In the dead silence,
A drop of water fell deep within the cave.
Drip.
The water droplet hit the ground, making a shattering sound.
Echoing in the cave,
In an instant,
It filled the entire cave with an atmosphere of killing intent and gloom.
Until after a long time,
Pain, standing on top of the Outer Path Statue, darkened his gaze and broke the dead silence of this space,
His eyes fixed on Kyo, and he said indifferently:
"..."
"What do you mean by 'spy' and 'witness'?"
"Explain in detail."
Even at this moment,
Pain's tone was still extraordinarily calm.
As if he had just heard some ordinary words.
However,
His aura had already become very serious.
Moreover, he even subconsciously swept his gaze over all the Akatsuki's members.
Starting from the earliest members like Zetsu and Kakuzu, down to the last to join, Deidara and Hidan.
Not one was spared.
And at this moment,
These Akatsuki's members naturally sensed something was wrong, and their gazes refocused on Kyo.
Feeling the gathering of eyes,
Kyo's expression remained calm and leisurely.
He casually walked inside, smiling lightly and saying casually:
"I wonder if everyone still remembers..."
"There's a masked probationary member in the organization who likes to wear a mask, Tobi?"
"For those who don't know him,"
"You can stop listening to the following topic."
"Because"
"The spy I want to report this time..."
"Is precisely him, this man who has been posing as 'Uchiha Madara' in the shadows and manipulating the Akatsuki behind the scenes."
"---!!!???"
As Kyo's words fell, in an instant, everyone was dumbfounded!!
Silence!
Dead silence!
The gloomy atmosphere that was just about to dissipate reached its peak at this moment!
Almost everyone held their breath, their pupils constricted!!
Even the always calm Pain and Konan,
Upon hearing this,
Were immediately stunned, their minds going blank!
They didn't even process the meaning of Kyo's words.
And compared to them,
Those even more confused by this statement were naturally Deidara, Hidan, and Kakuzu.
The three of them,
After listening to Kyo's words, were now all full of question marks.
Huh?
What's going on?
Kyo-sensei, what's happening???
That goofy intern masked man Tobi, is actually the spy he's exposing this time???
...
The three were naturally somewhat confused.
After all, so far, they only knew that there was this intern in Akatsuki.
But they completely didn't know,
That he had been posing as... Uchiha Madara in the shadows???
And even more incredibly,
This guy was actually manipulating Akatsuki behind the scenes????!
"..."
If this hadn't come from Kyo's mouth,
At this moment,
They simply couldn't believe it.
These three not-so-bright individuals were immediately stunned and couldn't help but gasp.
However,
At this moment,
Even more confused than the three of them were the remaining few!
Pain, Konan, Itachi, and Kisame!
You know,
They were the ones who had long been convinced of the masked man's identity as "Uchiha Madara"!
Otherwise, it would have been impossible for them to follow his arrangements and let Akatsuki reach this point...
Pain and Konan only began to reorganize the new generation of the Akatsuki because they knew about Uchiha Madara's Tailed Beast Weapon Plan...
And Itachi also came to infiltrate the Akatsuki out of a trace of reverence for Madara's infamous name.
Not to mention Kisame, he joined Akatsuki entirely because he believed in the Eye of the Moon Plan proposed by Madara.
But now,
What did Kyo say...???
The masked man's identity as "Uchiha Madara" was actually fake???
The few of them all had their pupils constricted, frozen in place.
Originally,
The matter of the masked man being Akatsuki's behind-the-scenes leader was also not something that could be casually discussed.
But now,
It was directly exposed by Kyo in the name of a spy!
And this,
Was something they had completely not anticipated.
Especially Itachi,
He had just been worried that he might be the one reported, but suddenly discovered that the reported person was actually the masked man.
At this moment, the entire scene was still dead silent.
Until after a long time,
Someone else spoke, breaking the silence.
But this time,
It wasn't the leader Pain, but Konan beside him.
Her gaze was somewhat complicated as she gazed at Kyo over here, and spoke:
"Kyo-kun..."
"You say this... do you have any basis for it?"
Konan asked with a strange expression.
"Of course."
The moment Konan's words fell, Kyo immediately chuckled in response.
Then, he slightly turned around, glanced at the hooded Orochimaru behind him, and chuckled lightly:
"Didn't I just say, he is the evidence?"
"Please take a look."
As his words fell, everyone's gaze shifted again, landing on Orochimaru.
Their eyes were all extremely puzzled.
This hooded figure Kyo had specially brought...
Who could it be...?
Although he was said to be evidence,
It couldn't possibly be the real Uchiha Madara himself, right?
That would be too absurd...
And at this moment,
Just as everyone was pondering,
That person slowly raised his hands and removed his hood.
Then,
Revealed that pale, snake-like face.
"---!!!?"
The moment they saw clearly this face,
In an instant,
The entire scene fell dead silent once again!
Almost everyone's expression froze, immediately dumbfounded!
What the hell, this is... Orochimaru???
"???"
At this moment,
The newcomers like Hidan and Deidara were okay, after all, they didn't know him.
However,
Old members like Itachi and Kakuzu, including Pain and Konan, at this moment, naturally were immediately stunned.
No one had expected,
This so-called witness following behind Kyo...
Would actually,
Be Akatsuki's famous traitor!
Orochimaru!!
Everyone was speechless, their faces full of bewilderment.
And at this moment,
Orochimaru naturally noticed their expressions,
Instantly, a very pleased smile appeared on his face. He grinned, showing a sinister smile, and said:
"Yo... it's been a long time, hasn't it."
"Akatsuki."
Orochimaru's sinister gaze swept unabashedly across the faces of Pain, Konan, and the rest of the Akatsuki's members.
Finally, it stopped on Itachi's face, his smile gradually widening.