First came the "distillery," full of water with barely a drop of liquor.
Then came "Marine Headquarters," also known as Seawater Headquarters.
The "Akatsuki" soon caught up, with its leader, Nagato Uzumaki, discovering that he was the only one in the entire organization doing any actual work.
"You all betrayed me?! When? Was it while you were out capturing the tailed beasts? Impossible! How did she convince every last one of you to turn traitor in so little time? Wasn't there a single one of you with even the slightest loyalty to the Akatsuki?!"
Deva Path Pain lost it. Completely lost it.
He had thought there was only one mole in his Akatsuki. Now, looking at them, he realized, Good grief, I'm the mole, aren't I???
Kakuzu, Hidan, Deidara, Sasori, Kisame Hoshigaki, Naruto, Sasuke, Hiruzen Sarutobi...
It had gone from six against one to six against three, and now six against eight. How had the other side ended up outnumbering him?
Deva Path Pain lowered his head and gritted his teeth, while his real body, Nagato Uzumaki, coughed up a great mouthful of blood and clenched his fists.
"I'll show you the price of betraying me!!!"
The Six Paths of Pain erupted into action!
All six surged forward, launching fierce attacks at the eight people surrounding them on four sides. But those eight were no pushovers. More than half were "elites" Nagato Uzumaki had personally selected, and with Chinatsu, a "prophet" standing on the shoulders of giants, on their side, they knew the abilities of the Six Paths of Pain inside out.
As the saying went, know yourself and your enemy, and you would win every battle. Right now, those eight understood the Six Paths of Pain every bit as well as Nagato Uzumaki, who controlled the six puppets.
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