"We mean you no harm."
Obito Uchiha spread his hands helplessly. "We came to invite you to join our organization."
Recruiting Juzo Biwa had been so easy that he had unconsciously assumed recruiting Kakuzu would be the same.
According to the intelligence Black Zetsu had provided, Kakuzu loved money.
In his view, spending a little money would be enough to make Kakuzu willingly join the organization.
Who would have thought that the moment the two sides met, before they even had a chance to negotiate, things would turn out like this?
Kakuzu had attacked them like a madman, all because they were members of the Uchiha Clan.
Even now, he had no idea what had happened between Kakuzu and the Uchiha Clan.
Obito Uchiha narrowed his eyes. His intuition told him that a certain someone was behind this.
"Join an organization?"
Now it was Kakuzu's turn to be baffled.
So these people weren't with Uchiha Jin, and had only come here to invite him to join their organization.
"Why should I believe you?"
Perhaps these three were deliberately trying to fool him.
After all, he had only just fought Uchiha Jin and fled, and then two more Uchiha had shown up shortly afterward.
He certainly wouldn't believe that the three didn't know one another.
"That's right. Join the Akatsuki."
Obito Uchiha slowly stood up and tilted his head toward the sky, putting on the air of a great master.
"Our goal is to collect the tailed beasts so that the other hidden villages won't dare start wars at will."
"Bring peace to the shinobi world?"
Kakuzu curled his lip at that and rolled his eyes, speechless.
"I'm not interested in that kind of boring act."
As he spoke, he struggled to get up from the ground, swaying as he prepared