"Have you looked into this Uchiha Hikari's identity?"
Inside the Tower in Amegakure, Pain asked Konan.
Usually, the leader of the Akatsuki selected rogue ninja, then sent members of the organization to "bring" them back.
Orochimaru was the only one who had volunteered himself, and Lin Guang was the only one who had been chosen on their very first meeting.
"I did, but I couldn't find any record of her. I can't even confirm whether she's a Konoha ninja."
Konan said.
"Doesn't Konoha have an Anbu ninja called the Ice King Prince or something? Is there any connection between the two?"
Pain asked.
"I can't confirm that yet, but they're about the same age. It's just that the Ice Release ninjutsu that Konoha brat uses tends to be large-scale and spectacular, while Uchiha Hikari emphasizes speed, precision, and ruthlessness, defeating her enemy in a single move."
Konan explained the differences.
"But they both have blue hair. Could this Lin Guang have stolen the Uchiha Clan's Sharingan?"
Pain offered a guess.
"I asked Uchiha Itachi about that. He said anyone outside the Uchiha Clan couldn't fully unleash the Sharingan's power. Lin Guang's Sharingan is extremely powerful, so he could only have awakened it himself."
Konan said. After all, she could never have imagined that Uchiha Itachi, the rogue ninja who had slaughtered his entire clan, could actually become a double agent for Konoha and the Akatsuki.
"I understand. Let's treat Lin Guang as one of our own for now. He did very well on his first mission, didn't he?"
Pain said with a smile.
"Uchiha Hikari? You've really outdone yourself."
Uchiha Itachi said as he walked beside Lin Guang along the streets of Amegakure.
"After all, I'm different from the others. Infiltrating the Akatsuki is easy for me. I also have