Pain's words left Naruto utterly bewildered!
"Ahem." Itachi, standing in front, lightly coughed and said, "He won't do."
Naruto, still in a state of bewilderment, actually heard Itachi say he wouldn't do! How could he tolerate that?
"I will! I'm definitely joining the Akatsuki Organization."
Itachi:
Itachi really wanted to say, "Boss, we came here to get them to join our revolution, how did you end up joining their team?"
Naruto naturally saw Itachi's confused and speechless look, then waved his hand, signaling, "No problem, leave it to me!"
Nagato also hadn't expected that he just said it casually, and this kid actually agreed.
After all, this kid has Kage-level Chakra.
And looking at Itachi, he clearly wasn't happy.
For the good friendship between Akatsuki and the revolutionary organization, Pain felt it was better to give up.
"That…"
Before Pain could speak, Naruto preemptively said, "Don't worry! When I join the Akatsuki Organization, I will definitely make the Akatsuki Organization shine with its deserved glory!"
"The Akatsuki Organization will be my home from now on, Boss, and you'll be my big brother!"
"Oh? By the way, Boss, I still don't know your name?"
Pain:.
Hearing Naruto's words, Pain then remembered that he hadn't introduced himself, although he could be sure that Itachi definitely knew some information about him.
"I am Pain!"
"I am Konan!"
"Oh! My name is Uzumaki Mei Zheren, you can call me Mei Zheren!"
"Uzumaki?"
Hearing the Uzumaki surname, Nagato, who was controlling Pain from behind, showed a hint of complexity in his expression.
Seeing that Naruto really intended to join Akatsuki, Itachi didn't stop him anymore. In his opinion, Naruto had his own ideas, and he just needed to do his own thing!
"In that case, Mei Zheren, you will temporarily become an intern of the Akatsuki Organization! However... your authority will be equal to that of a full member of the Akatsuki Organization!"
"Oh? That's fine!"
Naruto didn't care about being a full member; what Naruto truly cared about was talent!
Kakuzu, Sasori, and Orochimaru were already on his side.
Next was to bring Deidara and Hidan, who were about to join Akatsuki, into his camp as well.
This way, he could gather the Art Duo and the Immortal Duo as a working team!
Besides that, there was also Kisame... that was a bit troublesome.
Kisame's psychology was quite complex.
Everything Kisame did fully showed that he was a very qualified Ninja, which could be seen just by how seriously he performed hand signs.
But... Kisame still retained humanity in his heart, otherwise he wouldn't have been fooled by Obito, whose intelligence was lacking, with talk of creating an ideal world!
Nagato naturally didn't know that Naruto actually joined Akatsuki with the intention of poaching members.
After all, he was quite confident in the members of the Akatsuki Organization, as each one of them was not a good person, but rather wanted by various villages!
"In that case, Boss, I'll go back and pack my things first, and I'll return after I'm done!"
"Mm!" Pain nodded, then watched Naruto and Itachi leave Rain Ninja Village.
After leaving the range of the Rain Tiger at Will Technique, Itachi asked with some confusion, "Naruto... why do you want to join Akatsuki? We could totally find other people to join! At worst, I could join, but it's too dangerous for you to join!"
"Hehehe, don't worry, there will be no danger! Don't forget, three people in the Akatsuki Organization are on our side now!"
Hearing Naruto say this, Itachi then remembered that Orochimaru, Sasori, and Kakuzu all seemed to be on their side now!
"And the true mastermind behind the Akatsuki Organization isn't Pain!"
"Not Pain? Then who is it?" Itachi became even more confused.
Various intelligence indicated that the leader of the Akatsuki Organization was Pain!
And the name Naruto then spoke out shocked Itachi even more.
"Uchiha Madara!"
"Uchiha Madara? Is it that Shura of the Ninja World, Uchiha Madara?"
Madara's legend might be rare in Konoha, after all, it was from the First Hokage's era, but within the Uchiha clan, everyone knew about him!
After all, he was one of the two heroes of the Sengoku period, a man who could stand shoulder to shoulder with the First Hokage.
Itachi wanted to know more information, but Naruto indicated, "Now is not the time to tell you. The only thing you need to do now is expand the red team."
After Naruto and Itachi left, Konan looked at Pain's back and asked with some curiosity, "Are you giving up?"
As she spoke, a glimmer of light appeared in Konan's eyes.
In fact, Konan had always known that Nagato's approach was wrong!
But Konan had to follow Nagato's steps.
Yahiko died saving her, and Nagato also became like this because he saved her. Whether out of guilt or wanting to help Nagato fulfill his wish, she couldn't and wouldn't stop Nagato from continuing to make mistakes.
And today, she saw hope for Nagato to change his mind: Uchiha Itachi.
Hearing Konan's question, Pain shook his head and said, "I haven't given up, I just want to give the Ninja World another path!"
Just as Pain finished speaking, two figures walked over from not far away.
The newcomers were Obito, who had just recovered from his injuries, and Zetsu.
"Leader, what are you doing here?" Zetsu asked in a hoarse voice.
"Nothing." As he spoke, Pain looked at Zetsu and said, "It's you! How is the Tailed Beast information gathering coming along?"
Zetsu shrugged and said, "The Nine-Tailed information has moved. The Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki is currently the Fourth Hokage of Konoha!"
Pain heard this and was a bit confused, "I remember Konoha's Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki wasn't a child? And... didn't the Fourth Hokage die? Are you joking with me?"
"I wish it were a joke..." Zetsu said helplessly, "But that's exactly the truth! The Fourth Hokage has indeed been resurrected and has become the Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki."
"Continue to gather Tailed Beast information, and new member information! We need to speed up!"
With that, Pain took Konan and left, flying towards the central tower of Rain Ninja Village.