Chapter 91: The Akatsuki Meeting
In the rainy Rain Village, a mysterious guest arrived at this time.
This person wore a black robe with red clouds and an orange spiral mask on his face. On the mask, a blood-red demonic eye was exposed.
That eye was a Sharingan from the Uchiha clan.
The red Sharingan turned slowly. Against the background of the continuous light rain, it looked very mysterious and strange.
Soaked in the rain, the masked man walked slowly to the tallest tower in the Rain Village.
There, a man with orange hair wearing the same robe was waiting for him.
But this orange-haired man had a very strange appearance. His body was covered with tiny black rods. And if you looked closely, his eyes gave off circles of ripples.
Those ripples in his pupils looked sacred and powerful.
Those eyes were the Rinnegan—the pupil technique only possessed by the legendary Sage of Six Paths.
After the orange-haired man with the Rinnegan and the masked man met, they looked at each other.
The Rinnegan and the Sharingan each gave off powerful pupil power, as if testing each other.
If Naruto were here, he would recognize both of them at a glance.
Because one of them was the Akatsuki's leader—Pain.
And the other was the mastermind behind the Akatsuki.
Unexpectedly, the two of them had met again so soon.
Soon, the masked man narrowed his eyes and said lightly:
"Uchiha Itachi and Hoshigaki Kisame were defeated when they went to Konoha to capture the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki."
When the orange-haired man with the Rinnegan heard this, he was slightly surprised.
As the Akatsuki's leader, Pain knew how strong Uchiha Itachi and Kisame were. Either one of them was an extremely terrifying existence in the ninja world that made people very afraid.
But two people with such strength had been defeated by someone else.
That was hard to believe.
The masked man seemed to know what Pain was thinking. He said lightly:
"The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki did it."
After hearing this, Pain was even more surprised.
According to the information he had, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was only thirteen or fourteen years old. How could a kid who just became a ninja defeat the long-established Uchiha Itachi and Hoshigaki Kisame?
As if sensing Pain's doubt, the masked man snorted coldly and continued:
"The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki's growth has exceeded expectations. Next, we need to move up our plan."
"Go capture the Nine-Tails and the other tailed beasts yourself. Have the other Akatsuki members capture them too. Only by collecting all the tailed beasts can our plan succeed."
Pain frowned after hearing this.
He didn't like the masked man telling him what to do, but this was obviously the best arrangement. To complete their plan, collecting the tailed beasts was necessary.
Pain nodded and said:
"Fine. What about you?"
The masked man narrowed his eyes. His red Sharingan spun wildly as he said hoarsely:
"It's almost time. I should make my move too."
Pain gave the masked man a long, hard look but didn't say anything.
If anyone had heard this conversation, they would have been extremely shocked and horrified.
Because next, the Akatsuki organization—which had been hiding in the ninja world for decades—would truly appear before the world.
And what they were going to do would shake the ninja world to its core.
But everyone in the ninja world still didn't know that a shocking change was about to happen.
Of course, that didn't include Naruto.
When Uchiha Itachi and Kisame appeared before him as the Akatsuki, Naruto already knew that a new storm had begun to spread through the ninja world.
The Akatsuki's goal was the tailed beasts. That included the Nine-Tails inside him.
Even though he had fought them off, the Akatsuki would never give up. They would definitely send more people to capture Naruto.
And the next time enemies appeared, they would be even stronger.
So Naruto didn't stay long in the Land of Waves. After resting for a few days and learning the specific situation there, he made his arrangements and left.
Next, he needed to quickly increase his strength.
Only by becoming stronger could he gain a firm foothold in the ninja world.
Only then could he control everything during the coming shocking changes—whether it was the Akatsuki as enemies or Konoha's revenge. Naruto hadn't forgotten any of it. None of this was over yet. This was just the beginning.
And the fastest way to increase his strength was to sign in. Sign in everywhere.
Although the Land of Waves was already his territory, Naruto had already signed in there and there were no valuable rewards left.
So Naruto chose to go on a trip.
And his first destination was the Hidden Mist Village.
The Hidden Mist Village was one of the Five Great Powers. Its strength was very strong, and there were many powerful ninja there.
The reason Naruto chose the Mist Village was because they had been trying to take the Land of Waves from him. He had come here to get an explanation.
When Naruto arrived at the Mist Village, he saw that it was heavily guarded. At the front gate alone, several ninja were standing guard.
Seeing this, Naruto wasn't surprised.
After all, the Mist Village had gone through the Blood Mist terror. The biggest reason for that terror was because the Mist Village had been attacked by the Akatsuki. Or to be more accurate, the previous Mizukage had been controlled by the masked man behind the Akatsuki.
Whether it was revenge or some other reason, the Mist Village had been very dark back then. The whole village was full of terror, cruelty, and bloodshed.
That had caused many ninja to defect—including Zabuza. The once powerful Mist Village had faded for a time.
Luckily, the Mist Village would soon welcome their new Mizukage, Terumi Mei.
This woman had a beautiful figure and a very charming face. She was very charismatic. She had taken full control of the Mist Village in a short time and calmed everything down.
Because of her, the Mist Village had kept its status as one of the top five ninja villages.
Otherwise, the once powerful Mist Village would still be someone else's puppet even now.
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