Konan folded away the paper wings on her back, landed on the rooftop, and stood beside Pakura.
"So, Pakura. Have you still not decided whether to join the Akatsuki Organization?"
After the Akatsuki Organization had been attacked by Hanzo of the Salamander two years ago, only Konan and Nagato had survived. Since then, Nagato and Konan, determined to take revenge, had searched for ninja suitable to become the Six Paths of Pain while gathering rogue ninja and wandering ninja from all over to launch attacks against Hanzo of the Salamander's Amegakure.
At this time, the Akatsuki Organization was naturally nowhere near as prestigious as it would be in the future, when it recruited only S-rank Rogue Ninja. The people they had gathered were merely ordinary rank-and-file ninja. Before Nagato had completed the Six Paths Puppets, his life force had been severely drained, and both his legs were crippled. It could be said that he had fatal weaknesses. Usually, he had the Deva Path Puppet, Yahiko, appear before everyone instead.
Although Konan's strength had improved somewhat compared to two years ago, she was still only an Elite Jonin. They did not dare recruit ninja any stronger than that.
About two months ago, Pakura had arrived in the Land of Rain. After spending roughly a month gathering a group of subordinates and learning about the two factions in the Land of Rain, she had not hesitated to help the Akatsuki Organization.
Her excuse was that she could not stand the treacherous Hanzo of the Salamander. Combined with Pakura's identity as a tragic hero betrayed by Sunagakure, no one suspected a thing.
Moreover, Pakura had declared that she too would establish an organization in the Land of Rain. Thus, joining forces with the relatively weak Akatsuki Organization to fight the Rain Ninja became