Nagato glanced at Sasuke, then at the others' expressions, and replied, "Madara mentioned it before, too. If we use the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path that I summoned and gather the Chakra of the Nine Tailed Beasts, we can revive the Ten-Tails. Now we only need to capture the Eight Tails and the Nine Tails, and everything will be complete."
"The Five Kage are heading to the Land of Iron to attend the Five Kage Summit. Although they're all coming after us, this is also a great opportunity for us."
Nagato pointed to the Land of Iron on the map. "With all the Five Kage away from their villages, the defenses of the Five Great Nations are compromised. With our strength, destroying one of their hidden villages wouldn't be difficult."
"Start a war and destroy one of the hidden villages?" Now that Nagato had finally brought up capturing the Tailed Beasts, Obito was interested, too. "That would be troublesome, but it'd be safer. Which hidden village are you planning to target first?"
"According to the intelligence White Zetsu brought back, the villages currently taking the hardest line against Akatsuki are Kumogakure in the Land of Lightning, Kirigakure in the Land of Water, the Hidden Leaf Village in the Land of Fire, and Sunagakure in the Land of Wind. All four have reason to attack Akatsuki. Iwagakure in the Land of Earth has been more ambiguous, but we can't afford to let our guard down."
"Then let's attack the Hidden Leaf Village and take the Nine Tails while we're at it."
"Other than Kumogakure, Konoha is the strongest of all the hidden villages." Nagato looked at him as if he were an idiot. "Given the current situation with the Five Kage Summit, if we attack Konoha, how would that be