Born with a great love for the Uchiha

Anyway, Deidara hasn't left Iwagakure yet.

Furthermore, Gen Uchiha had already brought Deidara into the Great Love Group (although it was a branch of Iwagakure that had not yet been formally established).

Just imagine.

Deidara remained in Iwagakure, continuing to hone and master his clay techniques, and even learned the bloodline limit [Dust Release] from his teacher, Onoki.

Are there any other candidates for the Fourth Tsuchikage of Iwagakure?

Don't underestimate that blond kid from Iwagakure!

Chapter 179 The Plan for the Five Kage Summit!

"Before we part, I'll give Lord Tsuchikage a special piece of information for free."

Considering Onoki's cooperative attitude, Gen Uchiha was willing to share some information about the Akatsuki organization with him.

"The Tsuchikage should be quite familiar with the Akatsuki organization."

"Um……"

Onoki nodded slowly.

He was certainly no stranger to the "Akatsuki" organization.

Iwagakure was able to alleviate the pressure of war with Kumogakure thanks to Akatsuki, a ninja mercenary organization.

Honestly.

The collaboration between Onoki and Akatsuki went quite smoothly.

The Akatsuki organization has a small number of members, but their average strength is outstanding.

Therefore, after the war with Kumogakure ended, Onoki settled the remaining payment for his employment very readily.

The Third Tsuchikage paid so readily because the pressure of war had returned to Konoha!

The war pressure exerted on Iwagakure by Konoha's Light and the Fifth Hokage was no less than that of the A and B combinations in Kumogakure, and perhaps even greater.

Onoki had also considered continuing to employ the Akatsuki organization to participate in the war against Konoha.

Unfortunately, the Akatsuki organization, which had cooperated smoothly with Iwagakure last time, rejected Onoki's offer of employment this time for some unknown reason.

Even if you offer more money, it won't work.

Onoki had no idea what was wrong with the Akatsuki...

"Akatsuki is capturing the Tailed Beasts."

Uchiha Gen said in a calm tone.

"Some time ago, Takigakure was breached by two members of the Akatsuki organization, and the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki was also kidnapped by them."

"Now, the Akatsuki has extracted the Seven-Tails from its Jinchūriki and resealed it."

"As far as I know, the Akatsuki organization is unlikely to give up its plan to capture the Tailed Beasts."

"Konoha, Kirigakure, or Sunagakure are all targets coveted by the Akatsuki."

The Akatsuki are actually capturing Tailed Beasts?!

This information undoubtedly took Onoki by surprise.

So the Akatsuki rejected his offer of employment because they were about to begin capturing the Tailed Beasts!?

And the Seven-Tails of Takigakure...

"Um……"

Onoki frowned for a moment, then relaxed.

He had previously thought he had overestimated the Akatsuki organization enough, but he hadn't expected that he had underestimated it!

Two members alone were enough to breach Takigakure and forcibly abduct the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki...

There are very few people in the entire ninja world with this level of combat power.

Is the Akatsuki organization really that strong?

But then again...

If Onoki knew that the Akatsuki was collecting tailed beasts before Uchiha Gen arrived at Iwagakure, then...

The Third Tsuchikage would surely be furious, his beard bristling and eyes wide with rage, wishing he could immediately uproot the Akatsuki organization lurking in the shadows.

But now...

There are no more tailed beasts in Iwagakure.

The Four-Tails and Five-Tails have "returned" to Konoha.

'This is a stroke of luck amidst misfortune...'

Onoki found joy amidst his suffering.

"I'm not sure how much the Tsuchikage knows about the current situation of the Akatsuki members, so I might as well tell you everything."

After thinking for a moment, Uchiha Gen decided to share the Akatsuki's information with them.

"The leader of the Akatsuki organization, Pain, whose exact strength is unknown, possesses the Rinnegan."

"The official members of Akatsuki include Konan, codenamed 'White'; Zetsu, codenamed 'Gen'; Sasori, codenamed 'Jade'; and Kakuzu, codenamed 'North'."

"In addition, Orochimaru, an S-rank rogue ninja from Konoha, is also a member of the Akatsuki organization, codenamed 'Void'."

Orochimaru once voluntarily withdrew from the mental space of the [Illusionary Body Technique] in front of Gen Uchiha—this basically means that he had left the Akatsuki organization.

However, this is not definitively conclusive evidence.

Gen Uchiha simply considered Orochimaru as a formal member of the Akatsuki organization.

As for Sasori and Kakuzu...

Gen Uchiha was unaware that these two had also left the Akatsuki organization.

Little did he know that Akatsuki, whom he considered his next enemy, had already fallen apart under his pressure.

In Uchiha Gen's eyes.

Although he killed several members of the Akatsuki organization, its basic structure was not affected, and its overall strength was largely preserved.

The leader of the Great Love Group ultimately overestimated the bottom line of those S-rank rogue ninjas...

Onoki never expected that Uchiha Gen—or rather, Konoha—would have such a deep understanding of the Akatsuki organization.

Some of these were unknown even to him, his former collaborator.

Of all the information that Gen Uchiha shared, what caught Onoki's attention the most was those eyes.

"Lord Hokage, are you sure that Pain... possesses the Rinnegan?"

"determine."

Uchiha Gen nodded.

“I have personally ‘met’ Pain, and he does indeed possess the Rinnegan.”

Onoki couldn't understand, and was once again deeply shocked.

He had just given the Akatsuki organization a second thought.

Unexpectedly, they underestimated their opponent once again.

The Rinnegan!

The eyes of the Sage of Six Paths!

Pain possesses the Rinnegan, so why did he start a mercenary organization in the first place?

Ohnoki was completely baffled.

As Uchiha Gen put his words into words, a new idea suddenly popped into his mind.

"Obito Uchiha, who was once a member of the Akatsuki organization, had ravaged Kirigakure for many years and had previously planned to secretly capture the Six-Tails Jinchuriki of Kirigakure."

"Takigakure has been destroyed by the Akatsuki, and the Seven-Tails has been captured by them."

"The Akatsuki organization has become a 'time bomb' threatening the peace and stability of the ninja world."

"Lord Tsuchikage, I am preparing to initiate a Five Kage Summit—a meeting of the five great nations—to discuss how to deal with the threat from Akatsuki. I wonder if you have the time?"

Five Shadows Summit?

Onoki looked at Uchiha Gen with some surprise.

How did the conversation suddenly turn to this?

Moreover, Onoki doesn't even want to talk about it anymore.

Where in the ninja world today is there any Five Kage Summit?

Everyone knows that.

The Fifth Mizukage and the Fifth Raikage were in cahoots with the Fifth Hokage!

Especially the Fifth Raikage.

The Hidden Cloud Village has been basically destroyed by Gen Uchiha!

If it weren't for the fact that the Hidden Cloud Village surrendered quickly enough and immediately knelt before the Leaf Village.

Whether Kumogakure can maintain its status as a major country and a major village is now a question.

Wasn't the Fifth Raikage Samui able to rise to power entirely due to the support of Gen Uchiha?

Before Mei Terumi became the Fifth Mizukage, she had a group of loyal subordinates by her side!

Before becoming the Fifth Raikage, Samui was just an ordinary, decorative Jonin from Kumogakure.

Regardless of what Onoki might be thinking about the love triangle between Uchiha Gen, Terumi Mei, and Samui.

In response to the Fifth Hokage's invitation to the Five Kage Summit.