The Meow Six Paths went inside to tidy up the room. The person who had passed out was Kira.
Under their agreement, once Liao Wu brought the people of Rōran an oasis, Kira would become his slave.
I give you money, you give me the goods. It's all a transaction.
Candy jumped onto the table and said to Liao Wu, "That kid Kabuto is no pushover. He learned Orochimaru's Impure World Reincarnation and brought back Kakuzu and Sasori."
"And Amegakure's former leader, Hanzō!"
Candy told Liao Wu about Orochimaru's trip to Kabuto's hideout, including how Kabuto had been reverse summoned when the Meow Six Paths surrounded him at the end.
"Really?"
Liao Wu stroked Candy's fur. He had planted a Flying Thunder God Mark on Kabuto, but now he could no longer sense the coordinates on him.
Perhaps Kabuto had entered Ryūchi Cave. It was a separate dimension, and Liao Wu couldn't sense Flying Thunder God coordinates in other dimensions.
Another possibility was that the Snake Sage of Ryūchi Cave had discovered the hidden danger on Kabuto and helped him remove the Flying Thunder God Mark.
Still—
"It doesn't matter!"
"Even if Kabuto learns Senjutsu, there's a limit to how strong he can get. Itachi could take him down alone as he is now!"
Candy nodded and asked Liao Wu, "What should we do with Kakuzu and the others?"
Liao Wu thought for a moment. "Lately, I've been working out a corporate culture for our organization. If an organization wants to keep developing over the long term..."
"It can't rely on rules alone. Where rules can't reach, culture and conviction have to keep people's hearts in line."
"Akatsuki used to focus on capturing tailed beasts. Its internal culture leaned toward secrecy and caution."
"On top of that, it was riddled