Land of Rain, Akatsuki.
In a dark cave, the members of Akatsuki were discussing something.
"Sasori, do you have any spies in Sunagakure?"
Deva Path Pain suddenly asked, turning his Rinnegan toward Sasori of the Red Sands.
By now, Sasori had completely transformed himself into a human puppet. His core was hidden away, and his entire body was inside the specially made puppet Hiruko.
Not only had Sasori's appearance changed, but his voice had also grown hoarse.
"I planted quite a few agents in Sunagakure back then, but now, only two or three spies remain."
"Good. Have them watch the Kazekage! If anything happens, we must get there immediately!"
"Leave it to me!"
Everyone understood what Deva Path Pain meant. Incidents had struck the Three-Tails and Two-Tails in succession. If this continued, Akatsuki could forget about carrying out its ultimate plan.
So, aside from assigning Sasori to watch the One-Tail, Deva Path Pain had White Zetsu watching near all the other surviving tailed beasts.
These White Zetsu did not need to capture the tailed beasts themselves. Their task was to use their superb concealment abilities to monitor the jinchūriki and prevent any further incidents.
"Ahahaha, why go to all this trouble? Why don't we just go kill Shihōin Naraku? If we offer him to Lord Jashin, we'll surely receive Lord Jashin's supreme glory!"
Hidan spread his arms with a fanatical expression and shouted excitedly.
"Shut up!"
Kakuzu snapped in a low voice, stopping Hidan from continuing his madness.
The man really was fearless out of ignorance. He had absolutely no understanding of what the title God of the Shinobi World meant.
Having attempted to assassinate the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, years ago, Kakuzu understood all too well that an enemy of that caliber was impossible to fight. Only by keeping