I'm in Konoha, and I started with Ashura Chakra.

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In the dark space, seven colorful lights shone, quickly forming thought entities of varying shapes and unique forms.

"Itachi Uchiha is dead. He was killed by his younger brother, Sasuke Uchiha."

Before Deidara could even try to liven things up, Pain calmly said, "The reason I've summoned you all this time is to reassign the teams."

"What?! Itachi Uchiha is dead?!"

Upon hearing this, Deidara was the first to break down, shouting, "Wasn't it said that guy's brother was just a brat who hadn't awakened his Mangekyou Sharingan yet? How could someone with that level of genjutsu possibly lose?"

Although Deidara verbally mocked and ridiculed Itachi Uchiha, apart from Sasori of the Red Sand, the person he respected most in the entire Akatsuki organization wasn't Pain, but rather the one who instantly killed him when he was recruited.

Itachi Uchiha appeared as if a god had descended from the heavens.

In order to defeat Itachi Uchiha, regain his honor from back then, and also to gain Itachi's recognition of his art, Deidara has spent the last few years training one of his eyes to be immune to genjutsu.

However, before he could wash away the shame of that year, the Uchiha clan died, and at the hands of his own brother.

How could Deidara not break through his defenses!

Meanwhile, Sasuke Uchiha also became Deidara's new target.

Since Sasuke Uchiha killed Itachi Uchiha, it means that he was stronger than Itachi Uchiha.

All he needs to do is kill Sasuke Uchiha to surpass Itachi Uchiha, thus washing away the shame of the past.

Pain, unaware of Deidara's thoughts, said calmly, "It's true. Zetsu witnessed Itachi Uchiha die at Sasuke Uchiha's hands. Sasuke and Itachi's bodies were also taken by Konoha's Wood Release ninjas. They should have returned to Konoha by now."

"The organization now has two groups that have each lost a member, so the teams need to be redistributed."

"My team with Byakko remains unchanged, as does the team with Hyakko and Tobi. Zetsu will remain alone. Therefore, Deidara, you and Kisame will form a team and continue to be responsible for capturing the Four-Tails and the Five-Tails."

As if he had just thought of something, Pain slowly said, "I remember that you, Deidara, were a disciple of the Third Tsuchikage, and the Four-Tails Jinchuriki and the Five-Tails Jinchuriki were both ninjas from Iwagakure. If you can't bring yourself to do it, I can help you change your target."

"No need, I'm not familiar with those two guys, Old Purple and Han," Deidara said haughtily.

"Leave them to me."

Kisame Hoshigaki, who had regained his composure over the past few days, grinned and said, "One is Lava Release, and the other is Boil Release. They are the opponents I most want to face with my Water Release techniques. Deidara, don't try to take them from me."

As Kisame Hoshigaki said this, he didn't look at Deidara, but instead glanced at Obito Uchiha next to Hyakko.

"Since it's Kisame's request, then I'll grant it—hmm!"

Seeing that Kisame Hoshigaki was offering him a way out, Deidara immediately nodded, looking smug.

This time, however, Obito Uchiha no longer agreed with him.

After Itachi Uchiha's death, he no longer needed to hide.

Pain and Konan, who knew his identity, as well as Zetsu and Nekomamushi, were all on their side.

The Hundred Faces are practically one of our own, but Itachi Uchiha is very likely a spy for Konoha. If his identity is exposed, the news that Madara Uchiha is still alive will likely spread quickly throughout the five great ninja villages and the ninja world, causing a huge change in the tailed beast capture plan.

Therefore, Obito Uchiha needed to hide his identity. If his identity were exposed, Itachi Uchiha would essentially be revealing his own identity.

Now that Itachi Uchiha is dead, Obito Uchiha no longer needs to hide his identity.

The reason they haven't revealed their identities is that they haven't captured enough tailed beasts yet, so they don't want any accidents to happen.

After all, Deidara is too immature; who knows if he might accidentally let something slip.

Two days ago, Obito Uchiha confessed to Kisame Hoshigaki, who was feeling down.

Now, Deidara is the only outsider left in the entire Akatsuki organization.

"The organization has fewer and fewer members now, so the sealing of the tailed beasts will be slower and slower. We need to speed things up."

Pain looked at Hyakko and Obito Uchiha and said, "Tobi, you are the only one in the organization who has mastered space-time ninjutsu. I'll have to trouble you and Hyakko to make another trip for the Three-Tails."

"I see."

Obito Uchiha nodded, his voice no longer comical, and his movements no longer exaggerated.

If one possessed the ability to sense emotions, they would discover that Obito Uchiha's emotions at this moment are exceptionally complex.

Clearly, the words "Three-Tailed Fox" reminded him of his past memories.

Even if he controlled the Fourth Mizukage, turned Kirigakure upside down, and created the so-called Village of the Bloody Mist,

Even reducing the overall strength of this major ninja village located off the mainland to the same level as Sunagakure did not alleviate Obito Uchiha's hatred.

If Mei Terumi and Ao hadn't discovered it in time, Obito Uchiha would have made Kirigakure even worse, making it far weaker than Sunagakure.

At this moment, Deidara, lost in thought, did not notice Obito's change; otherwise, he would have been concerned for his only younger brother.

"Then let's disband."

Pain had great faith in the strength of Obito Uchiha and the Hundred Faces.

Upon learning of their next mission, Pain announced the disbandment of the seven Pain Paths, and their spirit forms gradually disappeared.

A few days later, in an open area of ​​the Land of Rain, where a torrential downpour was taking place.

A distorted spatial vortex appeared out of thin air, and Obito Uchiha flew out from it.

Before long, Bai Mao's figure also emerged from the ground using a technique.

The two stood there in the rain for a long time before a piercing sound of something cutting through the air reached their ears.

An orange-haired woman wearing a black trench coat and with black iron studs stuck in her face appeared in front of the two.

This orange-haired woman is none other than the Animal Path of Pain's Six Paths.

"Spiritual communication!"

As soon as the animal realm appeared, it immediately formed hand seals to create a large cloud of smoke.

When the smoke cleared, the Gedo Mazo appeared in the open space.

Then, with a "whoosh," she turned into white smoke and vanished.

After the Gedo Mazo appeared, Obito Uchiha activated Kamui Dimension and threw out the Three-Tails.

At this moment, the Three-Tailed Isobu had already fallen into a coma.

If you could open its eyelids, you would find that its pupils are shaped like the Sharingan with three tomoe.

That's right, it's already under the control of the Sharingan.

Obito Uchiha didn't even activate his Mangekyou Sharingan; he found the Three-Tails, Isobu, and instantly killed it.

Obito Uchiha, whose body is half composed of Hashirama cells, not only has the ability to use Kamui: Intangibility at will, but also possesses eye power so strong that he can control tailed beasts and jinchūriki at will.

In Konoha 48, his eye power was enough to control the strongest Nine-Tails in its entirety, let alone now.

Obito Uchiha, who no longer needs to act, finally displays the true strength of "Madara Uchiha".

Crimson Lotus died trying to help Orochimaru regain his hands, Orochimaru turned away beforehand, and Sasuke Uchiha returned to Konoha to seek revenge.

The process of Hyakko and Obito capturing the Three-Tails was not hindered in any way.

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As the Three-Tails was thrown out of the Kamui dimension, strands of thoughts appeared on the fingers of the Gedo Mazo.

"The rain is so heavy, could this be the land of rain?"

As soon as Deidara appeared, he couldn't help but complain, "Why did you choose such a place to seal it? Couldn't you find a cave?"

"Shut up, Deidara," White Zetsu said. "We're all thought beings, and we're not afraid of getting wet. Neither Bai Zhao nor Tobi said anything."

"It's too difficult to find a cave that can accommodate the Three-Tails' true form. Sealing the Three-Tails outside isn't very safe either, since we're missing two people. This sealing might last for five days and five nights," Pain explained. "I had Tobi bring the Three-Tails here to seal it. From now on, when you capture tailed beasts and jinchūriki, bring them here to seal them. That way, even if something unexpected happens, I can provide timely support, and we won't have an accident like Sasori's."

"The main problem was that something unexpected happened during the last capture of the Two-Tails Jinchuriki."

Obito Uchiha also spoke up, "Miba's Wood Release ninja, his sensory range is astonishing."

Last time, neither I nor Bai Zhao reacted in time. If Bai Zhao and I hadn't escaped in time, we might have been caught by the Wood Release ninja.

"—Ah Fei, why does your voice sound different than before?"

This time, Deidara finally noticed Obito Uchiha's change and exclaimed in surprise.

The voices were no longer comical, and the exaggerated movements were gone.

"This is the real me," Obito Uchiha explained calmly. "What you saw before was just the real Tobi."

"What do you mean?"

Deidara didn't quite understand. If the real Deidara were here, he probably would tilt his head and a big question mark would pop up on his forehead.

"Enough talk, let's get started."

Pain interrupted their conversation and said to Hundred Faces and Obito Uchiha, "This place is very safe. Why don't you find a place to take shelter from the rain and use your thought forms to seal them?"

"No need, this little rain is nothing," Obito Uchiha shook his head and said, "I need to stay here and control the Three-Tails."

"Don't get too cold, let's get started already," Bai Mao urged.

"Sealing Technique: Illusionary Nine Dragons Sealing!"

As the seven shouts rang out, the Gedo Mazo immediately spat out seven chakra dragons, engulfing the unconscious Three-Tails Isobu lying on the ground.

Unlike the Jinchūriki, who stares wide-eyed, has a ferocious expression, and whose skin peels off all over his body.

Isobu, the Three-Tails, remained motionless despite being controlled by the Sharingan.

However, the transparent chakra dragon drawing blue liquid from its body like a tube indicates that the Three-Tails Isobu's chakra is flowing into the Gedo Mazo.

As more and more chakra was extracted, the enormous size of the Three-Tails, Isobu, began to slowly shrink.

Every so often, the size of the Three-Tailed Isobu will decrease by one size.

At this rate, it will only take five days and five nights for the Three-Tailed Isobu to completely disappear from this world.

"Um?"

On the third day of the sealing process,

Having also received news of the destruction of the four great ninja clans and the Root organization, Jiraiya, who was on his way back to Konoha, suddenly looked in a certain direction while passing through the Land of Rain, and exclaimed in shock, "Such powerful chakra, this is—...a tailed beast?"

"Wait, how can a tailed beast's chakra be so weak?" Jiraiya muttered to himself with a grave expression. "And it's still getting weaker, but—besides Jinchuriki and tailed beasts, only Yagyu could possess such a level of chakra, right?"

"What exactly is going on?"

Unable to understand, Jiraiya decided to investigate.

However, as one of the legendary Sannin with extensive combat experience, he did not rush over rashly.

As the distance drew closer, Jiraiya sensed not only an immense chakra that only a tailed beast could possess, but also a massive amount of chakra even larger than that of a tailed beast, which was constantly growing stronger and seemed to be devouring another chakra.

In addition, there were two other chakras that were no weaker than him, and even stronger, as well as several weaker chakras.

The closer they got, the more serious Jiraiya's expression became.

Jiraiya, who had already reached the pinnacle of the ninja world and whose strength had fully reached the level of the Five Kage, felt a rare sense of fear.

Why would such a small country as the Land of Rain have such a level of chakra and so many powerful individuals?

Having already used infiltration techniques to hide inside a frog, Jiraiya dared not advance any further.

But Jiraiya was unwilling to give up just like that.

So Jiraiya chose to use the Shadow Clone Technique, and then the Shadow Clone Technique used the Transformation Technique to hide inside the frog and find out what was going on.

Soon, the frog arrived at the cliff of a rocky mountain, opened its mouth wide, revealing an eye, and looked down at the rain-shrouded clearing below.

Despite the misty rain, the sound of the heavy rain was extremely loud.

But just as Jiraiya's gaze turned downwards, a thought-like entity looked up at him.

Swoosh! Pfft!

The next second, a sharp black rod shot out from nowhere, piercing through the frog and also through Jiraiya's shadow clone hiding inside the frog's body.

Because of the heavy rain and the loud sound of rain, no one noticed what was happening.

After three consecutive days of sealing, everyone in the Akatsuki organization felt exhausted.

Even Pain and Obito Uchiha, who had been drenched in rain for three days, did not remain vigilant or release their senses due to their trust in Pain, and instead maintained their sealing posture.

Clearly, Pain, as the leader, was very responsible and did not allow any external things to disturb everyone.

However, the appearance of this chakra alerted Nagato, who decided to send a few more Pains to protect everyone.

"Rinnegan!"

Meanwhile, Jiraiya, who was some distance away from the Gedo Mazo, received information from his shadow clone.

His eyes widened in shock, and he exclaimed, "How is this possible?! The Akatsuki actually has the Rinnegan?!"

The shadow clone couldn't see the Gedo Mazo or the other members of Akatsuki, but it did see the Rinnegan within Pain's mental image.

He knew those eyes all too well.

"Could it be that Nagato didn't die?"

Jiraiya muttered to himself, "Or perhaps, the guy who killed Yahiko and the others stole Nagato's Rinnegan?"

"What exactly happened in Amegakure?"

Thinking of this, Jiraiya's gaze involuntarily turned to Amegakure, which was not far from here, and he immediately made a decision.