Cangyue fetched paper and a pen and quickly drafted the roster for the chunin ninja exams.
The tentative participants were Cangyue, Pain, Konan, Hidan, and Tobi.
The others would accompany them as friends and family, while Darui would slip into the group under the pretext of team building for a new recruit.
Cangyue checked the list once and nodded in satisfaction.
"We leave tomorrow."
Pain could no longer be bothered to point out how absurd this team was.
"No more assignments today. Go back and get ready."
"We'll assemble tomorrow morning and head to Konoha."
Everyone began rising from their seats.
Just as the meeting was about to adjourn, Cangyue suddenly called out to Konan.
"Wait."
Everyone slowed for a beat, their gazes turning in unison toward the two of them.
Konan turned her head.
"What else do you want?"
As Cangyue sorted through his letters, he said casually:
"Do me a favor, like last time."
The meeting hall instantly fell silent.
Hidan looked from Cangyue to Konan, his eyes blazing with curiosity for gossip.
Deidara even stepped closer.
"Like last time?"
"What did you two do before, hmm?"
Konan stared at Cangyue without expression.
Again?
When Cangyue first joined the Akatsuki, he had compiled a large batch of intelligence on the organization and asked her to deliver it to Konoha.
She had already helped him once, and now he was pushing his luck.
"No."
"Don't turn me down so quickly."
Cangyue placed the roster and the compiled intelligence into a storage scroll.
Besides the list of Akatsuki members heading to Konoha, it contained the movements of some non-core members, along with public intelligence that might affect the state of the shinobi world in the near future.
Deidara's eyelid twitched at the sight.
"You're going to hand all that over