After my triumphs and defeats, I created multiple aliases across countless worlds.

"Should we give him a task to test his abilities first?"

Bai Jue felt that he could find a mission for Bai Ye to go out and try.

"I think it's okay."

Black Zetsu's eyes flickered, sensing that the plan was feasible.

Although you can't get close to Baiye, you can still watch her from afar for a while.

"Then let Nagato give Byakuya a mission."

Obito would naturally not give Byakuya any missions; his status here is that of an unofficial member.

Using Kamui's power, Obito arrived directly in the secret chamber where Nagato was. Upon seeing that it was Obito, Konan's eyes flashed with a hint of wariness.

Compared to Nagato, Konan has never really trusted Obito.

She had some doubts about the person who claimed to be Uchiha Madara, who had never shown his face and didn't even dare to let others see what he looked like. However, Nagato always believed him, and she could only silently support Nagato while keeping a watchful eye on Obito.

Obito ignored Konan's wary look and turned to Nagato, asking, "Nagato, shouldn't we give the new member a mission to test his abilities?"

"There are no tasks available for him at the moment."

Nagato lowered his head and pondered for a while, but there was currently no suitable mission for Byakuya.

"Why don't we send him to find new members? We happen to be lacking some right now!"

"Loquat Juzo?"

Nagato looked up at Obito. He should have invited Juzo Biwa in long ago.

However, due to the problems in Kirigakure, Obito became interested in Byakuya, so he focused his attention on Byakuya during this period.

And so the invitation was naturally put on hold.

"No, Juzo Biwa is not strong enough. I found a more suitable person in Kirigakure."

Obito shook his head. He was initially interested in Juzo Biwa, but later found that he was indeed not strong enough.

So he turned his attention to another person from Kirigakure.

Dried persimmon Kisame!

The man who had spent his entire life being betrayed has now left Kirigakure after being persuaded to join the Akatsuki organization.

Therefore, the Loquat Ten Treasures are naturally unnecessary.

Currently, Kakuzu and Sasori in the Akatsuki organization are missing teammates.

Kakuzu's teammates were accidentally killed by him on a whim.

Pain and Konan are in one group, Orochimaru is in another, and if Kisame Hoshigaki joins, he should be in a group with Zetsu. Based on this, Kakuzu and Sasori are both lacking teammates.

Therefore, the Akatsuki organization still needs to find two more people.

"Choose?"

Nagato thought for a moment and did not refuse. Most of the people Akatsuki had contacted so far were invited by Obito or Zetsu based on information provided by them, except for Orochimaru.

Orochimaru had been investigating the Akatsuki organization before he was invited.

It seems there's a spy with inside information providing Orochimaru with intelligence.

"I've already found Zetsu's teammate. Based on Kakuzu and Sasori's characteristics, I've found two very suitable candidates."

The first one is Deidara, the explosive ninja from Iwagakure. He can cooperate very well with Sasori. I investigated before, and because of his destructive tendencies, he is not very popular in Iwagakure.

The other one is from an organization in the Land of Hot Water. Hmm... he has a very peculiar immortality attribute; even if his head is cut off, he won't die. He claims to be a follower of an evil god. Hmm... well, he probably won't be killed by Kakuzu again, right?

Obito informed Nagato of the two candidates.

This was something he had been searching for for a long time: powerful ninjas who weren't Jinchuriki. In the end, there were still too few, especially rogue ninjas.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have thought of absorbing the Loquat Ten Masters in the first place.

Ultimately, Juzo Biwa was merely an elite Jonin, and quite old at that. Most of his strength came from his Executioner's Blade; his own abilities were simply not up to par.

If we weren't so short-staffed, we wouldn't have even thought of inviting him.

Most powerful ninjas in the ninja world belong to ninja villages, and very few can defect. The weak are not wanted to be recruited. If Deidara hadn't been expelled from his village, Obito wouldn't have invited him.

Going to someone else's village and asking them if they want to defect—isn't that stupid?

If the Iwa ninjas notice us, we won't have any more big clients!

Chapter 101 - Konan: Nagato, let me go and make contact with Byakuya!

The Akatsuki organization has been cooperating with Iwagakure (the Hidden Stone Village) for some time.

Even after the Third Shinobi World War, many missions that were difficult for the Iwa ninja to perform were basically handed over to the Akatsuki organization.

There is a lot of cooperation between the two sides.

If we go to other people's villages to poach their people now, and they find out, we'll probably have far fewer opportunities to cooperate in the future.

"So, should we entrust this task to him alone?"

After Black Zetsu finished speaking, he began to think about whether handing this task over to White Night might expose all of White Night's abilities.

However, if this task were to be given to Byakuya, it would definitely have to be done with Orochimaru.

The two were in a team together, and if they went together...

It doesn't seem that difficult.

Furthermore, if Kakuzu and Sasori are given teammates to choose from, that would be great.

So naturally, these two people would need to go together.

So, with the three of them going together, it felt like Bai Ye didn't need to lift a finger.

"Let Kakuzu and Sasori go too, along with Orochimaru and Byakuya, that'll make four of them!"

Nagato pondered for a moment, but ultimately decided not to adopt Black Zetsu's idea.

Given the current situation, the best option is for all four of them to go together.

After recruiting this group of people, the plan can probably begin.

We'll save up some money over the years, and once Xiao Nan has everything ready, we can start making plans.

The Akatsuki organization has been making money all these years, but they have recruited very few ninjas, with 99% going to Konan.

She was working on her ultimate ninjutsu. Nagato actually knew something about this technique and was quite supportive of it.

Nagato was well aware of his physical condition; it wouldn't be long before his body collapsed.

For Nagato, after his death, his biggest worry was Konan.

He didn't care about the others at all.

Of the original Akatsuki members, only he and Konan remain.

He wanted to carry on Yahiko's will, even if this war would plunge the world into temporary chaos.

But Nagato also had to leave.

The path Yahiko initially chose has proven to be the wrong one.

So Nagato decided to take a different path, but the result was good in Nagato's eyes.

Only by understanding pain can the five great ninja nations truly understand peace.

"Well, those four people are fine too. We'll go with them and take a look."

Obito didn't insist, since he felt there was still a long time ahead of him.

Then we can slowly test Bai Ye's abilities.

Being too hasty nowadays will only lead to a poor outcome.

"Nagato, are we just going to let them choose who joins the organization?"

Looking at Obito and Zetsu who had already left.

Konan was also somewhat puzzled as to why Nagato would allow the other party to choose members.

Ultimately, very few people in the entire Akatsuki organization were actually invited by them.

If the masked man has any other ideas in the future, it might not be very advantageous for them.

So Konan hopes that Nagato can think about it carefully.

perhaps....

Is it time to find some loyal followers of our own?

"My current physical condition is simply not good enough to go out, and besides, we're at least in a cooperative relationship now, so they won't be able to pull as many dirty tricks..."

Nagato remained calm; he had, in fact, considered it.

However, Nagato's body was already unable to cope after that great battle.

It can be said that his body is no longer able to do many things that ordinary people can do.