Naruto: Start By Punching Trees And Shocking Kurama!

"That's how things are."

"It was all caused by Orochimaru's failed experiment."

Obito stood in front of Pain and repeated what Black Zetsu had told him earlier.

The more he spoke, the angrier he got, and the more he regretted his past actions.

He hated himself for not killing Orochimaru himself back then.

He didn't expect this guy to do something so destructive.

'And that Nine-Tails Jinchuriki...'

'What the hell was Konoha even doing?!'

'How could they let him run off to Sunagakure and become the Kazekage?!'

'Not to mention the extremely suspicious cult he had started.'

'And then there was the incident in the Land of Snow...'

Obito was starting to feel like this world had become completely unrecognizable.

'Damn it!'

'What the hell were these people even trying to do!?'

'Can't they just keep quiet and wait for the infinite Tsukuyomi in the future?!'

If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't reveal his identity right now, he'd love to teach Kakashi a lesson.

Obito firmly believed that Kakashi was at least partially responsible for how things had turned out.

'If it weren't for him…'

'There is no way I'll be forced to take action!!'

After listening to the whole explanation, Pain and Konan fell into silence for a long time.

Nagato, who was controlling the Pain, felt his face practically twisting in disbelief.

'What had I just heard?!'

'Uchiha Madara actually asked us to save the world?!'

'Something about Chakra-devouring monster created by Orochimaru that were about to destroy the world?!'

'Hold on…'

'Under normal circumstances, wasn't this kind of thing supposed to be our Akatsuki's job?'

'How come Orochimaru caused such a big incident after his defection...'

'Could it be that while this guy defected from the organization, he still has Akatsuki in his heart?'

Nagato could only think of one word to describe this situation: Absurd.

Could anyone even comprehend this!?

They are a terrorist organization that intends to destroy the Shinobi World, but now, they are going to save the world...

If it weren't for the fact that Obito's explanation was too detailed to be fake, Nagato would have even wanted to use Shinra Tensei on this guy.

He had only rested in the base for a month, but why did it feel like the outside world had aged decades in that time?

He also remembered that he had ordered the Akatsuki's members to hunt down Orochimaru last month.

'How the hell did things escalate to this in the meantime?'

But then again...

After thinking for a moment, Nagato realized a serious problem.

To put it bluntly, he just wanted people to understand pain, to experience suffering, so they would finally cherish peace.

But those monsters are different.

They were literally trying to wipe out all human beings.

To say whether it brings pain or not...

They indeed bring pain.

But it wasn't the kind of pain he wanted, nor was it what Yahiko had dreamed of.

"Notify everyone..."

"We'll head to the Land of Grass immediately."

When Nagato said this, even though he was speaking through a corpse puppet like Pain, it was enough to hear his helplessness.

And so, under their leaders' orders, the scattered members of Akatsuki began converging on the Land of Grass.

When everyone heard that they had to help save the world, they were as dumbfounded as Nagato was when he first heard it.

They were a criminal organization!

Just look at their backgrounds!

The S-Rank Missing-nin from the Great Shinobi Villages... people with countless blood on their hands.

Which one of them wasn't extremely evil?

And now they were being told to save the world...

That sounds absolutely ridiculous!!

If it weren't for their leader's strong strength, the Akatsuki's members really wanted to take off their robes and walked off right then.

The only one who seemed excited was Hidan, who is also a member of a cult.

He was looking forward to seeing what was happening in the Land of Grass.

Of course, he mostly just wanted to judge some heretics.

Meanwhile, when Itachi learned that his brother was somehow involved in the Land of Grass's incident, he became even more worried.

'Why?!'

'Sasuke had never caused much trouble when he was a kid...'

'What the hell had happened to twist him into this?'

He couldn't understand it. He really couldn't.

In order to prevent Sasuke from making further mistakes, Itachi even planned to use Kotoamatsukami on him this time.

On the other side, Sasori and Deidara, who had been hunting Orochimaru recently, were the first to arrive on the scene.

Crack…

The moment the two of them set foot in the Land of Grass, they were met with scorch marks everywhere and the scattered remains of corpses.

There are also quite a few of those white monsters.

Earlier, while scouting from the sky, Sasori felt the intel wasn't sufficient, so they decided to land and assess the situation firsthand.

It's not too late to take action when everyone is present.

"Sasori-danna..."

"I think I smell the scent of art!"

Deidara took a deep breath at the smoke in the air, his expression a little crazy.

For some reason, now that he was here in the Land of Grass...

He absolutely loved this place!!!

Boom, boom, boom…

At this time, they found that two groups of people from different factions suddenly appeared in the streets of the city.

Some of these people were wearing iron armor, while others had bodies entirely modified with mechanical prosthetics.

"Damn it!"

"Heretics! Go to hell!!"

The members of the Scientific Truth Society clutched a bundle of explosives and charged recklessly at the enemy.

But after so many days of fighting, the Cult Mechanicus had already gotten to know their tactics very well, so they immediately launched a barrage of kunai with detonating tags from their mechanical limbs.

"You're the heretics!"

"We agreed on a two-day ceasefire!"

"And now you're pulling a sneak attack, huh!?"

"Brothers! Charge!"

With the arrival of the two factions, the battle erupted once more.

The battlefield was instantly filled with explosions, screams, and the fanatical war cries of both factions.

Sasori and Deidara, who were standing nearby, seemed to be frozen in place. All they could think about was the mission assigned by their leader, but no matter how hard they tried, they just couldn't move their legs.

After a long silence, Deidara was the first to speak.

"Sasori-danna..."

"Should we... go check out the situation first?"

Deidara was very curious about this Scientific Truth Society that used explosives.

He used to think that he was the only one in the world who pursued art, but when he came here, he discovered...

It turns out that there are still people in the world who share the same pursuit of art!!

"Hn. Just a quick look."

"Don't forget to collect information on those monsters."

Sasori's feeling was similar to Deidara's. He had just witnessed with his own eyes the other party's body being transformed using Puppet Technique.

Moreover, it's made entirely of metal.

Although the craftsmanship is a bit rough he had to admit that this is a very new approach.

He now wanted to learn more about these people's techniques.

Maybe he can gain something from it.

The two looked at each other and split up immediately.

Sasori ran towards the direction of the Cult Mechanicus, while Deidara ran towards the Scientific Truth Society.

At this time, the two of them had already forgotten the mission assigned by their leader.

After all…

Pursuing art is the most important thing for them!