"No matter what Akatsuki becomes in the future, you have only one mission: infiltrate it and never let your cover be blown!"
Seeing this unfold, even Orochimaru couldn't help marveling at Uchiha Yin's godlike powers of prediction.
After they finished speaking, the two looked at each other.
Just then, Nagato suddenly whipped his head around and stared at a spot in midair inside the room.
Orochimaru found it strange and followed his gaze.
The space there twisted, and a masked figure appeared in the laboratory.
Only the instant the figure appeared did Orochimaru sense his presence. Until then, he hadn't detected a trace of him.
Panic surged through Orochimaru. Someone who could come and go so mysteriously would probably have little trouble killing them if he wanted to.
Orochimaru instinctively stepped back and stared at the Masked Man. It was Obito Uchiha.
"Who are you?" Orochimaru asked coldly.
Obito Uchiha turned to him with a grin. "I'm Tobi. I'm about to become your comrade!"
Orochimaru looked incredulous. He turned to Nagato, hoping for an answer.
But Nagato kept his eyes fixed on Tobi, showing no intention of responding.
Orochimaru had no choice but to let it go.
From the moment Obito Uchiha—Tobi—appeared, Nagato had kept his eyes locked on him.
He seemed to be searching for something in Tobi's eyes.
Nagato had always harbored a suspicion: Had Yahiko really died at those people's hands?
He had never stopped suspecting the Masked Man before him. The fact that he had appeared right after Yahiko's death was suspicious, no matter how Nagato looked at it.
But even as Nagato's gaze searched him for a long time, Tobi made no attempt to look away. In the end, Nagato let it go.
Yahiko was already dead. There was no point digging into those questions