At the border of the Land of Rivers, Land of Rain and Land of Fire.
In the dense forest, Kakuzu and Taki was confronting each other.
This made the White Zetsu's clone, who is caught in the middle, quite troubled. Fortunately, he was always witty, and he quickly thought of a solution.
"Taki, aren't you unable to enter the city because of Byakugan? Why don't you wear a pair of sunglasses to cover it up?"
White Zetsu's clone first spoke to Taki, and then turned to look at Kakuzu and said, "Kakuzu, since Taki wear sunglasses, you don't have to trouble him, otherwise, it will be bad for everyone."
"Wear sunglasses?" Taki was taken aback.
'Will it be too conspicuous?'
But on second thought, he recalled that a lot of people in Shinobi World wears sunglasses. Almost all men of Konoha's Aburame Clan wear them. There is also Hachibi Jinchuriki, Killer B, and also Ebisu.
In this case, he had no reason to refuse, so he nodded in agreement with a cold face.
"Kakuzu, how about you?" White Zetsu's clone looked towards Kakuzu and asked.
"Humph."
Kakuzu snorted, turned and walked in direction of Land of Rain.
Seeing his acquiescence, White Zetsu's clone entered the tree trunk with a smile, and said: "I will find the sunglasses, you can go on the way first."
Taki nodded slightly, and then followed Kakuzu.
The two of them kept their heads on their way without saying a word. Not long after entering the Land of Rain, White Zetsu's clone suddenly got out of the ground and threw a pair of sunglasses that could cover most of the face at Taki, and said with a chuckle: "Take it."
Taki put it on and activated his Byakugan directly.
Byakugan!!
(✪-✪)
With a large amount of Chakra pouring into his eyes, the veins instant near Byakugan protrudes fiercely, but this pair of sunglasses is so huge that it perfectly covered all the veins, and when viewed from the front, no abnormalities can be seen at all.
In Byakugan's vision, the scene had already turned into gray-white images, which makes the sunglasses to be nonexistent. The only flaw is that the world behind the lenses seems to be darker, but the effect was not significant.
Then, Taki focused his gaze on the sunglasses themselves, for fear that White Zetsu's clone would do anything to it.
After all, as the main body, Kanpū is different from those coquettish and bitchy shadow clones. He is a very cautious and steady person!
"How is it? I have carefully selected this, so that people won't notice when you use Byakugan in the future." White Zetsu's clone said with a laugh, showing a proud expression on his face.
"It can still be seen from the side."
Taki said casually, and turned off the Byakugan after confirming that there was nothing abnormal in the sunglasses. "It's barely okay. "
White Zetsu's clone his hands on his chest, then sinks into the ground with an unhappy expression.
Kakuzu turned his head and saw that he could no longer see the pair of Byakugan after Taki put on the sunglasses, and he immediately felt much better.
Back then, when Kakuzu was still Takigakure's Shinobi, he was ordered to assassinate Konoha's Shodaime Hokage, Senju Hashirama, which is known as the God of Shinobi. The two fought in the Land of Fire for seven days and seven nights. Unfortunately, in the end, he lost. Fortunately, he is strong and resourceful, so he managed to escape…cough, retreat smoothly!
After returning to the village, he was condemned and imprisoned by Takigakure's higher-ups. Suffering all kinds of supercilious glances, he finally couldn't bear it. Kakuzu then resolutely escaped, stole the Earth Grudge Fear, and dug out those higher-ups' hearts, outrageously betrayed Takigakure!
Recalling the past, Kakuzu can't help but sigh.
"Remember, don't let me see your eyes." Kakuzu glanced at Taki and warned coldly.
Taki grinned. Now that he has already mixed in, he naturally wouldn't make trouble out of nothing.
'At least not now.'
…
When the dark sky began to rain again, Taki and Kakuzu hurriedly found a nearby secluded village to settle down.
Taki is a person with status and doesn't want to stand under the eaves to hide from the rain, so he used Byakugan's perspective to find an unoccupied house and broke into it forcibly.
"Isn't your Byakugan completely useless?"
Kakuzu followed in and looked around, and then found that the house was fairly clean. He moved a chair and sat by the window. At the same time, he took out an ancient book said and said with a smile, "It is really suitable to read on rainy days!"
Taki was too lazy to pay attention to him, and went straight to the other side to rest, thinking in his heart whether to cooperate with Orochimaru now, or to thwart Konoha's spy's plan to enter Akatsuki first?
When Taki was pondering, the central steel tower of Amegakure also welcomed distinguished guests.
Wearing a black robe and an orange vortex mask, Obito dashed through the endless space and appeared directly on the 22nd floor of the tower.
"Why are you here, Uchiha… Madara." Deva Path said coldly without looking back.
"Of course it's for our cooperation!"
Obito said in a deep voice, "I suspect Shisui of the Body Flicker's defection is Konoha's conspiracy."
"So?"
Deva Path turned around, His Rinnegan stared at the scarlet eye in the vortex mask, and he said coldly, "Don't forget that you are also a Konoha's Missing-nin, and you also have Sharingan, there is no difference between you and Shisui of the Body Flicker. No, there is still a difference between you. At least, he is more powerful than you!"
Under the vortex mask, Obito's already disfigured face became more and more hideous. It took a while before he could suppress the anger in his heart, and then he said slowly: "I have fought against Shisui of the Body Flicker before, and this guy's Genjutsu is very terrifying. Anyone who looks at into his eyes will be controlled by him! If you really intend to contact him, you have to take precautions to never meet him in person!"
"What do you mean?" Deva Path asked indifferently.
"It means literally."
An invisible vortex slowly enveloped Obito, and two seconds later, the invisible vortex disappeared along with Obito.
Deva Path looked at the empty space, slowly narrowed his eyes
'Never meet in person…?'
Deva Path formed hand seals, and the terrifying pupil power and Chakra spread outward in an instant.
...
In a secluded village in the Land of Rain, Taki and Kakuzu felt the abnormal movement of the ring almost instantly.
The two glanced at each other, and each of them formed a hand seal. The Chakra inside their body floods into the ring, quickly transforming into thought waves and spreading outward, and then being led to Amegakure by some kind of mysterious signal.
When Taki opened his eyes again, he saw Deva Path standing a few meters away expressionlessly.
'Deva Path Pain.'
Taki pushes the frame on the bridge of his nose intentionally, but his action turned out to be nothing.
He looked down and realized that his whole body seemed to have been covered with a layer of mosaic, and he could barely make out a vague figure.
'Is this the thought waves? Interesting!'
Taki looked up and saw Kakuzu, Orochimaru, Sasori, Zetsu, Hyōketsu, and Konan's thought waves also appeared one after another.
"Gathering us all together, it seems that there is an important announcement."
Orochimaru said with a hoarse voice, sneering gloomily, "It won't have anything to do with Shisui, right?"
Deva Path said blankly: "I have already found the whereabouts of Shisui of the Body Flicker, the next step is to lure him into Akatsuki."
Hyōketsu glanced at Taki, and then said, "Shisui of the Body Flicker's Genjutsu is very terrifying. Wouldn't it be too reckless to let him in?"
"I suspect Shisui of the Body Flicker is a Konoha's spy "
Taki immediately echoed his shadow clone, and said in a deep voice, "He deliberately defected to show us, Pain, can't you see such a simple conspiracy?"
"You must be worried that your existence will be passed back to Konoha's Hyuga Clan, and you will be hunted down." Kakuzu squinted at him and said with a strange smile.
"Shut up, or I'll kill you." Taki threatened coldly.
When they are just in two before, he couldn't lower himself to the same level as Kakuzu, but now with so many people, he naturally has to 'show' his rebellious unruly and emotional temperament of Missing-nin!
"Alright!"
The eldest sister, Konan, said, "Listen to Pain."
Taki snorted and looked at Deva Path.
Deva Path is still cold, and said indifferently: "It is imperative to contact Shisui, but just in case, in the future, everyone won't enter Amegakure again, and you are not allowed to disclose any information about Amegakure."
"Is it in order to prevent the headquarters from being discovered by Shisui?"
Orochimaru sneered and said, "You seemed cautious."
"What about the mission?" Sasori asked.
"In the future, the missions of the organization will be conveyed through Zetsu. If there is any important information, I will call everyone like this time." Deva Path said.
"Then what about the money I made?" Kakuzu was a little unhappy.
Deva Path replied blankly: "Hand it over to Zetsu."
"It seems that my burden will be very heavy in the future." White Zetsu's characteristic hippie smile came from Zetsu's thought waves.
"In other words, in the future, we can only contact Zetsu's clone and our teammates…" Taki's heart sank.
"Then, who will team up with Shisui?"
Orochimaru asked with a smile, "I can't even resist that guy's Genjutsu. In Akatsuki…"
Speaking of this, Orochimaru suddenly turned his head and looked towards his little friend, Sasori.
The eyes of the rest of the people also fell on Sasori.
"Sasori, you team up with Shisui of the Body Flicker." Deva Path said.
Sasori of the Red Sand is indeed the best candidate. Because he has transformed himself into a puppet, he has no eyes, no nose, no ears, or even a brain. In this case, it is almost impossible for Shisui's Genjutsu to work on him.
"It looks like I'm going to change teammates." Orochimaru smiled coldly.
"I didn't say I wanted to form a team with Shisui of the Body Flicker." Sasori was a little dissatisfied.
"This is an order." Deva Path said coldly.
Sasori said: "Aren't you afraid that I will turn Shisui of the Body Flicker into a puppet?"
"If I can do it, I don't mind." Deva Path said indifferently.
"It seems that I have no other choice." Sasori no longer refuses.
"In this way, even if Shisui of the Body Flicker is a spy, the location of the headquarters will not be exposed. Everyone also doesn't have to worry about being controlled by Shisui's Genjutsu. We can also use Shisui. Pain's plan is perfect. "
Konan looked around, "Everyone should have no more opinions, right?"
Zetsu, Kakuzu, Orochimaru and Sasori simultaneously shook their heads.
Taki also shook his head, and his mood was inevitably heavy. 'If Akatsuki did this, it would be impossible for Shisui to know the location of Akatsuki's headquarters or the exact locations of the rest of the members after Akatsuki came in, and he also could not use Genjutsu to control the others. In the end, Shisui seemed to get nothing except to work for Akatsuki for free.'
At this moment, Taki and Hyōketsu can't stop them, otherwise, their identities might be exposed!
Taki sighed in his heart and couldn't help but mourn for his close friend!
But before they leave, he still has something to do.
"Pain, I request to switch team." Taki said.
"Switch team?" Deva Path looked towards him.
"During the days when I was teaming up with Kakuzu, there was constant friction. It happened that Sasori was going to team up with Shisui of the Body Flicker. Since Orochimaru was alone now, I wanted to team up with Orochimaru." Taki said a reasonable, convincing and well-founded reason.
Deva Path then looked towards Zetsu.
Zetsu closed his eyes, as if he was gathering information, and a few seconds later, his eyes opened, and he nodded: "Indeed, they had a fight yesterday."
Deva Path looked towards Orochimaru and Kakuzu asked, "What do you think?"
"Byakugan… I have no problem." Orochimaru stuck out his tongue and began to lick his face.
And Kakuzu, let alone have any objections, he was very happy in his heart, 'Without that bastard Hyuga Taki, how comfortable it will be to make money and read books!'
"Then it's settled, disband."
Deva Path gently closes his Rinnegan, and the many instant thoughts wave in the 22nd floor disappeared.
…
After opening his eyes again, the sound of rain outside the house was instantly amplified and filled his ears.
Taki turned his head to look, just as Kakuzu opened his eyes to look at him.
The two looked at each other for three seconds and then both looked away with disgust. Kakuzu looked down at the ancient book with a disgusted expression on his face. Taki curled his lips. He then got up and left. When he walked to the door, he saw the hat hanging behind the door, he immediately grabbed the hat and put it on his head, and then opened the door and walked into the rain.