Time flowed slowly.
Soon, it was already the third day after the battle between Itachi and Sasuke.
Kisame, who had escaped the battlefield and hid his tracks for a whole day, finally confirmed that he was completely safe.
Afterward, Kisame chose to contact his direct superior, 'Uchiha Madara', as soon as possible.
However, in the end, there was no response.
This made Kisame feel vaguely that something big might have happened in secret.
After waiting another day, Kisame still did not receive a reply from his superior, which finally made him certain that his superior, Uchiha Madara, was likely in trouble.
At this time, Kisame, unable to make a decision on such a major matter, finally decided not to wait any longer and planned to report the news of this battle directly to the Akatsuki leader, Pain.
Although several days had passed since the end of that battle, it was reasonable for Kisame, who had just left the battlefield, to report the news as soon as possible.
In the Akatsuki's secret base closest to him, Kisame contacted Pain through the Southern Dipper Ring on his hand and activated the Illusionary Body Technique.
Afterward, Kisame began to explain the situation he knew to Pain.
This, however, surprised Pain somewhat. Although Kisame, as a member of the organization, never slacked off when doing things, his position was clearly as a spy that Madara had planted in the organization.
In the past, Kisame would not have reported such important information to him.
And Zetsu, who was responsible for gathering information in the organization, would selectively report some important news to him. Although Pain felt uncomfortable about this, he did not delve into it.
Anyway, everything was moving towards the path of peace. As for whether the power was in his hands and whether his subordinates could guarantee loyalty, Pain did not care.
Everything, for peace.
But now, Zetsu, who should have been constantly reporting news to him, had not appeared for many days, and Kisame had also taken the initiative to report information to him.
Such a change made Pain have some guesses in his heart.
Immediately, Pain began to summon all the members of the organization without delay.
At this moment, the Akatsuki had not yet officially started the plan to capture the Tailed Beasts and was in the stage of doing tasks everywhere to accumulate funds, so it was not particularly busy.
Soon, the members of the entire Akatsuki who could still be contacted gathered together.
"You're saying that Itachi was defeated and killed in the battle with his younger brother Sasuke, and what defeated him was a Lightning Release Ninjutsu that you had never seen before, which has the characteristics of fast activation speed and extremely strong explosive power.
Although the attack range is not very wide, it has an almost undefendable terrifying explosive power?"
Deidara asked to confirm.
"Yes, Itachi used a powerful Ninjutsu that I had never seen before, summoning a red giant as huge as a mountain, but he was still easily defeated by the opponent."
Kisame Hoshigaki nodded affirmatively, confirming this point.
"Oh, that guy Itachi, who looked down on my art with his Bloodline Limit eyes, is finally dead. But I didn't expect his younger brother to be equally good at the art of explosion. I really want to go and meet him to see whose art is cooler."
Regarding Itachi's death, Deidara did not have any anger at the passing of a member of the same organization, but was rather gloating.
Because Deidara did not join the organization out of sincerity back then, but made a helpless choice after being defeated by Itachi with Genjutsu.
Although Deidara was also very used to staying in this organization, and found a partner, Sasori, who had some differences but got along very well, Deidara still hated Itachi in his heart.
At this moment, Itachi was dead, and Deidara was naturally happy.
However, after being happy, Deidara was now more concerned about information regarding Sasuke.
In the art of explosions, Deidara believed he was the strongest. Sasuke actually used a Lightning Release Ninjutsu that could create violent explosions to defeat Itachi. Deidara already considered this a challenge to his art of explosions.
Since he no longer had the chance to defeat Itachi, the guy who looked down on his art, he might as well defeat Sasuke, who defeated Itachi.
"So noisy, what kind of art is a fleeting explosion? Only eternity is true art." Sasori, whose figure was hidden in the Puppet, reprimanded unceremoniously from the side.
But Deidara was not convinced and began to argue with Sasori about the essence of art.
"Even that guy is dead? As expected, believing in the evil God is the only way out." Hidan ignored the noisy two and sighed.
However, this sentence did not attract the agreement of others.
Pain's gaze swept over everyone present: "Sasori, Deidara, Hidan, Kakuzu, Kisame Hoshigaki, Konan, are all here. Orochimaru defected, Itachi was defeated and died at the hands of his younger brother, and Zetsu, who was with 'Madara', did not appear."
Considering that Kisame, a member of the Akatsuki organization brought in by the guy who called himself 'Madara', would unexpectedly take the initiative to report the news to him, Pain probably had a good idea of what had happened.
"Madara, as a member of the Uchiha clan, should be very concerned about this battle. Then he probably went to the scene as well. Now he can't be contacted, just like Zetsu. It seems that something unexpected happened."
"I don't know if it was really an accident, or if there is some plan. But no matter what, we should first gather the power in our hands to meet possible changes."
Thinking like this, after Deidara and Hidan completely quieted down, Pain slowly said:
"Itachi is dead, and Zetsu has also disappeared. And Itachi's younger brother Sasuke and the Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki Naruto, after learning the information from Itachi's body, are likely to become enemies of the organization."
"There may be changes happening next. All organization members, end the tasks at hand as soon as possible, and then return to the organization's headquarters as quickly as possible."
Hearing this, Deidara said excitedly: "If there are really enemies, then let them try my art."
But the others were not so excited.
After each agreeing to the leader's request, the meeting ended here.
They quickly ended the tasks they were performing, slightly finished up, and then returned to the Rain Ninja Village, the headquarters of the Akatsuki organization, at full speed to deal with possible changes that might occur next.
Although these powerful and arrogant Akatsuki members probably scoffed at the so-called changes in their hearts, they still accepted the order from the leader without objection.
In the next few days, several main members of the Akatsuki organization, as well as many peripheral members, received the news and returned to the Rain Ninja Village one after another.
And the already martial law Rain Ninja Village, at this time, the internal martial law became even stricter.
It was in this tense atmosphere that time quickly came to seven days after the decisive battle between Itachi and Sasuke.
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