The Land of Rain, the Akatsuki Organization.
"That guy named Yakushi Kabuto-is he really a member of our Akatsuki Organization?"
When the Akatsuki Organization received news of what had happened in Iwagakure, Sasori was the first to object. Back when Deva Path Pain killed Ōnoki, Sasori had wanted to turn Ōnoki into a human puppet.
Unfortunately, Pain had allowed Ōnoki to retain his dignity, costing Sasori such a powerful human puppet.
If that had been the end of it, he could have let it go. But Yakushi Kabuto had not only dug up Ōnoki's corpse, he had even used another method to make Dust Release shine in the Shinobi World again. That left a bitter taste in Sasori's mouth.
"He is indeed a member of our Akatsuki Organization. However, he belongs to their side."
Pain could not help furrowing his brow.
He did not know whether he was imagining it, but he kept feeling that the man he suspected to be Uchiha Obito no longer cared about the Akatsuki Organization as much as he once had. He even seemed to be trying to turn it into the common enemy of the Shinobi World.
They had attacked Iwagakure because the Akatsuki Organization had genuinely been wronged there, but also because they had suffered a crushing defeat at Uchiha Chisen's hands and needed a victory to restore morale.
After that, Pain, Kakuzu, and the others had all stayed in the Land of Rain. Their plan was to let the uproar over the Akatsuki Organization's assault on Iwagakure die down for a while. After all, Uchiha Chisen was the one drawing most of the Shinobi World's attention.
Everything had been going smoothly. Especially after Uchiha Chisen swept through the entire Land of Grass, the Shinobi World's attention had shifted entirely to the Three