Danzo came to an abrupt halt, his lone eye filled with shock and fury.
"Uchiha You!"
"Are you really going to wipe us out completely?"
Uchiha You smiled.
"Hearing that from your mouth is so filthy it makes me want to vomit."
"Danzo."
"When you wiped out other people's entire families, did you ever think of the words 'wipe out completely'?"
"When you stole Shisui's eye, did you ever think of wiping them out completely?"
"When you used Sasuke to threaten Itachi, did you ever think of wiping them out completely?"
"Now that it's your turn, you know fear?"
Danzo's expression darkened, his breathing growing ragged.
He looked at Uchiha You, then at Deva Path Pain behind him.
The Rinnegan.
Those eyes were far too glaring.
And far too familiar.
At last, he seized upon something amid his chaotic memories.
The Land of Rain.
Hanzo.
That red-haired brat.
The Akatsuki remnants that should have fallen completely into darkness.
And that boy who had died beneath a kunai.
Yahiko.
Danzo's pupils abruptly contracted.
"You are..."
Pain slowly approached.
The Rinnegan was cold, like the judgment of a god.
"Shimura Danzō."
"Back when you and Hanzo of the Salamander plotted to betray Akatsuki in the Land of Rain."
"Did you ever think this day would come?"
Danzo's expression changed instantly.
Those words were like a blade stabbing directly through a secret he had buried for years.
Hiruzen Sarutobi, in the distance, heard those words as well.
His expression suddenly sank.
The Land of Rain?
Danzo?
Akatsuki?
A plot?
Hiruzen Sarutobi abruptly turned toward Danzo.
"Danzo!"
"Is what he said true?"
Danzo did not answer.
Or rather, his expression in that instant had already given the answer.
Deva Path Pain continued forward.
"Yahiko died because of Hanzo's betrayal."
"And because of your schemes."