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Chapter 243 Kakuzu Returns to Amegakure

"Judging by the time, Kakuzu and Hidan should have already captured the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki, so why haven't they contacted us yet?"

The Akatsuki base in Amegakure.

Both Zetsu and Nagato wanted to take advantage of the Five Kage Summit to seal the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki into "Pluton".

Once the Seven-Tails is dealt with, the remaining Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails will be much easier to handle.

It's not that Jinchūriki are easy to catch, but rather that there are corresponding substitutes available.

For example, Orochimaru's collection of the severed horn of the Eight-Tails, and the Kinkaku and Ginkaku brothers who possess the Nine-Tails' chakra.

However, as I said before, I would never want to use these substitutes unless absolutely necessary, because that would affect Kaguya Otsutsuki's strength after she breaks free from her seal.

Konan: "Takigakure is nothing, they shouldn't be able to stop those immortal duo, right?"

Pain: "Takigakure really can't stop them, but the problem is that someone might go to Takigakure ahead of time to protect the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki."

The back-and-forth between Nan and Payne left Zetsu somewhat puzzled.

"Who would be so bored as to go and protect ninjas from another village?"

Payne glanced at Zetsu and said, "Konoha."

"Konoha? Hmm, now that you mention it, it's quite possible."

Zetsu pondered for a moment. Even though the Fifth Hokage, Jiraiya, had taken Minato Namikaze and Sakumo Hatake with him, Konoha still had top-tier fighters such as Kushina Uzumaki, Orochimaru, Mito Uzumaki, and the Second Hokage.

Well, Zetsu doesn't know that Mito and Tobirama aren't actually from this timeline; it always thought that Konoha had resurrected them.

It was precisely because Konoha had so many top-tier ninjas that Zetsu was so eager to begin capturing the Tailed Beasts more than a year ahead of schedule.

In order to force Nagato to agree to implement the plan ahead of schedule, it went so far as to seduce Kisame into capturing the One-Tailed Jinchuriki, putting Nagato in a precarious position.

This caused a slight rift in their relationship.

However, this didn't matter to Jue at all.

What is a mere chess piece used to nurture the Rinnegan?

If Black Zetsu could revive Kaguya Otsutsuki, he would be willing to fight against the world.

Just then, Nagato, who was about to say something, sensed Kakuzu's chakra.

"Kakuzu is back, but I can't sense Hidan's chakra. It seems they've run into big trouble on this trip."

The Land of Rain is shrouded in rain all year round.

Using the power of his Rinnegan, Nagato infused chakra into the rain, and he could sense anyone who was drenched by it.

The name of this move is: Rain Tiger Freedom Technique.

In the original story, Jiraiya infiltrated Amegakure seemingly very smoothly.

Little did he know that Nagato had already spotted him when he appeared in Amegakure and got soaked in the rain.

Both Jutsu and Konan knew about this move, so they didn't doubt what Pain said.

"Let's talk about it when Kakuzu arrives."

"Phew~"

"We're finally safe."

After escaping Tsunade's clutches, Kakuzu headed straight for the Land of Rain.

While passing through the Land of Grass, he casually killed two ninjas whose attributes matched his destroyed heart, thus replacing his five hearts.

He wasn't careless at this point, though; who knew if there would be any Konoha people waiting for him in the Land of Grass?

So even though his heart had been repaired, Kakuzu didn't stop for a moment and rushed back to Amegakure at full speed.

For him, being back here meant he was safe.

Payne's Rinnegan made him feel very safe.

"Kakuzu, what happened?"

Upon seeing Kakuzu return, Zetsu, who appeared slightly anxious, immediately went to greet him.

"Stop talking, Hidan and I were intercepted by Konoha."

"Intercept? How many people did Konoha send?"

"Well"

Kakuzu replied somewhat awkwardly, "There was only one person."

"one person?"

Upon hearing this answer, Payne and Konan didn't show anything, but instead became extremely excited.

"Who has the ability to take on both you and Hidan at the same time? Don't tell me it's the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju. And where's Hidan? Could he have been killed?"

"Not Hashirama Senju."

Having survived one, two, or three battles, Kakuzu was only embarrassed for a moment before immediately returning to his original state.

"The person who intercepted Hidan and me was Tsunade, the granddaughter of Hashirama Senju and one of the Legendary Sannin. As for Hidan, I think he was taken back to Konoha by Tsunade."

"That shouldn't be the case!"

Black Zetsu secretly breathed a sigh of relief after learning that the person who intercepted Kakuzu was not Hashirama Senju.

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What it fears most right now is that Konoha will revive Hashirama Senju.

Once this person is resurrected, it will have no choice but to resurrect Uchiha Madara without proper preparation.

In its eyes, only Uchiha Madara was worthy of being Senju Hashirama's opponent.

"With your and Hidan's abilities, how could Tsunade possibly defeat both of you at the same time?"

"Hmm"

"Stop beating around the bush and tell us the details."

Corner didn't speak immediately, but glanced at Payne.

After seeing Pain nod, he then recounted the details of their battle with Tsunade.

It's less about the immortal duo fighting Tsunade together and more about Kakuzu fighting Tsunade alone.

The battle was incredibly frustrating for Kakuzu.

Hidan, that good-for-nothing, had his head cut off by Tsunade right from the start, immediately losing his ability to fight.

He was successfully tricked by Tsunade, and in his carelessness, he was hit by her and had half of his body destroyed.

"If I hadn't been careless and Tsunade hadn't launched a sneak attack, Tsunade would never have been a match for me."

After recounting the battle to Nagato, Konan, and Zetsu, Kakuzu didn't forget to try and salvage the situation for himself.

"Alright, we already know about this. You can go and rest now."

"Okay, I'm really tired after traveling for so long."

Nodding to the three of them, Kakuzu turned and headed towards the inn in Amegakure.

"Something's not right. Why do I feel like Tsunade is very familiar with Hidan and Kakuzu's abilities? First, she took advantage of Hidan's confidence and arrogance in his immortality to cut off his head, rendering him unable to fight. Then she ambushed Kakuzu and destroyed his two hearts. In normal ninja battles, no one does things like that."

Pain shook his head, not responding to what was said.

He has no idea. Doesn't he know?

When he went to Konoha to ask Jiraiya to revive Yahiko, Jiraiya almost openly told him that Konoha had all the information about the Akatsuki organization.

Nagato was initially skeptical, but this battle between Tsunade and the immortal duo made him understand.

Konoha has indeed obtained intelligence about the Akatsuki organization.

This could lead to things taking a turn for the worst.

"What should we do? Should we send someone else to capture the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki?"

Seeing that Payne didn't respond to his words, Jue didn't think much of it.

Its primary concern is the matter of the Jinchūriki.

"Time is running out. Prepare to face an attack from all five great ninja villages."

(End of this chapter)