At this time, some ninjas were gathered in a cave in a relatively hidden place in the Land of Wind. To be precise, these members did not come with their original bodies but came here through the ring in their hands. However, they could use a technique at the same time, which was to extract the Tailed Beasts and seal them into the Gedo Mazo statue.
Needless to say, these were the members of the Akatsuki. The organization had been quiet for more than two years. They finally gathered together after so long. It was obvious that they felt that the Five Great Ninja Villages had gradually forgotten or ignored them.
They also felt that the time to capture the Tailed Beasts had arrived, so they gathered together to start the plan of collecting Tailed Beasts. Only Deidara and Sasori were here with their physical bodies.
Obviously, they were around the Sunagakure. Sasori was a ninja of Suna in the past. He was the most suitable candidate to capture Shukaku. Deidara's ability was a large range explosion attack, and the two were artists, so whether it was because of their good cooperation, or their similar mind, these two were assigned together and also the best partners.
"The day that we have been waiting for has finally arrived, and the dawn will also come. For our great plan, today we will start the operation to capture the Tailed Beasts. For starters, I choose you two fellow artists to capture the One-tailed Shukaku."
"For the immortal duo, the task of the two of you is to capture the Two-Tails from its jinchuuriki Yugito. Because the Three-tails currently does not have its own jinchuuriki, you will not be able to find it for the time being. Itachi, Kisame, you two will be responsible for capturing the Four-tails and the Five-tails. The Six-tails' jinchuuriki will be my responsibility. After that, the one who finishes the task the fastest will go and capture the Seven-tails."
"As for the last Eight-tails and Nine-tails, we will go after the two strongest Tailed Beasts later. After all, we have captured seven Tailed Beasts. At that time, the Five Great Countries will definitely unite. It would be a very difficult task to complete without our organization's full strength.
The Deva Path Pain's pair of Rinnegans, which had no emotion and were full of a high and mighty aura, swept over everyone present. Although he went to find Ryoha and suffered a crushing defeat, in the end, no one dared to laugh at him because there were almost no people who knew about this.
Other than Zetsu, Konan, and Tobi, no one else knew that Tobi himself had been beaten up even more miserably. How could he have the mood to laugh at Nagato? As for Konan, she was even more so. As for Zetsu, both of his bosses had been beaten so badly. In order to improve his chance of survival, he naturally wouldn't laugh.
However, it was worth mentioning that Hidan, who had been reduced to just his mouth after being beaten by Ryoha using the Tsunami Rasengan, was finally able to find most of his body parts that had been buried in the snow with Zetsu's help.
In the end, Kakuzu spent more than ten days fixing Hidan's body.
Of course, there were also many jokes during this period, because Hidan only had one mouth left when he died, and the last part of his body that had been sewn to the last part of his body, "Little Hidan", was in trouble.
Little Hidan's sewing process was really painful, even Hidan, who enjoyed the pain very much, called for his father and mother. In the helpless situation, Kakuzu got some help from his fellow comrades, Sasori and Deidara.
Deidara used a bomb to blow Hidan out and then went to Sasori to ask for help. He was a master of the human body. After all, he had lots of experience with his puppets. So he contributed a lot in sewing back "Little Hidan" to its place.
For some reason, Deidara felt that Sasori was too enthusiastic when he helped press "Little Hidan" into its place.
However, the pain was indeed terrible. After all, it was not just a simple process. It was broken into many pieces. It had to be put together in a short time. Even if Sasori used anesthesia and Deidara constantly blew Hidan out, it was useless. Every step they took exceeded the anesthesia's time limit, Making Hidan constantly wake up and scream.
In the end, after spending five hours, with the help of Kakuzu, Deidara, and Sasori, "Little Hidan" was finally put back into its original place. It was said that the repaired "Little Hidan" was much bigger than before.
It was unknown whether that happened because of the excessive anesthesia, or it just got swollen. Hidan had been silent all the time after he regained his body.
Every time he wanted to talk, he would think of the dark and painful period of the past. The sad days made him lose the motivation to talk. This was Hidan's painful memory, the pain that he could not erase in his life.
However, no matter what, the current Hidan was still full of vigor. After such a long period of recuperation, Hidan still walked out of the dark shadow. Now, he was happily going with Kakuzu to find their target.
"Mr. Sasori, have you noticed that Hidan's walking posture seems a little strange ever since he recovered?" Deidara observed for a long time. At first, he thought that he was mistaken, but after a long period of observation, he was 100% sure that Hidan's walking posture changed.
As if he was worried about his crotch, he tried to spread his legs as wide as possible, as if he was afraid of touching the thing in the middle.
"Rather than having the time to pay attention to these useless things, you might as well think about how to capture the Shukaku later."
Sasori said in a low voice. However, he was laughing in his heart. He had already noticed this. It was obvious that Hidan had psychological trauma because of the painful memories.
He was afraid of touching his member when walking. It clearly wouldn't hurt, but he was still worried that if he touched it, he would feel pain. Or rather, he was worried that if he touched it, it would cause him to suffer any injuries. At that time, he would be tortured by Sasori and the other two.
Just as Sasori and Deidara were heading towards Sunagakure, the village itself was on alert. As time passed, Gaara's grasp of Sunagakure gradually become stable. He was not just a puppet leader now.
The main reason was that Gaara's strength had been steadily improving. This let him control more subordinates. There was also Temari, whose advice enabled Gaara to seize more than 70% of power in the Sunagakure in just two years.
Since Gaara had seized more power and became a genuine Kage, he has always been very careful about expanding the village's military power. He took Ryoha's advice very seriously.
Therefore, he has always paid attention to the affairs of the military. Of course, he has never relaxed his guard against the Akatsuki. The village's defensive line was only stronger day by day and had never weakened.
Especially after Ryoha sent him a piece of intelligence about the sudden movement of the Akatsuki. He became even more vigilant, steadily preparing for the organization's sudden visit.