Sasori of the Red Sands!
Uchiha Minamoto supplied the name in his mind.
That these three would appear on the battlefield between Kumogakure and Iwagakure...
Uchiha Minamoto really was not all that surprised.
Juzo Biwa came from Kirigakure.
That was the Bloody Mist Village, where people killed when they were happy and killed even more when they were unhappy!
And as one of the finest Kirigakure ninja, one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist...
Juzo Biwa was not someone who "had to kill when he was unhappy."
He was someone who "was unhappy unless he killed."
Most people from Kirigakure were pretty unhinged.
Uchiha Minamoto had no idea what was wrong with the feng shui in that backwater...
Sasori of the Red Sands was not cruel or bloodthirsty by nature.
He simply liked studying humans.
It was hardly strange for Sasori of the Red Sands to enter the battlefield to collect puppets.
As for old man Kakuzu...
That was even less surprising.
Uchiha Minamoto could figure out why Kakuzu had joined the fighting without using a single brain cell.
Making money was nothing to be ashamed of!
As long as the Akatsuki were acting on an ordinary mission commission...
Uchiha Minamoto had no reason to worry.
A moment ago, he had thought the Akatsuki had joined the war to seize Kumogakure's tailed beast and jinchūriki...
So the Akatsuki are still in their development phase, just like me...
Uchiha Minamoto shook his head and turned his attention away from the Akatsuki.
"Leave this mysterious organization alone for now."
Uchiha Minamoto looked at Inoichi Yamanaka and gave his instructions.
"Inoichi, thanks for the effort. Please compile the battle intelligence again and send it back to the village."
"Yes, Captain."
Inoichi Yamanaka readily agreed. This was part of his duties to