Shattering the Temple's Arrogance, the Rinnegan Lost for a Thousand Years!

The council hall fell completely silent.

The unwillingness on the faces of the thirteen Squad Captains quickly vanished.

Itachi slowly lowered his gaze, his expression turning grave as well.

The Temple's strength had grown too quickly during this period.

Dozens of Kage Level experts, thirteen squads in formation, the Heavenly Tribulation Forbidden Technique.

Coupled with Ren sealing Madara Uchiha head-on, it had given everyone an illusion.

As though the Uchiha no longer had any enemies.

They had only seen Madara lose.

Yet they had forgotten that before his defeat, he had nearly suppressed the entire Temple by himself!

If Ren had not acted, the thirteen Squad Captains would already have died beneath the Susanoo Light Blade.

Ren looked at everyone and continued, "You have not even investigated the Akatsuki Organization's full intelligence."

"Just because you possess Kage Level combat power, you think every ninja in the world is beneath notice."

"Impulsive, arrogant, careless."

"If the captains of the Uchiha Shrine all have this attitude, I would rather cancel this campaign."

The expressions of the four captains who had requested battle immediately turned extremely ugly.

Kasumi's hand slowly loosened around her sword hilt.

"The clan leader is right to reprimand us."

"I was too careless."

The Tenth Squad captain said in a low voice, "We only wanted to prove our squad's strength, yet we never first confirmed the enemy's true capabilities."

"Please punish us, Clan Leader."

The other two lowered their heads as well.

"Please punish us, Clan Leader!"

Ren neither pursued the matter of their written pledges nor ordered the four to withdraw.

"Remember this."

"Every official member of the Akatsuki Organization is a top S-rank rogue ninja in the Shinobi World."

"None of those they recruit are weak."

"Kakuzu once fought Hashirama and has survived until now without dying."