I will traverse countless worlds and become a god entirely on my own!

His research has reached a fever pitch these days.

According to the masked man and the things provided by Zetsu, his experiment is progressing very rapidly, and he has also cracked the secret of the Grim Reaper, and will be able to summon the sealed Fourth Generation in the future.

And recently he's come up with some amazing things.

"But you have to show us some results, Orochimaru!!"

Bai Jue muttered in dissatisfaction, "I can't see anything now, all I can hear is Orochimaru saying this."

"Hehe, our cooperation was agreed upon back then. You had to grant me certain requests. Now I want to know even more!"

Orochimaru's words greatly displeased Obito, who had already decided that if Orochimaru couldn't provide him with anything useful, he would definitely kill that stinking snake.

but

He doesn't seem to realize that the more you know, the more dangerous it is.

After leaving Orochimaru's laboratory, White Zetsu said indignantly, "Obito, that Orochimaru guy is really too much! Does he really think that just because he has mastered the Impure World Reincarnation, he can make us keep giving in forever?!"

"Idiot, if you knew how, we wouldn't have compromised!"

Black Zetsu said something casually, which immediately angered White Zetsu: "What?! Black Zetsu, whose side are you on anyway?!"

Isn't Orochimaru going too far?

How did this topic suddenly shift to me?

Bai Jue muttered discontentedly.

"I'm just reminding you that it's difficult for us to deal with him on our own right now!"

What was the original framework for the plan to capture the tailed beasts?

The five villages are hostile to each other and there is no possibility of any alliance. This can create a time gap, allowing them to capture the tailed beasts before the ninja villages can react.

The Akatsuki organization is powerful, possessing the Rinnegan, but Nagato is not the original user of the Rinnegan. Using the Rinnegan places a great burden on him, and he can only unleash one-tenth of its power.

Therefore, the unification of the five great ninja villages cannot be included in this plan.

Their 100,000 White Zetsu plus Akatsuki couldn't defeat the combined forces of the five great ninja villages.

What is the current configuration of the five great ninja villages?

Byakuya + the other four Kage + various veteran Kage-level characters + nine Jinchuriki + many elite Jonin + countless Chunin.

How do we fight this lineup?

Even if the Akatsuki team fought together, they couldn't beat you!

Now we can only rely on Orochimaru's Impure World Reincarnation, but it can't be that broken version of Impure World Reincarnation. It has to be the one whose power was fully restored in life.

Black Zetsu was even considering reviving Madara Uchiha first; without Madara, Black Zetsu felt that this task would be truly difficult to accomplish.

"Let's use that guy for now; this plan would be really hard to complete without him."

Obito agreed with this, and he understood that this was the only way now.

"What about Nagato?"

Obito suddenly thought of Nagato's situation. After Konan left, Nagato seemed to have intentionally tightened the Akatsuki's operations.

Although he had been trying to persuade Nagato to take action from various angles, he couldn't control Nagato unless it was truly a fight to the death.

But Obito doesn't want to do that now. If there's no plan for Nagato's future, does he have to go first?

"Xiao Nan is back."

White Zetsu told Obito about Konan's return. Upon hearing this, Obito's eyes flashed with surprise. He hadn't expected Konan to come back. However, it seemed that the woman's return would have an impact on Nagato.

He had managed to deceive Nagato when Konan was away.

He knew what Konan was doing in the Ninja Country—she was an undercover agent—although he didn't know exactly what Nagato had Konan do there.

"Let's act sooner rather than later. The problem with the Ninja Country is not only that they are getting stronger, but Nagato may also not want to take any more action after that."

"I do think so!"

Obito wanted to, but what if Nagato didn't want to?

"How about we find an opportunity to steal Nagato's Rinnegan?"

Bai Jue asked.

Since Nagato doesn't want to carry out the plan, we'll have to find someone else.

This Rinnegan could not possibly be left to Nagato.

"Let's see later. Getting close to Nagato right now isn't an easy thing."

After all, the Rinnegan was in Nagato's possession, and Obito didn't want to ruin things until the very end.

"Everyone, I've called you here today to discuss something."

Of the original Kage of the Five Great Ninja Villages, Byakuya became the leader, while the other four became decision-makers. At the same time, Byakuya, the decision-maker of Konoha, also gave it to Tsunade.

In the conference room.

Onoki, Tsunade, A, Pakura, and Mei Terumi were all somewhat puzzled by Byakuya's summons.

It seems like it's been a long time since we've formally gathered them together like this.

Moreover, judging from Bai Ye's current attitude, it seems that something big has happened.

Apart from Xiao Nan, the other secretaries all looked at each other in bewilderment.

"What's going on?"

Shikaku tried to guess Baiye's intentions; he wasn't someone who really liked meetings.

Furthermore, all the decision-makers who hold these rights were summoned.

"I called you all here today to discuss an organization. You should be quite familiar with Onoki, right? The Akatsuki."

Akatsuki!?

A hint of embarrassment flashed across Ohnoki's face after hearing the name.

He knows it all too well!

He had once hired the Akatsuki organization to do some shady tasks for him.

Even before starting the war with Byakuya, Onoki had considered whether to ask the Akatsuki organization to deal with Byakuya.

But Ōnoki later gave up.

The main reason was that the Akatsuki organization's asking price was too high. Moreover, Onoki believed that Byakuya only had Konoha Village, while the Akatsuki were attacking from three sides together. In addition, Konoha had just experienced a wave of internal strife, so they were definitely no match for them!

But who would have thought that Bai Ye would actually handle it all by himself in the end?

"The Akatsuki is a mercenary ninja organization, but I don't know exactly who its members are. However, they are very strong, and I have entrusted them with many missions!"

After hesitating for a moment, Onoki finally gave a brief summary of what he knew.

Since Bai Ye has already spoken out, it means he already knows everything, so there's no point in hiding it anymore.

Hearing what Onoki said, Kurotsuchi was stunned. How come she didn't know that her grandfather had done such a thing?

"I knew you were a treacherous old man!"

Ai snorted. No wonder he suffered some losses in the clash with the Iwa ninja. He was wondering where the enemy's people came from when he had already restrained most of their fighting force!

You old geezer have no martial ethics!

They actually hired mercenaries!

"Heh, that's how war is. As long as you can win, there's nothing you won't do!"

Onoki simply stopped pretending. Anyway, he felt that what he said was not wrong. Isn't that what war is all about?

"Bai Ye, is this all you wanted to do with us?"

Ōnoki ignored Ai and turned to look at Byakuya, asking a question.

He was in the wrong to begin with, so Onoki naturally didn't want to dwell on the matter any longer.

But he couldn't understand it. It was all in the past. Bai Ye seemed to have said that after joining the Ninja Kingdom, everyone should forgive and forget about the past. Who hasn't had the blood of other ninja villages on their hands?

If everyone forgets the hatred, then naturally they can't hold themselves accountable for the questions, right?

“That’s right, this is the first question I asked you. I already know the members of Akatsuki: Itachi Uchiha from Konoha, Kisame Hoshigaki from Kirigakure, Deidara from Iwagakure, Sasori from Sand Village, Hidan from Jashin-kyo, Kakuzu from Takigakure, and a ninja named Zetsu. Their leader is called Pain, who claims to be a god.”

Bai Ye originally wanted to wait for Xiao Nan to return before making a decision, but after thinking about it, he decided to take the initiative.

It's best to keep the initiative in your own hands.

Upon hearing Bai Ye's words, everyone present was stunned!

So their rogue ninja actually infiltrated this organization?!

"Kisame Hoshigaki actually joined Akatsuki!"

A hint of emotion flashed across Mei Terumi's face. Come to think of it, that guy must have been influenced by the Blood Mist policy.

She had heard about Kisame, and indeed, the Blood Mist policy had caused the Mist Ninja to lose a great deal of talent.

"Grandpa, Deidara is actually in the Akatsuki!!"

Kurotsuchi said in shock, and seeing Onoki's equally embarrassed face, she wisely stopped talking.

The reason why Onoki acted this way was because he had cooperated with the Akatsuki organization so many times, only to find that there were actually rogue ninjas from his own village in this organization.

He was wholeheartedly trying to train Deidara and planned for him to succeed the Fourth Tsuchikage, but he just defected!

"scorpion"

Chiyo felt a pang of sadness, never expecting to hear news of Sasori again at this time.

"What are you going to do?!"

Yecang looked at Baiye and asked, clearly not just stating the facts after revealing the information about the Akatsuki organization.

The Akatsuki organization is already in great danger because it has gathered so many rogue ninja!

"Itachi."

Fugaku Uchiha felt somewhat saddened, realizing that his failure to properly guide Itachi had led to all of this.

In the current situation, Itachi seems to have strayed too far from them.