Obito swept his gaze around. After confirming that Nagato had come to the appointment alone, his eyes settled on the latter's fair face as he said gloomily, "You betrayed me, and now you're mocking me too. Nagato, do you think you're funny?"
Nagato wore an innocent expression. "Mocking you? Ah, ah, are you referring to the name 'Madara'? How strange. Haven't you always presented yourself as Madara, Hashirama Senju's sworn enemy...?"
Obito gave a chilling sneer. "Heh heh, I should have noticed long ago. When you held Jiraiya's life and death in your hands, and on the night you planned the attack on the Nine-Tails' Jinchuriki, those pointed questions you asked, intentionally or otherwise, all carried hidden meaning..."
"Nagato, since things have come this far, we might as well lay everything bare. When did you find out that I was Obito Uchiha?"
"Oh my... y-you're actually Obito Uchiha!?" Nagato staggered back in shock, his face full of exaggerated astonishment. But then, that exaggerated expression turned into a profound smile, and he shrugged.
"Though I'd like to say that, as you said, there's no need to keep playing this little game of concealment."
"Fine then. Since you asked so sincerely, I'll mercifully tell you!"
"Do you remember when Kabuto visited Kannabi Bridge, searching for Obito Uchiha's blood beneath that massive boulder?"
Obito said, "Ah, how could I forget? That was when my killing intent toward Orochimaru began..."
Nagato said calmly, "Kabuto's original purpose in searching for Obito's blood was indeed to perform Impure World Reincarnation on 'Obito Uchiha.' But at the time, we had no idea that you were Obito."
Obito said coldly, "What kind of joke is that? You even used Izanagi, and you're telling me it wasn't aimed at 'me'? Obito Uchiha, who died in the war, was nothing