This group of Akatsuki members is simply hilarious.
If you say they are villains, these guys each have their pitiable sides; if you say they are good people, most of them don't really do much good.
Of course, Uehara Naraku isn't qualified to speak about them either.
Now that the news of Pain's death has just reached their ears, these guys are probably at a loss. Maybe they just found out Uehara Naraku and Konan returned to The Hidden Rain Village, so they hurriedly rushed over at night.
Uehara Naraku just calmed Konan to sleep and didn't want them to disturb her, so in the next moment, he instantly left Konan's room to meet the direction of the many Cloud Black Robes.
"Uehara!"
"Uehara!"
"Naraku!"
"Uehara Naraku!"
"Lord Uehara!"
"Lord Naraku!"
A group of people wearing Cloud Black Robes saw Uehara Naraku and, as if seeing their backbone, began to chirp and chatter, wanting to start inquiring about the situation.
"Alright, alright."
Uehara Naraku hurriedly waved his hand at them and softly spoke, "Teacher Konan has just gone to sleep. Let's find a quiet place to chat first!"
The group arrived at the Hidden Rain Village's office.
On the way, Uehara Naraku also encountered Ajisai patrolling in the rain again in the village; this little girl seems to always patrol in the rain.
This girl's ninja career is really absurd.
Uehara Naraku didn't have time to deal with her this time, just waved his hand to let her immediately take her squad away, forbidding anyone from approaching this office.
Inside the office.
A group of S-Class Traitors in Cloud Black Robes each found a place to sit down, without pausing for a moment, immediately began to jabber and ask questions.
"Will our organization disband?"
"Did Pain really die in battle at Konoha?"
"Yakushi Kabuto betrayed Akatsuki and stole the Gedo Statue from the base..."
"Uehara, are we really going to give up the plan to collect the Tailed Beasts?"
"Is Akatsuki about to disband?"
"..."
Each of these guys had their own concerns, only among them, their most concerned issue was undoubtedly Akatsuki's future, even pushing the news of Pain's death to the background.
This can't really be blamed on them.
Because over the years, Pain has always been high above.
The relationship between these Akatsuki members and Pain can't be called intimate, and some are even more enmity, to be honest, their relationship with Uehara Naraku is better.
After all, Uehara Naraku has taken them out to perform tasks many times, sometimes helping, and even stepping forward to save people when encountering danger.
When meeting usually, Uehara Naraku would not show misunderstanding or disdain for their weird hobbies, they could occasionally chat for a few words, initially, those Akatsuki members must have a good impression of Uehara.
"Stop for a second!"
Uehara Naraku knocked on his forehead, interrupted all their chaotic questions, and then continued to speak in a calm voice: "Let's tackle your questions one by one! Don't worry, tonight we can talk through the night, it's okay!"
"I'll go first!"
Deidara was particularly eager in this aspect, raising his hand first, and opened his mouth to ask: "Uehara, we..."
"Why should you go first!"
Hidan also raised his scythe, loudly said: "Let me ask first, Uehara Naraku, won't Akatsuki be able to..."
"Bastard!"
Deidara angrily interrupted Hidan's words.
Seeing these guys about to start fighting again, Uehara Naraku slammed a palm on the table, spoke with displeasure: "According to the order of joining Akatsuki, let Senior Kakuzu or Senior Sasori go first!"
"..."
The group finally quieted down.
Kakuzu subtly glanced at the still quiet Seven-swords Ninja of the Hidden Mist, slowly stood up, and in a calm voice raised his first question: "Did Pain die in battle at Konoha?"
"Yes, but not killed in battle."
Uehara Naraku nodded and softly continued: "Lord Pain is actually Lord Nagato. After fighting fiercely with many Konoha Ninja, he was besieged by Uchiha Obito and Yakushi Kabuto leading the Reanimation Ninja Squad, Lord Nagato and Konoha Ninja repelled them.
After the war ended, Lord Nagato worried that the future Ninja World would be controlled by despicable and shameless people like Uchiha Obito and Yakushi Kabuto. When his life was about to run out, he decided to use the power of his Rinnegan to revive all the dead Konoha Ninja."
After saying this, Uehara Naraku continued to speak and added: "Uchiha Obito and Yakushi Kabuto are not the masterminds behind the scenes. The actual mastermind hidden behind Yakushi Kabuto is Orochimaru, who has been pretending to be dead lowering our vigilance."
These words were an account for them.
After all, Nagato had indeed died in battle, surely can't keep them in the dark, not knowing who their leader was, and not knowing how their leader died?
This also counts as a step toward transparency.
Since Uehara Naraku showed transparency, Kakuzu didn't hide anything.
"I see."
Kakuzu glanced at Uehara Naraku, his expression gradually became serious, spoke deeply and muffledly: "Uehara, if that's the case, in the future, if I stay in Akatsuki, will I have the opportunity to earn more money?"
"..."
Akatsuki members looked at Kakuzu speechlessly.
At this time, Kakuzu, the old guy, is still talking about money again? Damn it, is this the time to talk about money?
"There will be plenty of opportunities for sure."