"B-But you still can't split me up from Uncle Sasori! Even though Uncle Sasori's art isn't interesting at all, everyone else is even more boring!"
Deidara shouted indignantly from the side.
Sasori ignored his outburst, quietly pondering the reason behind it.
Nagato and the others definitely weren't planning to have an idiot like Deidara monitor Tobi... Then there was only one possibility... They wanted me to keep an eye on Black Zetsu's movements...
As people who had all come out of Las Noches, Sasori, Kakuzu, Nagato, and the others naturally knew that White Zetsu also belonged to Las Noches.
However, after that Black Zetsu appeared, White Zetsu had almost never passed any intelligence on to them again.
That situation... was as though he had been placed under control.
The few of them could all guess the reason for this, especially with Black Zetsu's bizarre appearance on White Zetsu's body, which made the target of their suspicions all the more obvious.
When Aizen had arrived at the Akatsuki before, Nagato and the others had already informed him of this matter.
Aizen naturally knew of Black Zetsu's existence, but he had not paid it much attention, merely treating it as a backup plan Madara had left behind.
He had only instructed Nagato and the others to keep a closer watch on it.
After all... Madara's so-called vision was still somewhat interesting to him.
A few days later, the newly swapped teams set out to carry out their respective missions.
"Whew..."
Two figures slowly appeared atop a desolate sand dune.
The two stood upon a massive boulder badly eroded by wind and sand, their bodies well concealed.
At that moment, a convoy cautiously approached beneath the barren dunes. Whatever they were protecting within the group, the guarding ninjas all had eyes as sharp