Chapter 200
In the underground secret room, Zixu quietly pondered the information Kakuzu had just revealed. Though the Akatsuki members weren't exactly close, Kakuzu had already started targeting his own "teammates" for bounties to exchange for cash. As a result, he had gathered a significant amount of intel on them.
Unfortunately, he died before putting his plan into action—and that valuable intel was now passed on to Zixu.
"Orochimaru's been researching the Fruit? The Six Paths of Pain are about to attack Konoha? Akatsuki is collecting the Tailed Beasts to awaken the Ten-Tails?"
The more Zixu thought about it, the more intrigued he became. Leaving aside Akatsuki's move on Konoha, was the Fruit Orochimaru researching the same artificial Devil Fruit Zixu had given him? If not, then could the mysterious man who resembled Doflamingo—sent by Rosinante —be tied to this Fruit Orochimaru was studying?
Or, to go even further... had some of the missing system functions been transferred to Orochimaru?
And the Ten-Tails... now that was fascinating. Based on Kakuzu's description, it seemed Akatsuki planned to seal the power of all Tailed Beasts to awaken the Ten-Tails. Though the next steps weren't specified, Zixu had a good idea of what they were aiming for.
"The Sage of the Six Paths was the Ten-Tails' Jinchūriki. They're trying to create a god..."
Zixu rubbed his chin, deep in thought. There were even rumors that the Sage of the Six Paths had a brother who lived on the moon. Whether that was true or not, it gave him a crazy idea—why not set the next goal as leaving Earth and heading for the moon?
"Well, your information really is useful, so... I'll seal you up for a while," Zixu said, snapping his fingers. Sealing spells instantly enveloped Kakuzu's body, finally silencing his spirit.
Still, the chakra channels didn't stop siphoning his chakra.
Who said chakra could only be extracted while conscious? That was just a lesson Zixu had made sure Kakuzu learned the hard way.