Chapter 34 The bottom of the pack is always the bottom of the pack
Chapter 34 The bottom of the pack is always the bottom of the pack
Obito's face under the mask immediately turned blue.
He hated being looked down upon, and immediately, in a hoarse, rough, and aged voice, he shouted:
"Ignorant brat!"
"However, he was lucky enough to obtain a pair of Mangekyou Sharingan, so he became arrogant and conceited."
"I have roamed the ninja world for decades, slaying countless powerful enemies. I even joined forces with Hashirama Senju to quell the chaos and establish the system of ninja villages. How dare a junior like you question me?"
"Tch!" Uchiha An glanced at him disdainfully and sneered, "Uchiha Madara is so domineering, how could he be as cowardly as you?"
"If you have the guts, take off your mask and let everyone see your true face."
Obito, of course, refused, and only pretended to say:
"When I left Konoha, I fought a great battle with Hashirama and injured my face, which is why I wore a mask to cover it up. I never expected that you, a junior, would look down on me and doubt me because of this."
"Looks like you won't know how powerful I am until I teach you a lesson!"
Uchiha An curled his lip, turned to look at Pain sitting at the head of the table, and spread his hands, saying:
"Hey, Chief, I didn't start this. Can I kill him?"
"Internal strife is forbidden within the organization!" Payne said grimly, stopping Ann's request.
The main reason was that Pain had fought with "Uchiha Madara" and knew that his eye techniques were very powerful. He did not think that Uchiha An, a newcomer, could pose any threat to Madara and did not want Madara to continue to establish his authority through this.
This left Uchiha An feeling very regretful.
He had originally planned that if Pain agreed, he would take the opportunity to strike hard and give Obito a good thrashing.
Even if White Zetsu were to keep Obito alive, they might not be able to kill him in one fell swoop, but they could certainly skin him alive and collect some interest. The remaining debts could be settled with him later.
"Ah, what a pity!" Uchiha An sighed, as if he had lost all motivation, and slumped onto the table, no longer speaking.
"Alright." Payne tapped the table and said, "From now on, we're all comrades within the organization, and you'll have opportunities to get to know each other."
"Ann, let me introduce you to the other people in the organization."
"All the members of Akatsuki are currently here."
"My code name is 'Zero,' and Xiao Nan's code name is 'White.' We're a team."
"The group on the left consists of Jue and Pipa Shizang, whose code names are 'Xuan' and 'Nan' respectively."
"The group on the right consists of Sasori of the Red Sand and Orochimaru, whose codenames are 'Jade' and 'Sora' respectively."
"Ban is a partner of the organization, sharing the same goals as the organization, but is not a member of the organization, has no code name, and does not need to team up with others."
"You and Itachi are newcomers, your codenames are 'North' and 'Red' respectively."
"Right now, neither you nor Itachi have a partner, and I imagine you don't want to partner with Itachi either. So, you two will operate independently for now, and we'll split up again once you find new partners."
As soon as Pain finished speaking, Uchiha An raised his hand high again.
"Leader, I would like to be in a group with Lord Orochimaru. I think Lord Orochimaru would be very willing to discuss the plan to destroy Konoha with me."
To everyone's surprise, Orochimaru, unwilling to be used, shook his head dismissively and sneered:
"Although I am a rogue ninja of Konoha, I have no particular interest in destroying Konoha."
"However, if you have information about how the Fourth Hokage resisted the call of the underworld after using the 'Dead Demon Sealing Technique,' or how he was resurrected from the dead, then I might change my mind."
"Understood, understood..." Uchiha An waved his hand dismissively at Orochimaru's firm refusal, pretending not to see it, and continued with a smile, "I know, Lord Orochimaru is only interested in immortality, and he and Sasori of the Red Sand have formed the 'Immortal Duo'!"
"However, you don't need to bother with Minato Namikaze anymore. His soul should still be inside the Shinigami's stomach. The figure that appeared earlier was just chakra that he had reserved in Naruto's stomach beforehand."
"When he went out to fight before, most of the chakra he used was from the Nine-Tails. The reason he was able to control the Nine-Tails was probably because Kushina Uzumaki was inside Naruto's stomach."
"The reason he did this was probably to leave his son some means of survival. Now that he's used them all up, he won't have any left."
"However, I have other information about the 'art of immortality' that I'm sure will satisfy you."
"I knew it! But..." Orochimaru's vertical pupils suddenly contracted, his long forked tongue flicking out, licking around his lips as he said menacingly, "Even I don't know this kind of top-secret information. How did you, a mere ordinary Uchiha Jonin, find out? How can I know if your information is true or false?"
"Oh, oh, you can verify it if I tell you!" Uchiha An shrugged nonchalantly, spreading his hands. "As for how I know, does that matter?"
"I just know it!"
"And I know a lot more than that!"
"For example, that guy over there pretending to be Madara Uchiha and showing off is actually Obito Uchiha, a hero of Konoha who should have died long ago."
"Hehehe... How about that? Didn't expect that, did you?"
"Huh?" At this moment, everyone's eyes immediately turned to that direction.
Everyone had some doubts about Madara Uchiha's identity, after all, Madara Uchiha had long been a legend in the ninja world and was already too old.
The ninja world has seen several generations of change, and even the most powerful figures should have died of old age long ago.
Moreover, in order to maintain his mysterious and unfathomable state, Obito always wore a mask, and no one present saw his true face.
This naturally deepened everyone's suspicions about him.
But since the leader had introduced him, even if he wasn't Madara Uchiha, he must have been an extremely powerful ninja, which is why everyone reluctantly regarded him as Madara Uchiha.
Upon hearing this, everyone realized that this Uchiha Madara was indeed an imposter, and a sense of amusement immediately arose in their eyes.
This was directed not only at Madara Uchiha, but also at their own leader, Pain.
It would be interesting if this was an imposter, and the leader, who was supposed to be a "god," failed to recognize it, but was instead pointed out by a newcomer.
Obito's mental fortitude wasn't as strong as Itachi's. Now that his identity had been exposed, he panicked and instinctively snorted coldly, retorting:
"snort!"
"Nonsense!"
"What do you, a junior like yourself, know?"
"I don't know who spread those rumors to you, but you actually believed them and now you dare to question my identity!"
"How absurd!"
"Did Kakashi tell you that?"
"Tch!" Uchiha An scoffed dismissively. "That's all I know!"
"What you consider top-secret intelligence is, in my eyes, utterly devoid of any secrecy."
"Not only do I know that you are Uchiha Obito, but I also know that your eye technique is called 'Kamui,' a space-time ninjutsu that allows you to escape to another dimension."
"Heh... As expected, even if the bottom student gets a kaleidoscope, they're still a bottom student, a complete waste, all they do is run away!"
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