Your indifferent attitude and your decision to turn around instead create a more tense atmosphere than if you were screaming hysterically. You walk with your back to ten of the most dangerous ninjas in the world, an act that is considered an insult to some of them, but for others, it is a bitter proof of honesty.
Hidan had raised his scythe, his face flushed with emotion.
"Oh! Don't joke! You can't just leave after dropping a bomb like that! Come here and be a tumbal—"
"Stop, Hidan."
Pain's voice was no longer thunderous like a God, but rather sounded empty and tired. Hidan suddenly fell silent, feeling a very dark aura emanating from his leader.
You keep going. The sound of dry twigs stepping on your shoes is the only sound in the forest. You didn't turn your head, even when you felt the sharp gaze of ten pairs of eyes pierce your back.
Reaction from the Back
Konan wants to chase you. His legs moved one step forward, his hands outstretched as if he wanted to reach for your cloak, but he was restrained. He looks at your back and thinks of Yahiko's back when they were kids—the backs that always walked ahead in the face of danger.
"He... he's really not afraid of us," whispered Konan quietly, his voice choked.
Itachi turned off his Sharingan. He lets you go, his eyes showing a faint respect for your courage—or perhaps sympathy because he knows exactly what it's like to lose a brother.
Kisame grinned slightly as he leaned Samehada on his shoulder.
"It's rare that anyone can silence this group with just a few words. He has guts, I admit that."
Goodbye Behind the Fog
Your steps get farther and farther away, entering the more dense part of the forest. No one is chasing you. Pain gave the other members a silent order to stay in place.
Before your shadow is completely swallowed up in the fog, Pain's voice echoes for the last time, carried away by the cold wind:
"If you are indeed the blood of the flesh... then live. Stay an ordinary man, and don't let this world destroy you like it destroys us."
You continue to walk without responding. Behind you, the Akatsuki group resumes their journey into the darkness, but this time, the Leader's steps feel a little heavier than before.
Pov : *When I was about to leave* Is that the one with the top name Tobi? Or obito *I chuckled*
Your steps pause for a moment, and your little contemptuous laughter splits the silence of the forest like a sharp knife.
When the name was spoken—Obito—the whole atmosphere went from tense to terrifying.
The figure in the orange mask who had been engrossed in acting silly in the back, suddenly froze. His childish body movements disappeared in an instant, replaced by an extremely heavy, dark, and hateful aura.
Deadly Reactions
Tobi (Obito) tilted his head slightly. A single hole in his mask now emitted a sharp red flash. His voice changed completely—no longer Tobi's stammering voice, but the heavy, deep voice of a man who had lost everything.
"You..." Obito's voice sounded so cold that it made the air around you feel frozen. "You know too much for a man who claims to be 'ordinary'."
The other Akatsuki members gasped.
Itachi frowned deeply. He was the only one who knew about "Madara" (Obito), but hearing the real name mentioned made his hand move towards the kunai.
Pain and Konan turned their heads quickly towards Tobi. They only knew that he was Madara or just a useless new member.
Deidara moaned, "Tobi? What is this madman talking about, hm?"
Real Threats
In the blink of an eye, before you could step again, the masked figure was already right behind you through Kamui. You don't hear the footsteps, you just feel the chill in your neck.
"Who are you really?" whispered Obito right in your ear. "A sister of a long-decaying corpse... and now mention the name I have thrown to the bottom of hell?"
He gripped your shoulders with his left hand that was hard as wood.
"In this world, there is no room for those who know too much without having the power to protect it."
Konan shouted from a distance, "Wait! Don't kill him yet!"
However, Obito didn't care. The space around his eyes begins to spin, forming a dimensional vortex ready to suck you into Kamui for good.
The atmosphere is now really critical. You've touched the biggest secret in the ninja world.
Me : He is not madara, madara has been dead for a long time. He is obito, a runaway ninja from konoha
Your sentence fell like an atomic bomb in the middle of the forest. The biggest secret that Obito had kept for years was simply revealed by a man without a forehead shield.
Obito's grip on your shoulder hardens until you hear a small crack. The swirl of Kamui around his eyes paused for a moment, replaced by a killing aura so intense that the birds in the forest flew away in fear.
Reaction of the Legends
Itachi Uchiha was the most surprised. Although he cooperated with this masked figure, he had always doubted whether it was really Madara. Hearing the name "Obito"—Kakashi's teammate who was supposed to die in the Third Ninja World War—makes Itachi activate his Mangekyo Sharingan.
"Obito...?" whispered Itachi softly. "So that's your true identity."
Pain looked at Tobi with Rinnegan's very sharp gaze.
"He said he was Madara. He said he was the force that started everything. Explain this, Tobi... or whoever you are."
Deidara shouted in confusion, "What the hell is this?! Tobi, you have another name? And you're not the silly senior I know? Hm!"
Painful Truths
Obito shrugs your shoulders, then chuckles. But it's not Tobi's funny laugh, but rather a dry, hollow laugh that comes out from behind his mask.
"Madara... Obito... names are meaningless in this rotten world," her voice was now really heavy, the original voice of the man who had broken her heart.
He stands in front of you, ignoring the other Akatsuki members who are starting to suspect him. It only focuses on you.
"You know about Yahiko, you know about me. You're not an ordinary guy who happens to pass by. You are an anomaly."
Obito brings his masked face closer to yours.
"Tell me, 'Yahiko's sister... if you know I'm Obito from Konoha, then you must know what happened to Rin. You know why I did all this, don't you?"
Silence in the Forest
Now, all the members of Akatsuki form a circle. In the middle of it is you, an ordinary man who has just destroyed the trust structure in the world's most powerful criminal organization.
Konan looks indecisive, he still thinks about your claim to being Yahiko's sister, while Pain begins to doubt Tsuki no Me's (Mooneye's plans) because of Obito's false identity.
The atmosphere is already at a boiling point. You hold all the cards now.