An Unexpected Visitor

When Taiichi saw the Fourth Raikage again, the man was deathly pale, his left arm in a cast and hanging in front of his chest.

Clearly, when the Cloud Village was attacked, the Raikage have been at the forefront, which is why he was so badly injured, even losing an arm.

"I heard that your Konoha was also attacked?"

This was the first question Raikage asked Taiichi. Whether it was gloating or feeling sorry for him, Taiichi felt that this guy had ill intentions.

"Sigh, it's really tough. Konoha has completely lost face. The Akatsuki attacked the Capital of Fire directly, and by the time I got there, they were all gone. I couldn't even find a trace of them."

Taiichi looked as if he couldn't bear to look back, as if Konoha had suffered a tremendous loss.

"What? The Capital of Fire? Isn't that your Konoha?"

The Raikage's face was filled with astonishment. The Capital of Fire was attacked, but what did that have to do with Konoha? The Fourth Raikage A would have preferred that the Capital of Lightning was attacked, even if it meant turning the Capital of Lightning into ruins, rather than the Kumogakure.

Raikage turned and glared at Dodai. This guy didn't even bother to ask for the information, making him happy for nothing.

Dodai's old face also turned red. He was Taiichi shocked when he heard the news and hadn't had time to ask for details before Taiichi urged him to come see the Raikage, which led to this misunderstanding.

Taiichi didn't want to delve into the matter with Raikage; he turned and glanced at the surrounding ruins.

Yes, that's right, it's ruins. The Raikage Building collapsed in the previous battle, and now the Raikage is just working on these ruins.

Male.

"Lord Raikage, you've run into the Rinnegan this time, haven't you? How is the opponent's strength?"

In fact, Konoha had already shared basic information about the Rinnegan with all the villages. However, no matter how eloquently the information was presented, it would still seem unreal if you hadn't seen it with your own eyes in reality.

Especially since this information came from Taiichi's first encounter with the Rinnegan, everyone would think, "How powerful can someone be if Taiichi, even if it's the legendary Sage Eye?"

Only when you truly face him in person can you experience the terror of the Rinnegan, especially when the Six Paths Puppet complement each other and work together, they can unleash a combat power greater than 1+1>2.

"Strong, extremely strong, especially that guy who can unleash both gravity and repulsion; he's responsible for most of the destruction of Kumogakure."

At this point, the Fourth Raikage A gritted his teeth, clearly showing his intense hatred.

At this moment, the Fourth Raikage A, A, was filled with regret. If he had agreed to the Five Kage Summit earlier and united the entire Ninja World to deal with the Akatsuki, Cloud Village would not have suffered this undeserved disaster.

This loss was devastating for Cloud Village, with over two hundred ninja killed or wounded, not to mention the ordinary people.

"Damn Akatsuki, don't let me catch you, or I'll tear you to pieces!" Fourth Raikage A said through gritted teeth.

"The Akatsuki deserve to die, but it's a pity they used us on this mission." Taiichi turned to the Raikage, thought for a moment, and then suggested, "Can Cloud Village still send people? If we act now, we might be able to rescue Killer B."

Raikage's face stiffened, and even his previous angry aura faltered.

Taiichi clearly noticed this change, and he frowned, asking suspiciously, "Is Lord Raikage hiding something from Konoha?"

The Fourth Raikage A's serious face rarely showed a hint of embarrassment. After thinking for a moment, he finally decided to be honest.

"Even if I didn't tell you, you would all find out soon enough: Killer B wasn't captured. The one who was captured was just a special clone."

Taiichi had no idea what his expression was like, but it was definitely quite blank.

After a long while, Taiichi, having regained his senses, looked at Raikage with some disbelief.

"You said it was just an avatar? I was watching it from above the whole time, and it was just an avatar?"

Countless thoughts flashed through Taiichi's mind. Information about Killer B from his past life kept appearing, but there was no information about these things.

Upon further reflection, he immediately understood: in his previous life, the Hokage anime version had more and more flashback scenes as it progressed, which caused him to skip through a lot of the plot.

In other words, there is still a lot of information about the enemy behind him that he does not fully understand. His curiosity about Killer B served as a reminder to him, otherwise, if he were to encounter an enemy of similar strength in the future, he might lose his life because of this mistake.

Seeing Taiichi's astonished expression, the Fourth Raikage A felt a bit smug. "You, Taichi Matsushita, aren't good at everything!"

Taiichi finally gave up hope. Killer B was alright, and given the current state of Kumogakure, they definitely wouldn't disperse their forces to search for Akatsuki anymore. There was no point in Taiichi, so he decisively proposed to leave and prepare to return to Konoha to report.

The Land of Grass, the Akatsuki Base.

As Pain and Moryo returned one after another, a rare joyful atmosphere filled the entire Akatsuki.

That was so satisfying, so incredibly satisfying!

It's important to know that the members of the Akatsuki are all either eccentric or cruel and bloodthirsty; they are all quite self-centered individuals.

When such a group of people gather together, it's difficult to have any laughter or joy. In addition, they are wanted and suppressed by the entire Ninja World, living a life of hiding like groundhogs, which often makes the atmosphere within the Akatsuki even more oppressive.

But today is different. The leader destroyed the Kumogakure, Moryo destroyed the Capital of Fire. This undoubtedly gave the entire Akatsuki a chance to vent their anger, and they also thoroughly humiliated Konoha and the Cloud Village. This is truly incredibly satisfying.

"Leader, since we can destroy Kumogakure, why don't we just go and destroy Konoha? Then I'll see who dares to oppose our Akatsuki."

Blood Crow, that guy whose mind is filled with nothing but Evil God, was clearly blinded by victory and actually encouraged Pain to attack Konoha.

If everyone didn't know what kind of person this guy was, they would definitely think he was a spy sent by Konoha to lure Akatsuki out and capture them all.

Pain's good mood vanished instantly after this guy mentioned it. He glanced at the guy expressionlessly, said nothing, and went straight to the depths of the cave to form Hand Seals and cast Summoning Jutsu.

At this moment, Suikazan Fuguki couldn't help but mock, "Attack Konoha? Then you can deal with Taichi Matsushita. Didn't you see that we preferred to Capital of Fire this time rather than touch Konoha?"

Some things can be done, but not said.

The Suikazan Fuguki clearly didn't understand this principle, and brazenly used it to mock others, causing the previously cheerful atmosphere to immediately fall silent.

Obito, listening from behind, frowned deeply. Seeing that Suikazan Fuguki was about to continue speaking, he couldn't help but interrupt, "Shut up! The sealing is about to begin, so hurry up and get ready!"

Suikazan Fuguki glanced at Obito standing behind him, his large mouth full of sharp teeth snarled, but he ultimately remained silent.

He was still quite wary of Obito, especially because of his unpredictable and elusive methods.

Soon, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path was summoned, and the sealing ritual was completed. At Pain's command, each Akatsuki jumped onto one of the Demonic Statue's fingers.

Everyone formed Hand Seals, Chakra flowed into the Demonic Statue 'Demonic Statue body through its fingers. Then, a dragon-shaped pillar of energy emerged from the Demonic Statue's mouth, circled in the air, and bit down on the unconscious Killer B.

The Phantom Dragons Nine Consuming Seals have officially begun.

The sealing was swift. The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, having already absorbed the seven Tailed Beasts, was already greatly enhanced in power. With the full support of the Akatsuki members, a large amount of Tailed Beast Chakra was extracted from Killer B's seven orifices.

However, within just half a day, everyone noticed something was wrong, especially Pain, who was in charge of the sealing.

The amount of Chakra being extracted is decreasing, as if it's about to be completely drained.

Before Pain could figure it out, something unexpected happened.

Suddenly, a plume of white smoke rose from Killer B, who was floating in mid-air, and to everyone's astonishment, it transformed from a human into a tentacle.

"This... this can't be the Eight-Tails' tail, can it?!"

Blood Crow had only been fighting the Eight-Tails for a short time, so it naturally recognized what it was at a glance.

He didn't need to say anything; everyone else present wasn't stupid, and they all understood what it was after just a second of hesitation.

The next moment, all the members of Akatsuki felt a surge of shame and anger.

The Akatsuki, which thought it had fooled Cloud Village and Konoha, ended up being the ones who were fooled in the end.

The Eight-Tails Jinchuriki had fooled everyone by using a piece of his tail in place of his true form.

The cave was completely silent; everyone was focused on the central tentacle, and it was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

After a long while, Pain, the leader, withdrew his hand Hand Seals. He turned to look at Obito beside him, then at Suikazan Fuguki and Blood Crow, and finally fixed his gaze on Obito. His cold voice slowly rang out.

"After all that effort, you only brought back a fake?"

Although there was no scolding in his words, the three of them felt incredibly ashamed.

Obito his mouth, but in the end, he didn't say anything.

They are all top-tier ninjas in the Ninja World, yet they can't even distinguish between the real body and the clone. It's embarrassing to even admit it.

In the midst of this deathly silence, footsteps echoed from the cave entrance.

Everyone turned to look at the cave entrance; at this time, no one should be disturbing them.

But in other words, since someone has come to bother us, it must be something serious.

The newcomer was not wearing the Akatsuki's official Black-bottomed Red Cloud Robe, nor was he wearing any ninja village Headband; he was an outer member specially recruited by the Akatsuki.

"Natsuki, is there something important that you've come over at this hour?"

The speaker was Konan. She was in charge of all the internal affairs of the Akatsuki, and naturally, Konan was also in charge of managing the dispatch of the peripheral members.

"Lord Haku (Konan's codename), someone outside the base requests an audience, saying he has something that you gentlemen urgently need."

Before Konan could reply, the Suikazan Fuguki, who had been repeatedly bullied, lashed out.

"Nonsense! Who does he think he is, possessing something we desperately need? Could it be that he stole Konoha's Nine-Tails? That's exactly what we desperately need. Otherwise, let him get lost."

After saying that, he felt he was right and burst into laughter to himself.

"What are you laughing at!" Obito snapped, interrupting the brainless guy. "How can we let a stranger who managed to infiltrate our hideout leave?"

Only then did everyone realize the danger.

Yes, you can tell how well-hidden the Akatsuki's headquarters is by looking at how much effort the Five Great Ninja Villages put in but still couldn't find it.

But now, someone of unknown origin has somehow managed to sneak up to their doorstep. Putting everything else aside, this ability alone is not to be underestimated.

Konan glanced at Suikazan, who had interrupted, with displeasure before continuing her questioning.

Did the person say what it was?

"No, he just left behind an unconscious person. Judging from his appearance, he looked a lot like Killer B, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki of Cloud Village, so I rushed over to report it."

Natsuki was also puzzled as he spoke. Hadn't they already captured the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki? How could another one appear? That was why he dared not confirm it.

However, Natsuki didn't expect that as soon as he said that, all eyes in the room would turn to him.

Pain and Obito Body Flicker appeared in front of him. They exchanged a glance, and it was Pain who spoke first.

"Come on, take us to see him."

Let's move back one hour.

Jigen walked alone in the dense forest of the Land of Grass, sensing the unique energy aura from the unknown distance, and a smile appeared on his lips.

Before this, he had considered recruiting subordinates in order to find a new container as soon as possible, but after some effort, he found that doing it alone would not only be ineffective but also time-consuming.

This made it impossible for Jigen, who was already eager to make the most of her time, to endure.

Since the path of recruiting subordinates is not feasible, let's try another approach: join one of the existing organizations in the Ninja World and quietly take their place.

After further investigation, the Akatsuki organization naturally came into his view.

The leader possesses the Rinnegan, and the organization is collecting the Tailed Beast. Its ultimate goal is to create the ultimate weapon and bring eternal peace to the Ninja World.

Upon learning all this, Jigen couldn't help but laugh. Knowing exactly what the Tailed Beast were, he immediately realized there was a conspiracy involved when he heard that the leader possessed the Rinnegan.

But so what?

The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind; but behind the oriole, there is someone else.

He was the last one, and he could have easily helped them before things were done, while also finding a suitable vessel for himself.

So, after watching the Akatsuki members take a severed tail back as if it were a real person, Jigen knew his chance had come.

He acted decisively, capturing the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki who had just escaped, and then, following Yan Mingzhong's senses, leisurely arrived at the Akatsuki's base.

Jigen looked around. The trees were lush and blocked out the sky. The only entrance was on a mountain wall, which was also protected by Barrier.

Indeed, finding this place would be extremely difficult for an ordinary person, but it was a piece of cake for him.

Jigen had just appeared in the vicinity, and the personnel on guard hadn't paid any attention yet, but when he stopped at the base entrance, Natsuki immediately...

I knew this person was there to cause trouble.

Merit—that was the first thought in Natsuki's mind.

If I capture him, I might be able to become a full member of Akatsuki.

Since Natsuki was able to join the Akatsuki, he was certainly not a kind person. Once he had an idea, he rushed out immediately, wanting to knock this person down, capture him, and then interrogate him to find out his purpose.