Naruto: Getting Stronger by Drinking - Chapter 949

Thus, under these circumstances, our Akatsuki Organization naturally became their first choice.

And with undercurrents surging throughout the Shinobi World, the smaller shinobi villages had no choice but to rely on the strength of Akatsuki for survival.

So our accumulation of funds during this period had been even faster than before."

After Kakuzu finished speaking, a female shinobi with short blue-violet hair and a white paper flower in her hair, seated to Pain's left, spoke up.

"However..."

After finishing her introduction, the woman's cold expression wavered slightly. She seemed to want to say something, yet held back.

"Byakko, is there anything you wish to add?"

Pain looked at Konan, his only companion, and spoke.

"Because of the Konoha hegemony built single-handedly by Saiki Yuu, eighty percent of the world's funds are concentrated in Konoha.

Compared to Konoha's immense wealth, the rewards we gained from war are truly insignificant.

But the problem is that Konoha is... a forbidden zone!"

By the end, even Konan's icy expression had wavered.

As the richest place in the world, Konoha was naturally a source from which Akatsuki wanted to obtain the enormous funds it needed.

But Konoha was a forbidden zone to the entire Shinobi World!

Not only Konoha itself—even the areas surrounding Konoha were absolute forbidden zones!

No force or hidden village dared take even a single step into Konoha's sphere of influence.

Naturally, Akatsuki had no way whatsoever of obtaining funds from Konoha.

"A forbidden zone?"

At those words, everyone present turned grim, while only Pain remained expressionless.

Saiki Yuu! The most terrifying genius in the entire shinobi world since the Sage of Six Paths founded ninjutsu!

During the Third Shinobi World War, with terrifying strength that drove the other hidden villages into despair, he had single-handedly forged an absolute hegemony of his