After thinking it all through, Obito said gravely, "Zetsu told you, didn't he?"
Nagato was taken aback. For a moment, he said nothing and simply stared blankly at Obito.
Seeing Nagato remain silent, Obito knew he had guessed right!
"Heh heh heh..." Obito chuckled, then took off his mask, revealing his true face.
The face, half scarred and half unmarked, made Nagato frown!
"What are you trying to say?"
Nagato asked in a low voice.
"I took off my mask because I want to tell you that I'm not Madara Uchiha. My real name is Obito Uchiha!"
Neither Nagato nor Konan was particularly surprised by Obito's words. They had long suspected that the Masked Man wasn't Madara Uchiha, the Asura of the Ninja World!
This merely confirmed it.
"Although I'm not Madara... Madara really is here among us!"
"You mean... Zetsu?"
Nagato asked uncertainly.
"That's right... Zetsu. Black Zetsu, to be precise. Black Zetsu is the embodiment of Madara Uchiha's will! And what Madara wants is to revive the Ten-Tails!"
Neither Nagato nor Naruto, who was secretly watching, had expected Obito to lay his cards on the table so readily.
"The truth is, I was under Madara's control all along, too. But a little while ago, a lucky coincidence allowed me to break the shackles controlling me!
"He probably realized he could no longer control me, so... Zetsu approached you, Nagato!"
"Since you know about the Ten-Tails, you should also know just how terrifying it is! Madara wants to revive the Ten-Tails solely to destroy the world!"
"He's already dead. To him, a world without him in it has no reason to exist!"
At this point, Nagato felt that... Madara Uchiha was a lunatic.
He wanted to destroy the world just because he was dead!
Naruto, meanwhile, thought... *Obito really