The constant temperature exhaust duct in the main control room made a low humming sound.
The cold white fluorescent tube shines on the long alloy table, illuminating the scarlet roster left by Obito particularly dazzlingly.
Yahiko was leaning on the back of the chair, with two long legs draped over the corners of the table, an unlit grass stalk in his mouth, but his eyes were staring straight at the ceiling.
Nagato sat upright, with red hair hanging down at the corners of his eyes, his hands flat on his knees, and his fingertips were rubbing the dark lines on the fabric from time to time. This was his habitual action when he was nervous. He had just finished a puppet remote control that spanned several kilometers, and there was still a faint greenish gray around his eye circles.
Konan stood half a step behind Senju Chen, holding a just-printed base energy monitoring report in his hand. He looked like a white jade statue standing in the shadow, breathing very lightly.
"Madara Uchiha."
Yahiko suddenly bit off the grass stalk in his mouth and spat on the ground, "Bah. You are a pretentious person. Opening and shutting your mouth is the pain of the world and the evil of human nature. When Shimoyodo slaughtered the village, why didn't you see him talking about peace with the eight-year-old girl named Ari?"
"He's not talking about peace."
Senju Chen is sitting on the main seat, holding a cup of freshly brewed tea in his hand.
The tea was steaming, and white mist rose, covering the smile in his eyes.
"He just needs to find a high-sounding shell for his distortions." Senju Chen blew on the tea soup and took a sip. His tone was as casual as if he was evaluating the meatballs from a roadside stall. "If a person admits that he kills people and sets fires for selfish reasons, he is called a villain; but if he firmly believes that he kills people to 'save the world,' then he becomes a madman. There are ways to deal with villains, and to deal with madmen, you just follow his madness."
Nagato raised his head, and a trace of fatigue passed through the depths of the real Rinnegan: "Chen-kun, he mentioned Demonic Statue of the Outer Path today. He also wanted me to use Rinnegan to channel Demonic Statue to Amegakure."
"He's anxious."
"As for the matter about Demonic Statue of the Outer Path..." Nagato said after considering it, "I will follow your instructions today and directly evade it by saying that Chakra is not enough and cannot be inspired. But sooner or later he will become suspicious."
"So what if you doubt it?"
Senju Chen stretched out two fingers and tapped on the table.
"First, hold on to it. Nagato. Whenever you face him in the future, you will only have one line - 'My body has been hollowed out by Rinnegan, and my vitality is not enough. I summon forcibly. Demonic Statue I will die, who will rule Land of Rain when I die?'. Just use this sentence to attack him. Since he regards you as the only key to resurrect Ten-Tails, he will never dare to let you die suddenly at this juncture."
"Second, accept all the lists he gave."
Senju Chen reached out and pulled the scarlet roll in front of him, and fiddled with it a few times with his fingertips.
"This bunch of wandering S-class rebellious ninjas are all ruthless characters, but in the black market they are just desperadoes who work with money." Senju Chen's eyes flashed with a shrewdness like a businessman, "The other party wants to use their hands to muddy the waters of Shinobi World, and at the same time expand the force of Akatsuki. Then let's go with the flow and bring people in."
Yahiko frowned. "Take them in? Chen-kun, these rebellious people are not good men and women. If there is trouble in Land of Rain..."
"Trouble?" Senju Chen smiled, with cold mockery in his eyes, "When you enter the gate of Akatsuki, they are facing your White Zetsu Puppet, and the ones you deal with on missions are from outside the base. The people around them usually distribute black market bounties and take care of food and housing. When they really need to be used, they are the first shield. The other party wants them to block Akatsuki's knife, but they don't know who these people are working for in the end."
Nagato nodded thoughtfully. "So, we continue to stay in front of the stage and act to attract each other's attention?"
"Smart."
Senju Chen glanced at Nagato approvingly, "The other party's current strategic goal is very clear: the first is to trick you into summoning Demonic Statue, and the second is to recruit people to start capturing Tailed Beast. As long as If Demonic Statue of the Outer Path is not in place in one day, even if he ties all Nine Tailed Beasts to Amegakure, there will be no place to seal it! With nine large nuclear bombs beside him, the major ninja villages can tear Land of Rain apart. Therefore, the initiative is completely in our hands."
"We are not in a hurry, he is in a hurry."
Senju Chen turned to look at Yahiko: "Your task now is to secure Land of Rain's territory for me. Continue to promote commercial transfer as the core, and the infrastructure project cannot be stopped. Wait. Next time Fang comes back, Nagato just tell him that Akatsuki is secretly contacting the rebels of the major countries, and Land of Rain also needs to recuperate and recuperate. If you delay him for a year and a half, there will be no problem at all."
"I listen to you." Nagato breathed a long sigh of relief and rubbed his temples, "Acting is really not a job for humans. Today, when I saw that grandson sitting across from me talking nonsense, I really wanted to rush out and punch his mask."
"There will be a chance." Senju Chen said calmly, "When we have accumulated enough cards, I will personally take off that broken mask and let you trample it to pieces."
Having said that, the general policy has been finalized.
Nagato stood up and bowed slightly to Senju Chen. After the intense consumption of this round of soul transformation, he really needed to go to the deep sleep cabin to adjust his state.
Yahiko also stood up and stretched out, his joints crackling all over his body. He was about to say hello to Konan to go with him, but out of the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of the position between Senju Chen and Konan.
Konan stood beside Senju Chen, his eyes always lowered on the bottomed tea cup in front of Senju Chen, and his fingers unconsciously pinched the corners of his clothes.
Yahiko's thick nerve was surprisingly sharp at certain times. He blinked, immediately swallowed back the words that had just come to his lips, and grabbed Nagato's back collar.
"Ouch, Nagato, why are you swaying when you walk? Is Chakra overdrafted too much?" Yahiko yelled and half dragged. He carried Nagato half-way out and said, "Come on, hurry up, I'll take you to the Medical Department, and ask the researcher over there to get you two high-concentration psychoactive potions to taste!"
Nagato was so strangled that he rolled his eyes and was a little confused. "I'm fine, I can walk by myself..."
"You can go as far as you want! If I say you have something to do, then you have something to do. Just do what you want!"
Yahiko couldn't help but drag Nagato out of the main control room door. Before going out, Yahiko winked and pulled the heavy soundproof alloy door tightly with his backhand.
There is a soft "click" sound.
The main control room instantly became quiet.
Only the breeze from the thermostatic system was left, blowing the roll of rosters spread out on the table.