Land of Rain.
The drizzling rain fell endlessly, filling the air with a thin layer of mist. At first glance, it seemed like being in a dream.
The members of Dark Akatsuki who just retreated from the Land of Fire gathered in a town ruin.
Sitting under the broken walls, Sasori maintained his puppets meticulously.
Not far away.
Deidara complained to Hidan about the damn weather in the Land of Rain. Juzo Biwa quietly wiped the Kubikiribōchō (Decapitating Carving Knife) in his arms.
Kakuzu remained silent in the corner. Ranmaru stood in the rain looking into the distance.
The battle attacking Konoha previously was launched hastily and retreated in a sorry state. Including Obito and Zetsu, almost everyone was injured. As for Hiruko, he even lost both arms on the battlefield.
Compared to the failure on the battlefield, what made them more unhappy was that 'Kara' reaped the benefits without sowing, jumping out halfway and hijacking their target, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
Obito, also standing in the rain, asked Zetsu: "Why choose to assemble here?"
"Who knows!"
Zetsu shrugged, indicating 'Kara' didn't explain the reason to him.
Obito's face instantly darkened.
The failure to capture Naruto this time obviously caused their status in Isshiki Otsutsuki's heart to plummet, which was obviously detrimental to their plan.
In Obito and Zetsu's plan, they wanted to take advantage of the confrontation between Isshiki Otsutsuki and 'A' to benefit as a third party, looking for opportunities to reclaim Nagato's pair of Rinnegan and the Ten-Tails snatched by 'A'.
And the prerequisite for achieving this was that they must obtain Isshiki Otsutsuki's trust and reliance. Otherwise, they couldn't participate in the core of the plan at all.
Swish swish...
Just then, Orochimaru broke through the rain curtain with Yakushi Kabuto, arriving at the assembly point.
"Orochimaru!"
Seeing Orochimaru, Sasori's eyes became sharp.
After all, in the era when Nagato controlled Dark Akatsuki, eliminating Orochimaru was his task. So Orochimaru living well was itself a mockery to him.
Yakushi Kabuto smiled: "Lord Sasori!"
"You bastard!"
Sasori made no secret of his killing intent.
He originally thought he controlled Yakushi Kabuto, but as a result, Yakushi Kabuto became a double agent instead, used by Orochimaru.
Orochimaru ignored Sasori, going straight to Obito: "Assembling here, isn't it provoking 'A'? Looks like the big shot behind you is really ready to make a move!"
Obito answered: "This doesn't need your worry. Just follow instructions!"
Without Nagato and his accustomed right eye, Obito actually didn't have much confidence facing the current Orochimaru, especially when Orochimaru also controlled 'Madara Uchiha's Impure World Reincarnation body.
Orochimaru smiled slightly, leaning against a broken wall with arms crossed.
The assembly point fell into silence. Even Deidara and Hidan, who were complaining before, shut their mouths because of the arrival of Orochimaru and Yakushi Kabuto. Only the sound of 'pitter-patter' rain drops remained around.
After a while, a group of figures arrived at the assembly point.
Walking at the very front was Delta whom Obito had seen, followed by Boro, then Victor and Deepa, and at the very back were Eida and Daemon.
"Kara!"
Dark Akatsuki, Orochimaru and others all felt a chill in their hearts.
Understanding these people in front should be the members of 'Kara' directly under Isshiki Otsutsuki.
If previously there was only a vague concept of 'Kara', then after experiencing the battle in Konoha, everyone knew 'Kara' was not just for show, its strength shouldn't be underestimated.
At this time, Delta came to everyone, hands on hips: "Really don't understand what use calling you trash here is!"
Orochimaru laughed sinisterly: "Interesting!"
Yakushi Kabuto standing beside Orochimaru pushed the frame of glasses on the bridge of his nose: "The details of the skin are somewhat wrong, should have been modified."
Sasori put down his prejudice with Orochimaru at this time, saying: "Obvious traces of machinery!"
Deidara laughed: "Heard this guy can fly?"
Hearing everyone commenting on her, Delta said angrily: "Are you courting death?"
Boro took a step forward, grinning, cooperating with Delta's anger, quite having the posture of fighting if a disagreement occurred.
Ranmaru pointed at Boro's right rib at this time, saying plainly: "There is an abnormal chakra reaction in that position of his!"
Boro's face changed instantly.
Ranmaru continued: "Moved to the left shoulder!"
Hiruko, who just had his hands sewn back, curled his lips: "Should be some kind of core. Really want to crush it and try, see if he can still recover!"
Boro's demonstration not only failed to subdue everyone but instead made himself listed in the ranks of being commented on by everyone.
Before strength was tyrannical to a certain degree, intelligence was often the key to determining victory or defeat.
Although Delta and Boro's move in Konoha completed the task beautifully, it also inevitably leaked their own intelligence.
And this intelligence falling into the eyes of people like Dark Akatsuki and Orochimaru was a chance for victory!
Just as both sides were at daggers drawn, Obito walked out, saying to Delta: "If you want to continue finding fault, we will keep you company!"
Delta frowned.
She wasn't afraid of these people in front of her, but worried that fighting at this time would destroy Isshiki Otsutsuki's arrangement, so she snorted lightly.
Obito also didn't want to fall out with people of 'Kara' at this time. Seeing Delta stopped, he also appeased the Dark Akatsuki crowd, then pondered how to obtain maximum benefits in this battle.
Swish...
Just then, a space-time gate appeared out of thin air in front of everyone. Immediately after, Isshiki Otsutsuki and Toneri Otsutsuki walked out slowly from the space-time gate.
Seeing Isshiki Otsutsuki appear, whether Kara's side, or Dark Akatsuki, Orochimaru's side, all bowed.
Isshiki Otsutsuki smiled: "Everyone don't need to be so nervous. Soon we can rule the entire Ninja World!"
He looked relaxed, as if not assembling before a great battle, but more like an outing.
But no matter what, the calmness he showed made everyone present feel much more relaxed.
Immediately, everyone's gaze fell on Toneri Otsutsuki following behind Isshiki Otsutsuki.
Toneri in gorgeous Otsutsuki attire, coupled with tyrannical chakra, made everyone present realize instantly that they were not Isshiki Otsutsuki's only reliance. Behind Isshiki Otsutsuki, there was also the support of an Otsutsuki!
Obito and Zetsu looked at each other silently. This was obviously not good news.
Orochimaru, unaware of the inside story, also had a darkened face.
He came to participate in the gathering just to spy for Shinji on how much power Isshiki Otsutsuki had actually gathered. Now seeing Toneri Otsutsuki, he faintly felt somewhat bad.
Similarly, Toneri Otsutsuki was also sizing up the people of 'Kara' and Dark Akatsuki on the field, silently estimating the combat power of these people in his heart.