"???"
As these words fell,
The entire scene instantly... fell into deathly silence!
At this moment,
Whether it was the masked man himself, or Pain and Konan beside him, all their pupils slightly contracted, stunned!
They never expected that Kyo would suddenly come out with something like this...!
What the hell...
Were those words just now... completely overheard???
All three were frozen.
The atmosphere at this moment was awkward to the extreme!
Beneath the masked man's mask, a trace of cold sweat appeared on his face!
His train of thought was interrupted, his mind almost blank!
Wh-what's going on...?
Such a coincidence...?
Just as I was giving orders to Pain... it happened to be heard by him?!
By this most troublesome guy in the Akatsuki???!
This...
The masked man's expression darkened, and he gritted his teeth slightly.
Damn it.
Why... of all times, did it have to be now!
Could it be...
Today, I have to reveal my identity to this guy...?!
"..."
The masked man's face was livid, his mind racing.
He was racking his brains, thinking about how to break this awkward situation.
However,
Pain and Konan beside him were also stunned.
The reason Pain was stunned was naturally similar to the masked man's.
However,
Konan beside him had a somewhat strange look in her eyes.
Wait.
What's going on?
Didn't I already tell Kyo that the leader of Akatsuki was Nagato?
Could it be... that he mistook the masked man before him for Nagato, who controls Pain...?
"..."
The rain beat against the tall tower.
Making a crackling impact sound.
The entire tall tower meeting room was filled only with terrifyingly silent air.
After a moment,
It was still Kyo who broke the silence.
He strolled leisurely towards them and chuckled:
"Don't misunderstand."
"I'm certainly not here to eavesdrop on your meeting."
"It's just that, just now, while I was researching some newly developed technique, I accidentally expanded its range too much, and it seemed to cover the entire Amegakure..."
"So, to avoid misunderstandings, I thought I'd come over here and explain it to you."
"Who would have thought..."
"I happened to hear some rather remarkable things."
Kyo spoke methodically, his gaze calm.
He really did come over for this reason.
However, developing techniques and such was naturally just nonsense.
"...?"
However, as these words fell,
In an instant, the three present were all stirred.
Hmm...?
What's going on?
That terrifying oppressiveness just now...
Was just this guy researching a new technique...?!
Hiss...
What kind of technique is enough to cover all of Amegakure?
The three were slightly shocked.
But at this moment,
Kyo again turned his gaze to the masked man ahead and chuckled:
"So, explain."
"Tobi,"
"What exactly is your true identity in Akatsuki...?"
Kyo's gaze flickered as he asked leisurely.
As his words fell,
The masked man's expression stiffened again.
Tch,
This guy...
It seems he's really going to hold on...
However,
What he didn't know was,
At this moment, Pain and Konan understood.
After all, based on their understanding of Kyo,
Given his consistent personality, since he happened upon this scene, it was impossible for him not to press for details...
If he really didn't ask this time,
It would on the contrary be even more inconsistent with his usual direct style.
Therefore,
After thinking for a moment,
Pain focused and decided to personally explain to Kyo.
After all,
As the ostensible leader of Akatsuki,
His words naturally carried weight.
It would indeed be more reasonable for him to explain the scene just now.
However, he naturally didn't intend to reveal the masked man's identity,
Instead, he planned to fabricate a little lie.
"..."
Pain stepped forward, looking at Kyo with an indifferent gaze, preparing to speak.
However,
The moment he opened his mouth,
Suddenly!
The masked man's voice came directly from behind, interrupting him!
He spoke in his usual pretentious low voice, speaking solemnly:
"Tch, so be it..."
"Since you've seen it, then pretending any longer seems like just a boring charade."
"...!?"
Hearing this voice,
Tendo Pain and Konan were simultaneously stunned, their expressions instantly changing!
What?!
Wh-what's going on!?
Is he going to... reveal everything to Kyo?!?!
However,
Before the two could think further,
Suddenly,
The masked man, at some point, had a bloody red light beginning to appear in his eyes!
That was...
Mangekyo Sharingan!!
And then, he raised his hand, placing it before his Sharingan, gazing at Kyo, and then, in an extremely arrogant and indifferent tone, spoke:
"Well..."
"Perhaps a guy your age,"
"Hasn't yet heard... the legend of me, 'Uchiha Madara'...?"
"...!?"
As his words fell, the scene instantly fell silent!
At this moment,
Let alone the bewildered Pain and Konan beside him,
Even Kyo,
Couldn't help but be stunned!
Huh???
What's going on...?
Whoa,
This bastard is already starting to act???
No longer pretending to be the goofy Tobi, starting to pretend to be Madara in front of me...?
At this moment,
Kyo was instantly somewhat amused.
He had originally thought that after asking those questions, Obito would choose to revert to being Tobi again, playing the fool to muddle through...
But he never expected this bastard was really fierce...
Directly revealing everything!
For a moment,
Kyo even didn't know what expression to use to respond.
After a long silence,
He barely suppressed the laughter in his heart, put on a puzzled expression, looked at the masked man, and said doubtfully:
"You just said... you are that Asura of the Shinobi World, Uchiha Madara?"
"...That's right."
The masked man still maintained his hand-before-the-eye pose, indifferently gazing this way, speaking in a low voice:
"It seems..."
"Even a brat your age isn't completely ignorant."
"You actually know my name, Madara."
The masked man started putting on airs.
He knew,
Since he had already revealed himself,
He needed to intimidate Kyo first.
This way, perhaps he could logically turn him into a tool like Nagato or Kisame in the future...
And conveniently solve this troublesome guy...
So,
He decided to act a bit more.
However,
What he didn't expect was,
Hearing this,
Kyo opposite him suddenly raised an eyebrow, and then said with a puzzled expression:
"Is that the Uchiha Madara who was beaten to death by Konoha's First Hokage, Senju Hashirama?"
"..."
"..."
As his words fell,
In an instant, Pain and Konan beside him were completely stunned.
Eh?
Is that his first impression of that Uchiha Madara...?
At this moment,
The masked man beside them twitched at the corner of his mouth.
Are you f*cking?!
Deliberately picking a fight with me here???
Then,
He immediately gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice:
"At that time... I did not die!"
"Hashirama didn't completely defeat me either, but..."
However,
Before he could finish,
Kyo suddenly raised his hand and said in surprise:
"Wait a minute,"
"There's something I don't understand."
"If you didn't die back then, and lived until now... you'd be almost a hundred years old, right?"
"But you look so energetic?"
"Did you find someone to extend your life...?"
"???"