People Who Did Not Understand the Times

Orochimaru looked at Hidan with a playful expression, and asked with a half-smile, "Hidan! I heard you were absorbed by Kakashi's eye technique. What? Did he release you?"

Hidan scoffed and said dismissively, "Who knows what that guy is up to?"

"At first, I was indeed sucked into a mysterious space, and there was nothing around me. But when I woke up, I found myself lying in a forest in the Land of Land of Rivers..."

In the end, Hidan was completely bewildered.

Upon hearing this, everyone turned to look at Pain, Pain calmly replied, "I discovered Hidan was still alive through the organization's ring."

Orochimaru's eyes narrowed slightly as he glanced at Hidan and Pain without making a sound.

Several hours earlier, Hinata urgently contacted Orochimaru, recounting her battle with the Immortal Duo and asking Orochimaru to find a way to expose Obito's true identity.

However, Obito was clearly very cautious and released Hidan while Hidan was sleeping in the Kamui Dimension.

Without revealing his own objectives, Orochimaru could only guide the Akatsuki members to speculate indirectly.

With a slight shift in his gaze, Orochimaru casually remarked, "I've heard that Kakashi's left eye was once Obito Uchiha's eye. I never imagined that Kakashi, who isn't from the Uchiha clan, would not only awaken the Mangekyou Mangekyo but also possess rare spatial abilities."

As he spoke, Orochimaru turned his head to look at the new Akatsuki member standing next to him— Tobi, who had recently joined Akatsuki and replaced Sasori of the Red Sands.

Because of the mask, Orochimaru couldn't see Obito's expression, but it must have been extremely unpleasant!

Pain also turned to look at Obito, a hint of suspicion flashing in his round eyes.

What a coincidence!

Kakashi's left eye and the right eye of this mysterious man who calls himself 'Madara Uchiha' both possess extremely rare and similar space-time eye techniques.

If it weren't for the example of Itachi Uchiha, Pain would have been certain that this guy who had been calling himself 'Madara Uchiha' was actually Obito Uchiha.

After all, Itachi Uchiha's left and right eyes possessed completely different eye techniques.

Tsukuyomi and Amaterasu: one is the strongest Genjutsu attack, and the other is the strongest physical attack.

Seeing everyone still discussing the Sharingan, Hidan angrily shouted, "Hey! You guys, isn't this the point right now?"

"I was almost killed by the people of Konoha, and it was all for something as trivial as collecting Tailed Beasts and making money!"

"I still have my own things to do and have no intention of completely dedicating myself to the organization!"

Pain said in a deep voice, "Since you belong to the Akatsuki organization, you should work together to achieve your goals. If Akatsuki's goals are achieved, your personal goals will also be achieved."

"Indeed! Akatsuki's current goal is indeed to collect the Tailed Beasts and amass wealth, but that is not Akatsuki's fundamental purpose. To achieve that goal, a large amount of money is required."

As he spoke, Pain went over his plan in detail, outlining what the Akatsuki would do next.

To establish an organization in the Ninja World specifically responsible for war.

Compared to large countries with powerful ninja villages, the ninja mercenary business constitutes a significant portion of their national income. Ninja villages amass enormous wealth through participation in domestic and international wars, even becoming the economic backbone of their respective countries.

Even in this relatively peaceful era, the missions commissioned by the Five Great Nations can still earn a lot of money.

However, this doesn't apply to small countries.

Without powerful enough ninjas and sufficient prestige, minor Shinobi Village often struggle to survive in peacetime.

Some minor Shinobi Village are even willing to start wars in order to earn enough money.

Karin's tragedy stemmed from this.

When major powers cease hostilities and the Shinobi World achieves relative peace, many people no longer need the protection of ninjas. Small villages like Kusagakure) see a significant reduction in mission requests.

In order to obtain enough mission requests for their village, they had no choice but to stir up trouble in the Shinobi World.

Pain wanted to use the Tailed Beasts in the war, or even use Tailed Beasts power to dominate it. This would cause the ninja village system of the great nations to collapse.

While the world was in chaos, Pain continued to use the power of the Tailed Beasts to conquer the world.

It has to be said that even Hinata, standing here, would find Pain's analysis quite reasonable.

During times of war, ninja villages are often the most prosperous in terms of economy.

During wartime, wealthy people could only survive in chaotic times by hiring ninjas for protection.

In peacetime, apart from a few major Shinobi Village such as Konoha and Hidden Cloud Village, most ninja villages are unable to make ends meet and even have to rely on the national treasury to barely maintain their size.

Sunagakure even had to proactively reduce the number of ninjas to cut village expenses.

However, Orochimaru disregarded Pain's ideas. Even three years ago, Orochimaru would not have believed that Pain's plan had any chance of success.

A flurry of analysis followed by a 0-9 score.

For the economy of ninja villages, war can indeed promote economic prosperity. Even Konoha, which claims to love peace, has profited from wars in the past.

Ninja warfare was not a large-scale military conflict, but rather primarily involved assassination and sabotage, posing a significant threat to the civilian population of a nation.

However, people are generally averse to war, and even the ninjas themselves do not wish for war.

This is why the Shinobi World remained peaceful for so many years after the end of the Third Shinobi War, major Shinobi Village maintained relative restraint.

The world is progressing, and so are the ideas of ninjas, but Pain's thinking has remained stuck in the era of Second Shinobi War and Third Shinobi War.

Pain wants to start a war and dominate it.

However, this war is Pain's war against the entire world.

In Orochimaru's eyes, Pain was nothing more than a fool who didn't understand the present era or the ninja way of thinking, yet called himself a 'god'.

Orochimaru had already foreseen this after planning the Konoha Crush Plan.

In contrast, Orochimaru greatly admired Hinata's willingness to stay in Konoha.

After eliminating Danzo, Hinata's power became both a Konoha and a pillar for Konoha. Even though the Hokage lineage feared the increasingly powerful Hyuga Clan, Konoha still needed Hinata's power to stabilize the situation.

Leaving Konoha to establish one's own faction is not as advantageous as being relied upon by Konoha.

With a cold laugh, Orochimaru turned to look at Obito standing beside him, only to find that Obito's right eye, hidden beneath his mask, was also staring at him.

The right eye of the orange mask was completely black, but even though he couldn't see anything there, Orochimaru still felt Obito's intense killing intent towards him.

"Hehe..."

With a light laugh, Orochimaru's eyes revealed a hint of provocation.

Uchiha... Obito!

Once Kakashi can use the Mangekyo at will, your identity will no longer stand up to scrutiny.

What will you do next?