More than ten days had already passed since Rengoku taught Naruto and Sasuke the new ninjutsu.
Although it was a bit earlier than usual, Naruto and Sasuke learned the Rasengan and Chidori within a short time.
But Sasuke couldn't use Chidori many times with his chakra either, yet he was still very happy.
Because that technique is just too cool.
Naruto over here also really liked the Rasengan.
With Rengoku's intervention, the Nine-Tails didn't cause trouble, so the first Rasengan Naruto learned was the one-handed Rasengan.
Although Sasuke always wanted Naruto to call him "big brother," Naruto clearly didn't want Sasuke to take advantage of him.
They bickered nonstop during this time.
Hinata had trained at home for a while and rejoined the team.
Because their last mission had failed, the rank of missions that Sasuke's team could accept dropped.
Now Itachi was leading them on lower-ranked missions.
Gaara didn't continue to stay with Sasuke and Naruto; he returned to his own team and followed Kankuro and the others on missions.
———
[Orochimaru's Laboratory]
"…A Steel Release kekkei genkai from Iwa was captured?"
"Or was it your Akatsuki who captured them?"
When Rengoku heard "Steel Release," something immediately occurred to him.
Konan denied it, "To be precise, it was Zetsu."
"And Kisame sent intel that Tobi also captured a shinobi with the Rinne-Release kekkei genkai in the Mist."
"Steel Release? Rinne-Release?", Rengoku hissed.
'Could it possibly be Hiruko's Chimera technique?'
Konan continued, "We just got intel from Kakuzu, Jiraiya has come looking. It should be related to that Monk Senku incident."
"Let Jiraiya stew for two days first; in a few days I'll have Senku go with you on a trip."
"Okay!"
"How's Yahiko doing now?", Rengoku still cared about that guy who had just been revived.
Konan sounded a bit helpless, "Akatsuki is his baby. Knowing Akatsuki changed into this, he's upset."
"After Iwa was attacked by Zetsu and the others this time—"
"We also can't contact Zetsu."
"It's basically Zetsu and Tobi acting under the Akatsuki banner to do bad things outside."
"Yahiko is even more riled up."
Rengoku muttered, "Isn't this simple, just expel Tobi and Zetsu from Akatsuki."
Konan shook her head, "That depends on whether the others will believe it."
Rengoku's mouth curved, "Tobi isn't a match for Nagato right now; if there's a chance to take him out—"
Konan asked curiously, "But Tobi's space–time ninjutsu appears and disappears without a trace."
"It's hard to lock down his position right now."
Rengoku's eyes narrowed slightly, "If I'm not mistaken, he'll continue to attack the Raiton kekkei genkai shinobi of Cloud Village, and the Shunton kekkei shinobi of Sand Village."
"Of course, there are also our Uchiha clan's shinobi."
Konan exclaimed, "What does Tobi want to do?"
Rengoku snorted coldly, "He wants to make gods."
Then he roughly explained Hiruko and his Chimera technique to Konan.
"There's actually such a forbidden technique!?"
"If this Hiruko technique succeeds, bloodline-limit shinobi will have a hard time."
In that other space–time, Hiruko's jutsu was almost successful.
If the technique truly succeeded, from then on all kekkei genkai shinobi in the ninja world would have to live cautiously.
After all, their bloodline limits could be taken away.
"Contact Kisame, see if you can find their location."
"I'll make arrangements within my clan."
"Okay."
———
Rengoku issued an emergency order to all Uchiha via ninja crows and summoning cats.
Any Uchiha with three tomoe in their Sharingan must abandon their missions and return to the clan as fast as possible.
Those who hadn't reached three tomoe didn't need to.
These people on missions were scattered all over; if one happened to be captured by Tobi and others during this time, then fate had decided.
But in reality, there weren't as many Zetsu as in the Fourth Shinobi War.
The ninja world is vast, and the chance that exactly those with three tomoe would be discovered by Tobi and company was low.
Uchiha three-tomoe Sharingan elites returned to the clan within a few days.
Meanwhile, news that kekkei genkai shinobi from Sand and Cloud had been abducted also spread.
Several major villages sent people to Amegakure to demand answers from Akatsuki.
After all, Zetsu had left living captives, precisely to draw out Konan and Nagato.
At this time, Konan and Monk Senku had come to Amegakure.
———
[Amegakure Office]
When Konan and Senku arrived, reps from Suna, Kumo, and Iwa were all waiting for her.
Mist Village hadn't come because they were allies of Rengoku; Konoha hadn't been attacked.
Suna, Iwa, and Kumo all looked at Senku with strange expressions, after all, the strongest weapon of a village is the jinchuriki.
Senku had acted twice before and handled them easily.
"Konan, what does your Akatsuki mean? Why did you capture our people?"
Although Akatsuki is a mercenary organization, when taking tasks related to the five great villages they used to be very cautious.
They generally didn't accept tasks that involved abducting or killing certain special shinobi.
After all, the five great villages are huge, provoking them could bring a large military response.
Although Nagato has recovered his health and is not afraid of these people, Konan had no interest in taking the blame for Tobi and the others, "Those who attacked your people were once members of our Akatsuki."
"But they have already defected from our organization."
"Not only are you looking for them, we're looking for them too."
"I've already sold the intel on the two to the black market. If anyone's interested, they can buy it there."
After communicating with Rengoku, Konan was preparing to revise the plan.
She wouldn't let Tobi and the others be so comfortable.
Suna, Iwa, and Kumo hurried away; although they had many complaints about Akatsuki, the most urgent thing was finding people.
As for Akatsuki selling the intel on these two again, there was nothing they could do.
A mercenary organization is, by nature, driven by money.
Only after the three big villages left did Konan notify Jiraiya, who was still staying in Amegakure.
———
[Office]
Jiraiya met Konan again.
"Konan."
Jiraiya stepped forward, a little excited.
Kakuzu suddenly blocked him.
Konan stood behind Kakuzu and said, "Jiraiya-sama, we're not that close. It's better to keep some distance."
Jiraiya's face twitched; his excited expression froze, "Konan, does it really have to be like this?"
Jiraiya's face showed bitterness. He knew that the last time he stopped Konan, it had already created a deep rift between them.
Konan sneered coldly, "There's no need for this, Jiraiya-sama. When you knew Nagato and Yahiko were harmed by Danzo and still stopped me—"
"You should have known then that our master–disciple bond is over."
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