Konoha: Uchiha, I get stronger by causing trouble.

Chapter 291 Sasori of the Red Sand: The Feeling of a Natural Enemy

Upon hearing this, Obito Uchiha remained silent for a moment before retorting, "Impossible! Itachi Uchiha is a sinner who wiped out the Uchiha clan. Returning to Konoha would only mean certain death!"

"Perhaps the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was too powerful, which led to their deaths in Konoha!"

Faced with Nagato's questioning, Obito Uchiha also seemed quite helpless.

He appeared beside Nagato under the alias Madara Uchiha in order to intimidate Nagato and make it easier for him to act in secret.

If Itachi Uchiha causes a crisis of trust between him and Nagato, it will greatly affect the plans to come.

That's why Obito Uchiha explained things on behalf of Itachi Uchiha.

Upon hearing this, Nagato looked at Obito Uchiha with an expression that seemed to say, "Are you kidding me?"

Itachi Uchiha awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan, which is a nemesis for tailed beasts.

Kisame Hoshigaki is also known as the tailless tailed beast. He not only possesses a vast amount of chakra, but he can also absorb chakra through Samehada.

It can be said that within the Akatsuki organization, the duo of Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki were among the top in terms of raw strength.

Even if such a combination couldn't defeat the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, they should at least be able to get a message out.

The problem only originated internally.

Seeing that Nagato was still struggling with this issue, Zetsu explained, "That's true. The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki has become a perfect Jinchuriki. As the most powerful of the Tailed Beasts, the amount of chakra within it is unmatched by any other Tailed Beast. Such a Jinchuriki cannot be dealt with by a single pair!"

Upon hearing this, Nagato remained silent for a while, seemingly accepting the explanation.

"Nagato, what's the next step? Continue with the original plan?"

At this moment, Xiao Nan asked.

Before Nagato could speak, Obito Uchiha replied, "I'm afraid that won't work!"

When Obito saw Nagato and Konan looking at him, he gave Zetsu a meaningful glance.

Seeing this, Zetsu began to explain: "According to the intelligence we intercepted, Konoha Village already knows about our plan, and they have even notified other major powers."

"Although the Land of Earth and the Land of Lightning have no intention of forming an alliance with Konoha, they will probably be wary of us because of this information about Konoha!"

"It's no longer possible to operate as discreetly as before."

Upon hearing this, Nagato's expression darkened. Losing two members was not a big deal for their organization, but exposing their organization's purpose to the ninja world prematurely would cause them some trouble.

After a moment's thought, Nagato suddenly asked, "I remember, the Three-Tails appeared during Orochimaru's Konoha Crush plan, right?"

"Yes, although we don't know why the Three-Tails revived so quickly, it's a good thing for us!"

Obito Uchiha nodded.

"In that case, let's move the plan forward!"

Nagato said in a deep voice.

Upon seeing Nagato proactively advance his plans, a hint of joy flashed in Obito's eyes.

He made White Zetsu make it sound so serious so that Nagato would act sooner.

His plans still conflicted with Nagato's.

Nagato's ultimate goal was to use overwhelming force to coerce the ninja world into stopping the conflict, so the plan was much more complex and time-consuming.

Obito Uchiha's goal was much simpler: to collect the tailed beasts, synthesize the Ten-Tails, launch the Eye of the Moon Plan, and create a world where only Rin Nohara existed.

The plan to collect the tailed beasts could have started much earlier, but the death of the Three-Tails Jinchuriki came too suddenly.

Obito Uchiha only played house with Nagato because he was waiting for the Three-Tails to be resurrected.

"However, this would truly mean war with the five great powers!"

Although Obito Uchiha was anxious, he didn't want the plan to fail.

"It was only a matter of time, but we still lack manpower. It seems we need to send the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to the battlefield ahead of schedule."

"If we utilize the Gedo Mazo, then the chakra of the tailed beasts becomes crucial. Each additional tailed beast increases the Gedo Mazo's power, and this will be key to our victory in this war!"

Nagato said.

Obito Uchiha nodded in agreement, then said, "The Four-Tails and Six-Tails are easy to deal with. Their whereabouts have always been under our control, and we can find them at any time!"

"Then I'll leave these two tailed beasts to Mr. Ban!"

"Yes, and besides the One-Tailed, Three-Tailed, and Nine-Tailed beasts of Konoha and the Two-Tailed and Eight-Tailed beasts of the Land of Lightning, there is another tailed beast outside."

"The Seven-Tails of Takigakure?"

Nagato thought for a moment, then suddenly summoned the Gedo Mazo.

He then moved the Gedo Mazo to the finger of the Gedo Mazo, and Konan, Obito Uchiha, and Zetsu followed suit, all climbing onto the Gedo Mazo together.

The Illusionary Body Technique!

Meanwhile, Akatsuki members throughout the ninja world seemed to have received some kind of signal, and they all found a secluded place and sat cross-legged.

One after another, illusory figures stood on the fingers of the demonic statue.

"Oh dear, Chief, your current environment doesn't look very good!"

Deidara, who entered using a phantom, scanned his surroundings and then jokingly addressed Nagato, who was attending the meeting using the Deva Path.

"I heard that Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki got into an accident? Did that lead to their hideout being discovered?"

"Tsk tsk, I didn't expect these two to be defeated by Konoha so easily. Being in the same organization as them is a disgrace to my Lord Evil God!"

Hidan, with his slicked-back hair, also glanced at Pain with a gloating expression.

"What a pity, their bodies are works of art!"

Sasori sighed. To be honest, within the entire Akatsuki organization, he was extremely interested in the bodies of Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki.

It can be said that there is no trust among the members of the Akatsuki organization. Even among their own teammates, there will be disagreements and even assassination attempts.

"Hey, speaking of which, isn't that A-Fei?"

"Yes, yes, hello everyone! Itachi-senpai and Kisame-senpai died so quickly, I never expected to become a full member so soon!"

Obito Uchiha laughed heartily, seemingly delighted to become a full member.

"Tch, this guy's come in and he's lowered the organization's standards again!"

Deidara pursed his lips and gave Obito Uchiha a disgruntled look.

"Senior Deidara, I, Tobi, am not happy with what you're saying! What do you mean by lowering the organization's standards? It's clearly because of my joining that the organization has become more vibrant!"

"What kind of vitality do we, an unorthodox organization, need?"

"Everyone, that's all for now!"

Seeing the noisy situation, Pain glared at everyone, plunging them into silence.

He then spoke, "The reason we've summoned you all is because our plan needs to be changed. We'll proceed directly to the third step: collecting the tailed beasts from various countries!"

Hearing this, everyone seemed indifferent, except for Kakuzu, who asked somewhat irritably, "Don't we need to collect funds anymore? We're still far from the budget I set!"

Pain shook his head and gave the order: "No need. Kakuzu, Hidan, your next task is to capture the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki! I think I don't need to tell you the exact location of Takigakure!"

"Got it! Takigakure Village? Heh, that's a poor village. The village chief's head doesn't seem to be worth much! But even a mosquito is meat!"

Kakuzu gave a cold laugh, which was a way of accepting the task.

Having relied on the earth's resentment and patching up for so many years, Kakuzu has long lost all human emotions, except for his obsession with money.

He didn't care at all about Nagato's order to cause trouble for Takigakure.

As for Hidan, he was an even bigger pervert; he excitedly licked his lips.

"Oh my, this is an entire village! If we sacrifice the whole village to the evil god, he will surely be very pleased."

After seeing the two accept the mission, Payne turned to the artistic duo and said:

"Also, Sasori and Deidara, considering that Konoha Village already knows about our plan and might come to bother Kakuzu and Hidan, this mission must succeed or fail. I want you to go to Takigakure as well to assist them. If you encounter any Konoha ninja, kill them without mercy!"

"Tch, just assisting? Can't we even get to participate?"

Upon hearing this, Deidara immediately asked.

"Hey kid, you want to steal someone from the evil god?"

Hidan's face showed an unfriendly expression.

Deidara curled his lip, retorting defiantly, "That depends on whether your Jashin-sama understands art!"

"Alright, the meeting is adjourned! Everyone, please begin your tasks!"

Seeing that the two teams were about to clash, Payne immediately interrupted them and then dispelled the illusionary body technique.

After the meeting, on a bridge, Deidara and Sasori opened their eyes.

Deidara cracked his knuckles and complained to Sasori, "Why should the two of us assist Hidan and Kakuzu? Sasori-nii, why don't you fight for it with me! I really want to see if Jinchuriki can survive my art!"

Sasori glanced at Deidara and said unhurriedly, "The leader won't agree. Instead of wasting this time, we should think about how to complete our mission!"

"Oh? Both the One-Tail and the Three-Tail are in Konoha. Although I hate Itachi Uchiha, I can't deny that he was very strong. Even someone like that died in Konoha. The two of us going there won't get us anywhere!"

Deidara's expression was solemn. When he joined the Akatsuki, it was Itachi Uchiha who came to recruit him.

Under Itachi Uchiha's Mangekyou Sharingan, this blond-haired kid had no ability to resist.

Arrogant and haughty, he naturally didn't give Uchiha Itachi a friendly look.

Mentioning Itachi Uchiha reminded Deidara of his own embarrassing past, so he changed the subject, saying, "By the way, what are we doing here at this Tenchi Bridge?"

Sasori of the Red Sand offered no explanation, simply gazing silently in a certain direction.

A moment later, to Deidara's annoyed expression, a figure appeared in front of them.

Deidara looked closely and exclaimed in surprise, "Huh, a Konoha ninja?"

At this moment, the figure had already arrived in front of Sasori of the Red Sand; it was none other than Kabuto, who had run away during the Konoha Crush plan.

"Long time no see, Lord Sasori!"

Dou bent down, knelt on one knee, and respectfully greeted him.

"It has indeed been a long time. I was hoping to get information about Orochimaru from you, but I didn't expect that guy to be so pathetic, already arrested by the Konoha ninja."

Sasori nodded slightly and went straight to the point, asking, "Kabuto, tell me about Konoha Village!"

"Ha, Brother Scorpion's men! Brother Scorpion really knows how to do things. Maybe this way we can still complete our mission!"

Upon seeing this, Deidara immediately burst into laughter.

"Understood, Lord Sasori! However, I don't know much about Konoha either! After Orochimaru was arrested, my identity as a spy was also exposed, so I had no choice but to escape Konoha in the chaos."

At that moment, Dou poked his reflective glasses with his finger and cursed inwardly!

Family, does anyone understand? I thought I was just a spy planted by Orochimaru in Konoha, but I never imagined that I was actually a spy planted by Sasori of the Red Sand next to Orochimaru.

Damn it, I'm destined to be antagonistic to spies for the rest of my life.

By now, Kabuto had been following Orochimaru for many years and had long been captivated by Orochimaru's charisma.

After all, Orochimaru's methods of kidnapping people are far superior to Sasori's.

Orochimaru is now Kabuto's ideal man!

However, I never expected that this white moonlight would be so disappointing, and was captured by the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

Just when he was lost and confused about life, the seal in his mind was broken.

He remembered his Red Sand Scorpion chess piece.

The reason I'm keeping this appointment now is because I'm incapable of rescuing Orochimaru.

Therefore, they wanted to borrow Sasori's power.

"In that case, why don't you first tell us how Orochimaru was captured!"

"Orochimaru's failure was due not only to the Nine-Tails' Jinchuriki, but also to the existence of another Mangekyou Sharingan in Konoha. The holder of these eyes controlled the Three-Tails; this person is quite mysterious, and their exact identity is unknown."

Dou organized his thoughts and spoke slowly.

At this moment, Sasori of the Red Sand had no idea that Kabuto had already harbored ulterior motives, and he quickly believed Kabuto's mixed information.

"There's still one Uchiha clan member alive."

After listening to Kabuto's account, Sasori of the Red Sand felt a sudden tremor in his heart, sensing that this mysterious Uchiha clansman would be his greatest enemy.

Moreover, this trip to Takigakure Village may be fraught with great terror!

"Lord Scorpion, is there any other task you wish to assign me?"

Dou asked cautiously.

"I need to complete the organization's mission for now. After I finish this mission, I might go to Konoha Village."

"Kabuto, continue investigating Konoha Village, and at the same time, gather as much information as possible about that Uchiha clan ninja! The more detailed the better!"

"I hope that next time I contact you, I'll have a satisfactory answer!"

Sasori of the Red Sand shook off his irritation and then instructed Kabuto to continue the investigation.

"Understood, Lord Scorpion!"

Dou lowered his head and responded, a smug smile flashing across his lips, before he vanished in an instant.

(End of this chapter)