Rain Country It is always cloudy.
Rain fell from high altitude, hitting the high-rise steel buildings, and flowed down the cold walls.
It is rare to see ordinary houses here.
The entire village is full of tall buildings. Thick steel pipes extend upward along the outer walls of the tall buildings. Some of them lead to the ground, and some pipe mouths continuously emit white steam.
There are also a lot of narrow streets underneath the pipeline.
Pedestrians holding umbrellas hurriedly walked through the rain.
Viewed from a high place, the entire Amegakure looks like a huge steel forest.
And in the center of this steel forest, there is a huge tower that is much higher than other buildings.
There is a long and narrow iron plate extending outward on the top of the huge tower.
Standing on it, you can overlook the entire village.
At this time Pain is sitting on the edge of the iron plate.
He stepped on it with one leg and hung the other leg in mid-air, letting the rain continue to hit him.
Konan walked behind him holding an umbrella and covered his head with the umbrella.
The wind blew from a high place, causing the Akatsuki cloak on her body to sway constantly.
"What's wrong?"
Pain looked at the village below, but there was no response.
"These days, you always sit here alone."
"What happened?"
After a while, Pain finally spoke.
"Our plan will be accelerated."
Konan was stunned for a moment.
She knows what plan Pain is talking about.
Xiao has been preparing for that day for many years.
"Why?"
Pain looked into the distance.
"Most of Three-Tails's power was taken away."
Konan's face changed slightly.
"In the information brought back, Three-Tails is still in Hidden Mist Village."
"There are only a few Chakra left."
"Someone is also collecting the power of Tailed Beasts, and they can move faster than us."
Konan looked at him.
"How is that possible?"
"Demonic Statue of the Outer Path is still in our hands, how did he do it?"
Pain stood up and looked outside Amegakure from a distance.
"Yeah."
"But he told me this."
Konan stopped talking, and the two of them were silent for a long time.
After a while, the rain became heavier.
Pain turned around.
"Calling everyone together."
"Meeting."
Konan nodded.
"Okay."
Shinobi World Somewhere, in a huge cave.
The roof of the cave is very high from the ground, and it is impossible to see what is above. Occasionally, water drops drip from the cracks in the rocks and fall to the ground with a splash.
In the deepest part of the cave, there is a huge demon statue sitting.
Its upper body emerged from the darkness, and its huge face had a total of nine eyes.
At this time, all nine eyes were tightly closed.
The golem's two arms stretched forward, and its ten fingers were slightly raised. Each one was several meters wide, enough for a person to stand on it.
Suddenly, a vague figure appeared on the thumb of his right hand.
The figure was completely transparent, its edges kept shaking, and occasionally several different colors flashed through it.
Only his Rinnegan could see it particularly clearly.
Under the feet is a huge "zero".
Immediately afterwards, a figure appeared on the finger next to him.
Her long blond hair is tied back, half of her face is covered by her hair, and she wears a special device on her right eye.
"Green."
The third figure appeared on the middle finger of the right hand.
Her hair is blue-purple, she wears a paper flower on the side of her head, and she wears a Akatsuki cloak.
"White."
On the ring finger of his right hand, a black-haired man appeared.
His collar was very high, covering most of his face, and his pair of Sharingan were very eye-catching in the dark cave.
"Zhu."
The one on the little finger of the right hand is the strangest.
Half of his body was dark, half was pale, and his head was wrapped in two huge leaves.
"Hai."
Soon, Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's left hand also changed.
On the thumb of his left hand, stood a figure hidden in a huge puppet. He was hunched over, with a metal tail hanging down from his back, the tip of the tail was extremely sharp.
"Jade."
There is a huge "three" carved on the index finger of his left hand, which is also empty.
On the middle finger of his left hand, a man wearing a mask stood there with his arms folded, only showing a pair of green eyes.
"North."
On the ring finger of his left hand stood a tall man.
He has a shark-like face and carries a huge sword wrapped in bandages behind his back.
"South."
In the end, only the little finger of the left hand was left.
There is a huge word "empty" engraved there, and there is no one on it.
Eight phantoms stood on Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's fingers, and their bodies were still flashing from time to time.
After a while, everyone's figures finally stabilized.
Pain raised his head and Rinnegan scanned everyone one by one.
"Everyone is here."
Pain looked at everyone.
"Originally, there was still two years of preparation time."
"Now it's down to one year."
As soon as he finished speaking, several phantoms on Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's fingers reacted.
Deidara was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help laughing.
"Is it finally going to start? Hmm."
The metal tail behind Scorpion swayed.
"It's better to go in advance."
"I've waited long enough."
Kisame was carrying Samehada and grinned upward.
"It seems that there will be many interesting tasks in the future."
Kakuzu looked at Pain.
"The time is shortened, what should I do with the tasks I took on before?"
"Plan first."
"Other tasks will be dealt with as soon as possible."
Kakuzu nodded and stopped talking.
Pain continued:
"Starting today, all preparations must be accelerated."
"I will definitely send you new information."
"The specific time of action is awaiting my order."
Jue, who was standing on the little finger of his right hand, nodded.
Pain then looked at everyone again.
"One more thing."
"There is someone who needs your attention, Chiya Uchiha."
Hearing the name, Itachi raised his eyes.
Kisame looked at Itachi and said with a smile:
"It seems that he is from your clan, Mr. Itachi."
Itachi didn't react at all.
Kakuzu then said:
"Ah, it's him, I know him. His reward has increased very quickly recently."
"It's reached the point where I can't help but be greedy."
Pain then turned to look at him.
"No one is allowed to fight him alone."
Kakuzu raised his head.
"Huh?"
"Why?"
Scorpion stood on his left thumb and also reacted at this time.
"A Konoha traitor is worthy of your attention?"
Pain didn't answer, he continued talking on his own.
"After discovering Chiya Uchiha, notify Jue immediately."
"No action is allowed until other members arrive."
Deidara felt a little unhappy.
"Is he also Uchiha Clan?"
"I would like to see if his eyes can understand my art, huh."
Pain's eyes swept over.
Looking at these emotionless eyes, Deidara couldn't help but become quiet.
He curled his lips and said no more.
"What if he attacks first?"
The person asking this question is Kisame.
"Retreat."
After these two words were spoken, several people became quiet.
Everyone in Akatsuki is an extremely dangerous rebellious ninja.
They usually operate in pairs, and even if they encounter elite ninjas from major ninja villages, they rarely retreat on their own initiative.
Now, Pain directly ordered them to avoid a teenage boy.
"Currently the information we have about him is incomplete."
"No one is allowed to act without authorization before the investigation is clear."
Deidara crossed his arms and snorted.
What he hates most is Uchiha Clan, and he hates even more those eyes that seem to be able to see through everything.
Pain has warned twice in a row, and he can only hold back temporarily.
Kisame grinned.
"For the leader to take him so seriously, it seems that Uchiha Clan is indeed dangerous."
Jue shook his body.
"I will continue to track his whereabouts."
Itachi didn't speak from the beginning to the end.
It wasn't until everyone finished speaking that he looked at Pain.
"Got it."
Pain took one last look at everyone, and then nodded.
"Complete preparations as soon as possible."
"The meeting is dismissed."
As he finished speaking, the phantoms on Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's fingers began to disappear one after another.
Not long after, the huge cave returned to its original appearance.
Demonic Statue of the Outer Path sat in the darkness, with nine eyes still tightly closed.