Chapter 180: Pay Attention
to Kisame looked at Itachi aside and spoke with some meaning.
"Mr. Itachi, you shouldn't be interested in this matter, right?"
Itachi glanced at Kisame. Itachi had long been used to this partner who was carefree on the surface but was actually thoughtful. Occasionally, this partner would say something intentionally or unintentionally. It was as if he could see through Itachi's true thoughts.
"I don't care."
Itachi replied.
Even if Kisame seemed to see through his true thoughts, on the surface, Itachi would not be able to admit it, and Kisame would never ask too deeply about Itachi's thoughts.
The two of them maintained a delicate balance like this. Kisame had clearly seen through Itachi's thoughts, but as long as Itachi didn't admit it, Kisame would pretend to really not know.
After hearing Itachi's answer, Kisame smiled.
"Anyway, I don't want to go. Mr. Itachi and I won't go, right?"
Kisame took the initiative to propose not to participate in this mission. Obviously, this should have been said by Itachi, but because Kisame had previously Itachi could no longer raise the issue of not participating. Otherwise, wouldn't it be a disguised admission that he didn't want to do anything to the Fifth Hokage?
At this moment, Kisame brought it up on Itachi's behalf, which seemed like Kisame's compensation to Itachi.
Itachi glanced deeply at Kisame.
"Anything is fine."
I don't know why, but in the entire Akatsuki organization, apart from Jingren and Izumi, the one that Itachi feels the most close to is this partner with a shark face.
Itachi could guess that Kisame was probably sent to him by Uchiha Madara or Pain to monitor him. Kisame could also guess that Itachi's heart was probably still with Konoha.
But neither of them tried to expose each other. On the contrary, in some places, they took care of each other a little.
Payne listened to the discussion below, and now he made it clear that Kakuzu and Scorpion were willing to go, but this was not enough. After all, the other party was a genuine Kage and should not be underestimated. Payne planned to send three members of the Akatsuki organization there Carrying out this mission is quite a grand occasion.
None of the members of the Akatsuki organization are simple. Sending three of them there is really a terrifying force. When they originally chased Kagami, they only sent three people. If Kagami had not activated Susanoo, , were killed by Deidara and the others. Therefore, it is certain that the three Akatsuki organizations can basically kill any Kage level by joining forces. Of course, the premise is that the other party is a person.
Having said that, it was the first time that the Akatsuki organization received such a task to attack the shadow of one of the five major countries. When Payne received it, he also doubted whether it was a trap. However, soon, Payne This dispelled the doubts. If it was a trap from other underground organizations, then with Xiao's strength there was no need to be afraid or avoid it.
In fact, with Akatsuki's current strength, most ninjas cannot threaten Akatsuki no matter what method they use, so Payne is relieved.
Unless the five major countries attack the Akatsuki organization directly, there is no need for the Akatsuki organization to worry at all.
And the five major countries took action against the Akatsuki organization? In Pain's view, this is possible, but even if the five major powers want to destroy the Akatsuki organization, they will never use this sneaky method.
In the original work, after the death of the third generation, Itachi and Kisame still wore Akatsuki clothes and entered Konoha without being discovered. From this, it can be seen that before the Akatsuki organization began to capture tailed beasts, the five major countries did not pay attention to the Akatsuki organization at all. He said that he didn't take it seriously.
From the current perspective of the five major nations, the Akatsuki organization is just a small organization hiding in the darkness. As the five strongest organizations in the entire ninja world (the five major nations), there is no need to fear the Akatsuki organization, or even look at it with a straight eye. .
Therefore, the possibility of the five major countries taking action against the Akatsuki organization is very low. Even if they do, with the arrogance of the five major nations, they will definitely do it blatantly and there is no way they can secretly set up traps or anything like that.
This was Pain's idea, and in fact, it was correct. If the appearance of Mirror Man hadn't changed history, then before the Akatsuki organization began to capture tailed beasts, not many people in the entire ninja world paid attention to the Akatsuki organization.
Just like a ferocious beast, if he doesn't show his fangs, who knows how strong he is. Only when he shows his fangs that can kill people, the people facing him will take it seriously.
Just like when the Mirror Man was in the Country of Waves, Kado, a small member of the Country of Waves, also looked down on the Akatsuki organization from the bottom of his heart. One can imagine what the five major countries that are far more powerful than the Country of Waves think.
The black and red cloud robe has not yet shown its fangs at this moment, so Payne is not worried about behemoths like the five major countries taking action against them.
As for the killing of the Fifth Hokage, will Konoha's revenge fall on the Akatsuki organization? Yes, but the focus will not be on the Akatsuki organization. Konoha will only fight with the client of this matter, "Kumogakure".
The Akatsuki organization is very experienced in this kind of thing. Over the years, the Akatsuki organization has always carried out the task of killing some important figures. The five major countries have more or less killed some important figures by the Akatsuki organization, and there is no such thing as a ninja village. Come here and fight with the Xiao organization.
In their view, the Akatsuki organization is just a "knife", and the person who really needs revenge is the person holding the knife.
Moreover, the Akatsuki organization has a small number of people, and hunting them down would be too costly in manpower and material resources, and the gains outweigh the losses. Therefore, as long as the Akatsuki organization maintains a certain level of low-key, the wrath of the five major countries will never reach it.
In summary, these are the reasons why Pain accepted the task of robbing and killing the Fifth Hokage.
Unfortunately, what Payne didn't know was that because the Mirror Man turned on the Eternal Kaleidoscope, Tsunade took their Akatsuki organization seriously in advance, and took it extremely seriously. She immediately started fishing and law enforcement against the Akatsuki organization. This is who Unexpected.
Even Kagami couldn't have guessed it, because it was so sudden. When the entire ninja world was dismissive of the Akatsuki organization, Konoha, the boss of the ninja world, suddenly regarded the Akatsuki organization as a life and death enemy. It's the same ambush, who would have thought of it.
This kind of thing, just like the Akatsuki organization's sudden all-out attack on Konoha, is impossible according to common sense.
Payne carefully thought about the next candidate. After thinking about it, Payne still felt that it was not safe. Finally, Payne said this.
"Kakuzu, Scorpion, you two go with me on this mission."
After all, this is the first time to kill the Kage of the Five Great Nations, so Payne still feels that it is safer to go in person.
From this point of view, although Pain did not guess that Tsunade would ambush the Akatsuki organization, it would be Tsunade's mistake if Pain went there in person.
The Six Paths of Pain plus Kakuzu and Scorpion, even for Tsunade and Jiraiya, would be difficult to handle, and there was even a possibility of overturning.
Of course, strictly speaking, it is not a mistake by Tsunade. Tsunade has no idea about the specific power of the Akatsuki organization. From Tsunade's point of view, sending out herself, Kakashi and others, plus Jiraiya's trump card, is absolutely impossible. She had devoted all her high-level combat power to Konoha. She really paid enough attention to the Akatsuki organization.
In the same way, in Pain's opinion, he personally sent out, plus Kakuzu and Scorpion, he really paid enough attention to the Fifth Hokage.
(End of chapter)