"Not bad." The members of Akatsuki were stunned, looked at each other, and then answered.
"Something happened in Konoha Village. For some reason, the Chunin Exam was suddenly held ahead of schedule. Orochimaru used the Sound Ninja and the Sand Ninja to declare war on Konoha, but it seems that he failed to destroy Konoha." Pain finally spoke, his lavender Rinnegan eyes scanning the group before landing on Fujiwara Kirito, waiting for his report.
"That guy Orochimaru is such a disgrace," Deidara said, his hands on his hips, a tone of disdain evident.
Kirito shrugged slightly. "The leader's intelligence is really accurate. Orochimaru's attack on Konoha happened during the day, and you knew about it by evening. I didn't even have time to report to you."
"Has Orochimaru's plan started ahead of schedule?" Itachi and Kisame's phantom bodies appeared. Hearing Kirito's words, Itachi couldn't help but ask.
There was also a look of confusion on Kisame's face since there was still a week left before Konoha's collapse, as Kirito had told them. During this time, they had gone to other places to complete their tasks.
Kirito spoke in a serious tone, "It happened too suddenly. I didn't know where you went, so I didn't have time to inform you. But don't worry; the mission has been completed. The Third Hokage died, the First and Second Hokage were sealed, and Orochimaru has lost the ability to perform Impure World Reincarnation and all ninjutsu that require hand seals."
Pain asked indifferently, "Tell me the details."
Kirito explained, "The power of Impure World Reincarnation is related to the strength of the living sacrifice. In order to give his teacher a decent face and fulfill the so-called 'strongest Hokage of all time,' Orochimaru used the immature Impure World Reincarnation and two Genin as sacrifices to revive the First and Second Hokage."
"As a result, the strength of these two former ninja gods and the fastest in the ninja world was severely weakened. Putting aside the immortality of Impure World Reincarnation, I'm afraid any group in our organization could defeat them."
"The Third Hokage was defeated and resorted to that mutually annihilative move. I've personally experienced it and must say it's very dangerous. One can summon a god of death at the cost of sacrificing their own soul. The god of death will use the caster as a medium, stretch out a ghost hand, pull the soul out of the body, and swallow it."
Upon hearing that it was possible to seal souls, the Akatsuki members frowned inwardly. Such a bug-like ninjutsu was truly terrifying.
"That's really a terrifying ninjutsu. Hmm," Deidara sighed first, then looked at Kirito and couldn't help but admire: "As expected of you, Brother Kirito, dodging such a dangerous jutsu. Hmm."
Kirito smiled and continued, "The Third Hokage used this technique to seal the souls of the First and Second Hokage. As for Orochimaru, perhaps because the Third Hokage was old and physically exhausted, or perhaps he couldn't bear to take the soul of his once-cherished disciple, he only sealed Orochimaru's hands, making him lose all ninjutsu requiring hand seals."
Pain said in a deep voice, "So the souls of the first three Hokage and Orochimaru's hands have been swallowed by the god of death and can no longer be resurrected via Impure World Reincarnation. Orochimaru has also lost the ability to perform it. Right?"
"That's the truth," Kirito nodded.
Pain then asked, "So how is the intelligence gathering on the Jinchūriki going?"
Kirito smiled softly. "The name of Konoha's Nine-Tails Jinchūriki is Uzumaki Naruto, and the Sand Village's Jinchūriki is Sandstorm Gaara, the youngest son of the Fourth Kazekage Rasa."
"What a coincidence! This time, the Sand Village invested a lot to deal with Konoha. Although the Fourth Kazekage died before achieving his goal, he still sent a One-Tailed Jinchūriki. As a result, the two Jinchūriki met and battled outside Konoha. The scene was spectacular."
"Excluding the mutual destruction jutsu, the battle between the Third Hokage and Orochimaru was like child's play in comparison."
"Originally, I wanted to capture them directly, but unfortunately, Jiraiya and Tsunade—both Sannin—returned. These two are powerful, unlike Orochimaru, whose frequent reincarnations weakened his soul. Pakura and I couldn't capture the Jinchūriki in front of them while being besieged by many Sunagakure and Konoha ninjas, so we retreated."
"It doesn't matter. As long as we have the Jinchūriki's information. Now is not the time to capture them," Pain said, his expression blank. Meanwhile, Uzumaki Nagato, Pain's true body, sitting in the clock tower in Rain Village, exchanged a glance with Konan but said nothing.
Kakuzu asked from the side, "When do we start the action?"
Hidan added, "Yes, I've been waiting impatiently to sacrifice the Jinchūriki to the great evil god, Saigo."
"It won't take long. Three years. In three years, the organization will begin the final phase and capture all the tailed beasts."
This decision stemmed from Nagato and Obito's discussions. They agreed that acting too quickly might alert other nations. Additionally, the Akatsuki members' instability and ulterior motives required time to stabilize. Finally, Obito himself sought to escape Madara's control, deliberately extending the Moon's Eye Project timeline.
"Three years." The dark projection space fell into a brief silence. Everyone had different thoughts, and no one could guess the others'.
After a while, Pain broke the silence: "For the next three years, everyone should stay undercover and avoid making too much noise, especially Kirito. You've gone too far this time. Konoha's high-ranking officials have been badly beaten by you. Focus on gathering intelligence from now on."
"Brother Kirito, did you do something else in Konoha?" Deidara asked in surprise.
"It's nothing. Before Orochimaru began his plan to destroy Konoha, I injured a few Jonin and drugged some high-ranking officials," Kiritoshrugged.
"Medicine? What kind of medicine?" Deidara's curiosity grew.
The other Akatsuki members also turned their attention to him, intrigued.
(End of the Chapter)
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