"Your Rin is indeed still alive."
"I brought her back to life."
At those words, tears slid from the corners of Obito's eyes.
Xuandou walked straight up to Obito and reached out.
"Ah!"
Obito let out a scream.
Xuandou had already taken his Mangekyō Sharingan and put it away.
Xuandou did not look at him again. He turned and swept his gaze over everything in the base.
Next, it was time to collect the spoils of war.
Nagato's Six Paths of Pain stood motionless in the various corners of the base.
Deva Path, Human Path, Asura Path, Animal Path, Preta Path, and Naraka Path.
Each had Black Chakra Receiver Rods embedded in their bodies, their faces expressionless and their eyes vacant.
Xuandou's attack had been so sudden that Nagato had lost his Rinnegan before he could control them to fight back.
Now, these six puppets had no master.
Xuandou walked up to Deva Path Pain and examined the body that had once struck terror throughout the Shinobi World.
Deva Path Pain possessed the abilities of the Rinnegan and could perform Shinra Tensei, Banshō Ten'in, and Chibaku Tensei.
An idea suddenly struck Xuandou.
He possessed the Rinnegan, so of course he could control these six puppets too.
Since that was the case, why not simply disguise himself as Pain and take over the Akatsuki!
When the time came, he could leave any dirty work or arduous tasks that were inconvenient for the Hidden Xuan Village to undertake to the members of the Akatsuki.
The Akatsuki still had Kakuzu, Deidara, Sasori, Kisame, and others, all of them rare fighting assets.
Having them continue operating under the Akatsuki's name would both conceal the Hidden Xuan Village's true intentions and build up forces to fight the Ōtsutsuki.
He raised his hand, and the Rinnegan's