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Chapter 141 How come the Akatsuki organization, a company like this, hasn't gone bankrupt?

Hanzo the Salamander has captivated many people.

The legendary Sannin of Konoha admired him, the samurai of the Land of Iron respected him, and even Nagato, a former victim, now had to admire Hanzo's magnanimity.

This demigod ninja was willing to sacrifice his life to pave the way for Nagato's future in order to secure Nagato's succession as the leader of Amegakure.

"That Hanzo guy..."

Jiraiya's expression was somewhat somber.

Because in Hanzo the Salamander, one seems to see the shadow of those who sacrificed their lives for the future of the village.

Having received Nagato's promise to succeed Amegakure as the future ninja, Hanzo of the Salamander finally left and returned to Amegakure, using his title as a demigod ninja to reassure the people.

After Hanzo's interruption, Konan and Nagato no longer needed to discuss the Akatsuki with Jiraiya and decided to return to the Akatsuki's new base.

"..."

Jiraiya didn't want to ask them to stay, nor did he feel comfortable asking any further questions.

After all, it was Konoha ninja Shimura Danzo who caused the tragedy back then. It's fortunate that these two disciples didn't hold a deep grudge against Konoha because of it.

The Akatsuki's new base.

When Nagato looked at Konan, there was a hint of apology in his eyes: "I'm sorry, Konan, I made that decision on my own and let Hanzo of the Salamander go..."

"It's alright."

Konan shook her head and lowered her head: "Hanzo the Salamander was willing to commit suicide to atone for Yahiko's death, and he has even been trying to atone for his past sins... Just as you said, even if Yahiko came back to life, he would stop us from doing this."

As Konan spoke, her expression slowly changed. She brought up the matter she cared about most: "Nagato, should we consider abandoning the war weapons program? Just like Yahiko said, people can achieve peace through mutual understanding. Isn't this an example?"

Konan has never trusted Obito Uchiha, and naturally she doesn't believe in his war weapon plan. She has always wanted Nagato to abandon this dangerous plan and stay away from Obito.

"..."

Nagato was silent for a moment before shaking his head and saying, "Konan, even if we guide people to understand each other like we did with Hanzo the Salamander, thus ending the war, this is too slow..."

"Sooner or later, my life will come to an end. Who else in the ninja world will do the same thing as us?"

"No one else would want everyone in the ninja world to understand each other. How far can we, the two of us, even with our guidance?"

to be frank.

Nagato did consider abandoning the plan.

However, Hanzo of the Salamander mentioned that other major ninja nations in the Land of Rain were constantly fighting each other, and even he couldn't solve this problem. Nagato didn't think he had more courage and charisma than Hanzo of the Salamander to make others understand him. His only advantage was the Akatsuki's plans.

Weapons of war.

Collect the tailed beasts, revive the Gedo Mazo, and create the ultimate weapon of war!

For Amegakure...

We must also manufacture weapons of war!

"Our plan is suitable."

Nagato turned to Akihara Kagura: "Our junior brother's plan is even more extreme than the war weapons plan. At least our plan is already quite mild, letting the world feel the pain of war instead of destroying it..."

"That guy... really..."

Konan recalled Akihara Kagura's attitude in front of Jiraiya and sighed, "No wonder he's so confident that we won't have a conflict with Jiraiya-sensei."

Nagato nodded, but a sudden sense of unease crept into his heart: "Wait, Kagura joined Akatsuki. His personality is too extreme. Could it be that he wants to use the war weapons we create in the future to destroy this world...?"

"..."

Xiao Nan fell silent.

This is a really troublesome problem!

It's fine if the weapons of war are in the hands of people who want to maintain peace, but if Akihara Kagura actually gets her hands on them, wouldn't that junior brother really use them to destroy the world?

"His strength is still formidable."

Nagato thought of Akihara Kagura's terrifying fighting power, and then of his age: "He's not even that old. I can only hope that Jiraiya-sensei will teach him well..."

It's actually a bit outrageous.

A member of the Akatsuki was even more extreme than the leader of the Akatsuki, which made Nagato feel uneasy. He had no choice but to place his hopes on Jiraiya's teachings to prevent that member from having evil thoughts and using the Akatsuki's weapons of war to destroy the world.

"..."

Xiao Nan's eyes flickered slightly.

This could be a viable approach for the future.

Konan never wanted to interfere with Nagato's thoughts; her only wish was that her former comrade could live a little longer.

no doubt.

The Akatsuki's plan must be to collect the Tailed Beasts.

This would mean making enemies of the five great nations, inevitably leading to battle, forcing Nagato to use the power of the Rinnegan, thus losing even more of his life force.

If Konan wanted to persuade Nagato to give up his idea of ​​collecting tailed beasts to create weapons of war, she never thought she could convince him. Perhaps she could use her junior brother, Kagura…

If that junior brother's goal was to steal future weapons of war and destroy the world, would Nagato be afraid to collect tailed beasts to create weapons of war?

"Oh, right."

Nagato looked at Konan, who was deep in thought, and asked, "Konan, did Orochimaru defect?"

Not yet.

Konan shook her head and continued, "But Orochimaru's eyes reveal too much ambition and greed; he'll defect sooner or later. We might as well take this opportunity to expel him..."

"We are still short-staffed."

Nagato somewhat disapproved of Konan's approach.

Although Nagato understood the danger Orochimaru posed, he was confident that he could suppress Orochimaru. There was no need to drive Orochimaru away over such a trivial matter.

Just as Nagato was about to continue discussing with Konan, a figure teleported to Pain's side, and a voice suddenly appeared in their ears: "Nagato is right. If word gets out that Akatsuki has expelled someone, how will they recruit members in the future?"

"Kagura!"

Xiao Nan's brows furrowed slightly.

"How did you get here?"

Nagato glanced at Akihara Kagura and asked, "Won't Jiraiya-sensei suspect you coming to Akatsuki's base?"

"Are you really Jiraiya's disciples?"

Akihara Kagura looked at them with a puzzled expression.

"..."

Nagato and Konan looked even more confused than he did.

Doesn't tonight's events prove their identities? Jiraiya himself admitted it! How can they not be considered Jiraiya's disciples?

"Since he's Jiraiya-sensei's disciple..."

Akihara Kagura sighed softly, "Have you all forgotten how lively Jiraiya-sensei's nightlife is?"

"..."

Nagato's expression immediately turned awkward.

"..."

Xiao Nan's face turned slightly dark.

Clearly, their teacher did not behave in a very dignified manner.

Akihara Kagura looked at them, a hint of melancholy on her face: "Jiraiya-sensei has been waiting near that tombstone for far too long, waiting for you to go see him. I've been wanting to go have a drink with him for a while now..."

"alright."

After Akihara Kagura finished speaking, she brought up the Orochimaru issue again: "Let's continue talking about Orochimaru. It's really not good to fire someone without Orochimaru's knowledge. It wouldn't sound good if word got out..."

This kind of thing will get you condemned to death!

At the very least, if you want to fire Orochimaru, you should give him time to find another job!

This is why there aren't many news platforms in the ninja world. If Akihara Kagura were treated like this, she would definitely expose everything about this company to prevent others from being scammed!

"good."

Nagato nodded.

"But…"

Xiao Nan frowned again.

"So this matter must not be spread."

Akihara Kagura raised her hand in a chopping motion, as if she were slicing vegetables with a swift chop: "If we secretly eliminate Orochimaru, he won't be able to get rid of this..."

"..."

Nagato's face darkened.

What's going on in this junior brother's mind?!

"..."

Xiao Nan's eyes lit up.

This junior brother's extreme ideas are sometimes quite good!

Nagato originally thought that Akihara Kagura was on his side, but he didn't expect her to come up with an idea that was even more ruthless than Konan's!

Nagato looked at Akihara Kagura and sighed, "Speaking of which, aren't you really getting revenge on Orochimaru for using you as a test subject?"

"I stopped caring about it a long time ago."

Kagura Akihara shook her head, feeling that Nagato had underestimated her magnanimity: "I'm not a narrow-minded person. Orochimaru's disciple, Anko Mitarashi, offended me in Konoha. I even helped her find a part-time tutor job when she was going through a difficult time, out of consideration for our past acquaintance..."

"..."

Nagato and Konan no longer questioned it.

This junior brother does indeed sound very magnanimous.

"never mind."

"Since you're worried I'm retaliating against Orochimaru, then I'll offer another solution: just tell Orochimaru that he's a target used to distract Jiraiya and me..."

Akihara Kagura, bored out of her mind, offered another idea, continuing nonchalantly, "Anyway, the Akatsuki aren't exactly saints, Orochimaru will definitely understand. Let's just treat it as a test for him..."

"..."

Nagato and Konan exchanged a glance.

It seems there aren't many good people within the Akatsuki organization...

but…

Won't Orochimaru get angry?

Last time, they escaped from the Akatsuki base, using Orochimaru as bait, which already displeased Orochimaru; this time, they openly declared they would use Orochimaru as bait to lure Jiraiya and Akihara Kagura…

Orochimaru's mindset...

Will nothing really change?

Kagura Akihara seemed to guess their thoughts and suggested, "Why not just do it this way? Tell him directly that he's just bait. Orochimaru is one of the legendary Sannin of Konoha, alongside Jiraiya, so he definitely won't mind something like this..."

"Alright."

Nagato couldn't think of any other solution.

This method of directly letting Orochimaru know the truth is at least much gentler than killing him to silence him or expelling him outright...

The Land of Wind.

The Land of Wind and the Land of Rain are neighboring countries.

However, the climates of the two countries are completely different. The weather in the Rain Country is always gloomy and rainy, while the weather in the Wind Country is always scorching and sunny.

The Land of Wind is mostly an endless Gobi Desert, where the sun in the sky is so intense it feels like it's melting people. Finding a rock to block out the sun is already a blessing.

"Still the same as always..."

Sasori of the Red Sand was already used to this kind of weather.

The harsh environment of the Land of Wind caused the village of Sunagakure to become impoverished, but it also tempered the character of the Sunagakure ninja, making them more and more resilient to hardship.

Fortunately, Orochimaru was a man of strong character and didn't care about the environment. He simply sat down in the shade of a rock and began to talk about what had happened that day with a sinister smile: "Scorpion, you should have seen it that day. Pain was a puppet being manipulated from behind the scenes..."

"Um?"

Sasori of the Red Sand glanced at Orochimaru with surprise.

What's wrong with Payne being a puppet manipulated from behind the scenes?

If Sasori of the Red Sand were to say that everyone is just a puppet being manipulated, what's so surprising about that?

Sasori's own body is also a Six Paths puppet, but his body structure is special, which allows him to live as a living being and even borrow the abilities of Yin-Yang Release and Asura Path.

Have you considered it?

Orochimaru looked at Sasori and chuckled, enticing him: "You're a puppeteer, aren't you interested in a puppet that looks exactly like a living person?"

"..."

Sasori of the Red Sand really couldn't bring himself to speak.

Because he really wasn't interested.

Compared to Pain, who was controlled by Nagato, the Asura Path power that Akihara Kagura gave herself was clearly more suitable for her.

"Even if we are interested, it's not something we can get our hands on."

Sasori of the Red Sand shook his head, seemingly intimidated by the power of the Rinnegan: "Don't forget, you couldn't even withstand a single jutsu from Pain..."

At this point, Sasori of the Red Sand sensed a change in the ring on his hand. It was an identity ring issued to members of the Akatsuki organization, which could be used to convert chakra into unique thought waves, thereby transmitting messages to Pain.

"Payne wants to communicate with us."

"..."

Orochimaru naturally sensed the unusual movement of the ring as well.

Orochimaru had long considered studying this ring, but he couldn't understand why he couldn't capture the thought waves after the chakra was transformed into thought waves.

If this problem can be solved, a tool capable of unlimited long-distance communication could be developed, which could potentially change the ninja world.

pity.

Orochimaru never figured it out.

This problem may only be solved in the future when the Rinnegan is developed. Through experimental comparison, we can determine whether this kind of remote communication is a unique function of the Rinnegan.

of course.

This matter can be put on hold for now.

The most important thing right now is to see if Payne has any new ideas.

"The Illusionary Body Technique!"

Orochimaru and Sasori sat on the ground, simultaneously using the Illusionary Body Technique.

Their consciousness seemed to have returned to the Akatsuki's base, only now it had become a phantom that somewhat resembled their bodies.

Besides the two of them, Konan and Payne's shadows were also present.

"Pain!"

After Sasori contacted Pain, the first thing he did was to tattle: "Orochimaru was just trying to recruit me to steal your Rinnegan. I hate that guy. Can we take this opportunity to get rid of him in the desert?"

"..."

Orochimaru's expression changed, and he immediately let out a sinister laugh: "Hehehe, those are the eyes of the Sage of Six Paths. It would be abnormal if I didn't have any thoughts about them, wouldn't it?"

Is Sasori of the Red Sand out of his mind?

Is this something you can report on? Who would want to cooperate with you in the future? An S-rank rogue ninja who once had the chance to succeed the Kazekage of Sunagakure, has run off to Akatsuki, pretending to be loyal to whom?

"It's okay."

Pain seemed remarkably magnanimous, completely unconcerned about Orochimaru's coveting of the Rinnegan. He simply instructed, "Orochimaru, Jiraiya has been keeping an eye on Akatsuki. To prevent him from causing us trouble, I'll have you act as bait to distract him..."

"What?"

Orochimaru's eyes suddenly darkened.

These guys are trying to use him as bait again?

The last time they did something like this, they didn't even send out a single signal to retreat; this time they've gone even further, openly declaring that they're going to use him as bait.

This guy…

Has he ever served as a leader?

Even if you're using your subordinates as bait, you can't say it like that!

I went through so much trouble to finally meet Akihara Kagura, and I finally managed to get that little guy to take Jiraiya to investigate the Akatsuki, but the Akatsuki dumped everything on me again.

"This is all your fault."

Pain didn't care about Orochimaru's attitude and directly shifted the blame onto Orochimaru: "If you hadn't provoked Jiraiya in the lab, he wouldn't have found any trace of the Akatsuki. Since you caused this trouble, you'll have to deal with it yourself!"

"..."

Orochimaru slowly clenched his fist.

This isn't a question of whether he can solve it or not. His original goal was to make Jiraiya constantly cause trouble for the Akatsuki. How did it turn into him having to solve this trouble?

Orochimaru suddenly chuckled and provoked, "You guys aren't going to be unable to handle Jiraiya and that little brat Akihara Kagura, are you?"

"..."

Everyone else remained silent.

In fact, everyone present was in cahoots with Akihara Kagura, but the degree of their collusion and their understanding of Akihara Kagura's identity varied.

Orochimaru…

Clearly, this is the one that knows the least.

Pain really didn't know how to broach the subject. Was he supposed to say that they had suggested using him as bait because they couldn't handle that kid? Was the whole point to ensure that kid would have someone to support him in becoming Hokage in the future?

"never mind."

Payne shook his head in the end and said in a deep voice, "There are some things that you will never understand even if I tell you. Just follow orders."

"I will make an exception and allow you to temporarily act outside the Akatsuki organization. Once you have resolved the Jiraiya matter, you will be allowed to reclaim the Akatsuki name. You can keep your ring for now, and you can still contact me to report on your mission progress."

"..."

Orochimaru's eyes turned slightly cold.

Are these things Payne said that a human being could say? He's making members of the organization do work without giving them a reason, and he might even stop disbursing future experimental funding, and they're expected to report their progress to him!

This kind of organization, this kind of leader…

Why hasn't it gone bankrupt yet?

First update!

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There's an extra chapter today because of the patron. Normally it's 10,000 words a day, but with the extra 10,000, there's still 15,000 left!

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