Mangekyou Awakened: Konoha’s Future in My Hands

Obito's gaze toward Nagato instantly became obscure and uncertain.

This was quite normal!

After all, just as he said earlier, did the internal strife of the ninja villages have anything to do with the Akatsuki Organization?

One must know that the intelligence from Black Zetsu had made it very clear that this Five Kage Summit was to discuss how to deal with Konoha; the Akatsuki Organization's best course of action should be to sit on the sidelines and watch the tigers fight, right?

From this point of view, Nagato's behavior was very suspicious.

Especially considering that Konan was currently staying in Konoha. Although she was nominally a prisoner, who knew what the real situation was.

What if Konan had betrayed the Akatsuki Organization?

In his view, this possibility was not small.

Because the Tailed Beast Capture Plan was Nagato's wish; Konan hadn't been very supportive from the beginning and only reluctantly chose to join because of Nagato.

But, what about now?

Perhaps the former Konan had a grudge against Konoha, but now that Danzo and other members of the Old Konoha High Command were all dead, and the Akatsuki Organization's plans were failing everywhere, the probability of Konan being persuaded by Uchiha Jin greatly increased.

After all, in a sense, Uchiha Jin could be considered to have avenged Konan!

Once this thought of his came true, then Nagato's situation would be hard to say. After all, Obito knew very well the friendship between Nagato and Konan; only Konan in this world could change Nagato's mind.

Therefore...

Especially considering Nagato's strange idea now, this forced Obito to think more about it in his heart.

Thinking of this, the masked Obito's gaze toward Nagato naturally began to grow increasingly sharp.

Almost in an instant.

The atmosphere in the entire room became dead silent.

No one in the Akatsuki Organization spoke; they all quietly looked at Nagato, who was at the head.

Thoughts? None!

Everyone was just watching the show.

Because the members of the Akatsuki Organization were all lawless individuals who essentially didn't care about anything. They were too lazy to get involved in the situation of the Ninja World, and they didn't even care about the goals of the Akatsuki Organization.

Success or failure.

It didn't matter!

And to this.

Nagato's expression didn't change at all. He just gave Obito an indifferent glance before speaking in a flat tone.

"Madara, you are wrong!"

"My actions are purely for the sake of the Akatsuki Organization. Although I admit that what you said just now makes some sense, you haven't considered a fundamental issue."

"Do you still remember what the Akatsuki Organization's current goal is?"

"Let me remind you: chaos!"

"During the time we are waiting for the Three-Tails and the Six-Tails to revive, in order to prevent the Akatsuki Organization from being targeted by the combined forces of the entire Ninja World, a chaotic situation is very important for the Akatsuki Organization."

"Only by keeping the entire Ninja World in chaos can the Akatsuki Organization gain time."

"Under these circumstances, the Five Kage Summit must be stopped!"

"Because if our Akatsuki Organization doesn't stop it, then the Four Great Shinobi Villages will inevitably form a massive power to oppose Konoha. Although it seems that the first target of the combined Four Great Shinobi Villages would be Konoha..."

"But, here's the problem!"

"Even if the Four Great Shinobi Villages unite, do they have the ability to oppose Konoha?"

"No!"

"Konoha's strength is too great, especially their top-tier experts, who almost crush the Four Great Shinobi Villages."

"Therefore, there's a high probability that the united Four Great Shinobi Villages would, at most, only defend themselves. As long as Konoha doesn't take the lead in starting a war against them, then with the minds of the Kage of the Four Great Shinobi Villages, they will absolutely not take the initiative to start a war with Konoha."

"From this, we can draw a conclusion: if the Akatsuki Organization doesn't disrupt the Five Kage Summit, then the overall structure of the Ninja World will become a standoff between Konoha and the Four Great Shinobi Villages."

"Do you understand?"

"A standoff, not a war!"

"And a standoff means the end of chaos and the gradual establishment of order."

"And once order is truly established, how much longer can the Akatsuki Organization hide?"

"Never forget one thing: the Four Great Shinobi Villages may be hostile to Konoha, but the Akatsuki Organization is a common enemy for both sides."

"The Four Great Shinobi Villages may be wary and on guard against Konoha, but in the face of a common enemy like the Akatsuki Organization, do you think they would choose to join forces to kill the Akatsuki Organization first before they temporarily start fighting each other?"

"They definitely would, without a doubt!"

"That is also the real reason why I decided to act and disrupt the Five Kage Summit!"

"Because the Akatsuki Organization's current strength is not strong enough. Since we temporarily cannot defeat a powerful enemy like Konoha, we should at least pick the low-hanging fruit and start by taking action against the Five Kage Summit."

"After all, to put it bluntly."

"We don't care who holds the upper hand, as long as the overall situation of the Ninja World remains chaotic, giving the Akatsuki Organization some time to delay and hide, and ensuring the Five Great Ninja Villages don't have the strength to unite against the Akatsuki Organization, that is enough."

"Nothing else matters!"

"Even if our actions allow Konoha to win easily, so what? As long as we can delay until the Three-Tails and the Six-Tails are resurrected, and once our Akatsuki Organization captures these two Tailed Beasts, we will naturally have enough power to start a war against Konoha."

"Madara, are you satisfied with this explanation?"

Nagato spoke eloquently, his eyes not changing at all.

Yes!

Since he dared to voice this proposal, he had naturally prepared the reasons for his explanation long ago.

And the rhetoric before him was actually taught to him by Uchiha Jin. Otherwise, according to his own original thoughts, he wouldn't have bothered to argue so much with Obito. One must know that the current leader of the Akatsuki Organization was him, Nagato.

Although Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Jin had both shown strength slightly greater than his, he essentially didn't take Obito too seriously. In his view, Obito's ability to hide was at most a bit impressive.

Combat power? Just so-so!

Even if he wanted to forcibly push through this operation, he was confident that Obito and Black Zetsu wouldn't dare to easily turn against him.

However...

Since Uchiha Jin had already prepared the rhetoric, and it wasn't yet time to fall out with Obito, he reluctantly gave him an explanation.

Obito: "..."

After listening to Nagato's explanation, his mind instantly went blank.

He opened his mouth, not knowing what to say!

Although he also felt that what Nagato said seemed to make some sense, he still faintly felt that something was not quite right.

But if he were asked to point out specifically what was wrong, he really couldn't say it for a moment.

So, sigh!

After a helpless sigh, he could only nod helplessly.

"This—I guess it makes sense!"

"In that case, let's prepare for the operation."

Obito coughed and reluctantly expressed his agreement.

There was no other way!

What could he do?

He couldn't refuse!