I just returned to Konoha and found that all my clan members were gone.

Previously, the Grass Kingdom saw the friction between the Rain Kingdom and the Earth Kingdom and thought they could gain some benefits from it, but they were severely warned by the Rain Kingdom.

Afterwards, for some unknown reason, the Daimyo of Rain Country, who had not been involved in the affairs before, suddenly asked the Daimyo of Grass Country to buy land. The Daimyo of Grass Country, who had been poor for a long time, saw that the neighboring country was getting better and better, and that he could not get any benefits with the strength of Kusagakure, so he agreed to the request.

Once this loophole was opened, it seemed unstoppable. At first, they were just selling some wasteland on the border, but in the end, it became increasingly out of control.

The Kusagakure ninjas also resisted, but they were simply ignored because they could not bring honor to the daimyo.

After the Rain Kingdom expanded its territory several times, the population of the village increased instead of decreased.

Now everyone knows that the treatment in Yuyin Village is good. As long as you become a worker, your family will not have to worry about food and drink. Many poor families come here to look for opportunities.

But no matter how lively the Yuyin people are, they all know that the tall tower in the center of the village is a forbidden area. They are grateful to the village for leading them to a better life, but they are also afraid and curious.

"Everyone is here again this time. Itachi died the last time they gathered together. I wonder what the leader will do this time?"

In the high tower, Kakuzu glanced at Sasuke not far away and said.

When talking about Itachi, Sasuke, who was standing next to Kisame, did not show any expression fluctuation. The moment Itachi died, he no longer cared about this person.

"I hate waiting for people. I'd rather stay in the R&D room if I have this time."

Scorpion was a little dissatisfied and swung his tail behind Fei Liuhu.

"Brother Scorpion, you are getting further and further away from real art. It seems that explosion is the real art, huh."

Deidara, who had a golden ponytail, adjusted his mechanical eye. The method he originally used to deal with Itachi was no longer useful.

"Do you all look refreshed?"

Ye Lan showed up silently, his dark eyes looking at this group of rebellious ninjas with a smile.

"I called everyone here this time because I have something to announce."

Shortly after Ye Lan arrived, Payne and Konan also arrived. At this moment, all the members of the Akatsuki organization were present.

"Does that mean the plan is about to begin?"

As the earliest person to join the organization, Kakuzu calculated the time and estimated that the Three-Tails would be resurrected soon.

"Yes, the plan is about to start, but after analysis we felt that there were still some issues, so we made some changes."

As he spoke, Payne glanced at Ye Lan.

Ye Lan crossed his arms and said now was not the time for him to speak.

Hidan thought there would be another delay, so he said in dissatisfaction with the sickle on his shoulder.

"What's going on? Are we going to drag it out again? I'm getting bored to death without seeing blood lately."

Payne was not angry, he still had some patience with these people, and explained.

"No, now this plan is better."

Pain first looked at Sasori and Deidara, this time calling them by their names without using code names.

"Scorpion, Deidara, you guys should still be in charge of the One-Tail."

Then he looked at Sasuke and Kisame.

"Sasuke, you guys go to Iwagakure. You have limited abilities on the Five-Tails and the Four-Tails. Although the Five-Tails man has returned to Iwagakure, he doesn't currently reside in the village because he's a Jinchuriki. You have to seize the opportunity."

The Four-Tails is famous for its Lava Release, and information about this is available in all major villages. Kisame can restrain it, and the Five-Tails Jinchuriki was a relatively powerful physical ninja before he transformed into a tailed beast. Amaterasu and Kagutsuchi could restrain it even more.

Sasuke and Kisame nodded. One tailed beast per person was the rule set by the Akatsuki organization. It would be better for them to be in charge of Iwagakure.

Pain then looked at Kakuzu and Hidan.

"Three-Tails has not revived yet, but Kirigakure is quite far from here. You should go look for Vulpix first. Once you find it, attack Vulpix first. Three-Tails will wait for support from other groups."

"Ha, Kakuzu and I are enough to handle these two tailed beasts. We don't need help from other groups."

Although Kakuzu didn't say anything, there was a hint of dissatisfaction in his eyes. He didn't think he was weaker than other groups.

At this time, Xiaonan spoke.

"It's not that the leader doesn't trust you, but the time you take action will definitely be later than other groups. By that time, the other tailed beasts will have been captured, and as the Hidden Mist, there is no Konoha that may take action. At that time, you may face a siege from two villages."

Feidan still shouted, "Even so, I am not afraid, I am immortal!"

"Shut up, Hidan."

After listening to Konan's explanation, Kakuzu also acknowledged that he was not arrogant enough to deal with the elites of two villages at the same time. Since the Three-Tails was related to the Mizukage, even Mei Terumi might take action, so the task of dealing with the tailed beasts would indeed be a bit difficult.

"Deidara, Scorpion, you guys were the first to take action, and your mobility is not weak either. After you seal the One-Tail, don't stay for too long, and immediately go to Kirigakure and meet up with Kakuzu and the others."

Payne gave another order and said.

"I see. Looks like we'll have to work a little harder. Deidara's journey is up to you."

Scorpion nodded and said.

"Then the remaining two, eight, and nine tails will be under your charge, leaders?"

Kisame glanced at the remaining Ye Lan, Konan and Pain.

Ye Lan shook his head, and at this time he finally spoke.

"No, I can handle the Two-Tail and the Eight-Tail by myself, the leader will be in charge of the Nine-Tail."

Now everyone looked at Konan. Wasn’t the only female in the organization going to catch the tailed beast?

Payne ignored the questioning looks from the others and spoke directly.

"Recently, they have taken a lot of territory from the Grass Country. The Kusagakure Village doesn't dare to resist the daimyo on the surface, but has done a lot of small things behind the scenes. I plan to let Konan lead the military to declare a formal war against Kusagakure."

This sentence made the others excited. They didn't expect Xiaonan to do such a thing.

"Are you planning to use the war to attract the attention of other villages and provide cover for our plan to capture the tailed beasts?"

As a former high-ranking member of the Sand Village, Sasori immediately realized Pain's plan.

"That's right. Once the war starts, the eyes of Konoha and other villages will definitely be focused there. At that time, the plan to capture the tailed beast will start immediately."

Kakuzu muttered as his green eyes flickered.

"Then the Rain Country will probably be under tremendous pressure..."

Pein glanced at everyone present and said, "Everyone, I have never told you the real purpose of Akatsuki. You only know that we want to capture the tailed beasts, but you don't know why. Today I plan to tell you."

A powerful aura emanated from Pain's Rinnegan, and no one except Ye Lan dared to look directly at it.

"The plan to capture the tailed beasts is to combine the power of all the tailed beasts together to create an ultimate weapon. We want to unify the world through this weapon. Whether it is the reform of Yugakure or the research of the R&D department, everything is for this purpose, to unify all the ninja villages."

"This incident will lead to war and tragedy, but only unification can ensure that everyone has enough food to eat and prevent the tragedy from happening again. Someone told me something, and now I will tell you too."