"At last, we've seen the source of his incredible strength. Those eyes—did you see them?"
"The Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan! To think he'd already mastered eyes like those."
Danzo laughed as he drew in a breath.
He was clearly thrilled, genuinely excited.
The most despairing thing was not how powerful an enemy was, but being unable to gauge the depths of their power.
But after this battle, Danzo believed he had reached Xia Le's limits.
"As long as we keep pursuing our plan!"
"If we can collect the Tailed Beasts and become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki you spoke of, defeating him won't be impossible!"
Danzo panted as he suppressed the bloodlines running wild within him.
"That depends on your fusion becoming smoother and more complete!"
"Fusing the bloodlines of the Uchiha Clan and the Senju Clan could awaken the power of the Rinnegan."
"But your body doesn't seem to have reached that state."
"In that case, how do you intend to deal with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path?"
The Vortex Mask Man spoke coldly.
"Hahaha, A-Dai!"
"That's no longer a problem for us!"
"Although I was severely wounded in this battle, and my bloodlines nearly collapsed!"
"But!"
Danzo burst into laughter.
He blinked sharply. A moment later, concentric rings appeared in his eyes—the unmistakable Rinnegan.
"What is this?!"
A-Dai's pupil contracted in shock.
He actually succeeded!
For a moment, a flicker passed through the Vortex Mask Man's single exposed eye.
But he soon laughed again.
"Excellent. Now we can put our plan into motion as soon as possible!"
As he finished speaking, wariness surfaced in his one remaining eye.
Hearing this, Danzo asked, "Capturing the Tailed Beasts?"
"That won't be so simple!"
"However!"
He paused.
"Once I recover my full strength, it'll be a piece of cake!"
A-Dai, the Vortex Mask