After sealing the miniature Five-Tails, the members of Akatsuki gathered once again.
"Who's going next?"
"The Six-Tails is next. I'll capture him myself."
Nagato pointed at himself, an unusual light glinting in his purple Rinnegan.
"Say, Leader, why don't Big Brother Sasori and I go with you? We can bring back the Three-Tails while we're at it."
Orochimaru walked up behind Deidara and swatted his ponytail.
"You just can't sit still! Two tailed beasts at once? You might as well work me to death!"
Deidara looked at Orochimaru dejectedly.
Nagato coughed and nodded.
"The Three-Tails comes after the Six-Tails. We have to follow the order and avoid causing panic among the great nations."
"Wouldn't it be better to capture them all together?"
Hidan rested his chin on one hand and casually asked.
"It's not that simple, Hidan."
Kakuzu patiently began to explain.
"If we captured them all at once, we might not get every tailed beast, and the great nations would immediately become far more vigilant.
Both of Iwagakure's jinchūriki are missing-nin. We captured them and then let them go, so Ōnoki will simply pretend he never saw anything. They consider it a disgrace and won't tell anyone outside the village.
Kirigakure has very few powerful shinobi, and the Sharingan can control the Mizukage, so no information will leak.
After we've sealed the Three-Tails, Six-Tails, and Seven-Tails, Orochimaru will go after the Nine-Tails. He can pick up the One-Tail along the way, but it won't matter if he can't. Sasori will capture the One-Tail in that case, and Sunagakure won't become wary until then.
At that point, the two of us will capture the Two-Tails.
Even if the Hidden Cloud Village gets angry, it'll have to fight us alone. No other village will help it. After all, their jinchūriki will