"Successful, it finally succeeds!"
"We live up to Danzo-sama's expectations, that's great!"
In the depths of a jungle in the Land of Fire, a series of excited cheers suddenly came from a secret base built underground.
"Let's hand over the results of the experiment to Danzo-sama!"
"In this way, Danzo-sama can successfully regain his power in the village!"
In the deepest part of the base, the Root's Shinobi excitedly recorded the results of years of hard research on a luxurious scroll, and then an ordinary-looking Root's Shinobi is chosen to bring it back to Konoha.
After destroying the experimental data in the base, the rest of the Root's Shinobi dispersed and rushed towards Konoha from all directions.
...
Time passes.
A few days later.
Land of Rain.
On the 22nd floor of the central steel tower in Amegakure, a White Zetsu's clone slowly walked up the stairs, and smiled before saying: "Pain-sama."
"What's the matter?" Deva Path Pain, who had been standing on the edge of the tower, opened his eyes and looked over expressionlessly.
"Information just came from the Land of Fire."
White Zetsu's clone said with a chuckle, "Someone is looking for information about me and Hoshigaki Kisame in the black market."
Deva Path Pain's eyelids lifted: "Who is it?"
"Konoha's Anbu." White Zetsu's clone said with a smile, not worried about his identity being exposed at all.
"You mean, Konoha already knows about you and Kisame?" Deva Path Pain lowered his eyes.
'In the previous confrontations, Konoha should have guessed that Orochimaru, Sasori, and Kakuzu are in the same organization, but how did they know about Zetsu and Kisame?'
'Zetsu is an old member, but Kisame is a new member, and the two of them are not in the same team, and their missions are all over the world. How could Konoha know about them?'
'Is it spy?'
Deva Path Pain immediately thought of Shisui.
When Shisui joined Akatsuki, he had already considered Shisui's identity as an undercover agent, so he changed Akatsuki's rules of action and used the rings to gather all members, so that he could exchange information and avoid leaking their own information and the location of Akatsuki's headquarters, and at the same time, get White Zetsu's clone to monitor them.
'Then, how did Shisui do it?'
'Even if he inferred the identity of Kisame through the projection, how did he avoid the surveillance of Zetsu's clone and pass the information back to Konoha?'
Deva Path Pain pondered for a while, then looked up at White Zetsu's clone, and asked: "Is there any problem with the clone monitoring Shisui?"
White Zetsu's clone smiled and said: "You suspect that my clone has been caught by Shisui's Genjutsu, so the information was leaked?"
Deva Path Pain shook his head slightly: "If your clone is caught by the Genjutsu, then Akatsuki will have no secrets from Konoha. If that's the case, why should they search for information about you and Kisame?"
White Zetsu's clone thought about it, and said: "So you… suspect that Shisui bypassed my clone and passed on the identity of me and Kisame to Konoha?"
Deva Path Pain nodded.
White Zetsu's clone immediately shook his head: "Although Shisui is powerful, he is not good at hiding and escaping. There is no reason why he can avoid my clone."
"Go and ask. "Deva Path Pain said domineeringly.
"I understand. I will contact the clone to see if there is anything unusual about Shisui recently." White Zetsu's clone said.
Deva Path Pain nodded, and then closed his eyes again.
...
White Zetsu's clone can move quickly underground, by relying on organic matter such as underground roots and water, and the same is true for transmitting information.
After leaving the central steel tower, White Zetsu's clone found a small forest outside Amegakure, and then contacted the White Zetsu's clone who is monitoring Shisui.
After a while, a friendly exchange was completed between the two clones.
The results of the exchange show that there is nothing unusual about Shisui recently!
'Therefore, the person who leaked the identity of me and Kisame is not Shisui?'
After being informed about this, Deva Path Pain remained silent.
'Is what Zetsu's clone, who monitors Shisui, said credible?'
'If it is not credible, it means that Zetsu's clone has betrayed us, but if that's the case, Konoha will definitely get more information about Akatsuki, and there is no need to search for information about Zetsu and Kisame, thus alarming us. Of course, it is also possible that Konoha did this deliberately in order to clear the suspicion on Zetsu's clone.
But if Zetsu's clone is credible, then it means that Shisui is innocent, and someone else leaked the information.
"Could it be Orochimaru?" White Zetsu's clone suddenly asked with a smile.
"Orochimaru?" Deva Path Pain asked, "Why do you suspect him?"
"Orochimaru often releases snakes out. I suspect that these snakes are his clones, and even his main body may leave through these snakes."
White Zetsu's clone said gloomily, "And according to the information obtained from other channels, Orochimaru has many secret bases in the various parts of the Shinobi World, but don't even know the location of any of these bases!"
Deva Path Pain nodded slightly: 'Orochimaru is one of Konoha's Sannin after all. His methods are weird and difficult, and it is really difficult to monitor him with just one Zetsu's clone!'
As for the establishment of secret bases in various parts of the Shinobi World…
Deva Path Pain suddenly remembered his first contact with Orochimaru. At that time, he saw huge ambitions in Orochimaru's eyes!
'Perhaps, this time, it was Orochimaru who leaked the information in order to provoke the relationship between the organization and Shisui. This won't only weaken Akatsuki, but also make Konoha focus on Akatsuki.'
'When Orochimaru leaks Akatsuki's information a little bit, I'm afraid Akatsuki will face Konoha before we can start the plan to capture the Biju!'
"If it's really him…" Deva Path Pain couldn't continue.
'Monitor him closely?'
'It's useless, even Zetsu's clone can't monitor him at all, otherwise, it wouldn't let Orochimaru's clone run away.'
'As for killing him?'
'Who knows whether the 'Orochimaru' currently monitored by Zetsu's clone is a clone or the main body.'
Thinking about it this way, Deva Path Pain realized that he could do nothing about Orochimaru.
'Moreover, from the perspective of main body and shadow clone, Hyōketsu is also a shadow clone, and his main body is also suspected of leaking the secrets!'
With this in mind, Deva Path Pain suddenly found that the Akatsuki he worked so hard had become a sieve, and anyone could leak Akatsuki's secrets!
This is not a good sign.
"What are you going to do?" White Zetsu's clone asked.
"No matter who leaked the information, we can't wait any longer!"
Deva Path Pain looked towards White Zetsu's clone, and said coldly said, "Immediately confirm the exact location of all the Biju and Jinchuriki in the Shinobi World!"
"Pain, are you planning to capture Biju now?"
White Zetsu's clone's eyes widened, "The timing is not ripe yet, right?"
"This is an order!" Deva Path Pain said indifferently.
"Since this is your decision, I understand…" White Zetsu's clone showed a weird smile that is half-baked, and turned to leave.
He wants to tell his main body and Obito about Deva Path Pain's decision. After all, capturing Biju is also one of the plans set by his Madara-sama, and there is no room for error!