Early the next morning.
Konoha, Hokage building.
Last night, Tsunade was lying on the desk full of documents, with his right hand mechanically stamping his seal, and his eyes were half-closed.
After processing documents continuously for a whole day, her mind was almost unable to move.
The red seal fell on the paper, making a monotonous "click" sound, like some kind of hypnotic beat.
Just when she was about to fall asleep in this repetitive movement--
"Lady Tsunade!"
Shizune slammed the door open, not even noticing that the door panel hit the wall. He held the little pig that needed to be captured by everyone in his arms, looking anxious.
"Urgent news!"
Tsunade's eyes opened instantly and he stood up from the chair, his sleepiness swept away.
"What's the matter?"
"At around four o'clock this afternoon, a large-scale battle broke out in Land of Fire!"
Shizune walked quickly to the desk, spread out the report in his hand, and spoke quickly.
"The warring parties are suspected to be members of Akatsuki and unknown ninjas.
Result of the battle--Akatsuki member died and one was injured!"
Tsunade's pupils shrank suddenly.
"Is the news confirmed?"
"Confirmed.
The traces at the scene have been repeatedly checked by the perception team and identification team, and the identities of the two people have been locked."
Shizune paused and added.
"The body of one of them has been recovered, and the other has been controlled and is on his way back. He is expected to arrive tomorrow morning."
Tsunade didn't ask any more questions, just put his hands on the table and said solemnly.
"I understand."
The scene returns to the present. At this moment, Tsunade is leading a group of people to the anatomy room in a hurry.
Soon after, in the anatomy room.
The pale light shone on the cold metal platform, and Kakuzu's body lay quietly on it.
The body has been initially cleaned up, but its charred appearance is still shocking.
The skin has been completely carbonized, showing an abnormally deep black color, and chips will peel off when touched lightly with your fingers.
Tsunade stood in front of the autopsy table, folding his arms and scanning the corpse.
The assistant on the side was holding a notebook and reporting the anatomy results in a smooth voice.
"The age of the deceased... cannot be determined accurately.
But judging from the aging of the bones, it is far beyond that of ordinary people, at least nearly a hundred years old."
Tsunade's brows moved slightly. Nearly a hundred years old?
The assistant continued.
"There are a lot of suture marks on the body surface.
Judging from X-rays, the blood vessels, meridians, and even bones in the deceased's body have many traces of artificial modification."
"It can be determined that this body has undergone many large-scale transformations.
Those black sutures are a special Chakra substance that can form an independent energy circulation system in the body."
"The weirdest thing is..."
The assistant paused, picked up a pair of tweezers, and carefully opened the edge of the hole that Ice Blade had pierced on Kakuzu's chest.
"This wound is a fatal wound.
But according to the traces at the scene, the deceased's chest had been penetrated once by Lightning Release before being penetrated by Ice Blade, and the heart had been destroyed at that time."
"In other words, this body once had multiple hearts?"
"Yes."
The assistant nodded.
"We have detected a variety of Chakra residues with different properties from the remaining tissues of the corpse.
Fire, wind, thunder, water, earth... all five attributes exist."
Tsunade was silent.
Five attributes, multiple hearts, a lifespan of hundreds of years, black Chakra stitches...
A member of Akatsuki, an old monster who has lived for nearly a hundred years, an S-class rebellious ninja with a bounty of tens of millions?
"Got it."
Tsunade withdrew his gaze, turned around and walked out of the anatomy room.
Konoha, special interrogation room.
Unlike the autopsy room, the interrogation room is located one level deeper underground.
There are no windows or vents here, just heavy iron doors and some special devices.
Tsunade walked to the door of the interrogation room and looked inside through the glass window on the door.
In the center of the interrogation room, on a special metal chair, a white-haired man was tightly tied with heavy iron chains.
He was naked from the waist up, with a burnt black hole on his chest that was slowly healing, and dark red blood scabs on the fractures of his limbs.
His mouth was not sealed because he kept cursing.
"You bastards! Konoha's rubbish! Let me go if you can! Lord Jashin will impose divine punishment! All of you will be sacrificed! All of you!"
His voice was hoarse and crazy, reverberating in the narrow interrogation room and making people's eardrums ache.
Tsunade's brows wrinkled slightly.
She pushed the door open and walked in. Hidan's cursing suddenly stopped for a moment, and then broke out even more fiercely.
"Oh, here comes a woman!" Hidan grinned,
A sharp Hatake Sakumo was revealed, and the blood-stained face looked particularly ferocious under the dim light.
"What? Konoha Is there no one left? Send a woman to interrogate me?"
Tsunade ignored his provocation, walked to the interrogation table, picked up the report on the table, and read through it quickly.
"Hidan, a member of Akatsuki, defected from a cult organization Land of Rivers."
She read aloud while reading, and her voice was so calm that there was no wave.
"Believe in Jashin.
The weapon is a bloody three-edged sickle... Tsk, is that all you need to know?"
She turned the page and continued reading.
"The limbs were severed. It is speculated that other limbs can be installed to restore movement."
"Adding other limbs to restore the body, is it real or fake??"
"Looking down on me?" Hidan's voice suddenly rose, full of disbelief.
"I lost my hands and feet before. As long as I put them back, I can recover. If you have the ability, can you give me a pair of hands and feet and see if I can recover?"
Tsunade has no answer.
She closed the report, raised her head, and looked at Hidan with eyes as calm as water.
"I don't want to see it."
Hidan was stunned for a moment, then struggled even more crazily, and the chain was pulled loudly.
"Asshole! Asshole! You bastards! Lord Jashin won't let you go!"
Tsunade ignored him and turned around and walked out of the interrogation room.
At the door, Inoichi Yamanaka has been waiting with several members of Torture and Interrogation Force for a long time.
"Inoichi." Tsunade nodded slightly, "It's up to you."
Inoichi Yamanaka nodded, opened the door and walked into the interrogation room.
Hidan saw someone coming in again and was about to continue scolding when he saw Inoichi Yamanaka taking out some strange devices from the equipment beside him.
A metal headband with several slender wires connected to it, and the other end of the wires connected to a complex instrument.
"What is this?" Hidan's eyes widened and he instinctively felt a little uneasy, "What are you going to do?!"
Inoichi Yamanaka did not answer.
He stepped forward, put the headband on Hidan's head, adjusted the position, and then connected the headband to the instrument with wires.
"Let me go! Let me go!"
Hidan struggled frantically, but the chains held him firmly to the chair, unable to move.
Inoichi Yamanaka walked to the instrument, placed his hands on Hidan's head, and closed his eyes.
"Mind Body Switch Technique, Mind Reading Technique."
His consciousness invaded Hidan's brain through the wire.
It was a chaotic, bloody, and crazy journey.
Inoichi Yamanaka saw countless pictures.
The sacrificial ceremony, the bloody magic circle, the fearful faces of those killed by Hidan before they died.
He saw Hidan laughing wildly on the battlefield and waving a sickle, saw him piercing his heart with an iron rod but was unscathed, and saw him kneeling in front of a huge statue of Jashin to pray, his eyes full of piety and fanaticism.
These images are chaotic and dense, impacting Inoichi Yamanaka's consciousness like a storm.
He gritted his teeth and struggled to search for useful information in Hidan's chaotic memory.
Base of Akatsuki.
Information about other members.
Collection plan for Tailed Beasts.
"Pain"--the leader of Akatsuki.
"Konan"--the woman who always follows Pain.
"Kisame"--Kirigakure's rebellious ninja.
"Sasori of the Red Sands"--a freak addicted to puppets.
"Deidara"--a guy who just likes to explode.
"Tobi"--funny character.
"Jue" - a weird guy in black and white.
"Kakuzu"--Five immortal guys with a heart.
And...Uchiha Itachi.
Inoichi Yamanaka saw Itachi's figure.
He stood in Hidan's memory, his red cloud robe fluttering slightly in the wind, and his pair of scarlet Sharingan without any emotion.
But regarding the detailed information about these people, Hidan's memory is so blurry that it seems like it has been deliberately blocked by something.
Inoichi Yamanaka Continue searching.
Then, he saw it.
Yesterday's battle.
From Hidan's perspective, two figures shuttled between lightning and ice crystals.
There was a man with black hair and black eyes, wearing white clothes, and the Kusanagi Sword in his hand was wrapped with black lightning.
Sasuke.
Another one has white hair and black clothes, wearing a cold mask, and the ice plate under his feet draws white tracks in the air.
Ice Release Ninja.
Seeing their tacit cooperation, Inoichi Yamanaka forced Kakuzu and Hidan into a desperate situation.
He saw Sasuke's Chidori Sharp Spear cutting off Hidan's limbs, and saw the white-haired ninja using Ice Blade to pierce Kakuzu's heart.
At the end of the picture, there is a mean face.
Then everything turned to darkness.
Inoichi Yamanaka slowly opened his eyes, his forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat.
He took a deep breath, turned around and walked out of the interrogation room.
At the door, Tsunade was waiting with his arms folded, leaning against the wall.
"How was it?" she asked.
Inoichi Yamanaka shook his head with a solemn expression.
"There's not much useful information.
Most of this guy's mind is filled with images of sacrifices and the teachings of Jashin Cult. He doesn't seem to know the core information about Akatsuki, and he seems to be just a thug."
He paused and added.
"But I saw the fight yesterday.
It is indeed Sasuke and the white-haired Ice Release ninja, they work well together and are very strong."
Tsunade was silent for a moment, and then sighed softly.
"I understand."
She turned around and walked hurriedly towards the office.
Hokage Office.
Tsunade is sitting on the office chair, with his hands crossed on the table and his expression solemn.
After thinking for a long time, she said to Shizune:
"Go and call Naruto who are still practicing. There are also Sakura and Sai."
"Yes, Lady Tsunade."