Trees Chapter 211 Kakuzu is Really Worried About The Organization

‘Huh??’ ‘I’m being extreme??’ Naruto was instantly stunned by Pain’s words. ‘I literally just quoted you!’ ‘Why do you turn the tables and c

‘Huh??’

‘I’m being extreme??’

Naruto was instantly stunned by Pain’s words.

‘I literally just quoted you!’

‘Why do you turn the tables and call me extreme now???’

‘Is Senior Brother mentally broken?’

At this moment, Naruto was in a very complicated mood. He never expected his ‘Pain-Bringer’ Senior Brother to reject such a proposal.

‘But...’

‘Did this mean his mindset had truly changed?’

‘Would he even go to destroy Konoha at this point?’

"Alright, Ichigo..."

"It's better to avoid hanging out with Hidan from now on."

"And don’t do anything this dangerous again."

Konan stepped in to ease the awkward atmosphere, but Sasori and Deidara, who now knew Naruto relatively well, curled their lips.

Every member of the Cult Mechanicus is a top-tier troublemaker by default.

And Naruto was their leader.

Sasori had a feeling Konan was misunderstanding something.

As for Deidara, though he hadn’t spent much time with this Cult Leader, he knew this guy was the one responsible for the explosion of Gelel’s Stone in the past.

Naruto’s artistic attainment had earned his respect.

And he knew that what happened this time...

Most likely has something to do with him.

Sasuke shook his head when he heard Konan's words and was almost too embarrassed to continue listening.

‘What evil ritual...’

‘Knowing Naruto, that Hidan was definitely just a scapegoat.’

‘Even the so-called ‘Jashin’ this time might’ve been Naruto’s doing.’

Sasuke recalled that Hidan seemed to be in the same situation when he was dealing with Hiruko.

But at that time, Hidan seemed to be possessed by Boruto.

However, the monster this time is not like Boruto at that time in terms of strength and demeanor...

"Oh... okay."

Naruto muttered, then walked over to Sasuke and sat down.

Then, Pain gestured toward the black-cloaked Xiao Yan and introduced this new member of the organization to everyone.

"This is the new member of our organization, Uchiha Xiao Yan."

Sasuke stood up upon hearing this and nodded to everyone.

Everyone who knew Ichigo’s true identity immediately realized that this so-called Xiao Yan was obviously Uchiha Sasuke.

‘At least remove the ‘Uchiha’ from your fake name!’

Almost everyone present could guess Uchiha Xiao Yan’s real identity, even Nagato and Konan had a rough guess.

After all, the plot where the elder brother massacres his clan’s members and the younger brother comes to join the Akatsuki to seek revenge is too cliche.

But Nagato didn’t care whether this guy was Uchiha Xiao Yan or Uchiha Sasuke, and as long as he can help him kill the traitor, it was fine.

The only person the Akatsuki who doesn't know is the honest man, Kisame.

He looked at Sasuke and said with interest, "Uchiha Xiao Yan, please take care of me in the future~"

"By the way, have we really never met?"

Sasuke didn't even want to look at him, and the others also couldn’t be bothered to talk to the fool.

After introducing the new member, Pain began to announce the Akatsuki’s future priorities.

Naturally, rebuilding the Akatsuki’s hideout and Amegakure took top priority.

As for the Biju Capture Plan...

They have no choice but to put it on hold for now.

Whether Nagato did this because he genuinely wanted to rebuild or because he no longer cared about the so-called ‘peace plan’ was unclear.

Naruto realized he couldn’t quite read his senior brother’s intentions anymore.

The fundraising for the organization were handed over to the Immortal Duo. Kakuzu confidently thumped his chest, while Hidan sighed internally.

‘I wanted to be with Ichigo Bro...’

Since all of the Akatsuki’s communication devices were provided by Sasori and Deidara, everyone trusted their technical skills.

Therefore, the important task of rebuilding the hideout was handed over to the Slacker Duo.

What makes Nagato feel strange is...

The two people, who was known for slacking off, actually showed unprecedented enthusiasm for this mission.

The remaining members were assigned to assist the Immortal Duo and the Slacker Duo.

When Naruto heard that his senior brother didn't even mention collecting the Biju, he immediately stood up to remind him.

"Leader..."

"Aren’t we continuing the Biju Capture Plan?"

‘I already have two Biju in his belly you know, so giving up halfway is not my style.’

‘If we were going to collect them...’

‘We might as well go all the way!’

Kakuzu and the Slacker Duo immediately turned away, pretending not to hear.

‘What the hell is he thinking?!’

‘Are you afraid that Pain won't discover your identity as the Kyubi’s Jinchuuriki?!’

Pain fell silent for a moment, then looked at Ichigo for a while, and then spoke, "Since you’re so eager..."

"Then let’s start by gathering intel first."

Speaking of this, Pain pointed at the black-cloaked Uchiha Xiao Yan.

"Take the newbie with you."

"Alright, dismissed."

After Pain finished speaking, he and Konan immediately flew away.

The Slacker Duo dragged the honest man Kisame along to scout locations for the new hideout.

Naruto stood there, deep in thought. He always felt that his senior brother might’ve discovered his and Sasuke’s identities...

‘It’s bad!’

‘Did we get exposed during the fight?’

"Boss..."

"Hehehehehe..."

Just as Naruto was still pondering where he might have slipped up, Kakuzu rubbed his hands and came closer with an ingratiating grin.

Even from a distance, Naruto could practically smell the stench of greed wafting off the man.

"About those 150 gold bars you promised me earlier..."

Kakuzu asked cautiously, fearing that his sponsor would back out of the deal.

After all, this is the Akatsuki’s reconstruction fund they’re talking about!!

Otherwise, according to the speed at which he and Hidan were going on missions, who knows how many years they would have to work!

Naruto waved his hand dismissively. He didn't want to bother scammed Kakuzu for this kind of thing, so he unceremoniously dumped 150 solid gold bricks onto the ground.

Thud…

Kakuzu's knees weakened and he directly knelt on the ground, muttering under his breath...

"Boss!"

"I-I wasn’t in a hurry or anything."

"You didn’t have to pay upfront! "

Although he said this, his hands were already pulling out a sealing scroll and he began to put the gold bricks on the ground into his pocket.

‘Now that the Akatsuki organization has encountered an unprecedented crisis, I will definitely live up to Leader’s trust.

‘Hmm…’

‘When the time comes, I could give Konan 5... no, 4... ugh, fine, one gold brick.’

‘That should be enough if we budget carefully.’

"Okay, I'll leave the money to you."

"Sasuke and I are going on a mission."

“YES, BOSS! HAVE A SAFE TRIP!"

After Kakuzu bowed deeply and said goodbye to the two of them, he immediately turned to find Konan.

But...

With every step he took, he felt that his money was running low, because he would have to pay later.

Even parting with a single gold brick made his heart bleed.

‘It seems like a whole gold brick is a bit much...’

After some intense deliberation, Kakuzu ducked into a corner, pulled out a gold brick, and carefully sliced off a tiny chunk, about one-tenth of the original.

After all this was done, Kakuzu seek out Konan...

"Kakuzu you..."

Konan held the small piece of gold in her palm, her fingers just barely able to close around it. She was so moved that she could barely speak.

‘Nagato’s mission was arranged in less than half an hour!!’

‘Unexpectedly, Kakuzu had already delivered!’

‘In the past, I always thought that this guy is just a money-grubber, but it seems that when the organization encounters difficulties, Kakuzu would be the hardest working one.’

When Konan looked at Kakuzu’s shifty eyes, she guessed that this guy might have taken out the little money he had left...

Thinking of this, she clasped his hands and said with deep gratitude, “Thank you so much!”

"Hahahahaha... it's nothing, it's nothing."

Kakuzu kept a straight face as he exchanged a few polite words, and then excused himself on the pretext of urgent missions, which made Konan even more touched.

After Kakuzu left, he laughed the whole way...

"HAHAHAHA!"

"I’M RICH!! I’M REALLY RICH!"