"To deal with Orochimaru, we need to wait for him to show his traces, but now we have another task."
"Someone asked us to organize Akatsuki to kill or seal a Jinchūriki from Kumogakure, preferably eight tails!"
Pain said solemnly.
Everyone was stunned.
Although it has been said before that the next stage of the Akatsuki organization is to capture the tailed beast, they did not expect it to come so quickly.
But with Zetsu's explanation they quickly understood.
At this moment the Hidden Cloud Village and Konoha battle scale has reached the level of a thousand people and is still being reinforced.
The Iwagakure and Hidden Sand Village had to follow suit.
There are already signs of a ninja war.
At this time, the most powerful shinobi village in the ninja world is the Hidden Cloud village.
I'm afraid that the other shinobi villages would be very happy if they could spend money to solve a top combat force in Hidden Cloud village.
"This insidious tactic is the handiwork of the Tsuchikage."
Sasori said with certainty.
The hidden sand village and the hidden stone village are old enemies, and he couldn't be more aware of the methods of the Tsuchikage.
"No way, the old man is playing this kind of trick?"
The simple Deidara was a little surprised, and then hurriedly looked at Pain and said.
"Leader, leave this matter to me, I will show the eight tails my art."
"Kid, leave it to our team, I haven't officially fought with tailed beasts yet."
"It's better if we do it!"
A group of members was immediately excited to grab the task.
Since Chiba defeated the three-tailed jinchuriki, the status within Akatsuki's organization has skyrocketed.
Although the others were not convinced, they had never really fought against a Jinchuriki, so they kept holding back their breath.
Pain glanced around, thinking of what he had communicated with Obito before.
Obito felt the need to suppress Chiba.
Also wants to consume Chiba's dojutsu power, it is best to make the mangekyo sharingan blind.
Pain didn't care about it originally, but Chiba's performance several times made Pain a little concerned.
The thoughts in his mind turned sharply, and Pain said solemnly:
"No need to fight, this time the opponent is the eight tails, who is very strong, so I decided to let Chiba and Kakuzu's squad deal with it."
Suddenly the members shouted in dissatisfaction.
"That's not it, boss, the Akatsuki organization is not the only one who can fight Chiba, I still want to help the old man."
"He has already fought the Tailed Beast, it's time for others to take their turn."
"I also want to try the fighting power of the tail beast."
But how can you change what Pain has decided.
"In the future, anyone of you who has the information on the power of the shinobi can report it and act later, but if it is an organization's task, it will be assigned by the organization."
The others then left satisfied, leaving Chiba and Kakuzu behind.
"Akatsuki's plan is to capture and seal the tailed beasts in order from the One Tail to the Nine Tails."
"Although there is a conflict with our current mission, I will temporarily seal him after the capture of the eight tails."
"So your task this time is to capture the eight tails, capture it alive absolutely do not to kill him!"
Pain urged seriously.
Chiba nodded, looked at the excited Kakuzu and agreed.
...
Hidden Leaf Village.
The three generations of Hokage are discussing matters with his two advisors, Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane.
"What do you think of this conflict with the Hidden Cloud village?"
The third Hokage looked worried.
The timing of the Hidden Cloud village attack was too good.
Konoha has just experienced the Uchiha massacre incident, their combat effectiveness has dropped a lot.
Coupled with the huge turmoil caused by Danzo, the major clans are unwilling to contribute, he has been wrangling with the major clans these days.
Konoha at this moment can be said to be in their weakest and most chaotic time.
"Hidden Cloud Village is increasing its troops again! Hidden Stone Village and Sunagakure are also increasing their troops. Today's Konoha is unable to fight the three major villages at the same time!"
Seeing the latest information, Homura Mitokado's face became extremely ugly.
"It's not a good time for Konoha to be involved in a war."
"Then let's go and make peace with the Hidden Cloud Village."
The three looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as Konoha is still under their control, they don't care about losing a little bit of profit.
"What are you going to do about Danzo? Are you going to keep him in custody?"
Homura Mitokado asked in a low voice.
"What else? He has done so many things behind my back that he has completely touched the bottom line of the major clans!"
"If it weren't for my personal intervention, I'm afraid that Danzo would have been killed by them!"
The third Hokage growled angrily at the two of them.
He didn't believe that the two old friends of Danzo didn't know about what he had done.
But he was kept in the dark, which was what annoyed him the most.
At the same time, they were also a little annoyed that Danzo did things so poorly that they were exposed.
"It's all Uchiha Chiba, if it wasn't for him, Danzo wouldn't have gotten to this point!"
The third Hokage and Danzo and the two elders have been friends for 60 years.
Friendship, interests, and intricate relationships have already tied them together.
So even if the third Hokage was not angry, they were still very angry when they saw Danzo's fate.
At that, the third Hokage burst into a cold laugh and said.
"Danzo has already explained that the Mangekyo Sharingan is indeed very strong, but the stronger the mangekyo ability, the greater the side effects."
The two elders were full of mockery:
"Who would have thought that their strongest sharingan would be at risk of blindness, what a sad Uchiha clan."
"Foreseeing the future this is a terrifying mangekyo ability, I'm afraid that within a few uses Uchiha Chiba will go blind."
The third Hokage thought of Chiba's strength at the beginning, and his heart was still a little aggrieved.
A cold light flashed in his eyes, and he said:
"Send someone to intensify the pursuit of Chiba and consume his dojutsu as fast as possible!"
"When the time comes, it will be the death of Uchiha Chiba!"
Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane looked at each other and nodded in unison.
"Although the cost will be great, as long as we can solve this hidden danger, everything is worth it!"