Deva Path Pain stood at the very front.
He looked down at the vast Amegakure before him, his expression cold.
"As long as we can create enough openings and chaos, we can intensify the suspicion and tension between these great nations. That will be our best chance to capture the Nine Tailed Beasts. Most importantly, we've confirmed the locations of the Three-Tails, Six-Tails, and Nine-Tails. As long as the initial stages of our plan go smoothly, we can carry it out all at once in the shortest possible time!"
"Create chaos and openings?"
Konan was briefly taken aback, then spoke thoughtfully.
"Exactly. The Snow-Mist War and Kirigakure's crushing defeat are the best proof. Namikaze Naruto and the rise of the Snow Ninja Village have completely disrupted the balance among the Five Great Nations. The Five Great Nations must all be extremely wary of Namikaze Naruto and the Snow Ninja Village now. It's a newly risen great ninja village, and it has three Tailed Beasts. We only need to add a spark, and we can set this world ablaze! That will be our best opportunity!"
Unlike in the original story, where he had only planned to capture all the Tailed Beasts at once in the most brutal, direct manner possible,
Naruto's defection from Konoha, the Snow Ninja Village's powerful rise, and the fact that it had gathered three Tailed Beasts had all directly changed how the original story unfolded. At this point in the original timeline, the Akatsuki was still making final preparations for its plan, assigning each official member a Tailed Beast to capture.
Once the time was right,
the official members would all set out,
and capture all the Tailed Beasts in one fell swoop.
But now, the story had veered far off course.
Nagato had decided to change