Naruto Paradise

But to his surprise, the person who caught up with him was not Konoha's pursuers, but——

"Oh my, isn't this the Jinchuriki brat from the Sand Village? He's still alive."

A short, ugly man wearing a black cloak with red clouds suddenly stood in front of him.

"who?"

Gaara, expressionless, manipulated sand from the gourd behind him and took a defensive stance.

"Scorpion, it's Akatsuki now."

Scorpion of the Red Sand looked at the One-Tailed Jinchuriki in front of him with great interest.

"Now that we've met, just become my prey."

"dawn?"

Gaara had heard of this organization because there was once a rebellious ninja from the Sand Village who joined this mysterious organization.

It seems the name is...

"Scorpion? You are Chiyo's..."

The grandson of Elder Chiyo, once the most talented puppeteer in Sand Village?

The traitorous ninja who poisoned his companions and left the village to join Akatsuki?

"The old woman is dead, and the puppet was destroyed along with it. What a shame."

"No, Elder Chiyo has two intact puppets that he asked me to hand over to you."

After all, he was able to escape from the Sand Village thanks to the desperate resistance of Chiyo and others, and Gaara also heard a lot of last words and instructions.

Now is the perfect time to complete one of them.

Gaara took out the scroll containing the puppet from the ninja tool bag and threw it over after confirming the other party's identity.

"Leave it to me, my puppet?"

Swish!

A long thorn shot out from the short man's body like a scorpion's tail, and then he rolled up the scroll thrown by Gaara and retracted it.

It turned out that this short and ugly man was not a living person, but just a puppet.

After receiving the scroll thrown by Gaara, Scorpion instantly understood what the puppet inside was.

It was his parents who had passed away long ago.

After being made into a puppet by Chiyo, it has been preserved to this day.

"Give me this, is she planning on having me protect you?"

Although he had betrayed the village long ago, Scorpion couldn't help but feel a little sad about the destruction of the Sand Village.

There was even a vague hatred towards Konoha welling up in his heart.

"No, she didn't say anything, just told me to give this to you."

Gaara shook his head calmly.

"This old woman..."

Sasori originally planned to bring the One-Tailed Jinchuriki in front of him back to the Akatsuki organization, but now he no longer has this idea.

"Consider this your reward for delivering the message. I'll let you go today. If you encounter a ninja wearing the same clothes as me again in the future, you'd better run as far away as possible."

After giving these advices, Scorpion turned around and walked away.

Fortunately, he was acting alone today, so this guy was lucky.

"and many more!"

But Gaara took the initiative to stop Scorpion who was about to leave.

"What? Have you changed your mind and are planning to ask me to protect you?"

Scorpion stopped.

"No, I just want to ask...what kind of organization is Akatsuki?"

An organization that can attract so many powerful rebel ninjas to join must be quite powerful.

No matter whether he chooses revenge or does something else in the future, this Akatsuki might be a good place for him to stay now.

"Why, do you want to join Akatsuki too?"

"Can't you?"

"What do you think? Our organization's targets are the tailed beasts and the Jinchūriki. You'll just be delivering the goods if you go there."

Even though it was just a puppet, Scorpion laughed at Gaara's idea.

Jinchūriki wants to join Akatsuki?

Did he hear it correctly?

"Is this so?"

Gaara felt as if he was being discriminated against once again because of his status as a Jinchūriki.

"Boss Scorpion, since he wants to join us, why not give him a chance? I think it will be very interesting if the boss sees a Jinchūriki who wants to be a new member of the organization."

Just as Scorpion was about to turn around and give up talking to Gaara in front of him, a big white bird suddenly flew over his head, and then a blond ninja wearing the same Xiao Hongyun costume as him jumped down.

"You are really energetic."

Did even Deidara come to join in the fun?

It seems that the fate of this One-Tailed Jinchūriki has been decided.

Scorpion pondered for a moment, and then no longer cared about the life or death of the One-Tailed Jinchuriki.

"When you die, I will make you into a puppet. Now... follow me to Akatsuki."

"it is good."

Even though a strange ninja appeared before him, Gaara's face, which was naturally not fond of smiling, did not show much fear.

Having lost all his ties, he no longer cared about life or death.

"That tone, that expression...you're such an annoying brat."

Deidara looked at Gaara's indifferent look and couldn't help but think of Uchiha Itachi.

The nasty guy who nearly killed him with his clay bomb.

"You're pretty annoying too. You have a mouth on your hand. Disgusting."

Gaara retorted.

For some reason, he also disliked the blond guy in front of him.

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"Has Sunagakure already been destroyed? That was so sudden."

The information that the Sand Village was occupied by Konoha came to Pain along with the One-Tailed Jinchuriki Gaara.

The Akatsuki organization also held a rare full-staff meeting today.

"It seems you've completely felt the pain of having your village and country destroyed, Gaara."

Regarding this Jinchuriki who asked to join Akatsuki, Pain (Nagato) did not control the other party as soon as he arrived as others thought, but instead seriously considered whether he should agree to the other party's joining.

This young man who had the same experience as him was indeed worth a second look.

"pain……"

Gaara didn't know whether his feelings during this period could be considered painful.

Rather than feeling happy, he is now more confused and wants to become stronger.

“Feeling pain, thinking about pain, accepting pain, understanding pain…people must go through these stages before they can find their own answers.”

Pain (Nagato) said something that made no sense.

Then he sent a ring to Gaara.

"From now on, you will use the code name 'Suna' and follow Shisui. It just so happens that you two are both newcomers and have both been deeply hurt by Konoha."

The ring thrown to Uchiha Shisui was "Genjutsu", which represents the highest illusion.

"Shisui? The instantaneous Shisui?"

"Isn't he dead? How could it be... Uwaaa, is he immortal like me?"

"What about Itachi? Did Itachi really become a traitor?"

Deidara, Hidan and Kakuzu were each surprised by another newcomer brought by Pain (Nagato).

"The preparations are complete. Now our mission as an Akatsuki organization is to bring back the Jinchūriki and the Tailed Beasts."

During this time, Nagato has completed the nurturing of the Outer Path Golem.

Now he can seal the tailed beast at any time and complete the ultimate weapon he wants.

"What about the mercenary mission in the Hidden Rock Village?"

"Don't worry about him. We, the Akatsuki Organization, will not interfere in the war for now. Let the five major powers... now the four major powers, let these major powers feel the pain."

"Yes."

Although they didn't know why the leader always mentioned the word "pain", the people in Akatsuki were almost used to it.

"Gaara, you are now both an Akatsuki and a Jinchūriki. I will try my best to place you in the last position. If we find other solutions along the way, I will also try my best to help you keep your life."

"It doesn't matter. If it really can make Konoha feel pain, it doesn't matter if I die."

Only then did Gaara understand what Scorpion had said.

But now we are on the pirate ship and can’t get off even if we want to.

"If this is your last wish, I will do my best to help you."

Pain (Nagato) was very satisfied with Gaara's attitude.

With the addition of two new members, Uchiha Shisui and Gaara, the positions of Itachi and Kisame are just filled.

Although unlike Itachi, Kisame is still in the organization, but he is on Obito's side after all... the possibility of rebellion is too high.

"I'll have Konan pass on the information about the tailed beasts and Jinchuriki involved in the mission to you. Now, let's adjourn."

Speaking of which, Konan has been in Konoha for so long, it’s time for him to come back.

After assigning tasks to everyone in the Akatsuki organization, Nagato couldn't help but start to worry about Konan who was out.

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"That little girl in the flower shop looks so much like the sister who saved me more than 20 years ago."

Konoha Village.

Xiaonan, who had just bought flowers from the flower shop, did not go away, but secretly observed the blonde girl who appeared in the flower shop from outside.

In addition to exchanging information with Uchiha Itachi, Konan naturally also had the intention of finding out about old friends when he came to Konoha.

I just didn’t expect that…

"Not only do they look alike, but their names are similar too."

Not only the girl in the flower shop, but even the name Uchiha Kage...

'A boy named Uchiha Kage became the hero of Konoha.'

This is the information Konan recently learned in Konoha.

How could the Uchiha Kage be...

This is too strange.

However, I didn't expect that Konoha would actually destroy Sand Village, and now even the Iwagakure Village has come...