Clash with the Akatsuki

Lu Zeming wanted to kill these two troublemakers on the spot, but for Rin's safety, he forced down his anger and said lightly, "You kidnapped my sister and lured me here. Don't tell me the Akatsuki wants to recruit me?"

"The Akatsuki needs talent like you." Obito's voice rang with near-fanatical confidence. He had Madara Uchiha's manner down perfectly. "Join us, and you can have everything you want—resources, intelligence, power, even the chance to change this world."

Lu Zeming held on to his patience. "The Akatsuki is a Kage-level Factory, but your hiring methods are far too crude. I don't like them, and I don't want any part of your lousy plans. I just want to farm in peace!"

"As I understand it, government troops killed your parents, bandits slaughtered your village, and your sister was nearly sold off. Don't you think this world is rotten to the core? Join us. Let's change it together!"

Obito sounded sincere. If Lu Zeming hadn't known how stupid his real plan was, he might actually have agreed.

"Do you think I'm as gullible as Nagato? Wait, let me remember how you fooled him. Gather the Tailed Beasts, turn them into weapons, and use the threat of suffering to force peace on the Shinobi World. Heh. If you can fool someone else that way, have you ever wondered whether someone is using the same trick on you?"

Lu Zeming put heavy emphasis on "someone."

How does he know? How could he know? And that person he mentioned—could he have fooled me the same way?

Obito's mind reeled, panic, doubt, shock, and confusion crashing together.

The look he gave Lu Zeming turned complicated. He had thought he was here to recruit a fairly strong kid. Instead, the kid looked at him as though he could