To be honest.
The Akatsuki Organization's treatment is really not that good.
As someone who has started a business before, Orochimaru considers himself quite generous to his subordinates, providing full benefits, and he has never seen an organization that exploits its members like this.
However…
The Akatsuki Organization seems to have always been like this.
The leader of the Akatsuki, Pain, is extremely powerful, capable of suppressing the S-Class Traitorous Ninja within the Akatsuki. The S-Class Traitorous Ninja respect the strong and don't actively rebel against him. These traitors mostly have their own ideals, and the Akatsuki doesn't concern itself with what trouble their ideals might cause the world.
Orochimaru is different.
Orochimaru is an exception.
Orochimaru has a shady agenda, targeting the very foundation of the Akatsuki, which is Pain's Rinnegan eyes, leading him to be subtly targeted by the Akatsuki's leader, Pain.
Of course, this is only the surface reason.
There is a deeper reason, which is that Orochimaru also has issues with his subordinates, plotting to take over their bodies, which leads to their counterattack.
Land of Wind.
This Illusionary Body meeting has ended.
Red Sand Sasori seemed to have forgotten about reporting on Orochimaru, and proactively consoled him: "Orochimaru, don't worry about your mission. I will secretly monitor your assassination of the Fourth Kazekage Rasa. Now you can take off this organization's uniform to avoid having the organization's information discovered…"
"..."
A hint of displeasure flickered in Orochimaru's eyes.
At this moment, Orochimaru really wished Akihara Kagura would appear here and help him tear this Sasori guy into pieces!
On the other side.
Akihara Kagura left the Akatsuki's base.
Jiraiya spent a carefree night in a small town and, believing the matters in the Land of Rain were more or less settled, planned to take Akihara Kagura to the Land of Wind to handle the matter of his old friend Orochimaru's assassination of the Fourth Kazekage Rasa.
If Orochimaru causes too much trouble in the Ninja World, Jiraiya feels it will be even more troublesome to bring him back to Konoha in the future.
"The Land of Wind is a barren country."
"The Hidden Sand Village is the ninja village of the Land of Wind."
"Before the Third Ninja War, the Third Kazekage disappeared, and in the turmoil, the Hidden Sand Village chose to start a war by attacking the Land of Fire."
"After the battles between Konoha and the Hidden Sand Village, both sides finally sat down, shook hands, and reached a peace agreement, becoming allies to this day."
Jiraiya recounted these past stories, leaving some dignity for the Hidden Sand Village, but sighed: "Unexpectedly, the missing Third Kazekage was made into a puppet by a traitorous ninja from the Hidden Sand Village…"
"A puppet, huh…"
Akihara Kagura casually mentioned Red Sand Sasori, whom they had encountered for the first time in Orochimaru's experimental base: "I saw that puppet could still use Kekkeigenkai…"
"Perhaps…"
Jiraiya recalled a puppet master he once encountered, and said heavily: "That must be the legendary human puppet, turning a living person into a puppet, allowing the puppet to function as if it were alive. However, such puppet craftsmanship has only ever existed in legends."
"Oh?"
Akihara Kagura's eyes flickered, showing a bit of interest: "I should have found a way to capture that guy and get him to reveal how to make a human puppet. I captured the Third Tsuchikage and the Fourth Mizukage back then to turn them into human puppets…"
"That's a Kinjutsu!"
Jiraiya pressed down on Akihara Kagura's head, crouching to teach him sternly: "You're not allowed to casually learn Kinjutsu, nor are you allowed to become like that guy Orochimaru!"
After Jiraiya finished speaking, his heart tightened sharply.
Jiraiya thought about Orochimaru's life; Orochimaru had also once nearly succeeded the position of Hokage, but later strayed down a path attracted by the power of Kinjutsu...
"In any case!"
Jiraiya looked sternly at the Akihara Kagura before him, warning this disciple seriously: "You must never casually learn those forbidden techniques that harm others!"
This disciple…
If not watched over constantly, he might take a wrong path at any moment!
Luckily.
They entered the Land of Wind.
The weather here is not something ordinary people can endure.
Even though ninjas have Chakra within them, with physical strength far surpassing that of ordinary people, staying in such an environment is still considered quite harsh.
Jiraiya simply took this opportunity to temper Akihara Kagura's temperament, leading the kid through the desert on foot.
Along the way, they saw some stumbling merchants in the desert, some Hidden Sand Ninja escorting these merchants, and even traitorous ninja from other countries.
After all, with the harsh environment of the Land of Wind and a great country ninja village stationed there, traitorous ninja from other countries would flee to the Land of Wind to avoid being hunted by their own countries.
The Hidden Sand Village.
When Jiraiya and Akihara Kagura arrived there, Red Sand Sasori and Orochimaru had quietly infiltrated the village, plotting the assassination of the Fourth Kazekage Rasa.
The Fourth Kazekage Rasa also possessed the ability of Magnet Release, which allowed him to extract gold dust from underground, and this was a significant reason why he was capable of becoming the Fourth Kazekage.
Due to the Hidden Sand Village's poor performance in past ninja wars, the Daimyo of the Land of Wind cut down the Hidden Sand Village's military capabilities, making it difficult to maintain a strong ninja army. Therefore, they could only save where they could in order to focus on cultivating outstanding ninjas.
Even so…
To ensure the Hidden Sand Village's finances don't fall into disarray, the Fourth Kazekage Rasa needed to utilize Magnet Release to sort for gold dust, thus ensuring the village could keep functioning.
However…
This is not a long-term solution either.