Chapter 53: Itachi Uchiha the Storyteller

“I’ll go back to base first.”

After talking with Uehara, Pain announced coldly, “Uehara, you should also immediately return to Akatsuki’s base. Don’t make your teacher worry.”

After speaking, Pain released the summoning and turned into smoke.

Since the Deva Path of Pain was so far away from Nagato’s main body, the Chakra in the Deva Path of Pain’s body had almost been exhausted after releasing two Dojutsus.

If Nagato’s Chakra ran out, the Deva Path of Pain would not have been of much use, so there was no point in him staying here.

It was better for him to go back as soon as possible and extract information from Itachi.

Uehara did not stay either. The only reason he summoned Pain was to let Obito, who was secretly spying, realize that his mask had been stripped away.

Obito should have recognized that now, shouldn’t he? It’s a pity that Orochimaru managed to sneak away, though.

Since the matter was over, Uehara left the Land of Water and returned home with Kisame, Mangetsu, Haku, and the others.

After everyone had left, a shadow appeared in the forest.

The silhouette of the mysterious masked man was revealed, and he muttered to himself in a melancholy manner, “That was a miscalculation. I didn’t expect the little demon to be able to summon Pain…”

They had completely exposed his ident.i.ty! But the mysterious masked man had already planned for the worst.

If Nagato wanted to kick him away and start collecting the Tailed Beasts alone, it would be impossible since only Zetsu could collect information on the Tailed Beasts.

The exposure of his ident.i.ty only affected his status and image, but it did not prevent him from continuing the Eye of the Moon Project.

The mysterious masked man did not completely fail.

He a.s.sumed that it was Orochimaru who figured out his ident.i.ty and revealed it to Kakashi. Otherwise, why would Orochimaru appear in the Land of Water?

It was logical no matter what perspective he took. Thus Orochimaru was the most likely candidate.

“Forget it, and I can only give up sealing away the news…”

The rays of light in the eyes of the mysterious masked man disappeared, and a s.p.a.ce-time vortex appeared behind him, pulling him inside.

The Land of Rain.

The Akatsuki’s base.

Pain had just returned from Uehara’s Summoning Jutsu to find Konan, who looked worried.

Konan, Kakuzu, and Itachi recruited Hidan, and they had already returned to the base for two days.

“Nagato, is there something wrong with your main body?”

“No, it is Uehara.”

Pain shook his head with a gloomy expression, “We might be able to find the truth behind what happened twelve years ago. Let’s control Itachi first. We must not let him escape!”

“What’s the matter?”

“The man who calls himself Uchiha Madara is actually a ninja named Obito. It is very likely for him to be one of Konoha’s spies who wants to use us!”

Pain’s face was ugly, and he continued with a deep voice, “Uehara discovered his true ident.i.ty and was being chased by him!”

“I’m going to save Uehara!”

The paper wings behind Konan opened. She was going to leave immediately.

The Deva Path of Pain stopped her and explained in a low voice, “Don’t worry, Uehara happened to run into Orochimaru, and I’ve helped him deal with Orochimaru. There are also three Swordsmen of the Mist by his side, so there should be nothing that can threaten his safety…”

“Then go and find Itachi first!”

Konan’s origami fluttered, and her voice turned cold, “Let’s extract information from him then!”

Since Uehara had not returned yet, Itachi didn’t have a new teammate yet, so he couldn’t go out to perform missions. He was just sitting by the lake outside the base, thinking about life.

A group of paper b.u.t.terflies suddenly appeared before him and condensed into a blue-haired woman, causing rippling circles on the lake.

Konan looked at him, frowned lightly, and said, “Does the famous clan exterminator Itachi have nothing to worry about?”

“Senior Konan, is there a problem?”

Itachi was a little depressed. He just wanted to sit quietly for a while and didn’t want to talk to the woman in front of him.

Konan didn’t care about his mood, instead, she asked in a cold voice, “Itachi, you are one of Konoha’s Missing-nin. Have you heard of the name Obito while you were in Konoha?”

“Obito?”

Itachi remembered a funeral he had attended a long time ago. He raised his head questioningly and completed the name Konan mentioned, “Uchiha Obito?”

Konan frowned slightly as she observed Itachi’s expression carefully. She was a little surprised to see that Itachi didn’t show any abnormalities.

Itachi doesn’t know the ident.i.ty of the masked man?

Konan continued to ask in a deep voice, “You are both from the same clan. Shouldn’t you know more about the person named Uchiha Obito?”

“En?”

Itachi lowered his head, and just looked at the lake, and replied softly, “Uchiha Obito was killed during the Third Shin.o.bi War. We couldn’t find his corpse, so he was the only hero not to be buried in Konoha’s graveyards.”

“Oh?”

Konan nodded with interest, “Go on!”

Judging from Uchiha Itachi’s words alone, the probability that the mysterious masked man was Uchiha Obito’s was at least 80 to 90 percent.

But judging from Uchiha Itachi’s expression, he didn’t seem to know the true ident.i.ty of the mysterious masked man?

It seems like Itachi might not be a Konoha spy. After all, he killed the entire Uchiha Clan.

“…”

Itachi looked at Konan in a puzzled manner. Uchiha Obito was long dead, so what else could he continue to talk about?

What else could I say!

Should I tell her about Obito’s life?

Why is Konan interested in a person who died a long time ago?

Itachi carefully observed Konan’s voice and complexion and continued softly, “It is said that Obito’s grades were not very good. Perhaps it was for that reason, Obito was arranged to join the genius ninja Kakashi and joined the same team. They became the Fourth Hokage’s disciples after their graduation…”

The story of the lowest-ranking ninja came from Itachi.

It was news Itachi had heard from other people in his own clan, and, coupled with his own understanding and a.n.a.lysis, it formed a story of positive growth as the lowest-ranking ninja eventually became the hero of Konoha.

Konan couldn’t help but look a little surprised as she listened, and she didn’t expect Itachi actually to have an innate talent for storytelling.

Itachi’s story was much more pleasant than Jiraiya’s.

The book “The Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Shin.o.bi,” written by Jiraiya, was too bland, so not many people could stand it. It was definitely not as good as Itachi’s story.

“…Obito eventually became the hero of Konoha. Laid to rest in a foreign country. The genius ninja Kakashi carried the will of his comrades and also received the honor of keeping his Sharingan as his old friend gifted him his Sharingan.”

This story did not leak any information. Much of the contents was well known by others, as it was a story that contained the Will of Fire.

After Itachi finished telling the story, he even felt moved by the Obito in the story. He slowly turned his head and looked at the female ninja, who remained calm and composed while listening to his story. He was a little puzzled…

Aren’t his stories good?

Hasn’t the Will of Fire spread to Konan’s heart?

“Are you done?”

Konan’s brows frowned. If she hadn’t known that the mysterious masked man was Obito, she might have really admired him.

“Um…”

Itachi’s expression became a little unsightly, and he found this woman a little incorrigible, “Senior Konan, why are you so interested in Uchiha Obito’s affairs? “

Konan did not answer his inquiry. Instead, she just opened the paper wings behind her and coldly said, “Come with me. Pain wants to see you!”