When Temari saw that the leader of the Akatsuki had the Rinnegan, she cried out in her native tongue.
"Nani?!"
"The leader of the Akatsuki actually has the Sage of Six Paths' eyes?!"
Kankuro's eyes widened when he heard Temari say that, and he couldn't help leaning closer.
The two siblings stared in horror at the intelligence sent over by the Leaf Village.
The intelligence from the Leaf Village included information Kabuto had provided about the Akatsuki, as well as what Jiraiya had uncovered while infiltrating Amegakure.
It covered the Akatsuki's members, their individual abilities, and their reason for capturing the tailed beasts.
The first piece of intelligence that shocked Temari and Kankuro was that the leader of the Akatsuki possessed the Rinnegan.
The Rinnegan was said to be the eyes of the legendary Sage of Six Paths, known as "the eyes that govern life and death."
They possessed godlike power to create and destroy the world.
Jiraiya had also described the Rinnegan's powers in his report.
The Rinnegan possessed six categories of power: the Deva Path's repulsion and attraction, the Animal Path's summoning, the Preta Path's absorption and sealing of chakra, the Asura Path's weaponry...
Even the descriptions alone made them sound terrifyingly powerful.
Each of the Rinnegan's six Pains possessed power beyond that of a jonin.
With all six Pains deployed together, they could destroy a great ninja village in a short time.
Temari had been thinking of assembling the Sand Village's various forces and simply overrunning the Land of Rain.
Even if the Sand Village ranked last among the Five Great Shinobi Villages, it still represented one of the Five Great Shinobi Nations.
The Land of Rain was a small nation. Even a herd of pigs charging in could have occupied it.
But after seeing that the