"Deputy, Deputy Leader?!"
When Kakuzu opened the door to the meeting room and saw two heads, one large and one small, one blue and one black, huddled together reciting, he was completely stunned.
It was about the fact that after I changed jobs, my former leader suddenly came to my door and caught me in the act.
In short, Kakuzu was feeling rather awkward.
He never dreamed that he would see the Akatsuki's Deputy Leader and a high-ranking Wave Country official studying together.
Kakuzu didn't believe that Konan, as the Akatsuki's Deputy Leader, would appear in Wave Country for no reason, so he subconsciously assumed that Konan had come to find him.
He was already considering whether he should hold back a little when they fought later, after all, he had been quite optimistic about Konan when he was in the Akatsuki, otherwise he wouldn't have entrusted all his money to Konan.
Konan and Uchiha Izumi, hearing the noise, also raised their heads and looked at Kakuzu.
When Konan saw Kakuzu, although she had already guessed it, she still felt a little embarrassed, after all, she had come in disguise, and now she was exposed as soon as they met.
She might as well pretend that she really came to sell Exploding Tags, anyway, she did carry a lot of Exploding Tags with her, and the Land of Rain had also begun to lack funds since Kakuzu left.
"It's been a long time, Kakuzu."
Konan controlled her expression and greeted Kakuzu calmly.
'Deputy Leader?'
Uchiha Izumi first glanced at Kakuzu, then looked at Konan, and also saw some clues. She jumped up and distanced herself from Konan.
Her Three-Tomoe Sharingan appeared in her eyes, and she held her books, watching Konan, who was still sitting in her seat, with full vigilance.
"Kakuzu-sama, wouldn't you like to introduce her properly?"
She had previously seen that Kakuzu's praise for the Leader was very sincere, and that he was very interested in the culture and teaching of Wave Country, and thought that he was someone who could be united with.
She didn't expect that he was actually a spy sent by another organization.
What a pity, an Exploding Tag supplier. If Wave Country obtained the technology to make Exploding Tags, its national strength would probably rise another level, and it would be one step closer to Lord Naruto's goal.
Konan originally wanted to give a simple self-introduction, but after seeing the Sharingan in Uchiha Izumi's eyes, she was stunned for a moment, and thought of her conversation with the staff member just now.
This little girl was actually the head of the Uchiha Clan?
Just as Konan was stunned, Kakuzu opened his mouth with a complicated expression.
"Her name is Konan, and her identity is the Akatsuki's Deputy Leader."
"Akatsuki? Is that the organization that Kakuzu-sama and Orochimaru used to be in?"
The vigilance in Uchiha Izumi's eyes increased even more. An organization that could accommodate figures like Kakuzu and Orochimaru could not be weak.
Moreover, when she heard Kakuzu mention it before, there was also a Leader who claimed to be a god, whose strength was probably not below Lord Naruto.
Konan was the Deputy Leader of such a powerful organization, so her strength must not be weak either.
Kakuzu also sighed, nodded, and also prepared to form hand seals, asking.
"Konan, did you come here for me and Orochimaru?"
Konan, who had been silent for a long time, slowly shook her head and said, "If I came for you, would I appear in front of you like this?"
Konan only concealed her identity, not her appearance, mainly because there were too few Ninjutsu in the Shinobi World that could perfectly conceal one's appearance, and she happened to not know any of them.
Moreover, she didn't expect to run into Kakuzu directly. She originally wanted to first understand the situation in Wave Country, to see what Wave Country was like under the management of the Nine Tails Jinchuriki, and then contact the Nine Tails Jinchuriki.
Kakuzu was a little puzzled: "Then what is your purpose in coming to Wave Country?"
Konan looked at Uchiha Izumi. She had to say that regarding the Wave Country's teaching materials, although she had only seen a small part of the content just now, it had already benefited her a lot.
Under Uchiha Izumi's increasingly puzzled gaze, Konan said: "I heard that the Leader of Wave Country is also a great Leader with very lofty ideals, dedicated to realizing peace in the Shinobi World and creating a new world. The Akatsuki is also working towards this goal, so I would like to communicate with the Leader of Wave Country."
Konan still told a small lie. Nagato's mission to her was to recruit the other party, but judging from this journey, if she said the words of recruitment, she was afraid that it would arouse the anger of the people of Wave Country.
So she had to say it was an exchange first.
"Of course, wanting to sell Exploding Tags is also one of the purposes of my trip."
"This..."
Kakuzu already believed half of it. Although he was only interested in money, he still knew the purpose of the Akatsuki's establishment.
Pain wanted to collect the Nine Tailed Beasts to create a terrifying Tailed Beast weapon, and then use this Tailed Beast weapon to conquer the Shinobi World, so that the whole world would feel pain, and then the Five Great Nations would not dare to launch wars again.
How should I put it, Kakuzu now feels that the Akatsuki is a bit too conservative.
Because although the Akatsuki's goal is to conquer the world, they have never thought of replacing the status of the Five Great Nations, but only to deter them so that they dare not launch wars again.
In the final analysis, it is still carried out under the rules of the Shinobi World, but Naruto is different, Naruto plans to directly overturn the table.
However, Kakuzu doesn't care about these, he just wants to earn more money.
Moreover, when Naruto really unifies the Five Great Nations, then all the money in the world will be in his hands. Just thinking about it, Kakuzu is already a little excited.
Kakuzu noticed the puzzled look Uchiha Izumi cast at him, and nodded to confirm this, but he still had some questions.
"When did the Akatsuki start doing business selling Exploding Tags?"
Konan heard the words, but looked at Kakuzu with an extremely complicated look, and said: "The Akatsuki's source of funds has been reduced by a large amount, and needs to be supplemented from other places..."
In the past, Kakuzu had been helping the Akatsuki earn money, ranging from several million to tens of millions every month, which was a stable source of funds.
Now that the other party has left, the tasks the Akatsuki is now receiving are difficult to meet the expected funding requirements.
This is the funds prepared for future wars, and there must be no problems.
All of a sudden, the atmosphere at the scene became a little silent again.
Uchiha Izumi still maintained her vigilance, and she would take action immediately if Konan made any unusual movements.
Kakuzu didn't know what to say, his moral level was not very high, Naruto gave him an offer he couldn't refuse, so he naturally agreed.
Seeing that it was not a solution to continue to be silent like this, Konan asked: "So when can I see your Leader?"
"Or should we discuss the issue of Exploding Tags first?"
Uchiha Izumi frowned and said, "Lord Leader has other important matters now, you can't see him now, as for the matter of Exploding Tags..."
Uchiha Izumi looked at Kakuzu, Kakuzu shook his head and said, "Let's talk about the Exploding Tags when you see Lord Leader."
Kakuzu felt that Naruto must have a plan for the Akatsuki, because not only him, but also Orochimaru, and Hidan, were originally supposed to be Akatsuki members.
Now that Konan has come to his doorstep, Naruto will definitely have some ideas.
After all, Naruto even managed to get Mei Terumi, who was just passing by, to go to the school. In his opinion, Konan's Paper Release is very profitable.
Moreover, he had already seen her eyes before, and he could feel that Naruto now is terrifyingly strong!
At that time, maybe not only Akatsuki's Deputy Leader Konan, but even Leader Pain could be packaged and brought over.
In the end, the two agreed that Uchiha Izumi would stay to watch Konan.
Kakuzu went back to contact Naruto using the Illusion Body Technique.
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