen to them.

Was Uchiha Genya really that underhanded? Even with an overwhelming advantage in strength, he had sent spies to sabotage them from within?

Kabuto was powerful enough to learn Senjutsu. There were hardly a handful of people in the entire Ninja World who could do that.

And Uchiha Genya had brazenly sent him in as an undercover agent?

Hadn't he worried Kabuto might go over to them for real and never come back?

Unfortunately, now that the two of them had fallen into Uchiha Genya's hands, any rage they vented would be as futile as a powerless husband's.

"Then was Hidan pretending he couldn't read, too? Did he deliberately act like a brainless brute to make us drop our guard?"

Konan still could not accept it.

She could accept being fooled by Kabuto, but how had she failed to spot a single crack in Hidan's act, too?

Hidan's face fell at once. *What business is it of yours if