"What did you say?" Pain could hardly believe what he had just heard. "You're going to catch the tailed beasts?"
"Yes!" Funan said firmly: "I just joined Akatsuki, and I'm proud and honored, but I don't know how to express it, so I decided to catch some tailed beasts and give them to the leader as a gift."
"I, Uchiha Funan, am full of sincerity!"
Pain was silent. He looked at Funan strangely. Did this guy do it on purpose? Did Funan know something? Or, did he just want to show off his strength?
Pain had no answers, he only knew that he should never have let Funan join Akatsuki.
Pain sighed in his mind but still maintained an indifferent expression. "No!"
"Why?" Funan said dissatisfiedly: "Isn't one tailed beast enough as a gift? Then I'll catch a few more!"
"We have our own plans. Attacking the Tailed Beasts of the Five Great Villages now would only ruin those plans."
"I understand!" Funan touched his chin and fell into thought. After a while, he raised his head and said: "I don't know what our plans are and you guys won't tell me, so I won't do anything. But Orochimaru doesn't even want to see me, and I'm feeling really bored!"
Pain and Obito were speechless. What an arrogant person is Orochimaru? Now, the proud and cold Orochimaru avoided Funan. How hateful was this guy?
"Don't worry, we will find a new teammate for you as soon as possible."
"No, I prefer her." Funan pointed at the silent Konan and smiled. "If it's her, I accept."
Pain's face darkened and said: "Didn't I say..."
"Okay!" Konan interrupted, staring coldly at Funan. "I'll be in the same team with him."
"Konan!"
"Pain!" Konan raised her hand and made a peculiar gesture secretly. Pain understood immediately and fell silent. It was a secret signal between them, indicating that Konan had a plan.
"I'm in the same group with you, but because of your special identity, I think you don't want to give up Uchiha and come here, right?" Konan's voice was calm.
"Yes!" Funan thought for a moment, pointed to the ring, and said: "Let's be WhatsApp friends?"
Funan knew that Akatsuki's rings had the function of mutual communication.
No one paid attention to Funan's words. Talking to this guy was always like this. Nothing he said was normal.
"Okay, we will contact each other through the ring in the future!" Konan said with a faint smile on her lips. "Orochimaru will also be on our team. He likes to investigate and doesn't show himself much. With him, it won't be much of a difference."
Pain added: "Another new member will be joining soon. He is an old acquaintance of Orochimaru, and they share the same interests. In the meantime, you three will form a team."
"Okay!" Funan grinned and said: "Everyone is very happy with this arrangement!"
Everyone: "..."
After Funan left, Obito also left.
Pain then turned his unhappy eyes to Konan. "Why?"
"Maybe we can cooperate with him!" Konan's voice was very calm.
"Cooperation?"
"Yes!" Konan looked at Pain and said: "Nagato, do you really believe in that masked man?"
"Believe him?" Pain scoffed. "A rat with bad intentions!"
"Then we need more allies... partners." Konan sighed. "I also feel that the masked man has bad intentions towards us. For this, we need other forces to intervene."
Pain said coldly with a gloomy face: "It doesn't matter, he can't cause any trouble. In front of the power of God, he is just an insignificant ant."
He didn't stop Konan from approaching Funan, but he repeatedly reminded her to be careful.
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Funan received a message.
The Four-Tails' Jinchuriki, Roshi, was captured by Akatsuki!
"It can't be!" Funan shook his head instinctively. He had just communicated with Akatsuki. Would they hide something like that from him?
"Are there other forces involved?" Funan was a little confused.
There is none of this in the Naruto Series. This should be a period of peace, under the rule of Sarutobi Hiruzen.
As for Boruto...
What is that?
Funan said, I am a serious Uchiha, I don't read those messy things.
Back on topic, what really happened to the Four-Tails? Was he really captured? And who captured him?
Thinking about Roshi's personality, Funan wondered: "Didn't he escape on his own? The Eight-Tails' Jinchuriki did something similar."
Funan sat in his office, looking out the window.
He opened his palm. A ball of yellow chakra spun in his palm.
The power of the One-Tail, Shukaku!
This is the power of the Tailed Beast that Funan forcefully looted from the Jinchuriki when he went to Sunagakure last time.
Interestingly, after having forcefully extracted Shukaku's chakra, Gaara began to have a good opinion of Funan.
Since becoming a Jinchuriki, Gaara had not had a single night of sleep. When Funan extracted Shukaku's power, he became weaker. Inside Gaara's body, Shukaku seemed to be half dead.
Gaara slept comfortably for several days. From that moment on, Gaara looked at Funan differently. At Rasa's suggestion, Gaara knelt down and called him master.
"I can't believe it, not only did I become Rasa's teacher, but also Gaara's." Funan laughed.
The Fourth Kazekage was already in the pocket, and the Fifth Kazekage would soon follow the same path.
The next step.
Collecting the power of the Tailed Beasts.
He needs the power of Rinnegan.
Funan opened the map in front of him.
He already had the power of Shukaku.
The Three Tails is in Kirigakure, which is Obito's territory.
'Could I ask Obito for some of the Tailed Beast's chakra? Just say it's for research? I might try.'
The Four-Tails... Old Roshi has now disappeared. No one knows if he ran away alone or was captured by someone!
The Five Tails is in Iwagakure.
The Six Tails... Where was it?
Kirigakure? Has he run away?
As far as Funan could remember, this guy was a missing-nin. Where would he be now?
Had he already met that beautiful girl?
Tsuchigumo Hotaru!
Funan narrowed his eyes slightly and smiled strangely.
If the other party really already met Hotaru, then there would be no need to worry about the Six-Tails' chakra.
The Eight Tails is best forgotten for the moment.
The Nine Tails chakra is difficult to obtain. Konoha defends against him like a thief. It is not so easy to approach.
However, it is not necessarily impossible to obtain it. As long as the Nine-Tails goes on a rampage again, he can gain some chakra when he tries to stop him. Moreover, there is also a part of the Nine-Tails' chakra in the Fire Temple!
Considering all this, it seemed that the Seven Tails' chakra was the easiest to obtain.
Takigakure...
Funan had considered that if the Uchiha couldn't stay in Konoha anymore, he would leave and take down the Takigakure. In addition, he also considered the Land of Demons and the Land of Iron.
Now that he had the Land of Wind, he no longer needed to consider these options. Although the environment in the Land of Wind is not good, there is still no problem with survival.
Rasa and Pakura were his, the Jinchuriki was his disciple, and if the Uchiha wanted to join, it wouldn't be too difficult.
If the entire Uchiha clan were to unite, even Chiyo and Ebizo would not be able to oppose them.
If anyone objected, they could simply get rid of them.
"It's decided!" Funan smiled slightly and murmured: "Akatsuki is not collecting tailed beasts now because they are not ready yet. I am ready, so I will collect them first!"
"I don't need the complete Tailed Beasts, just a part of their chakra."
"Before that..."
"Beautiful Miss Konan, are you there?"
"..."
"What do you need?"
"I miss you!"
"Hey, Miss Konan, are you still there?"
"If you have something to say, say it!"
"Oh! Excuse me, is the Four-Tails Jinchuriki in the hands of our organization?"
"The Four-Tails?" Konan's voice changed slightly, and said: "What happened to him?" Her tone was full of urgency.
Funan pouted.
The Four-Tails incident was not done by Akatsuki.
Funan immediately sent this information to Akatsuki.
Funan's information was provided by Konoha, in this aspect, Obito and Pain could not compare.
At least now that Iwagakure was hiding the news, Obito and Pain didn't know anything.
After receiving the information, Konan hurried to find Pain.
Funan left a message: "I gave such important information, Miss Konan, remember to reward me, otherwise, there will be no information next time!"
"...Okay!" Faced with such important information, Konan couldn't maintain her composure.
At that moment, she realized that in many important matters, Akatsuki was actually at a disadvantage compared to a large shinobi village like Konoha.
Unless Zetsu specifically seeks information, it is impossible for them to obtain such important news in a short period of time.
"It seems that we need to strengthen our relationship with Funan." Konan muttered.
Although Akatsuki had taken action after the Four-Tails' disappearance, their actions were not as intense.
The tailed beasts cannot be killed. Even if they are killed, they will be resurrected in a few years.
For various reasons, Akatsuki's plan had to be moved forward, but in the Naruto Series, it would take about twelve more years for them to begin to act.
Now, even with changes, they wouldn't act immediately.
Of course, in the Naruto Series, Akatsuki started acting when Naruto was around fifteen years old, probably also because of the need for the 'protagonist armor'. Since after Naruto increased his power, they started to act.
It feels like a bit of cooperation.
"Now, cooperate with me!" Funan stood up and walked out.
…
"Boss, give me a big bowl of ramen!" The blond boy looked with shining eyes at the ramen of the person next to him, while ordering.
"Oh, little Naruto is here!" He smiled and said: "Wait a minute! Today is the opening anniversary of our store, there are gifts!"
"You happen to be the 100th bowl, I will give you a discount."
"Thanks, boss! You're the best!" Naruto smiled and put his hands together.
"Boss, give me a big bowl of ramen!" A voice sounded, and then a figure sat next to Naruto, looking at him with interest.
"Uh!" Naruto tensed as he felt himself being watched, as if a snake was stalking him. But it was strange. The person in front of him showed no contempt or dislike, his gaze was clear.
Naruto relaxed a little.
Funan smiled and glanced into a dark corner.
There, an ANBU member had left, evidently to inform Torifu.
Come on in.
Those guys have been so bored lately, a little excitement would do them good.
He opened his mouth and was about to speak.
Suddenly!
An extremely sharp gaze looked at him.
The momentum contained in it made Funan pause slightly.
He turned his head and saw that it was Teuchi.
He stood in front of Funan, with a serious expression, staring at him.
It was him?
Otsutsuki Teuchi.
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