Even the man known as the "God of Ninjas" is deceived by money. I'm afraid the real gods will be the same, right?
Sure enough, money is the strongest weapon!
Decades ago, Kakuzu always thought so...
There are very few ninjas who don't love money. Even for the Five Kage, "economy" is the top priority of the Hidden Village.
But there are very few ninjas who love money like Kakuzu!
Among the formal members of the Akatsuki organization, everyone has his own "belief". It's not like Feidan who believes in a certain evil god, but peace, companions, truth, art... and so on as his own beliefs.
Kakuzu can be said to be the lowest among the formal members. His belief is only "money".
If it were in the "Phantom Troupe" in the Hunter World, Kakuzu would have many "like-minded" companions, but among the formal members of the Akatsuki organization, it would seem a bit lo...
Now Guan Liyuan finally knows what kind of "poison" this guy has been infected with!
"Master Hashirama... Damn it! Why would Master Hashirama let me go for this reason... Why do those bastards want to investigate my mission failure... Why didn't I think of it earlier..." Kakuzu looked heartbroken.
Looking at this situation, if Hashirama is here, it is not impossible for Kakuzu to bow down to him.
[Is this a "strategy" that transcends time and space? ] Guan Liyuan felt uncomfortable.
"Mr. Speaker, Hashirama's granddaughter is in the Federation, right?" Kakuzu said.
With Tsunade's tacit consent, Guan Liyuan had already widely publicized the information that "Tsunade is the commander-in-chief of the Alliance Air Combat Force and the director of the Human Enhancement Research Department", which could greatly shake the fighting spirit and morale of Konoha and the Fire Country.
"That's right... but you don't mean to say that in order to repay Hashirama's kindness, you have decided to join Tsunade and the Federation, right?" Guan Liyuan looked at him suspiciously.
Among the official members of the Akatsuki organization, if there is anyone who will "surrender", it must be Kakuzu.
Others have things they insist on or want to prove, but Kakuzu... does not show this.
Even Kisame, who cooperated with the "masked man" plan from the beginning, was emphasized in the original work to depict his experience of unlimited undercover in his early years and even had to kill his "companions" many times, to reflect his "self-doubt" and his yearning for the infinite Tsukuyomi world that the "masked man" wanted to create, where "everything is true".
In order to develop "human puppets", Scorpion killed his fellow villagers, killed the Third Kazekage, and was ruthless to his grandmother. In the original work, there was also a lonely scene in his childhood when he controlled the puppets made based on his dead parents and embraced his own loneliness...
Although it cannot be regarded as the reason for them to become "terrorists", it at least explains why they have become what they are now.
In comparison, the description of Kakuzu seems very "empty"! It
even gives people a feeling that "this guy can definitely be bribed"...
As for the original work, the reason why Kakuzu did not show signs of being bribed was entirely because no one wanted to bribe him. In the original work, Kakuzu had no basis for being "bribed" after killing "Jilu" of the Twelve Guardian Ninjas and "Asuma", the son of the Third Hokage.
"I don't expect you to trust me. I may be executed or taken for experiments later... Before that, please allow me to tell you everything I know about Akatsuki. This is my way of thanking the first Hokage! Don't think that Akatsuki's enemy is only Konoha. Now... it is also dangerous to the Federation!" Kakuzu said.
"Oh? Tell me about it." Guan Liyuan asked tentatively.
Regarding the information about "Akatsuki"... Itachi may not know more than Guan Liyuan, at least Itachi certainly doesn't know the true identity of the masked man!
Kakuzu's words... the only information he knows now that is useful to Guan Liyuan should be the current location of Akatsuki's headquarters.
Even if he doesn't know the location of Nagato's body, it's fine to just know the location of the Outer Path Demon Statue!
The reason why Guan Liyuan didn't ask directly was that he wanted to see if Kakuzu would tell the truth...
Later, Kakuzu's performance did not disappoint Guan Liyuan. Sure enough... he said a lot of information that Guan Liyuan had known for a long time, so Guan Liyuan could also be sure that he was not lying!
Including the identity of the leader of the "Akatsuki Organization", the speculated abilities, the existence of the "Outer Path Demon Statue", the "Tailed Beast Plan" of the Akatsuki Organization, and Pein's purpose of "making the world feel pain"...
But Guan Liyuan has not said what he wants to hear so far, probably because he thinks this part is the most important to the Federation, because the Federation now has six tailed beasts... Even counting the four tails present, there are seven. It can be said that when the "Akatsuki Organization" tailed beast capture plan just started, the Federation is about to gather all the tailed beasts!
And in Kakuzu's impression, the leader of the Akatsuki Organization is "Pein" who has the Samsara Eye.
"Do you know who the masked man who attacked Kakashi is? What is his position in the organization?" Guan Liyuan took the initiative to ask when he saw that Kakuzu didn't pay attention to Obito. Guan
Liyuan was also very curious about Obito's current position in the Akatsuki Organization.
In the original work, the real identity of "Obito" should only be known by Zetsu in the original Akatsuki organization, while Nagato, Konan and Kisame knew his fake identity of "Uchiha Madara". As for the other members, except Itachi who was a little suspicious, they were just newcomers who used him as a substitute...
But when he met Obito before, Guan Liyuan was 90% sure that he had contacted Danzo, and Kisame seemed to have known his real identity.
Therefore, Guan Liyuan was a little unsure about what position Obito had in the organization, and whether cooperating with Danzo was the behavior of the "Akatsuki Organization" or Obito's personal behavior.
"Masked man? You mean 'Afei'? Copying ninja Kakashi... That's all. Afei was just an elite among the original peripheral members of the organization. After Itachi's undercover identity was exposed, he joined the sequence of formal members, but now he and his partner Kisame are gone." Kakuzu said.
"Do you have cooperation with Danzo, or any other connection? Or did you find that Afei has any connection with Konoha?" Guan Liyuan asked instead.
"It seems that the Root of Konoha had contacted Pain when Itachi, who became the Fifth Hokage, decided to intervene in the Rain Country. The ambush might be related to the Root. I'm not sure whether there was any cooperation." Kakuzu was also puzzled as to why Guan Liyuan was not worried about Pain and the Outer Path Statue, but was concerned about that "Afei". Guan Liyuan
could almost confirm at this time that Kakuzu, the money bag of Akatsuki, did not know much "inside story". Not to mention Obito's identity, he didn't even know Nagato's identity, and only thought the leader was "Pain"!
"Then where is the Outer Path Statue, you should know, right?" Guan Liyuan asked.
Kakuzu was silent for a moment after hearing this...
"Unfortunately, we rarely gather at the Outer Path Demon Statue's location. This time... Hidan and I were supposed to meet up with Sasori and Deidara near the Hidden Rain Village, and then go to a new hiding place. But now that there's such a big commotion, it's hard for me to sneak back without being discovered." Kakuzu said regretfully.
"So... Sasori and Deidara know?" Guan Liyuan's eyes lit up.
"Yes, they successfully collected some chakras from the Nine-Tails, Seven-Tails, Six-Tails, and Three-Tails before, so they went to the new hiding place once." Kakuzu said.
Guan Liyuan was secretly depressed. Sure enough, someone from the new army had been killed. It was not surprising that they didn't get the news. After all, although there was no major war now, there were constant conflicts on the border. As long as the scene was disguised and it looked like "normal" casualties, they wouldn't report it to Guan Liyuan specifically...
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