The Hyuga clan that started in Konoha

The reason for all this is that Kakuzu's teammates are basically rookies, and at best can only be considered reserve members of the Akatsuki organization.

In addition, although Kakuzu often kills his teammates, he has never failed a mission.

This forced Pain to choose to turn a blind eye to Kakuzu's behavior.

After all, there is really no need to punish a Kage-level powerhouse like Kakuzu for a bunch of noobs.

However, Scorpion and Orochimaru are different. They both have the strength of Kage. If they were to stab each other in the back, Pain would never allow it.

Then, it will be time to demonstrate God’s authority!

Both Orochimaru and Sasori understood this in their hearts.

Therefore, even though the two of them were unhappy with each other, they would at most verbally bully and curse each other. They did not dare to attack their partner as unscrupulously as Kakuzu did.

Pain's strength is not something the two of them can resist.

"Why, Sasori, are you envious of me and Shisui becoming partners? Unfortunately, you are a traitor from Sunagakure, and we are both traitors from Konoha." Orochimaru retorted in an equally sarcastic tone.

As for the other members of the Akatsuki organization,

, all of which are commonplace and not surprising.

On the contrary, it would be a miracle if they could talk to each other in a friendly manner one day!

"Okay, this meeting is over. Shisui, Orochimaru, this matter is now left to you." Just as Scorpion was about to continue to attack, Pain interrupted what Scorpion was about to say.

These two people would never stop arguing with each other, and he was tired of listening to them.

He performed the Phantom Body Technique to call all the members of the Akatsuki organization to a meeting to discuss things, not to watch Orochimaru and Sasori's daily bickering. . . . .

This is equivalent to a group of people making a video call to discuss company affairs, and two of the executives among them are arguing every day.

It’s okay if it happens once or twice, but if it happens too many times, how can the chairman tolerate it?

Pain has decided to find a partner for Scorpion as soon as possible.

In addition, Scorpion and Orochimaru should have as little contact as possible!

Both of them are talents of Akatsuki, and Pain does not want to favor either side.

After saying this, Pain canceled the illusion body technique and everyone dispersed.

"Assassinating the Daimyo of the Land of Fire? This action of the organization is also a big deal, so we should inform Mizunotsuki Jin." As soon as the illusion body technique was lifted, Scorpion, as a spy planted by Souji in the Akatsuki organization, was ready to pass on the message in advance.

Sasori has been a member of Akatsuki for several years and has passed messages to Souji several times during this period.

However, those matters did not involve a wide range of issues and had nothing to do with the people around him, so Cang Si did not pay much attention to them.

For Cang Si, now is not the time to alert the enemy.

After finding an empty and secluded place, Scorpion carefully used a large number of small puppets to explore the surroundings. After discovering that he was not being monitored, he tied a scroll to the foot of the eagle-like spiritual beast that Cangsi had given him.

"Go and give this scroll to Mizunotsuki Jin." Scorpion said lightly.

The eagle-like spiritual beast nodded humanely, then spread its wings and flew high into the sky.

Afterwards, Scorpion skillfully put away the warning puppets placed around and left the place.

It can be seen that Scorpion is already quite skilled in this set of actions.

However, he was obviously over-suspicious. No one in the Akatsuki organization had ever suspected that he was an undercover agent, let alone monitored him.

Among the three elders that Akatsuki first recruited, the ones Pain trusted the most were Sasori and Kakuzu.

In fact, this trust is even higher than that of Jue and the mysterious Uchiha Madara, and second only to Konan.

As for Orochimaru, Nagato was wary of him because he was too cunning.

But even so, Scorpio never lets down his guard for a single day.

Because he knew that once he was exposed in this organization, he would definitely be killed without a burial place.

Therefore, no amount of caution is too much.

After passing on the information, Scorpion found a temporary partner, a reserve member of the Akatsuki organization who didn't even have a code name or a ring.

"Let's go and find some tasks that can quickly accumulate funds for the organization." There was still no ripple in Scorpion's voice.

"Okay, I understand." As a member of the reserve force, this guy was still very respectful to Scorpion.

After all, with the precedent of Kakuzu's previous temporary teammates, the reserve members of the Akatsuki organization really dare not offend a powerful regular team member like Sasori.

Otherwise, Kakuzu's former teammates would be his role models!

At the same time, this reserve member of the Akatsuki organization was also very grateful that his leader, Pain, did not assign him to the same group as Kakuzu.

Although Scorpion is also a murderer and never shows mercy to his enemies when he accepts various money-making missions as a mercenary, there is one good thing about him, which is that he will not kill his teammates.

After Sasori delivered the message and teamed up with the reserve members of the Akatsuki organization to accept various money-making missions, Shisui and Orochimaru also took action.

Although they accepted the mission arranged by Pain to assassinate the Daimyo of the Fire Country, the two of them walked slowly and stopped frequently as they rushed from the Rain Country to the Fire Country.

"Tap~"

"crunch~"

In the dense woods, Shisui and Orochimaru walked side by side, breaking one or two branches from time to time.

After leaving the Rain Country, the two of them hadn't spoken to each other, and the atmosphere between them was quite weird.

Orochimaru would occasionally cast aggressive glances at Shisui, and Shisui would just walk towards the Fire Country Daimyo Castle without saying a word.

However, underneath this calm appearance, Shisui was already thinking about how to avoid Orochimaru and inform Souji of his upcoming attack on the Fire Country Daimyo.

Yes, Shisui’s superior is not from the Uchiha clan, but Souji!

The reason is that, in Shisui's cognition, it was Souji who changed the Uchiha clan and made the Uchiha clan completely integrated into the village.

Therefore, Shisui's trust in Souji is greater than that in Uchiha Fugaku and his son and Uchiha En!

In addition to wanting to pass on the message to Souji, Shisui was also thinking about whether he could find an opportunity to kill Orochimaru, the traitor of Konoha!

With Shisui's current strength, he is not afraid of Orochimaru, one of the original three ninjas of Konoha.

However, if he acted rashly and failed to kill Orochimaru, then when Orochimaru returned to Akatsuki and told Pain about this, his undercover career would end just as it began.

Therefore, Shisui didn't want to act rashly before he was absolutely sure.

After all, Orochimaru is a well-known Kage-level strongman in the ninja world, and Shisui doesn't know that the other party's soul is incomplete due to his learning of the Living Corpse Reincarnation, and he has the biggest weakness in illusions!

That's why Shisui never thought that he could kill Orochimaru alone.

"If Senior Cangsi gets the news, and we work together, we should be able to keep Orochimaru, right?" Shisui pondered the feasibility of this matter in his mind.

In short, Shisui regarded Orochimaru, who had betrayed Konoha, as a destabilizing factor for the village.

While Shisui was thinking about these things, Orochimaru finally spoke.

"Uchiha Shisui, I didn't expect that after not seeing you for a few years, you have grown to this point. To be honest, this still surprises me quite a bit." There was a hint of sigh in Orochimaru's tone.

What he said was exactly what happened when Cang Si took Shisui and took a detour to the Land of Sound.

At that time, Shisui looked only about 10 years old. Orochimaru thought he had good talent, but he didn't take it too seriously.

But, who would have thought that after that mission, Shisui would soar to the sky!

Although Orochimaru left Konoha, some of the connections he had built up in his early years still remained in the village.

Therefore, he knew everything about Shisui's subsequent performance.

After meeting Shisui in the Land of Sound, he returned to the village. But in just three years, he actually opened the Mangekyō Sharingan!

This was definitely beyond Orochimaru's expectations.

If he had known that Shisui would be able to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan in the near future, he would have kept him when he passed through the Land of Sound.

In the past two years, Orochimaru has completely mastered the forbidden technique of Reincarnation.

Therefore, what he wants now is a strong body!

Orochimaru's first choice target was Pain.

However, Pain's strength was far superior to his, and he had no chance of succeeding at all.

So, Orochimaru settled for the second best and set his sights on the owner of the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Originally, it was very difficult for Orochimaru to achieve this goal. After all, he had no ability to sneak into Konoha and capture the owner of the Mangekyō Sharingan without alerting anyone.

Now, Shisui and Danzo's coup has failed, Danzo's life or death is unknown, and his whereabouts are unknown. Shisui has joined Akatsuki.

For Orochimaru, this was a temptation that he could not endure no matter what.

Orochimaru is determined to get Shisui who appears in front of him on his own initiative!

Chapter 625 Cang Si decided to lie down and not help

"Hmm? Orochimaru, have we met somewhere before?" Shisui quickly heard this meaning from Orochimaru's words.

However, no matter how Shisui recalled, he could not remember where he had come into contact with Orochimaru.

Even though they were all in Konoha before Orochimaru betrayed the village, Shisui didn't remember ever meeting him.

After all, Orochimaru betrayed the village before the night of the Nine-Tails, and Shisui at that time had not yet graduated from the Ninja Academy!

In addition, Orochimaru devoted himself almost entirely to research in the later period of Konoha, so it was even more impossible for him to have any intersection with Shisui, who was still a student at the Ninja Academy.

However, Shisui now felt a little confused when he heard from Orochimaru's words that the other party had seen him.

After trying in vain, Shisui gave up.

He thought that when he was in the village, Orochimaru might have seen him accidentally, but he did not see Orochimaru.

This is normal. With his strength at that time, how could he possibly pay attention to such things?

However, Shisui never dreamed that when he and Souji passed through the Land of Sound, Orochimaru had secretly observed him.

Even thinking about it now, Orochimaru still regrets not taking action at the time.

"Hmm, who knows, maybe we have met somewhere else before?" Orochimaru did not reveal the fact that the Land of Sound was his base in front of Shisui.

Shisui frowned, but seeing that Orochimaru had no intention of explaining, he didn't ask any more questions.

But to be honest, it must be true that Shisui has a bad impression of Orochimaru!

"Then let's continue on our way. The Daimyo of the Fire Country is not so easy to assassinate. We must make plans in advance. Otherwise, if we fail in the first strike, Konoha may send strong men to intervene." Unless it was necessary, Shisui had no interest in talking to Orochimaru.

Afterwards, Shisui began to quicken his pace and rushed towards the Daimyo Castle of the Land of Fire. It looked like he wanted to get rid of Orochimaru.

Orochimaru smiled and didn't care. He also quickened his pace and followed.

"It's not the time yet, Shisui, you will eventually become my perfect container!" The greed in Orochimaru's heart never disappeared for a moment.

Shisui wanted to join forces with Soji to kill Orochimaru, but Orochimaru also wanted to let Shisui and the guards around the daimyo fight to the death first, and then he would take over the other's body.

You know, even if the strong men of Konoha did not go to support the Daimyo, the Daimyo would still have the Twelve Guardian Ninjas and Hatake Sakumo by his side!

Orochimaru, who knows this well, would never think of taking the lead first.

After all, Hatake Sakumo's sword is still sharp!

Even though Orochimaru's strength has far surpassed that of the past, he would not be foolish enough to touch this brow.

For him, the best outcome would be that both Hatake Sakumo and Uchiha Shisui were defeated.

During the rest of the journey, Shisui finally found an opportunity to secretly send a message to Souji about his and Orochimaru's next actions while resting at night.

For a moment, Shisui and Orochimaru started a secret battle of wits and courage!

In fact, the reason why Orochimaru was not as stubborn as in the original work and did not directly attack Shisui head-on like he did to Itachi was because he was influenced by Souji.

Why do you say that?

This is because when Orochimaru was asked by Soji to help study how to break the Shikigami Fūjin, he discovered the defects in his soul and his weak resistance to illusions.

Considering that every member of the Uchiha clan is a master of illusion, Orochimaru certainly wouldn't dare to act so rashly!

In the original novel, he was unaware that he had a weak resistance to illusions, but in this life, he knows it very clearly. If he continues to be reckless, Orochimaru must be seriously ill.

From this point of view, Orochimaru is still very grateful to his cheap disciple.

Although this cheap disciple always likes to take advantage of me, I have to admit that he was able to discover my weaknesses thanks to this cheap disciple Cang Si!

In addition, Orochimaru studied

The progress of cracking the Shikigami Fūjin was also nearing completion.