Konan, Nagato, Someone Important Wants to See You

Some things cannot be reconciled.

For example, Black Zetsu never dared to reconcile accounts with the Sage of Six Paths because if they did, some accounts would not match, and one of the liars would be exposed.

If you lie and get caught, you'll suffer a terrible fate.

Orochimaru never imagined this would happen...

On his very first day, he encountered the risk of two behind-the-scenes manipulators arguing over accounts.

"Tell me first."

"What exactly happened?"

Shirou Emiya seemed somewhat dissatisfied with the strangeness of the situation. "I remember the Rinnegan was supposed to appear on Madara, wasn't it?"

"Woolen cloth·.""

Black Zetsu fell silent.

However, Black Zetsu was forced to reveal some truths, so it had to resort to embellishing itself as a guide to world peace.

"It's been too long."

"Ban's lifespan has come to an end."

"Before that, Madara chose to entrust his Rinnegan to a boy named Nagato, asking me to guide that boy in the initial planning of the Infinite Tsukuyomi."

"But-"

"That boy named Nagato later met a companion named Yahiko. Yahiko wanted to carry on the peaceful will you left behind, and together with Nagato, they founded the First Generation Akatsuki, hoping to mediate wars between major powers, just like you did—"

"This is not surprising, because many people in this world who have suffered from war want to end the war through mediation, just like you did when you quelled the First Shinobi World War, but they have all failed without exception."

"Yahiko is no exception."

"The First Generation Akatsuki was besieged by Danzo and Hanzo."

The first Leader of Akatsuki Yahiko, died in that incident, which led to changes within the organization. Madara was also secretly guiding this change, as he believed that such methods were ultimately only temporary.

That boy named Nagato needs to change.

As Black Zetsu continued, "In order to lead Nagato to the path of true Eternal Peace, Madara, on his deathbed, found another pawn named Obito Uchiha. In his name and yours, he instructed Obito Uchiha to impersonate him and guide Nagato to begin the first step of the plan: to gather powerful forces to capture the Tailed Beast."

The situation of the Akatsuki is quite complicated.

Obito Uchiha had been impersonating Madara Uchiha, and even claimed to be the will of Shirou Emiya under the name of Black Zetsu, in order to better gain Nagato.

The two remaining elders of the First Generation Akatsuki, Nagato and Konan, were indeed transformed by Obito Uchiha in the names of Emiya Tsuchihara and Madara Uchiha with remarkable naturalness. The only difference was that Obito Uchiha only told them the first step of the plan: to collect and revive the Ten-Tails.

"Wei Yuan".

"In the true sense—"

At this moment, Black Zetsu desperately hoped that Shirou Emiya could pull himself together, and said in a deep voice, "You are the root of the Akatsuki."

"Yahiko, the first leader of Akatsuki, wanted to carry on the peaceful will you once brought to the world from the very beginning. He hoped to mediate wars like you did."

"The current second leader of Akatsuki, Pain, is also Nagato of the Heavenly Path created by Nagato after that incident using the Rinnegan and Yahiko's body. Under our guidance, he believes that he has been carrying out the second path you left for this world."

There's no way to lie about this fact.

Because that's exactly what Nagato and Konan thought.

After all, Yahiko, the first leader of Akatsuki, knew about Shirou Emiya's mediation and pacification of the First Shinobi World War, and he, along with Nagato and Konan, greatly admired Shirou Emiya.

In order to gain the trust of Nagato and Konan, Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu simply borrowed the names of Madara Uchiha and Shirou Emiya, claiming that Shirou Emiya had also despaired of this era and that he and Madara Uchiha had left another path for this world.

This naturally aroused Yahiko's dissatisfaction and doubt. It wasn't until Yahiko died under the siege of Danzo and Hanzo that Nagato had no choice but to believe Obito Uchiha's words.

"In other words—"

"The Akatsuki are now our allies."

Shirou Emiya seemed to have figured out the internal truth of the Akatsuki.

Black Zetsu instinctively wanted to refute.

The other party is merely a pawn in their game!

However, Black Zetsu could not refute at this time, because Shirou Emiya never treated people as pawns, just like he did with Madara Uchiha, and even hoped that Madara Uchiha would take over the future.

"Yes."

Black Zetsu could only agree with Shirou Emiya's idea and proactively suggested, "However, their progress in implementing the plan is somewhat slow. In order to avoid the other major ninja villages discovering Akatsuki's plan to collect the Tailed Beast,..."

The operation has yielded no results so far.

"Now we know that those major powers have already noticed."

White Zetsu quickly added from the side, whispering a reminder: "Hasn't Orochimaru, the ninja from Konoha, already infiltrated?"

Black Zetsu couldn't help but feel a headache when he thought about this.

What a bunch of useless trash!

What exactly is the Akatsuki doing?!

They casually recruited missing-nin without checking their identities, and as a result, even Konoha spies like Orochimaru were able to infiltrate the village. Perhaps Konoha actually knows about their plans!

Fortunately-·

Shirou Emiya has been resurrected.

Even if Emiya Shigenori is not at his peak, he will not fear the troubles brought by Konoha as long as he has the power of Shirou Emiya!

"We must eliminate Orochimaru, this spy, as soon as possible."

White Zetsu, standing nearby, also offered its advice, suggesting that Orochimaru, Konoha's spy, shouldn't be allowed to send too much information back to Miyō.

"Perhaps Konoha has been watching us all along."

As far as White Zetsu was concerned, this was its thought, "After Danzo destroyed Akatsuki, he secretly discovered that Akatsuki had resurfaced. At that time, Shimura Danzo secretly sent Orochimaru to spy on us."

"Wei Yuan, you should take back control of our plans as soon as possible."

Black Zetsu was really having a headache. It was starting to doubt Obito Uchiha and Nagato's judgment and intelligence. How could Orochimaru's exposure make the Akatsuki look so flawed?

Let's just stay the way we were before.

He handed them all over to Shirou Emiya.

All I have to do is wait quietly for the plan to succeed.

Shirou Emiya didn't intend to object to Black Zetsu's idea, because he also needed to control the plan, and incidentally, to plant his own chance for true resurrection, as well as to complete two missions that hadn't been completed in a thousand years.

Inside a dark underground cave.

The Akatsuki has been hiding here.

A gaunt man with red hair sat in Wheelchair, his Rinnegan, ending a training session that connected with the hidden power within the Rinnegan.

It was Nagato.

Because Nagato was still familiarizing himself with the power of the Rinnegan, he only created a Pain Puppet.

They had not yet truly decided to begin their own plan.

Do you really believe what that Mysterious Masked Man and Jue said?

Konan looked at the increasingly emaciated Nagato, a suppressed pain hidden in her eyes. "Nagato, although they have been guiding you to use the Rinnegan, your body will be increasingly unable to withstand the power of the Rinnegan."

"Compared to the pain of losing Yahiko— "

Nagato took a deep breath and slammed his hand heavily on the Wheelchair: "This kind of pain is nothing to me!"

The black rods stuck in Nagato's back were putting an increasing burden on his body, but he had already experienced a pain far heavier than this burden when Yahiko died!

It doesn't matter whether what they say is true or false.

Nagato slowly raised his head and looked at Konan before him. "The power hidden within this Rinnegan is genuine. I will use this power to help Yahiko achieve the peace he desires!"

As he said this, Nagato slowly closed his eyes. Pain, the Deva Path puppet who had been standing beside him, opened his eyes. This was the second-generation leader he had prepared for the Akatsuki. He hoped that this powerful Deva Path puppet, created using Yahiko's body, could replace his former friend Yahiko.

This is a form of emotional support.

He hoped to help his deceased friend realize his dreams.

"Konan."

When Pain opened his eyes, his voice was still Yahiko's, only now it had become somewhat arrogant and aloof. "How's the recruitment going?"

"There are very few powerful S-Rank Missing-nin in the Shinobi World."

Konan frowned and began to recount something that was bothering her. "And last time Kakuzu killed his teammates again. We were willing to let him join Akatsuki in exchange for providing shelter and high-paying missions, but we didn't expect this senior to cause so much trouble—"

This is truly a dilemma. Although Kakuzu joined the Akatsuki at their invitation and is thriving there, he didn't expect that Kakuzu would have some problems. He doesn't seem to care much about his Akatsuki teammates and often kills them for money, which gives Konan a headache. Unfortunately, the Akatsuki also has some issues.

Because recruiting powerful individuals is quite difficult, the Akatsuki generally only seeks out well-known S-Rank Missing-nin in the Shinobi World. These S-Rank Missing-nin ninjas often carry extremely high Kakuzu, such as those held by Kakuzu.

It looks a bit like they're here to buy supplies from the Akatsuki.

Although Konan knew that Kakuzu was very efficient at completing missions, and that he used all the money Kakuzu earned for good deeds, and that he even received a donation from Kakuzu when Yahiko founded the First Generation Akatsuki, because they inherited Shirou Emiya's peaceful will, to be honest...

Konan has always been grateful for Kakuzu's actions back then, but that can't cover up the fact that Kakuzu has been killing his teammates for money all along!

In fact.

Nagato couldn't help but feel a headache after hearing this.

Even though the Deva Path Pain he portrayed had a cold-blooded and ruthless demeanor, he really didn't want to deal with Kakuzu, this kind-hearted guy.

"Let's find him a teammate with a low bounty."

Deva Path Pain had no choice but to offer his own ideas.

"A low bounty means the opponent isn't strong enough—"

Konan had to raise another question, and even added, "Moreover, he doesn't care about the bounty on the target. As long as his teammate has a bounty, even if it's only 100,000 taels, he will kill the target along with him."

This is rather troublesome.

Even Deva Path Pain, fell silent.

Because Kakuzu picky about food, it seems like no one can solve this problem? Unless Kakuzu is given a teammate with enough strength, but Kakuzu has lived for so many years and even protected many members of the Uzumaki Clan.

As a result, he still survived in the Shinobi World. Other ninja villages did try to send people to get rid of him, but in the end, they were always the ones who were killed by him.

"Let Jue keep looking—"

Deva Path Pain could only say one thing: it was impossible for him to expel Kakuzu Akatsuki, because Kakuzu was very efficient at completing high-value tasks.

Moreover, Kakuzu was an angel investor in the Akatsuki. In some ways, Kakuzu Obito Uchiha, because they all knew that Kakuzu a strangely good person.

"Even a rough estimate would be difficult—"

Konan's expression also became somewhat subtle.

Just as they were muttering about Jue, Jue's figure slowly emerged from the ground, a strange smile on its black and white face.

"What am I struggling with?"

"How did you get here, Jue?"

Konan instinctively wanted to stand in front of Nagato.

Although Konan knew that Zetsu was their teammate, she was always subconsciously worried that Zetsu might want to hurt Nagato.

"Of course something's wrong."

"Konan, Nagato, get ready."

White Zetsu smiled at them, politely emerged from the ground, and cheerfully stated his purpose.

"A very important person wants to meet with you."

"An important person?"

Konan's brows furrowed even more.

Because so-called important figures often mean trouble, and the fact that the other party requested to see Nagato made her feel extremely uneasy.

"Perhaps-"

"No, it should be said that it is certain—"

"This is a great figure that everyone in the Shinobi World will respect."

Black Zetsu's voice remained sinister. It glanced at Nagato, who was sitting in Wheelchair, and couldn't help but admire their good fortune.

To be honest.

They were both really lucky.

If the Impure World Reincarnation were someone Madara Uchiha, who wasn't exactly known for his kindness, Nagato and Konan would definitely have become Toki by now.

Black Zetsu's idea was to directly control Nagato to revive Shirou Emiya, but it also knew that Shirou Emiya would never agree to do so. Such noble character was truly frustrating. Black Zetsu didn't want to bring up anything that would offend Shirou Emiya at this time, especially since it was in the process of rebuilding Shirou Emiya's confidence.

"You guys are lucky."

Black Zetsu looked at Nagato's Rinnegan and his crippled legs in the Wheelchair with some regret. "If you can gain his favor, then there might be hope for Nagato's body to recover."