Bulu caught up to Liao Wu and bit down on his leg.
"Naruto, you bastard, you actually wanted to use me as collateral like some meat dog? I'm telling Kakashi!"
Liao Wu rubbed Bulu's dog head. "Bulu, I knew you could get away!"
"Woof! If you do that again, I'll bite you to death first!"
After Bulu had calmed down, he released his bite and said to Liao Wu, "Naruto, I think we should head back to the central point."
Liao Wu nodded.
Hinata activated her Byakugan for one final reconnaissance, having assumed that this time would be the same as before, with nothing to be found.
Another fruitless trip.
But things took a turn.
Hinata noticed something unusual.
"Naruto, at two o'clock, two kilometers away, there's someone with Jonin-level Chakra. He's holding a uniquely shaped great sword."
Liao Wu and Bulu both became serious, like dogs that had caught the scent of bones.
Finally, there was work to do!
"Hinata, what exactly does that sword look like?"
"Well, it's an exaggeratedly massive broad-bladed cleaver, more than two meters long."
"Near the tip, there is a complete circular hole in the blade. Near the base by the hilt, there is an inward-curving crescent-shaped notch."
Liao Wu and Bulu were startled, then immediately recognized it.
"Kubikiribōchō!!"
Following Cat Granny's information, Suigetsu found Kakuzu's former subordinates.
He used the Kubikiribōchō to restrain the two men.
"Tell me, where is Akatsuki's headquarters?"
Kakuzu was not a lone wolf. He had an organization specifically dedicated to managing his money.
Akatsuki was a terrifying organization that Nagato had forcibly gathered together through violence, made up of S-Rank Rogue Ninja.
The foundation of Akatsuki was the violence of Nagato's Rinnegan.
As for loyalty to Akatsuki, Konan was probably the only one truly loyal to Nagato.