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  "Think about it, Leader—no matter how you look at it, something's nht!" Bck Zetsu pressed, his voisinuating.

  "Enough!" Pain snapped. "Keep your petty thoughts to yourself, Zetsu! Konan wouldn't do that!"

  "Whether or not it's true, we find out by resurreg Shinnō." Bck Zetsu cajoled, g his hands together. He retrieved a lump ling flesh from a sealing scroll, handing it to Hiruko, who had been listening to their versation.

  "To prevent any unforeseen circumstances, I had Shinnō leave a piece of his flesh behind, in case of the worst. It seems my s were justified."

  "It's not much, but it's enough. Hiruko—use the Edo Tensei on Shinnō!"

  Hiruko was somewhat relut. Spending all day using the Edo Tensei on these lumps of flesh… after a while, he was bound to develop some psychological problems!

  Silently gng at Pain's rea, and firming that he wouldn't overreact, that he tacitly approved of this matter, Hiruko cautiously stepped forward.

  He cpped his hands, and the earth swallowed the flesh. A coffin from the underworld was summoned.

  BOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM!

  The moment the coffin lid opened, white smoke billowed out.

  But even after the white smoke cleared, the coffin was empty.

  "What's going on?" Bck Zetsu asked, puzzled.

  Hiruko, the jutsu's caster, was equally fused. "Shinnō—he's definitely dead. But it seems that some force is simultaneously peting for Shinnō's soul. The soul is the most fragile part of a person. Uhe strain—Shinnō's soul was shattered, and there's no possibility of resurreg him."

  "A simir power? You mean someone else is usiensei?!"

  "It rgely be uood that way."

  "How does the strength pare to you, Hiruko?"

  "Fifty-fifty."

  Bck Zetsu didn't speak, but his heart was somewhat anxious.

  He'd overlooked something. Konoha—Orochimaru also khe Edo Tensei. If he could—match Hiruko's skill, then—Konoha could do anything the Akatsuki could do!

  He couldn't dey any longer. He had to collect the bodies of the powerful Shinobi immediately!

  As everyone kneerson's soul ot be divided in two, which means that the power of the deceased ot be divided in two.

  The Dead of the Shinobi world were a non-renewable resource. There were only so many dead ninjas whose bodies were well-preserved. If Konoha took one, Akatsuki would lose one. He had to firmly grasp this resour his hands!

  Bck Zetsu made up his mind, once he left Amegakure, he'd head straight for Konoha!

  He would take away all the bodies of the famous ninjas in Konoha with sealing scrolls, and then go to Kumogakure, Iwagakure…

  This was such a niche field, there could even be petitors… Bck Zetsu was anxious, made even more frantic by the sudden petition.

  Operation: Shinobi Wrave Robbing, ence—!

  "Hmph…" Pain spoke. "Shinnō's death ot stop the anization's pns."

  "Have Sasori to tihe Jinchuriki capture operation."

  "Zetsu, you are in charge of gathering intelligence."

  "Hiruko, I want you to use the Edo Teeique to summon the deceased as the anization's bat reserves, cooperating with Sasori to capture the Jinchuriki."

  "The anization is currently severely short-staffed."

  Bck Zetsu, who had fallen silent, came back to his senses. "Now, the Two-Tails Jinchuriki is firmed to be in Konoha, as for the Three-Tails Jinchuriki… I searched all of Kirigakure, but I couldn't find any trace of him. If he were dead, the Three-Tails should have revived by now, but it still hasn't."

  "My analysis is that the Three-Tails Jinchuriki, like the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, is currently hiding in Konoha."

  "Two-Tails, Three-Tails, ails, three Tailed Beasts are all in Konoha. If we want to capture them, I'm afraid the leader will have to act personally."

  Pain fell silent.

  Being a leader—giving orders is easy, but when it es to actually doing things, there are many siderations.

  Konoha was wary of Nagato, but Nagato was also wary of them.

  Though he cimed to be a Kami, Nagato still had a brain, and he knew how strong Konoha's power was.

  He could destroy Konoha, but Konoha could also destroy his Six Paths puppets… With his current vitality, he likely only had one ce to trol the Deva puppet and unleash his stro ninjutsu.

  If he couldn't pletely quer Konoha with this one opportunity, even if the puppets were repaired, he wouldn't have the ability to fight Konoha again.

  Moreover, Shinobi battles were about intelligence!

  Ohe abilities of the Six Paths of Pain were exposed, and Konoha became wary, it would be difficult for him to achieve the same effect even if he returo his peak vitality.

  "Skip the Two-Tails and Three-Tails." Nagato spoke. "First capture the other Tailed Beasts. As for the Two-Tails, Three-Tails, and ails, leave them for st, I will personally take a."

  "The location for creating the ultimate on—"

  "Will be in Konoha!"

  Pain stood up abruptly, his tone filled with determination.

  reat, no surrender. Either he would use Konoha as a battlefield, gather the ailed Beasts to create the ultimate on, and bring true peace to the Shinobi world. Or he would die in Konoha with all his regrets and hatred!

  This was his, Nagato's, gamble!

  "Uood~"

  Bck Zetsu licked his lips.

  The current situation fag Akatsuki might be difficult, but it wasn't as difficult as Nagato imagined.

  At least… Bck Zetsu would bring back a rge number of deceased bodies to be resurrected as Akatsuki's help; in addition, Konoha's current development had made the Freat Vilges uneasy.

  Akatsuki plus the powerful Shinobi from the past 50 years of the Shinobi world ted as one Shinobi vilge, plus the Freat Vilges active in the world… that is, a Five Great Vilges alliance!

  Five against ohe advantage was his!

  'Konoha, what will you use to resist! What stop my mother's revival!'

  Bck Zetsu's gaze gradually became firm. He had to sider that this was his only his life. If he didn't seize this opportunity…

  With this belief, Bck Zetsu's body sank into the ground again, eager to start the grave-robbing operation in the Shinobi world.

  "Hehehe… First Hokage, I'm ing! And the Sed Hokage… these two guys, must be used well."

  "Let Konoha—experiehe might of their aors!"

  ....

  After Bck Zetsu and Hiruko left.

  Pain's body walked out of the underground spad floated to the top of the God's Tower.

  Those puppet eyes, which could not express joy, anger, sorrow, or happiness, calmly overlooked the people of Amegakure living in peace below.

  Under Nagato's strong rule, Amegakure implemented a closed-door policy. Any unwele outsiders who entered would be detected and killed by Nagato's Rain Tiger at Will Teique. It was with this strategy of cruelty to outsiders aleo his own people that Amegakure, which had been reduced to a battlefield in the Sed Shinobi World War, was quickly rebuilt and became what it was today, stable and improving.

  "Konan… you uand me, right? If it were you, you definitely could. Even if the whole Shinobi world betrays me, only you won't."

  Pain murmured to himself, "But… this Amegakure that we worked together to build, why won't you e back to see it after the mission failed?"

  "We clearly agreed that we would make the rain in Amegakure stop pletely, a Yahiko no longer cry… Have you fotten?"

  Inside a paper tree that no one could deteagato, his back full of bck rods, sat in the cockpit, looking around, and then lowered his head to look at the ring and paper in his hand.

  This paper was the "life paper" that Konan had given him.

  Once Konan's brain or soul was invaded by chakra, or if her life withered, it would be dispyed on this paper.

  At the same time, Konan could accurately locate the position of this paper. It was ara yer of insurance fato's body.

  This was supposed to be the crete boweewo.

  But now, Nagato looked at the paper in his hand, and an inexplicable taste welled up in his heart.

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