"I captured Sasuke Uchiha, broke down his physical and mental defenses, then used genjutsu to plunge him into the despair of an endless cycle. In the end, his memories lay completely open to me..."
The more Konan and Pain heard, the more alarmed they became. Although Uchiha Itachi had been the quiet, taciturn type ever since joining the organization, he had always been dependable and never made baseless claims.
His description of what he had done to his younger brother was especially vivid, as though it were happening right before their eyes.
Even an ordinary monster would have balked at doing something like that.
Yet Itachi was merely recounting what Adult Sasuke had told him of his own experiences back then.
The objective portions of the intelligence he had provided could indeed be verified by asking any Commoners in Konoha or gathering information from the surrounding area. But the most crucial information came from Sasuke Uchiha, his younger brother.
"You captured Sasuke Uchiha?"
Obito had not expected this outcome either. He had just been about to accuse Itachi of offering nothing but empty words, yet Itachi had actually brought Sasuke back?
"Once you search his memories as I did, you'll believe that everything this man has done was a betrayal of the organization." Itachi looked at Obito. "He is actually a pawn secretly planted by the Fourth Hokage. His purpose is to use the Akatsuki to threaten the major powers, then let Konoha reap all the benefits. The Tailed Beasts we collect will ultimately fall into Konoha's hands as well."
"Take the Land of Fire's Daimyo, for example. Kisame was the one who proposed taking control of him. I didn't notice anything at the time either, but thinking back now, the Akatsuki's control over the Daimyo did nothing to restrain