Land of Rain.
"Sunagakure and Iwagakure have already submitted their surrender to Konoha."
A giant pitcher plant-like figure slowly entered a basement and spoke to the person standing before him.
"Let them surrender. For now, it's not our time to appear."
Obito didn't turn around, still looking at the Sharingan stored on the wall. There were not many, only about twenty. These were all collected by him over the years, as well as those Madara had collected before.
Konoha, what exactly is going on?
Everything changed after Danzo's death. Within the Uchiha clan, there were two Mangekyo. His carefully laid plans were all disrupted.
Thinking of this, Obito turned to look at Zetsu and asked, "Has Itachi made any moves recently?"
Ever since Pain had Itachi join the Akatsuki, he hadn't shown up.
As someone who also possessed a Mangekyo, Obito knew how troublesome those eyes could be.
"No, he's been very well-behaved. He even went with Konan to recruit new members." The White Zetsu part responded, his tone carrying a hint of instigation.
If the two Uchiha were to clash because of this, wouldn't it be fun?
"New members?" Obito's eyes beneath his mask darkened a few shades.
Kakuzu and Kisame were missing, presumably dead. Even the provisional member from Yugakure was killed.
And all of this was because of Shinji, a person of immense strength, whom Obito wasn't even sure he could defeat. After all, his rise was too sudden, as if he had appeared out of thin air.
"Indeed. They just returned, and they seem to be quite powerful individuals." White Zetsu spread his hands, waving them dramatically.
Black Zetsu usually didn't speak unless necessary, which made the talkative White Zetsu very bored.
"Let's go, let's take a look."
Obito immediately stepped forward upon hearing this, only speaking as he passed by White Zetsu.
White Zetsu's face immediately broke into a smile. He loved a good spectacle.
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Central Tower.
As Obito's footsteps entered the circular hall, everyone inside turned to look.
Pain merely glanced at Obito and Zetsu's figures, then paid them no further attention.
Itachi looked up when Obito entered, then closed his eyes again.
Deidara, on the other hand, watched the newly joined members with interest, his eyes full of eagerness to fight.
Obito scanned the room, his gaze settling on the three figures standing at the front of the circular hall. His brows furrowed beneath his mask.
White Zetsu beside him spoke, "Oh la la la~ More new members joining~"
"Why don't you introduce them?"
One of the figures who heard this merely glanced at White Zetsu, his red eyes filled with disdain.
A man with long green hair, a wide grin revealing sharp teeth, chuckled, "Heh heh. Self-introduction? How about I give you a lightning funeral? It'll be grand."
Another middle-aged man with white hair and golden eyes looked at White Zetsu with great interest.
"No, I feel a very strong life force from this guy. I need to experiment on him first."
As he spoke, he lifted his foot to walk over.
"Enough." Pain stopped him.
He looked at the slender figure in white clothes, white hair, and red eyes, and said, "Hiruko, you are North."
"Raiga, you are Three."
"Shinno, you are South."
With that, Pain waved his hand, and three rings flew to the individuals they represented.
Obito merely watched everything silently. These individuals had always been on Akatsuki's recruitment list. It was just that there wasn't a shortage of members before, and these few were all troublemakers.
Although Akatsuki members had always been like that, these three in front of him, with the exception of Raiga, all had their own ambitions, making them even harder to recruit than Kakuzu and the others.
He hadn't expected Konan and Itachi to recruit them this time.
Hiruko looked at the ring symbolizing North in his hand and put it on his left middle finger.
Then he looked at Pain and said, "I hope your promise isn't false, otherwise I will personally kill you."
With that, Hiruko turned and left. Before leaving, he glanced at Itachi, who was meditating with his eyes closed.
Sharingan, I must get it!
"Leader! When will you give me a mission? I can't wait to hold a funeral." Raiga looked at Pain on the main seat with a frantic expression.
"Konan, take him to prepare." Pain glanced at Raiga and spoke to the person beside him.
"Yes." Konan nodded, signaling Raiga to follow.
Seeing this, Raiga had no complaints, after all, he was defeated by this woman. She was also a target for him to hold a funeral for.
"This one, could you cut off a tiny bit of your tissue? I will study it thoroughly." Shinno had an excited expression.
He felt that if he could understand the creature in front of him, the progress of flesh revitalization would definitely increase greatly.
White Zetsu had long been covered in goosebumps from the way Shinno was looking at him.
Black Zetsu took control smoothly. He looked at Shinno with a dangerous gaze and said, "If you want to die, you can try."
Shinno ignored Black Zetsu's threat, instead looking at Zetsu's body with even greater excitement. "Oh? Two souls in one body? Interesting."
Black Zetsu, White Zetsu: "..."
We've seen crazy, but never this crazy.
"Zetsu, give it to him. This was the condition for him to join the organization."
Pain finished speaking, ignored Obito, turned, and walked out of the hall.
Obito chuckled softly. "Heh heh heh, Zetsu, give it to him."
Such a person needs to get some benefit.
Moreover, Pain looks very confident, but can he suppress these three?
With that, Obito turned and left.
As Obito left, Itachi opened his eyes. After glancing at the few people present, he left the hall.
"Hey! Itachi, let's fight again!" Deidara immediately followed.
Last time he lost in a daze, this time he had to fight Itachi again.
As for the three new members, he would find an opportunity to fight them later, no rush.
Chua—
Itachi paused his steps. He turned to glance at the hall entrance behind him, and then left.
Inside the hall, Black Zetsu severed an arm and threw it on the ground. The severed part was slowly growing new tissue.
Pain is starting to lose control.
In the quiet hall, Shinno looked at White Zetsu's regrowing arm, his eyes filled with greed.
This person! If only he could experiment on him!
But no rush, slowly, as long as he's in this organization, there will definitely be an opportunity.
As he thought, Shinno squatted down and picked up the arm White Zetsu had just dropped, as if looking at a perfect object.
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Konan settled Raiga and came to the top of the tower, speaking, "He looks very dissatisfied."
Pain was very calm, his words without the slightest fluctuation. "His arrangements are almost completely discarded. Let's do it ourselves."