Unlike the original story, Sasori was already abducted to Konoha before Orochimaru joined the Akatsuki.
Since his return some time ago, he has been without teammates.
After escaping Konoha, Sasori was finally able to do what he loved, and it was because of this that he realized how good Konoha was.
As the number one ninja Akatsuki in the Shinobi World, Akatsuki was backed by Amegakure. Logically speaking, although it was not as good as Konoha, it should not be much different.
Fire is the warmest thing in the world, before people saw the sun.
The Human Puppet is the ultimate achievement in Puppet Technique, before Sasori fell for Ren's Genjutsu.
Mecha is the romance of men. Ren doesn't need a mecha to enhance his strength, but mecha is cool!
Neon Genesis Evangelion, Gundam, Pacific Rim...
A series of mecha from Ren's memories were once packaged and shown to Sasori as Genjutsu.
The immense sense of oppression, the exquisite design, the countless functions, the perfect appearance, and the powerful strength—everything stirred Scorpion's heart.
The enormous technological gap between small puppets and large mechs cannot be bridged in a short time.
Sasori is also steadily developing his mecha in Konoha. It may be slow, but time is never an obstacle for him.
One day, Scorpion will design and create the perfect large-scale mecha, or rather, puppet, and master that godlike power.
After fleeing Konoha, Sasori lost his source of materials. Only then did he realize that the best factories and the best production lines were in Konoha, many of which he had assembled himself.
Akatsuki nor Amegakure could provide Sasori with a decent piece of alloy armor plate, or even a decent screw!
"What's the point of playing this game?" Scorpion muttered, cursing as he started making the figurines he used to be obsessed with.
Sasori's strongest asset or equipment right now is the huge pile of stuff he took with him when he escaped Konoha.
After installing the external equipment he had taken from Konoha, Sasori has also added quite a few peripherals to his person recently.
Yes, most of the new peripherals are made of wood.
Even so, Scorpion received several warnings from Konan.
This mission was forcibly assigned to Scorpion.
For otaku who love collecting figurines and tinkering with gadgets, anyone in the know understands how expensive that can be.
In particular, Scorpion's disgusted expression after receiving something almost made the icy beauty Konan lose control of her facial expressions several times.
When a mission required the deployment of core members, Konan recommended Sasori to Nagato without hesitation.
The core members of Akatsuki are all bad people. The Akatsuki's cohesion is not strong, but it is nonexistent. Going on a mission alone is unthinkable!
Konan, who hadn't expected anyone to be willing during the meeting, was about to reluctantly team up with Scorpion.
Before Konan could even speak, Kakuzu eagerly offered to take on the mission, saying he didn't need any reward!
The reason is simple: Sasori's years of being captured and Orochimaru's defection have brought some restraint to the previously undisciplined Akatsuki.
Core members can no longer go out and have fun alone; they must stay at the bases provided by the organization.
When going out, you must go in pairs, both to supervise each other to prevent desertion and to avoid being killed.
The Akatsuki, which was almost entirely composed of missing-nin, serves as a stark example of the consequences of a core member going off to have fun alone.
Kakuzu, who loves money more than anything, has been staying at the base all this time. It's true that he doesn't have to spend money, but he also can't earn any money.
For more than a month, Kakuzu been trying to piece Hidan back together from that indescribable mixture several times, so that he can go out and work to earn money.
It serves no purpose other than to make things worse.
Hidan, though shattered into pieces, was not dead. He was slowly recovering thanks to his superhuman healing speed.
Even Kakuzu had to admit that the Jashin Hidan spoke of was quite something.
After several attempts to sabotage it, Kakuzu gave up and decided to wait until it was mostly complete before stitching it together.
However, the surprise came too suddenly. Upon hearing that he could go on a mission, Kakuzu couldn't contain himself and tried his best to seize this opportunity to go on a field mission.
So Sasori and Kakuzu formed a temporary team to investigate whether the premature revival of the Eight-Tails had affected its quality, and if conditions allowed, to find out the reason for its premature revival.
The hard-won opportunity led Kakuzu to even impose limitations on himself.
Even if Sasori slows down his bounty-earning progress, he cannot kill Sasori, at least not until Hidan recovers.
As for the organization's tasks, aren't those just a side effect of making money along the way?
Sasori, who was traveling with Kakuzu, shared the same idea.
This time we're going to the Land of Iron. Do you even know how much gold is in the Land of Iron? It's gold, the metal!
As for the mission? Just take a look while you're collecting materials.