How to Deal with Uchiha Sasuke

"Sasuke, who was responsible for capturing the Eight Tails, was deceived by the target and only brought back an octopus tentacle," Obito said in a deep voice.

Through his mask, he cast a glance with his right eye at Tsunade, who was wearing a look of shock upon seeing the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, but he said nothing. It seemed he did not consider it a big deal that Tsunade had seen the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

No one would think that the current Tsunade was any sort of important figure. Even less would they think that she still had the ability to influence the plans of the Akatsuki.

At this moment, the most important thing was how the next actions of the Akatsuki would unfold.

"Where is Sasuke now?" Nagato asked Obito.

"The Land of Iron, the location of the Five Kage Summit. He originally intended to go straight to Konoha, but I stopped him. A White Zetsu is currently leading the way for him," Obito replied.

"Is that so? Give me a rough summary of the situation regarding Sasuke and the Five Kage Summit."

"The cause, of course, is our behavior in capturing the Tailed Beasts. After capturing seven of them, it is impossible to remain unnoticed. The fuse was this recent attempt by Sasuke to capture the Eight Tails. His actions in Kumogakure seem to have infuriated the Raikage. Combined with what you did to Konoha, I fear the Five Great Nations are about to take action against the Akatsuki."

"Do not lump me in with you and Sasuke. Konoha will not become an obstacle for us."

"Is that so?" A hint of mockery flashed in Obito's right eye. "By using the Fifth Hokage?"

Nagato nodded, while Tsunade's face showed embarrassment.

She felt that she probably couldn't influence anything in Konoha anymore. She knew Danzo's style too well; if Nagato wanted to use her to threaten Konoha, he was completely overthinking it.

For all she knew, Danzo might be wishing for her death. Well, not might—Danzo definitely hoped she would be killed by the Akatsuki.

"In other words, this Five Kage Summit was caused more or less by Sasuke, and as you said before, Sasuke intends to defect from the Akatsuki, right?"

"Correct."

"I intend to have Sasuke come to see me so I can hear his thoughts."

Hearing this, Obito fell silent for a moment, looking as if he wanted to scratch his head. "Sasuke probably won't come..."

He had some understanding of the Uchiha family's hereditary "chunibyo."

The current Sasuke was in a state of mysterious, post-awakening confidence where he felt he was the greatest in the world, characterized by looking down on everyone.

"It doesn't matter. I will have a White Zetsu notify him. If Sasuke doesn't rush to Amegakure to see me within two days, I will kill him."

A cold light flashed in Nagato's eyes; he had no intention of coddling the brat.

After all, the current Five Kage Summit was initiated by the Raikage, and the reason the Raikage did so was that Sasuke had been wearing the red-cloud black robe of the Akatsuki when he caused trouble in Kumogakure. If Sasuke had successfully captured the Eight Tails according to the agreement, that would be one thing, but now he hadn't finished the job and had brought so much trouble to the Akatsuki. Did he think he could just say he was done and walk away? Did he really think the Akatsuki was run by his Uchiha family?

Obito was silent for a while, seemingly comparing the strength of Nagato and Sasuke, then shifted his gaze to the side. "Understood. What do you plan to do regarding the Five Kage Summit?"

"I will go personally! The specific actions will depend on the attitude of the Five Kage toward the Akatsuki. This time, it will be a unified operation for the Akatsuki. Before we set out, I intend to summon everyone in the organization back to unify our goals for future actions."

Obito narrowed his right eye, sensing that Nagato was prepared to stir up a major storm this time, and felt slightly more at ease. "Is that so? I have already sent Kisame out to capture the Eight Tails."

Nagato shook his head. "I will notify him to return. The current situation is too tense; we have become the target of the entire ninja world. It is no longer an environment where one or two organization members can act recklessly."

Nagato knew very well that Kisame had likely already leaned toward Obito's side. But it didn't matter; everyone had to obey his orders, or they would be treated as traitors. To deal with this group of unruly rogue ninjas, one had to use iron-fisted methods.

Perhaps sensing Nagato's resolve, Obito lowered his head slightly and thought for a moment. "Then I will leave it to you to handle. I'm going to go rest for a bit..."

After saying this, Obito absorbed himself into another dimension and vanished from the spot.

Judging by his appearance, he clearly had his own plans.

Nagato stared at the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, lost in thought.

"Mmph—! Mmph! Mmph!"

After Obito left, Tsunade began clearing her throat on the side, desperately winking at Katsuyu. She glared at the slug, then shifted her gaze downward, signaling for Katsuyu to look at her sealed mouth.

Katsuyu glanced at Nagato, but before she could speak, Nagato sighed and said to Tsunade, "Fine, tear the paper off yourself. You are not allowed to shout at me, or I will use the King of Hell to rip out your tongue."

He didn't know what was wrong with this old woman; she was at such an age, yet she lacked the composure of an elder. She acted like a child, without a shred of restraint. Could it be that after treating Naruto like a younger brother, she started thinking of herself as his peer?

Tsunade snorted coldly, reverting to her youthful appearance. At the same time, she channeled Chakra into her hand and easily peeled the white paper off her mouth. "So you realized I had recovered my Chakra a long time ago? It seems your Rinnegan has the ability to see through Chakra."

At this moment, although Tsunade could not use the Strength of a Hundred Technique, she had no problem using other techniques.

"Konan, take these two away to rest," Nagato waved his hand, having no mood to deal with Tsunade.

Konan was just about to nod when Tsunade immediately interjected, "Wait, what do you plan to do with me?"

"Lock you up and waste some food," Nagato replied expressionlessly.

Tsunade: ...

She took a deep breath, struggling to swallow the roar that was about to escape her lips. She didn't know what the King of Hell was, but the name alone sounded ominous. The guy in front of her who had leveled Konoha in one breath was likely capable of anything; it was better not to clash with him head-on. After thinking it over, Tsunade gritted her teeth and said, "Aren't you planning to use me to threaten Konoha?"

She seemed to want to make something of this point.

Nagato's eyes flickered, and he immediately understood Tsunade's intention.

"So what if I am?" he countered.

"Heh," Tsunade crossed her arms over her chest and sneered, "Give up on that idea. You said that Danzo is the one who succeeded as Hokage, right? That man has always been at odds with me; he would never make any concessions because of me."

She said this with a look of triumph, making one wonder exactly what she was so proud of.

"So what if he wouldn't?" Nagato continued to ask.

"You..." Tsunade was furious. If it weren't for the fact that family scandals shouldn't be aired in public, she would have loved to tell Nagato directly that Danzo was practically praying for her death, and that using her as a hostage would be useless to Danzo—it might even have the opposite effect!

"Oh...?" Nagato rubbed his chin, realizing something. "You thought I was planning to use your life to threaten Danzo?"