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Chapter 294 The Meeting at the Nine-Eyed Cemetery (Second Update)

Meanwhile, at Akatsuki's secret base, the Nine-Eyed Cemetery.

Uchiha Itachi, with Kisame who had regained consciousness, was recounting the entire process of their failed attempt to capture the Nine-Tails to the other Akatsuki members standing on the ten fingers of the Gedo Mazo.

Of course, this does not include the subsequent cooperation and transactions between him and Li Chuan.

"I never expected that you could seriously injure Kisame with a single blow, forcing you to flee in such a sorry state. I've never heard of this prince from the Land of Fire being so strong before."

The phantom of Pain, standing atop the thumb, turned to look at Zetsu, who resembled a pitcher plant, after hearing Itachi and Kisame's report.

"What information do you have about this prince of the Land of Fire?"

"What a coincidence! I was just about to report to you, leader, that the mysterious ninja you asked me to investigate about who killed Hidan is none other than Prince Enkawa of the Land of Fire."

Jue shook his pitcher plant and replied with a chuckle.

Among the official members of Akatsuki, apart from Pain, Konan, and Zetsu, who were controlled by Nagato, most of them were S-rank rogue ninja from various ninja villages.

Uchiha Itachi and Orochimaru, S-rank rogue ninjas from Konohagakure in the Land of Fire.

Kisame Hoshigaki and Juzo Biwa, S-rank rogue ninjas from Kirigakure in the Land of Water.

Hidan, an S-rank rogue ninja from the Hot Spring Village of the Land of Springs.

Kakuzu, an S-rank rogue ninja from Takigakure in the Land of Waterfalls.

Deidara, an S-rank rogue ninja from Iwagakure in the Land of Earth.

Sasori, an S-rank rogue ninja from the Sand Village of the Land of Wind.

The last one is Hijikata, an elite Jonin from the early days of Akatsuki.

Of these official members, three have died and one has defected.

The one who defected was Orochimaru. The three who died were Juzo Biwa, who was killed by the Fourth Mizukage while trying to save Itachi during the battle; Hijikata, who was killed along with the enemy when Kakuzu complained that he was too slow while teaming up with him.

The last one was Hidan, who was said to be immortal, and was killed by a mysterious ninja when he teamed up with Kakuzu.

After Hidan's death, Nagato immediately dispatched Zetsu, who was most skilled at gathering intelligence, to investigate the mysterious ninja. Through information from the exchange shop and some espionage activities, they finally determined that the employer was Prince Enkawa of the Land of Fire.

"So it was him! That damned guy dared to cheat me out of my money. I need to go and take care of him!"

Before Pain could even speak, Kakuzu jumped up in anger.

He wasn't angry at all about Hidan's death; what angered him was that all that money had ultimately vanished into thin air, as money was his greatest love in this life.

This is more painful for him than killing him.

"Senior, don't be angry. Getting angry will harm your health. Let's go to the town ahead and soak in a hot spring to cool down."

A phantom wearing a yellow spiral mask, with only one eye showing, appeared next to the angle and said something nonsensical.

He is none other than Tobi, who replaced Hidan as the new member of the Akatsuki.

"Shut up! I hate noisy people the most. If you keep making noise, I'll send you down to join Hidan!"

"Oh no, oh no, she's still a newcomer."

Ah Fei immediately pretended to be trembling.

"Kakuzu, calm down. It's not a good time for him to make a move in Konoha. Now is not the time to fully expose the organization's strength. Please continue."

Tendou turned his head and glanced at Kakuzu. Although Kakuzu was unwilling, he obediently shut his mouth.

He shook his head and continued:

"Yuanchuan, a prince of the Land of Fire, is 21 years old. His mother died in childbirth, and his father died when he fell from his horse when he was four years old. He has been taciturn since childhood and has lived in the prince's mansion for a long time, rarely going out."

A year ago, he entered the Fire Temple to learn ninjutsu. He once appeared in the Land of Waves to help the locals fight against the merchant Gato. Later, he led the nobles of the Land of Fire to participate in the Chunin Exams of Konoha.

During Orochimaru and the Sand Ninja's attack on Konoha, he used his exceptionally high level of medical ninjutsu to save many seriously injured ninjas and villagers, and was subsequently taken in as a disciple by the Third Hokage.

"Are you sure this is a ninjutsu you only started learning a year ago?"

Pain frowned, and the other members of the organization also showed expressions of disbelief.

They are all the most talented ninjas in the history of their respective villages, and many of them already possessed the strength of a Jonin in their youth.

However, in just one year, he transformed from an ordinary person into a ninja capable of killing Hidan, easily defeating Kisame and Itachi Uchiha, and possessing extremely high healing ninjutsu.

This is simply a fantasy; even someone reborn through the Six Paths couldn't possibly have such talent.

"It cannot be confirmed. This is the information we have gathered so far. We can only confirm that he went to the Fire Temple a year ago. Perhaps he had been studying ninjutsu at the Prince's Mansion before that."

It's even possible that he wasn't at the Prince's residence at all, but was studying ninjutsu elsewhere, since he rarely went out and might not even show his face once a year.

Jue shrugged, he didn't believe anyone could develop such strength in just one year.

"This guy's strength is troublesome, let's leave him alone for now."

Pain pondered for a moment, then gave the order:

"Since the capture of the Nine-Tails failed and the Three-Tails will need three more years to regenerate, let's suspend the capture of tailed beasts, focus on making money, and continue to instigate wars between some small countries."

The fact that he was able to defeat Kisame and force Itachi to retreat shows that even Akatsuki would find it difficult to deal with him.

Furthermore, Konoha has somehow obtained some information about Akatsuki. If they continue to act too conspicuously and Konoha discovers Akatsuki's ultimate goal, things will get complicated.

Before they had collected all nine tailed beasts, they did not have the strength to fight against all the ninja villages in the world.

As the meeting ended, the phantoms vanished one by one, and Itachi heard Kakuzu mutter something before he disappeared:

"Hmph, since you won't let me go to Konoha to kill him, then I'll go to the Fire Temple to kill his master. It just so happens that the bounty on Jiraiya of the Fire Temple is 30 million ryo, which is a good target."

Inside Li Chuan's residence at Sarutobi's base in Konoha Village.

"This motion capture capability is quite impressive."

In the wardrobe space temporarily modified with the Seamless Extension Spell, Li Chuan is making various attempts after transplanting the Mangekyou Sharingan.

Through continuous experimentation, he also discovered some uses of the Sharingan that he had previously overlooked.

He initially decided to transplant the Sharingan mainly because he valued the abilities of Tsukuyomi and Susanoo. However, when he was getting used to the Sharingan, he discovered that some of its basic abilities were already quite useful.

Those who possess the Sharingan have extraordinary insight, can observe the flow of chakra, can cast and see through genjutsu, and can copy taijutsu and non-keikyūgen ninjutsu.

The Mangekyou Sharingan can bring these functions to their fullest potential.

As a highly skilled martial artist with exceptional physical abilities, the Mangekyou Sharingan's perception makes him even more formidable in close combat, allowing him to react to enemy attacks much faster.

Especially when facing those Gold Saints whose close-combat abilities are even more monstrous than his own in the future.

(End of this chapter)