"Haha, I know, Zetsu-san! Why don't you let me join the Akatsuki? There is one less person in the organization now." A masked man holding a ring in his hand said to Zetsu in a frivolous tone like a child.
"Fool, it is not as simple as you think." Black Zetsu refused without thinking. What a joke. Nagato was not dead yet. Although Tobi was the real boss behind the Akatsuki, if he dared to interfere too much or violate Nagato's decision before he died, it would be bad for him.
Nagato couldn't even be compared to Tobi. He was actually afraid of him. But Tobi never tried to do anything funny to Nagato because only he knew that his Rinnegan wasn't that simple.
Rinnegan was the origin of all ninjutsu, genjutus, and taijutsu. A Rinnegan user would be able to see through every ninjutsu, genjutsu, or taijutsu. Even the great space-time ninjutsu could be repelled by it. In other words, space-time ninjutsu was not a problem for Nagato.
Moreover, Nagato himself said that he didn't release much of Rinnegan's power. The Deva Path Pain should actually be able to create a Moon-sized object, but he was only able to create such a small satellite. This showed the difference between the two sides. The Sage of Six Paths could handle even the Ten-tails, but Nagato couldn't even beat Naruto's eight-tails form.
The reason why Nagato couldn't use his Rinnegan to the fullest was the accident he experienced in his early youth. He was forced to summon the Gedo Mazo statue not long after he awakened his Rinnegan in the battle against Hanzo. It was too much of a burden for him at that time, and the negative effects of that accident still lingered.
More importantly, Rinnegan was actually equivalent to a sword with unlimited potential. The extent of this sword's power would depend on the strength of the user. In other words, the stronger the user, the stronger the Rinnegan would be.
Nagato's body was not weak. It could be seen that he was able to use Rinnegan's various abilities with his main body. But the burden from summoning the Gedo Mazo statue was still to much for his younger self.
He didn't have enough power and chakra when he just opened his Rinnegan, so his vitality got drained instead. It could be said that it had a great impact on Nagato's future potential.
But even so, Rinnegan was still Rinnegan. Even if Nagato could not display his full potential, even Tobi could not win against the combination of his Six Paths of Pain and the Gedo Mazo statue.
In fact, Tobi was also glad that Nagato had used the Gedo Mazo statue when he was still young. Otherwise, how could he have the qualifications to talk to Nagato now? He could only hide from Nagato or pretend to be a subordinate like Kabuto.
However, no matter what, he was still a reserve member of the Akatsuki. They would soon look for a replacement for Sasori. At this time, Deidara, who was sent away by Tobi, was still confused. What was wrong with him? Didn't the Kamui's space distortion swallow him? How was he still alive and sent here?
Deidara thought for a long time and still couldn't understand. But he stopped thinking. Maybe he was really lucky that Kakashi's Kamui didn't crush him into pieces but sent him here. After all, space and time were extremely mysterious elements of this world. How could Deidara, who didn't know space-time ninjutsu, understand? Anyway, it was a good thing to survive.
The most important thing now was to make up for the two arms he lost. When Deidara found Kakuzu, he found that Kakuzu was waiting for him with two arms. He recognized that one of them was broken by Kakashi, and the other one did not belong to him.
It was obviously obtained from other people, but the arm that Kakuzu got was quite good because it was exactly the same size as his original arm.
"You are lucky I could find such a fitting arm on the road, but you are still miserable. Although you also completed the Tailed Beast extraction process, you still lost two arms in the end."
Kakuzu released his Earth Grudge Fear technique and helped Deidara sew his new arm. The process was so painful that Deidara couldn't stop screaming. He didn't hold his scream at all since playing tough wouldn't do him any good.
"Hey, let's stop talking about that. It is really disappointing. What happened to Mr. Sasori? He's stronger than me, so if even I could survive, then..."
Deidara said with a smile, but soon he changed his expression because he found that Hidan's face was a little strange.
"Hey, Hidan, why is your face so ugly? Did you just lost your parents?" Deidara joked.
"My parentrs are not dead, but Sasori is." Hidan's words made Deidara suddenly stand up. The relationship between the four of them was many times better than that of the original work.
In the original work, only Kakuzu and Hidan had a good relationship. Deidara and Sasori, not so much. But now it was different. Hidan wouldn't be saddened by Sasori's death.
"What happened?" In the Akatsuki, no one knew better than him how strong Sasori was. In his opinion, even if Sasori was not the strongest, he was definitely one of the best.
"According to the information we collected, Sasori fought with Ryoha and was killed in the end."
Kakuzu's tone was also a bit deep. After all, the four of them had almost been together for more than two years.
"That's impossible. I understand Mr. Sasori's strengths very well. Besides the Performance of a Hundred Puppets and his Third Kazekage puppet, he also has a killing move that even I do not know of. Even if he really is no match for him and wants to escape, Ryoha would not be able to stop him." Deidara shook his head. He did not believe this explanation.
"The problem is that Sasori has no intention of escaping from the beginning. He was simply trying to embrace his death." Hidan said frankly.
"That is even more impossible. Sasori is pursuing the art of eternal beauty. He is not me. How could he have a sudden change of heart?" Deidara's brain was in a mess.
"This is the truth. Sasori used the killing move you mentioned. In the end, Ryoha finished him with his Shikotsumyaku."
Hidan was also not very happy. Although Sasori had hurt him so much in the process of reconnecting his "little Hidan", without the teamwork of the three, he would never be normal again. Why Sasori had to die now?