The Land of Wind.
Yellow sand is all over the sky.
Sasori hides inside Hiruko, walking slowly in the desert like a tortoise.
Shisui is wearing a red cloud windbreaker with a black background, and walked slowly on the right with his head hung down.
It has been more than two years since he joined Akatsuki. Shisui has worked hard and has made a lot of contributions to Akatsuki, but he has not been trusted by the leader, Pain. Not only does he not know where Akatsuki's base is, he can't even confirm who the specific members of Akatsuki are!
Whoosh whoosh…
As the wind and sand roared, Shisui pressed his fluttering clothes, and suddenly, he noticed something strange coming from the ring on the ring finger of his right hand.
"Any instructions?" Shisui whispered.
"I have to find a safe place."
Sasori's voice came from Hiruko, and he said with a dull and hoarse voice, "A sandstorm is about to start here."
Shisui looked up and looked towards the distance, and sure enough, he found a yellow gauze mist at the end of the sky that seemed to be slowly coming towards them.
"Let's go this way." Shisui's figure flickered and he ran towards the Land of Rivers.
...
The dark underground space.
Deva Path Pain and Konan are standing in the middle, and beside them are the projection of Orochimaru, Taki, Zetsu, Hyōketsu, Kakuzu, and Kisame.
"It seems that there are still two people left." Kisame grinned, vaguely showing his ferocious fangs.
At the beginning, Kanpū, who turned into Hyuga Taki, and Orochimaru used Impure World Reincarnation to summon a lot of Uzumaki Clan's members. Later, Akatsuki released a mission, asking them to recruit new recruit in the Land of Water, and the new recruit is the one right in front of them, Hoshigaki Kisame.
"Shisui and Sasori shouldn't have any trouble." Taki looked towards Deva Path Pain.
"Let's wait a little longer." Deva Path Pain said expressionlessly.
The group waited for about half an hour, and finally, two dark and blurred images appeared in the back row of the line.
"You're so slow." Orochimaru complained with a smile.
"Sorry, we encountered a sandstorm." Shisui opened and closed his eyes, revealing a pair of scarlet 3-Tomoe Sharingan.
Orochimaru narrowed his golden vertical pupils, admiring it obsessively.
Shisui glanced at him, and thought: 'This is Orochimaru!'
Then his swept over the others one by one.
'The leader is Pain, next to him is Konan. The identities of the two is a mystery, and it is impossible to determine which country they are from.'
'That Shinobi with pitcher plant head should be the main body of the clone who has been following us to monitor and transmit information, Zetsu, and it is also impossible to determine his origin.'
'The guy next to Zetsu is called Hyōketsu. From the previous meetings and chats, this person has Ice Release. His full name should be Yuki Hyōketsu, who is suspected of being Yuki Aoi, a Missing-Nin from Kirigakure!'
'The one next to Yuki Hyōketsu is Orochimaru, and the one wearing sunglasses next to Orochimaru is called Taki. As for his specific identity, it is also unknown.'
'As for the remaining two people, one is Takigakure's S-Rank Missing-nin, Kakuzu, and the other is Kirigakure's S-Rank Missing-nin, Hoshigaki Kisame,'
"Let's start, Pain."
Kakuzu urged impatiently, "You've already wasted half an hour of my time."
"Why, you are working for someone again?" Hyōketsu said coldly.
"Do you have any opinion on my work?" Kakuzu asked angrily.
"Okay, be quiet everyone."
Konan, the eldest sister figure, said, "Listen to Pain."
Shisui stood on the side silently, guessing their relationship by listening to their tone of voice, while collecting as much information as possible.
At this time, Deva Path Pain stepped forward and asked: "Zetsu, how is the investigation about the shooting stars?"
"It has been confirmed that the shooting stars fell from the Moon, as for the more specific information, hehe, these shooting stars burn out before they hit the ground, so no more information can be found." White Zetsu said with happy laugh.
"Isn't it just some shooting stars? Why make a fuss about nothing?" Hyōketsu continued with his own character.
"Pain is worried that these shooting stars are summoned by Shinobi."
Konan glanced at Hyōketsu and said, "Just in case, that's why I asked Zetsu to investigate this matter."
"Summon shooting stars? This is not something that ordinary Shinobi can do." Orochimaru seemed to be a little interested in this aspect, and couldn't help but stuck out his tongue and licked his face.
"Those shooting stars… It seems that they don't seem to appear much these days."
Kisame interrupted, "Is it because you slept too early?"
"No, it has indeed not appeared for many days."
Black Zetsu also started speaking, "The Five Great Shinobi Villages also attaches great importance to this matter, so they arranged for Shinobi to observe it every night, but they haven't seen any shooting stars these days."
"So what does it have to do with the Moon?"
Hyōketsu looked towards Deva Path Pain, and then said with a meaningful smile, "Pain, you can fly with Rinnegan, so how about you fly to the Moon to see?"
Black Zetsu's heart sank, and he said in a muffled voice: "Stop joking around, there has never been anyone in the Shinobi World able to fly to the Moon."
"How do you know if you don't try? What if there is a Shinobi on the Moon shooting stars at us?" Hyōketsu raised his eyebrows provocatively at Black Zetsu.
It's a pity that he is wearing an ice crystal mask and is just a thought projection, so Black Zetsu cannot receive his elation.
Black Zetsu stopped talking with a stern face. Hyōketsu is really his enemy, and he would argue with him at every turn. If he wants to change other topics, he will accompany him to the end, but since it is regarding Moon… he could only bear it!
Deva Path Pain will of course ignore Hyōketsu's unreasonable request, and said to Zetsu: "I want you to continue to pay attention to the shooting stars matter, and report immediately if there is any new situation."
"Yes "Black Zetsu responded.
"Then, the second thing is."
Deva Path Pain continued, "New members!"
"Are you going to recruit other people again…" Orochimaru's eyes lit up.
"The information I just got from the black market said that Yugakure's Missing-nin, Hidan, seems to be immortal." Konan said.
"Immortal? Hehehe..." Hearing this, Kakuzu sneered disdainfully.
The real immortality lies in him!
"Well… Who will go." Deva Path Pain didn't talk nonsense, and went straight to the point.
"I'll go!"
Orochimaru licked his lips and said, "I'm a little curious about this immortal."
Taki, who is next to Orochimaru, frowned, 'If Orochimaru go, don't I, who is his teammate, also have to go?'
'I have some social fears recently, and I don't want to meet people too much.'
Taki sighed.
"The third thing."
Deva Path Pain starts speaking again, "Zetsu's clone found the battle traces left by Lava Release Shinobi and Ice Release Shinobi in the Land of Waterfall."
While speaking, the eyes of Deva Path Pain, Konan, Zetsu, and even others all fell on Hyōketsu.
"What are you guys looking at me for?"
Hyōketsu sneered again, "The Shinobi World is so big, how can there's no other Ice Release Shinobi?"
The rest looked at Hyōketsu silently, but didn't say anything.
After some time passed, and when the atmosphere became more and more awkward, Hyōketsu shrugged and accepted: "Well, I did it, to be precise, my main body did it."
"Who is the opponent?" Deva Path Pain indifferently asked.
"A Lava Release Shinobi called Roshi." Hyōketsu knew that lying is useless.
"Sure enough, it was him."
Konan stared at him with great dissatisfaction, and asked, "Why did you attack a Jinchuriki?"
Hyōketsu had to give Konan face, and quickly defended: "I just wanted to win him into the organization, but he refused, so we had a fight."
'Organization?'
Shisui, who is standing on the side, narrowed his eyes.
'Akatsuki must obtain Pain's consent to recruit new people. How can Hyōketsu have the right to recruit new people without authorization?'
"And then?"
Deva Path Pain knew that the organization Hyōketsu referring to is Abyss, so he continued to ask, "Roshi was captured by you?"
If Abyss also wants to collect Biju, then he has to take a closer look at Hyōketsu and Taki. After all, Akatsuki's future also needs Biju!