Uchiha Obito placed his right hand on Naruto Uzumaki and used Kamui to absorb him.
Then, he looked towards Orochimaru and Konan.
"Come meet at the organization's gathering place..."
With that,
Uchiha Obito transformed into a vortex and vanished.
Black Zetsu and White Zetsu sank underground, while Konan flew away.
"Heh heh..."
Orochimaru chuckled.
His eyes shifted.
"Although I've taken the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, I haven't gained anything from this... On the contrary, sooner or later, Hyuga Sho and Jiraiya will come to my door..."
Orochimaru weighed the matter carefully.
This was where he was taking the bigger loss.
He had gained nothing and was working for free.
He might even get beaten black and blue?
How could there be such a good deal?
That was why Orochimaru had made the Third Kazekage fight Hyuga Sho and delayed him until Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others arrived.
Orochimaru... had done it deliberately.
"Heh heh, Sho-kun, I'll be waiting for you in Otogakure..."
After Orochimaru finished speaking, he headed back towards Otogakure.
Konoha, the conference room of the Hokage Building.
A tense meeting finally came to an end.
The kidnapping of the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki meant that the Nine-Tails might attack Konoha again.
And the Akatsuki Organization...
This was the organization that had once taken a Byakugan from the Hyuga Main Family... In Hiruzen Sarutobi's account, it had finally surfaced.
They had taken the Byakugan.
They had taken the Nine-Tails.
Was this "Akatsuki" a terrifying organization that feared no chaos in the world?
The people of Konoha, who still didn't know the Akatsuki Organization's true nature, temporarily defined it as an evil organization.
Next came the deployment of defenses.
They had to prepare at all times for the Nine-Tails' arrival.
Then they had to wait for Jiraiya to return from his travels through