Within the divine space.

Uchiha Obito pinched Mitarashi Anko's neck to make her unconscious, then let go of her hand, letting the latter fall weakly at his feet.

Then he turned to look at Black Zetsu, with anger and regret in Sharingan's eyes that could not be vented, and asked in a cold voice:

"With such a good opportunity, why do you want to stop me from getting rid of that brat?

"He was not with Uchiha Fugaku and his wife just now. Without the improvement of the curse seal, he would never be able to reach the speed of the night before yesterday. I wanted to kill him and destroy his body, but it was easy.

"When he gets older, it won't be as easy to deal with him as it is today!"

"This is a pointless worry..."

[Indra's chakra is an important part of unlocking the mother's seal. Before it is determined who is Indra's reincarnation, of course we can't let the kid die at this time. Otherwise, I don't know what else to do.

How many more years to wait...]

This is Hei Zetsu's true thoughts.

But naturally he couldn't tell the truth, but used the rhetoric he had prepared long ago.

"As long as we don't stimulate Uchiha Giyuu's Sharingan, he won't be able to break through the upper limit of ordinary tribesmen. After all, his strength will be limited when he grows up. It's never too late to solve it."

Hei Jue said slowly: "Besides, once you take action rashly and fail to kill him, but are instead seen through by his unique vision, isn't it worth the loss?"

He glanced at Mitarashi Anko who was lying there, "There are obviously safer ways to plan deeper and further, so don't take unpredictable risks to be quick. What we need now is just time..."

Uchiha Obito snorted coldly, reluctantly accepting Black Zetsu's statement.

He followed Hei Zetsu's line of sight and looked over: "So, what is the use of this woman? Can she really find Orochimaru?"

"I am not sure."

"you……"

Under the mask, Obito Uchiha frowned.

"When Sarutobi Hiruzen mentioned her, you also saw the little devil's expression. To be able to show that look on a paralyzed face is enough to illustrate the importance of Mitarashi Anko.

"If Orochimaru is still alive and she is so important, Orochimaru will definitely try to find her and come to us proactively; if he is really dead, then this woman is one of his important legacies."

Black Zetsu analyzed with sadness: "To take a step back, even if Orochimaru cannot be found or resurrected through Mitarashi Anko, the Curse Seal of the Sky itself is still worthy of our action. You also noticed the water dragon bullets all over the sky the day before yesterday.

, and the aura on his body...

"A mere curse seal can allow a kid to exert a strength comparable to that of a Kage, and subdue the reincarnation of Senju Tobirama. It seems that Orochimaru's time has not been in vain..."

"It's both a cursed seal and a reincarnation of dirty soil. You said it as if everything was within your expectations."

Uchiha Obito impatiently said the key, "If Orochimaru cannot be resurrected by then, who can continue his research?"

"Well. This requires a key person."

Black Zetsu smiled dryly, "I happen to know a guy who will definitely be interested in these things. Speaking of which, he can be regarded as an old acquaintance of Orochimaru."

"who?"

"Heilihu. A small character who was in the same class as the Sannin of Konoha. He betrayed Konoha's researchers because of human experiments."

Black Zetsu gave a name that Uchiha Obito had never heard of before.

"Although this man has no talent as a ninja, his progress in delving into these side branches is not much worse than Orochimaru. The last time I sent someone to check on him, he had integrated at least two blood successor limits into his own

in vivo."

"Hmph," Uchiha Obito didn't think much of this kind of character: "It's this type again... I hope he won't be the impatient fool like Danzo again."

【Are you sure you're not talking about yourself?】

"If anyone can find a way to resurrect Orochimaru and even continue his research, this is the only person I can think of in the entire ninja world."

Hei Jue shook his head, "Hiding in hiding and obscurity for so many years, it's time for him to shine.

"Now that Konoha's forbidden arts room has been emptied by us, if we take these things and Orochimaru's legacy as a condition and invite him to join the Akatsuki organization, I doubt he will -"

Hei Jue suddenly fell silent.

"Why didn't you say anything?"

Black Zetsu raised his hand and shook the ring on his hand: "Nagato is contacting us again. This is the fifth time in a week."

"He has communicated with us too frequently recently."

Obito asked suspiciously: "With his kind of character, isn't this too abnormal? Is there something wrong with those eyes?"

"Just ask, let's get out of here first."

The two left the divine space and came to the woods outside.

Hei Jue activated the ring, and the shadow of Tiandao Payne immediately appeared in front of the two of them.

"Where are you now?"

Payne looked around and found no landmarks that could be referenced, so he asked directly.

"We just left the Kingdom of Earth not long ago. It took us a lot of talking to get that kid who likes to explode things to agree to join us. It's not very realistic to just rely on force to make such a mentally ill person surrender..."

Hei Jue looked like he was asking for credit, "But with his out-of-the-box personality, he would never go at full speed, so I asked Xie to supervise him and spent some time.

"As for the two of us, we found a new candidate not long ago and are on our way there now."

Payne was silent for a while and said coldly: "Tell Scorpion to send the ninja named Deidara away. There is no need to look for a new candidate."

"?" Uchiha Obito took several seconds to react, "Send him away?"

"What does this mean?" Hei Jue asked: "Could it be that you have heard about Deidara's destructive style and decided not to accept him just based on his likes and dislikes? This is not how a god should behave.

"

"Is it the way a god should behave to change his decision because of other people's suggestions?"

Payne stared at him pointedly: "If you really think that I am a god, then I don't have to explain to you the reasons for doing this. Just do it."

【What happened...】

Black Zetsu keenly captured the self-questioning in Payne's sentences that he had not experienced for a long time.

[Don’t he firmly believe that he is the reincarnation of the Immortal of Six Paths? 】

【Did something go wrong? 】

"Concerning Akatsuki and the future of the Country of Rain, Xiaonan and I have some new ideas that we need to discuss with you."

Payne obviously realized the flaw in his words and casually changed the subject: "Don't delay any more and come back immediately."

Regarding his bloodline, his eyes and the memories of those immature lakes when he was a child, he had too many things to ask these two guys.

After saying that, he planned to interrupt the communication, but Hei Jue stopped him: "Please wait a moment..."

"What else?"

"I just want to ask, how is that kid named Purgatory Xingjuro doing now?"

Combined with Pain's abnormal performance and Sarutobi Hiruzen's words describing the brat in the Uchiha clan before, Black Zetsu had a vague premonition.

Payne pointed it out directly: "This is the second time you have asked about him. Why are you so interested in this person?"

The last time Payne's answer did not directly say whether Purgatory Anjuro was alive or dead, he only said that the latter had received the punishment he deserved for "offending the gods".

At that time, Hei Jue didn't take it seriously.

【Is there no direct answer this time?】

"My thought is, if he is not dead yet..."

Hei Jue smiled covertly, "Maybe we can make good use of such a good prospect. After all, we have suffered a serious loss of manpower that we can use for investigation recently..."

This is a half-truth. Apart from monitoring the Tsuchikage and Raikage, Bai Zetsu is left with half of his body that fell off.

"Too late."

Payne shook his head, "Purgatory Anjuro destroyed my Shura Dao puppet, so I decided to use his body to make a better one."

"In this case, it would be a pity..." Hei Jue sighed regretfully.

"It's no pity. The most indispensable thing in this world is genius."

Payne's figure began to become more unreal, "I say it for the last time, you guys rush back immediately.

"Also, if you meet that Water Country ninja named Mikaki Kiyo on the road, just send him away. He is too late. Even before I change my mind, Akatsuki doesn't need such a member with no sense of time.

"

After saying that, Payne disappeared. The two faceless guys exchanged glances with each other, but they both saw solemn doubts in each other's eyes.

Why did Pain suddenly stop recruiting subordinates? Expand Akatsuki's power?

Why did he question his identity again like he did at the beginning?

Also, where is Ganshi Guijiao, a guy who is usually very reliable, now?

How many other things will be like this, beyond their control?

【There seem to be more and more uncontrolled variables.】
To be continued...