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Akatsuki organization, Renya’s room.

"Uchiha Obito, what is your goal?"

Deva Path stared at the severely injured Obito and spoke expressionlessly.

He knew Obito was using him—wasn’t he also using Obito?

It was just that neither of them knew Obito’s true purpose...

Uchiha Obito did not respond, his mind constantly replaying the words Renya had said before leaving.

He and Madara were both just pieces on someone else’s chessboard...

Impossible. Absolutely impossible!

That guy must be talking nonsense, just trying to stop him from carrying out the "Eye of the Moon" plan.

Or perhaps he was deliberately trying to sow discord in his relationship of mutual exploitation with Nagato!

In any case, there was no way he and Madara were someone else’s pawns.

"Nagato, whether I am Uchiha Madara or not is irrelevant." Uchiha Obito raised his head. "As long as we can achieve our ideal, isn’t that enough?"

Deva Path fell silent upon hearing this.

Obito was right. As long as peace could be brought to the shinobi world, identity didn’t matter.

"If you want to achieve our goal, we can continue cooperating."

Uchiha Obito struggled to stand up from the ground and slowly extended his hand.

Ever since someone crushed his fingers, he had become extra cautious when shaking hands.

Afraid that Nagato might be like Renya and crush his fingers outright.

"Agreed." Deva Path shook his hand. "Whether you are Madara or Obito, our ideal remains unchanged."

In truth, he had originally intended to kill Obito, but doing so would bring him no benefit.

Now that he knew Obito’s identity, it was better to continue their cooperation—

Until the day true peace came to the shinobi world.

Konan watched their conversation, feeling a hint of regret.

If she had known things would turn out like this, she wouldn’t have been in such a hurry to hand over the explosive tags to Renya.

Not only had Uchiha Obito not been killed, but they had also lost one hundred billion explosive tags.

Of course, it wasn’t without gain!

She had learned the masked man’s true identity and discovered that Renya’s strength was extremely powerful.

As long as he could be recruited, there would be no need to worry about Obito.

At that moment, the Akatsuki members rushed in frantically.

"Leader, something terrible has happened!" Kakuzu cried out with tears and snot. "Renya and Tonton ran off with the money!"

The three: "???"

Among them, the most dumbfounded was Uchiha Obito.

He had been thinking that with a powerhouse like Renya in the organization, he would need to keep a low profile in the future—otherwise, he might get bagged and beaten again.

After all, even the Kamui space was no longer the safest place.

But who could have expected that Renya and Tonton would just run off!

"What did you say?!" Konan said in shock. "Renya and Tonton ran off with the money?!"

"Yeah! Those two bastards knocked me out with some excuse and then ran off with all the organization’s funds from these past years!"

The more Kakuzu thought about it, the angrier he became, nearly dying from rage.

At that moment, he finally understood where Renya’s money had come from.

So it was obtained through scams and trickery like this...

If he didn’t have five hearts, he would’ve already had a heart attack from anger.

Sure enough, rich people are all cunning.

No one is kind to you for no reason—unless they have ulterior motives.

Having roamed the shinobi world for years, Kakuzu understood this truth well. It was just that earlier, he had been dazzled by Renya’s money.

So he had been thinking only about how to trick money out of Renya.

But he never expected that he was the fool being tricked!

"Stop talking and go after them already!"

Kakuzu quickly reminded everyone.

Now was not the time to be shocked—the top priority was to catch Renya and Tonton and get the money back!

That was an astronomical sum!

If they didn’t go now, the two would be long gone.

Hearing this, everyone snapped back to their senses.

"Renya and Tonton have betrayed the organization." Deva Path issued orders. "Immediately find them and bring them back to the village!"

"Yes!"

All members of the Akatsuki mobilized—not to capture tailed beasts, but to hunt down two traitors.

...

At the same time, inside a cave.

"Hehehe, can’t finish counting it—there’s just too much!"

Renya grinned foolishly at the mountain of cash. This trip had truly not been in vain.

It had to be said—the Akatsuki were really rich!

Kakuzu was basically his God of Wealth, no matter which timeline!

When he returned to the original timeline, he could go catch up with Kakuzu.

Anyway, they would all be killed by the protagonist’s group eventually—keeping the money was pointless.

Better to hand it over to him—at least that would be putting waste to use.

Shimura Danzō stared at the mountain of cash in shock, subconsciously swallowing.

This was the first time in his life he had seen so much money!

Although his good friend wasn’t very smart, he was extremely skilled at scamming and trickery!

No wonder whenever he returned from traveling, he always had more money than he could spend.

So this was what he had been doing.

Danzō seemed to have figured out the truth behind Renya’s sudden wealth...

"Renya, aren’t you afraid of Akatsuki’s retaliation for doing this?"

Shimura Danzō asked worriedly.

The Akatsuki were all powerful rogue ninja, especially Pain, who possessed Madara’s Rinnegan.

If it came to a fight, they wouldn’t have the advantage.

"Relax, I left Flying Thunder God marks along the way." Renya patted his chest proudly. "If I want to run, they won’t be able to catch me at all!"

After hiding outside for a day or two, they could leave using the Dragon Vein.

Even if the Akatsuki dug three feet into the ground, they wouldn’t find them...

Shimura Danzō nodded upon hearing this. Then there was no problem.

When it came to being a bandit, his good friend really had experience!

He just felt a bit sorry for Kakuzu.

Every time he had just gotten some money, it would be snatched away by his good friend.

He seriously suspected Renya did it on purpose!

Otherwise, how could there be so many coincidences...

In the original timeline, Kakuzu, who had just completed a bounty mission, suddenly shivered for no reason.

"Damn Uchiha Renya!"

Originally, he could have rested for a while, but last time all his money had been stolen.

So he had no choice but to keep working to earn money.

His hard-earned blood money had been stolen several times by that bastard.

Kakuzu hated Renya to the bone!

Now was not the time for revenge—he would wait another twenty or thirty years.

At that time, he would definitely not let that guy go!

It was said that that bastard was the richest man in Konoha—once he defeated him, he would take all his money!

Break his limbs and make him watch as he took the money and left.

He had to make that bastard experience despair!

"Hahaha, Uchiha Renya, just you wait!"

Kakuzu couldn’t help but laugh maniacally as he thought about it.

His life was too painful and oppressive—this was the only way he could find some joy.

After laughing, he buried the money he had earned underground.

After being robbed so many times, he had finally learned his lesson.

As long as he didn’t carry money on him, even if he ran into Uchiha Renya, it wouldn’t matter!

Surely, if that guy couldn’t get any money from him, he would have no choice but to let him go.

He was simply too smart!

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