Chapter 458: Obito Exposed "What?"
When he heard these few insects talking about torturing him, and even mentioning some kind of "intelligence" they had gathered, Uchiha Madara immediately became suspicious.
How long had it even been?
Could that companion outside possess some kind of bloodline ability specialized in gathering intelligence? How else could they collect so much information in such a short time?
Something was definitely wrong here.
Could it be that the inherently vile Senju Tobirama had used Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu together with the Transformation Jutsu to deliberately feed them prepared information, maliciously guiding them into taking revenge on him?
The more Madara thought about it, the more plausible it seemed.
But it was already too late for explanations. These people had already reached their own conclusions through deduction. There was no way they would believe him now.
And honestly, the information from earlier was all real. It was just that someone had intentionally guided it in a certain direction.
"Forget it. I know you won't believe anything I say now, so go ahead and take your revenge however you want."
"My body has sensory techniques engraved into it. Pain feels no different to me than it does to a living person. You can take your revenge to your heart's content."
"But I hope you understand this. I'm willingly accepting your revenge not because I'm the person who wronged you."
"It's because I was the one who saved that Uchiha Obito back then. Indirectly, I'm responsible for the suffering you endured. I have an obligation to bear it."
Madara spoke with such righteous dignity that anyone unaware of the truth would think he was the heroic protagonist.
His speech made some of the kinder members hesitate.
But their hesitation was quickly shattered by Yahiko's subordinate, Kyūsuke.
"Don't let him fool you! This righteous act is just another disguise, exactly like before! Don't forget—whether he's Uchiha Madara or Uchiha Obito, he's either an old-man lover or a history fetishist!"
"That's right!"
"Damn it, this bastard really loves acting!"
"Turn up the intensity!"
Feeling like they had been toyed with again, just like when the intangible masked man had slaughtered them as casually as crushing ants, the group instantly became furious.
Before long, they found a suitable method of revenge within the gathered intelligence.
"The Uchiha clan specializes in Fire Release and shuriken techniques, right? I heard there's a special method of controlling shuriken called the Manipulated Shuriken Technique."
Kyūsuke pulled out a roll of steel wire.
It was exactly the tool needed for the Manipulated Shuriken Technique.
To put it simply, the technique involved attaching highly elastic, durable, transparent steel wire to shuriken or kunai in order to control them after throwing.
It allowed the user to alter the weapon's trajectory mid-flight, or use the weapon itself as a feint while the real danger came from the restraining wire.
It was an extremely versatile technique.
Honestly, when Madara saw the steel wire, he actually relaxed a little. He even had the leisure to explain: "The advanced shuriken techniques of the Uchiha clan don't even need that."
Madara wasn't afraid of swords, spears, or blades.
What he feared was them taking the name "Manipulated Shuriken Technique" literally.
The group said nothing.
Following the instructions in the intelligence scroll, they began carrying out their righteous revenge.
Rip.
Part of Madara's Impure World Reincarnation body was torn open and thrown aside, where one person held it down to prevent regeneration.
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"What are you doing?!"
Madara's pupils trembled violently.
"We know ordinary pain means nothing to a powerful ninja like you. So we referenced the interrogation methods of Konoha's Torture and Interrogation Force—Morino Ibiki's methods, specifically. We hope this works."
Kyūsuke pointed at the scroll he had already closed.
Oh, Konoha's interrogation division.
Madara relaxed again.
In the end, it was still just pain.
Earlier, that brat Obito had punched and kicked him nonstop, even targeting below the belt, and he had endured it all, hadn't he?
As long as these people didn't abandon their dignity and stop causing pain in favor of making him feel good instead, he could tolerate it.
Still… Konoha's interrogation division?
That department probably didn't even exist back when he and Hashirama were in Konoha.
Was this another thing that inherently evil Tobirama came up with?
"?!"
Just as Madara lowered his guard, a sharp agony shot straight into his brain.
Looking down, he saw that his Impure World Reincarnation body had already regenerated.
The torn armor had also reformed and returned to his body.
But now, several steel wires had appeared on him.
He could clearly feel exactly where those wires had pierced through!
That inherently evil Konohagakure Village! After he left, under Tobirama's leadership, they had actually developed such despicable torture methods!
A warrior could be killed, but not humiliated!
The steel wires pierced through his body, through both the "Spirit Pearl" and the "Demon Orb", while the ninjas on either side pulled them back and forth. One ninja who knew a little about music even started plucking the wires like strings.
Unfortunately, the music sounded absolutely awful.
Mostly because Madara's body wouldn't stop trembling.
"Count your sins! You old-and-young-loving Uchiha Obito!"
With Kyūsuke's righteous declaration of judgment, Daibutsu and Kie on both sides sped up their movements, pulling like bellows with constant squeaking noises.
Meanwhile, hidden beneath the stone bed, Uchiha Obito was drenched in cold sweat.
Even though he no longer had the relevant organs, hearing them shout his name while torturing Uchiha Madara still gave him phantom pain.
Several minutes passed.
To Madara, those few minutes felt longer than an entire lifetime.
"This life was too long, yet still stopped just short of reaching the other side…"
See? They were singing again.
"Stop!"
Madara struggled to point in a certain direction.
From the moment he left Obito's room to being captured and tortured, he had managed to gather a tiny amount of chakra again.
It wasn't enough to use ninjutsu.
Nor was it enough to resist.
But he used that small amount of chakra to sense once more the seal he had placed on Obito's heart.
And the moment he sensed it, he was shocked to discover that Obito's location was incredibly close to him!
Which meant Obito had never used any special method to remove the chakra at all!
Hiding beneath the stone bed, Obito noticed that the twitching and spasming above him had suddenly stopped. Feeling confused, he cautiously turned his head without making any noise and peeked upward.
The moment he looked up, he met the faces of the original Akatsuki members.
They were staring directly at him.
At that instant, their eyes met.
If this were the Pokémon world, a battle would have already started.
Looking at these somewhat familiar faces, Obito forced himself to stay calm and deliberately pretended not to recognize them.
"Who are you people?"
Right now, Madara was taking the blame for him. Under no circumstances could he expose the fact that he was their true enemy, or he'd be completely finished!
Obito glanced sideways at Uchiha Madara on the stone bed.
(End of this chapter)