"Everyone's here, right? Then let the meeting begin!"
Nagato controlled Deva Path Pain and addressed all the members in an imposing tone.
Of course, with such an important matter, no member foolish enough to be late dared show up.
Forget the unofficial members—even the full members would not dare try challenging Pain's authority after he had summoned them.
The last person who had planned to do that, Obito, was currently shutting himself away in depression!
"So, you should all know by now, right? The Akatsuki Organization's purpose is to gather the Nine Tailed Beasts, then use the Ten-Tails' power to intimidate the entire Ninja World and bring peace to it!
"During this time, anyone who obstructs our actions will be eliminated!
"I know that each of you joined the Akatsuki Organization with your own goals, more or less. I don't care about that. I will even help you achieve those goals.
"But Akatsuki's mission has never changed!
"Now, it is time for you to give something back to the Akatsuki Organization."
Although Akatsuki's members had already understood this to some extent, this was still the first time Pain had laid out Akatsuki's goals so clearly during a meeting.
At the same time, Nagato's ideas were actually somewhat similar to Sasuke's during the Valley of the End battle in the original story.
It was just that Sasuke wanted to turn himself into the enemy of the entire Ninja World, making everyone target him so that they would unite and there would be no more wars in the Ninja World.
But both of their ideas had their limitations: everything depended on them still being alive.
Once they were gone someday, the conflicts that had been suppressed would erupt again, and the Ninja World would once more fall into chaos and war.
Still,