Preparing to Dig Up the Akatsuki's Foundation

Orochimaru's Impure World Reincarnation is an S-Rank Kinjutsu that Orochimaru created himself, which can transfer his spirit into the body of another person, thereby objectively achieving his goal—eternal life.

But similarly, it also left him with a huge weakness.

Each use of Impure World Reincarnation will cause damage to the caster's soul. There is a period of weakness before and after the reincarnation to adapt to the new body. The soul damage can be recovered after a period of rest, but if the soul's rejection effect on the container is too great, it will remain in a state of weakness.

The current Orochimaru looks like he has used Impure World Reincarnation. After all, although he used Ninjutsu to cover it up, Naruto could still see the essence of Orochimaru's current woman at a glance.

However, Orochimaru seems to have a hard time with Genjutsu. In the original work, he was instantly killed by Uchiha Itachi with a glance, and now his cognition has been modified by Naruto with a glance.

Of course, Naruto only modified part of Orochimaru's cognition, only making Orochimaru regard Naruto as his master, and will not change his pursuit of eternal life and his love for scientific research.

This is the horror of Kotoamatsukami.

"Lord Orochimaru, please calm down, Guren is like this because she is worried about you."

Kimimaro and Jugo immediately moved away from Orochimaru, looking at him vigilantly, but no one dared to take action.

And Guren only felt that her throat was about to be crushed, her face was getting redder, and her consciousness was about to dissipate.

"Lord... Orochimaru..."

"Okay, let her go."

Naruto spoke to dissuade him. Guren's Crystal Release is not weak, at least above Haku's Ice Release. After all, in the anime, it can temporarily seal the Three Tails.

After hearing this, Orochimaru immediately released Guren's neck, letting her fall to the ground.

"Cough cough cough cough cough!"

The not-so-fresh air poured into her chest, but Guren felt like she had found a treasure. Her consciousness slowly returned to normal, and she immediately coughed violently.

"As a tool, you must not be rude to the lord again."

Orochimaru looked at Guren coldly.

Guren was instantly frightened again, shrinking her head, even holding back her cough, looking at Orochimaru with a grievance.

"I... understand."

After receiving the answer, Orochimaru turned his gaze to Kimimaro, Jugo, and Yakushi Kabuto.

"What about you?"

"Understood!"

The three of them immediately answered in unison.

Orochimaru nodded in satisfaction, then turned to look at Naruto, and said with a smile, "Lord, what else do you need us to do?"

Naruto looked awkwardly at the cold smile on Orochimaru's face, and knew that this was due to the other party's personality, and said, "Pack up and come with me, I will provide you with a better research environment."

"Understood, but please wait a moment, there is a lot of information here."

After Orochimaru finished speaking, he looked at the other four people and ordered, "You guys, hurry up and sort out the research data here."

"Received!"

After answering, the four of them immediately took action. Although they knew that Orochimaru must be controlled by this hateful blondie now, and they also wanted to help Orochimaru remove the other party's control, but if they took action, they would definitely be dealt with by Lord Orochimaru immediately.

Kimimaro, Jugo, and Guren exchanged glances, all understanding the meaning in each other's eyes.

Endure!

Only Yakushi Kabuto didn't feel much; it was just changing bosses anyway.

Buzz—

Orochimaru suddenly felt a wave of Chakra emanating from the Void Ring on his left pinky finger, and this small fluctuation also alerted Naruto.

"What's wrong?"

Naruto looked over and noticed the Akatsuki ring.

Orochimaru immediately explained, "It's time for the Akatsuki gathering. The Akatsuki leader is summoning members to participate."

Then he looked at Naruto with a questioning gaze.

Naruto's heart also stirred slightly, and some thoughts arose in his mind. He nodded and said, "You go and participate first. Agree to any tasks they give you."

Orochimaru found a place to sit down and used the technique taught by Pain to convert his Chakra into "thought waves." After a slight delay, Orochimaru's consciousness appeared in a cave.

This was the Illusion Body Technique that only the Rinnegan could use.

When Orochimaru's illusion appeared in the cave, there were already five figures present. Each of them was on top of a tall stone pillar, separated by a distance. Although their faces were not clear, it was still possible to identify their identities through some physical characteristics.

On the tallest stone pillar was Pain, the leader.

The others were Konan, Zetsu, Kakuzu, and Sasori. The Akatsuki, still in its developmental stage, was still somewhat weak in strength.

(There's a bug here. When organizing the timeline, I didn't notice this detail. In the original story, Jūzō Biwa was killed by the Fourth Mizukage when he saved Uchiha Itachi in the Hidden Mist Village, but Zabuza has already appeared, so I can only let Jūzō Biwa die first due to the butterfly effect. I'm really sorry.)

Seeing Orochimaru appear, Pain said, "Orochimaru, you're late."

Hearing Pain's questioning tone, Orochimaru didn't care much and instead chuckled.

"Heh heh heh heh, there was a little accident at the experimental base, so I was delayed a bit."

Pain frowned, but didn't say much. Now was the time when the Akatsuki was short of people. Although Orochimaru was already somewhat disloyal, he was still one of their own for the time being.

So he simply ignored it and looked at everyone, saying, "The ninja world is about to fall into chaos again, but the organization's strength is still insufficient. We urgently need new members to join. Therefore, there are several tasks for you."

The members all stood up straighter, adopting a posture of listening attentively. Before the atmosphere group joined, the Akatsuki gatherings were still relatively serious.

"First, about the mysterious person who destroyed Konoha, Zetsu, tell them your information."

Hearing this, everyone turned their attention to the pitcher plant-like illusion. During this process, Orochimaru's gaze changed slightly, but it wasn't noticed by anyone.

"According to the Chakra aura at the scene of the battle, the one who destroyed Konoha is most likely Konoha's own Jinchuriki, named Uzumaki Naruto, the son of the Fourth Hokage. He is currently only seven years old, with blond hair, blue eyes, and three whisker-like markings on each cheek."

"He not only controls the Nine Tails Chakra, but also has a high probability of mastering the Flying Thunder God Technique, and is likely accompanied by twenty Three-Tomoe Sharingan Uchiha elites. This is the information I have obtained so far."

After speaking, Zetsu obediently closed his mouth again. In the Akatsuki, his presence was quite low.

"Heh heh heh heh, only seven years old? That's really interesting."

Orochimaru let out a strange laugh at the right time, and the other members also expressed their feelings.

"His information should be worth a lot at the underground exchange, right?"

"You are qualified to become my next collection."

"Alright!" Pain interrupted the others, then continued, "This is a long-term mission. If any of you see the Nine Tails Jinchuriki, you must report to me immediately. His power is too troublesome and must be captured as soon as possible."

"Understood," everyone answered in unison.

"Next are the individual tasks I will assign to you."

"There is a member who has joined us in the Hidden Mist. However, due to the Hidden Mist's policies, a member needs to go and meet him. Sasori, this task is assigned to you."

This task was originally supposed to be for the guy who calls himself Madara Uchiha, but Pain was puzzled that the guy hadn't shown his face for the past few days, and even had Zetsu pass the task on to them.

"Hehehe."

Sasori's illusion was that of a hunched old man. He didn't agree directly, but first let out a hoarse laugh, and then said, "I hope the new member is a powerful guy, otherwise, I can't guarantee that I won't turn him into my collection when we meet."

"Don't worry, the new member's strength will not disappoint you."

Pain was obviously used to it. Sasori had already killed many partners, but the Akatsuki is an elite team, and if someone isn't strong enough, killing them is no big deal.

Pain then looked at Orochimaru and Kakuzu and said.

"The Kawa Hidden Village's cult's immortality experiment has produced a successful subject named Hidan. Orochimaru, Kakuzu, the two of you will go and recruit him. Use any method to bring him to me."

(There are three versions of Hidan joining the Akatsuki. As a fanfiction, of course, I will choose the setting that is beneficial to me. Also, I wish you all a happy Mid-Autumn Festival, be happy every day, cheers []~（￣▽￣）~*)

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