"It seems that people have already left."
When Konan and Nagato arrived at the bare battlefield, Shinji had long since taken Hidan and run off.
Shinji didn't have any resistance to the Akatsuki organization established by Nagato, he just didn't want to work for others for nothing.
No benefits, just relying on drawing a big pie and wanting people to sell their lives for you, where are there so many good things!
Even when Kakuzu joined in the first place, he probably cursed the other party as an idiot in his heart. If Kakuzu could have seen even the slightest hope of escaping when facing Pain Tendo at that time, he would never have joined any Akatsuki organization.
Looking at the others, Konan and Nagato were childhood sweethearts, everyone knew what Zetsu was, and there was no need to mention what Tobi's real identity was.
Kisame was fooled by Obito, and Itachi was simply a multi-faceted spy, his true allegiance always unclear.
After defecting, Sasori basically didn't even consider himself a human, and it didn't matter where he went, he just wanted to study his eternal art.
Deidara was even more funny, three people directly came to his door, he wanted to resist but was killed by Itachi with a single glance. Not joining meant death, what would you choose?
And Orochimaru, why did he defect even knowing the strength of the Akatsuki organization, even if it meant being chased all the time?
Being stunned by Itachi was one aspect, and the other aspect was that Orochimaru was also fed up with being exploited for nothing, so when he found that there was no hope of obtaining the Sharingan or Rinnegan, he decisively withdrew to cut his losses.
Looking at it this way, did you find any problems?
None of these Akatsuki members joined because they thought there was a future in staying in this organization.
They were all damn exploited workers!
And it was a forced recruitment where they beat you until you joined.
To be honest, Shinji didn't care about Akatsuki's ideals or Nagato's chuunibyou ideals at all.
He didn't even care about Black Zetsu's plot to revive Kaguya.
It was actually very simple to get him to join any organization, it was enough to make his efforts and gains equal.
He couldn't be working and making money every day, and then handing it all over to the organization, and whenever there was any danger, he would rush to the front line...
Wouldn't that be stupid?
Was he doing charity here?
Selfless dedication?
Don't talk to me about the ideal of peace in the ninja world, that's just being a hooligan!
So unless Nagato could promise Shinji some benefits that he couldn't refuse, he wouldn't join even if he was pointed at the head with Chibaku Tensei!
This was the real reason why Shinji didn't agree.
Nagato looked down at Yahiko's body, frowned slightly, and then said as if talking to himself, "How was Tendo destroyed, did you see it?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a Venus flytrap emerged from the ground next to him, and inside was Zetsu.
"I really don't know about this."
"Hmm?"
"At first, I used the Mayfly Technique to hide aside and watch the battle, but when Tendo used Super Shinra Tensei, I quickly ran away. I don't know what happened afterwards, and I don't know what happened to Tendo, but afterwards I saw a very interesting scene..."
This explanation was reasonable, and Nagato himself knew how powerful his Super Shinra Tensei was.
"Tell me about what happened afterwards."
Under Nagato's questioning, Zetsu could only tell him everything he saw after he reappeared in detail.
Nagato and Konan frowned more and more as they listened.
Especially when they heard that the other party (Shinji) not only survived under the power of Super Shinra Tensei, but was even unharmed, they were stunned and suspected that it was impossible!
"By the way, that guy seemed to have written something under Tendo's body."
Hearing this, Nagato immediately had Konan gently move Yahiko's body away, and then saw a message that someone had left for him, or rather for the Akatsuki organization.
"Hello, are you passing on the fire... uh, wrong scene, let's start over."
"Recruitment advertisement: If your organization goes bankrupt, or if there are others who want to switch to our Jashin Religion, I guarantee that the usual welfare benefits will be directly maxed out, the salary will be doubled, and gifts will be given during festivals and holidays, and travel will be arranged."
"Let your organization's boss learn a thing or two, this is called recruiting employees and poaching."
"If you don't have that ability, then don't come out and cause trouble."
After reading this passage with a blank expression, Nagato immediately destroyed it with a small-scale Shinra Tensei.
He was so angry!
Not only did his attempt to show off fail, but he was also ridiculed in return.
"Which direction did people go in?"
Nagato put on a scary expression that no one should approach.
Zetsu pointed in a direction at random, "That way."
"Continue to confirm the other party's whereabouts, I need to go back and repair Tendo first."
"Nagato, you..."
"Don't worry, I haven't been burned out by anger. But next time, I will take the Six Paths of Pain to have a good talk with the other party about the issue of 'welfare benefits'."
Clearly, this time's inexplicable setback was unforgettable for Nagato.
Moreover, according to Zetsu, the other party ate his Super Shinra Tensei point-blank and was actually unharmed, which made him very curious.
Even if it wasn't a Super Shinra Tensei he unleashed with all his strength, it was impossible to be unharmed, could that guy be a Tailed Beast?
More importantly, the qualification standard that Nagato set before taking action was 'immortality'.
This meant that Shinji and Hidan had actually passed his initial assessment, at least in terms of strength, they met Akatsuki's recruitment requirements.
But the problem now was that people looked down on his Akatsuki organization!
And the ridicule was also very direct, not giving any benefits, and wanting people to sell their lives for you, wasn't that a bit too wishful thinking?
This made Nagato a little unconfident in his heart.
This was also how he had 'recruited' Kakuzu and others in the past, why was it suddenly not working?
But after thinking about it, it seemed that what the other party said also made some sense...
"Nagato? Are you okay?"
Looking at Konan's worried expression, Nagato shook his head: "I'm fine, it's just that I consumed a little too much chakra in the end. Let's go back."
Konan hummed, completely unaware that Nagato had been affected by the enemy's talk no jutsu attack and was thinking wildly.
The two took Tendo's body and quickly left.
Zetsu also used the Mayfly Technique to shrink back into the ground.
But at this time, what he was thinking about was not the unimportant small characters Shinji and Hidan.
Even if he didn't know what means they used, they were actually able to destroy Tendo.
What he was thinking about now was the intelligence about the Cursed Spirits and the possible problems that might arise.
He had been planning until now, and he would definitely not allow anyone or monster-like Cursed Spirits to ruin his good deeds at that time.
"Is there any chance to use the power of Cursed Spirits to complete some things and push the plan forward again?"
Including the last meeting, Nagato's attempt to test everyone's attitude towards Cursed Spirits was actually derived from one of his ideas, and then he tried to get Nagato to say it.
Because he was the one who really didn't care whether the party he was cooperating with was a human or a ghost, as long as he could achieve that goal, any price was acceptable.
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