The Land of Rain was a country where it rained year-round. Due to its location, it was sandwiched between the Five Great Nations, and it likewise had its own ninja village.
Amegakure was a village where iron towers rose one after another. Within one of those tall towers, two people dressed in Akatsuki robes looked out over the entire village.
One of them was a woman with blue hair, a paper flower tucked into her hair, a black lip piercing beneath her lips, and amber eyes devoid of any emotion.
"Pain, the Tailed Beast collection has not been going smoothly!"
Deva Path Pain had orange hair, black facial piercings, and purple ripple-patterned eyes that gave off an eerie feeling.
"The operations to capture the One-Tail and Two-Tails both failed. Intelligence brought by Zetsu indicates that the Nine-Tails' Jinchuriki is extremely powerful. After training with Teacher Jiraiya, he has already mastered Senjutsu."
"Teacher Jiraiya..." Konan, the blue-haired woman of the Akatsuki, felt a trace of sorrow upon hearing that name.
Suddenly, space twisted and distorted abnormally. A figure emerged from it and appeared before them, wearing an orange one-eyed mask.
Tobi's voice had become hoarse and low, and his bearing had changed drastically. "The Three-Tails has been captured. You personally captured the Six-Tails. Now only four Tailed Beasts remain."
Konan voiced her doubts. "Itachi Uchiha reported that they seemed to know about our operations in advance. Li Feiyu—this really has something to do with him. Shouldn't you have something to say?"
"That guy has vanished without a trace. Even Zetsu has been unable to find him!" Tobi understood what Konan meant. Konan and Pain suspected him, but he himself was baffled. Who was this guy? Where had he come from?
Tobi continued, "No matter who he is, once we find him,