Hokage: From Tsunade-san

In the dim room, there stood a huge humanoid statue, sitting cross-legged, hands and wrists together, fingers forming the blooming petals of a lotus, placed on the chest in the lotus seal.

Located above the finger, ripples appeared in the space, and soon several outlines were condensed into virtual images, shining with colorful light.

One of them, Payne, looked around and realized that someone was missing.

With his corrugated eyes, he calmly stared at the shadow with golden vertical pupils, as if he wanted to see something from the other person's eyes.

After a while, he asked in an emotionless voice: "Where is Beiliuhu?"

Orochimaru's voice was hoarse as he responded: "They should be killed."

There was a ripple in Payne's calm, mirror-like eyes: "Should?"

"We met on the road, Uchiha Aokiji."

Orochimaru lowered his voice and quietly observed Payne's reaction when he heard the name.

Payne's eyes flickered for a moment, and he felt surprised: "Uchiha Aoji, I remember that this guy seemed to be your companion in the past."

"That is already a thing of the past." Orochimaru sighed: "You also know that Beiruhu and I are both rebellious ninjas in the village. How will he react when he meets us?

"So, you just left Beiliuhu and ran away?"

Payne came to this conclusion based on the previous analysis.

"Otherwise?" Orochimaru shrugged his shoulders and said teasingly: "Is it possible that both of you stay here?"

Lies that are true and false are the most difficult to distinguish.

The actual situation is that Qingzhi ambushed on the road, found the right opportunity to directly kill Beiliuhu, and then used the psychic technique to summon Xin Ya to turn Beiliuhu into stone. It is still in the laboratory.

At this time, a member of the organization who looked hunchbacked from the virtual image mocked: "It's really useless. Neither of them is his opponent."

Orochimaru retorted: "Oh, walk on, come on. I think you won't even have time to escape when the time comes. You're a broken puppet, and you probably won't even be able to withstand a punch from the opponent."

This was not Orochimaru's intention to quarrel, but the truth.

The opponent's proud puppet could just punch Aoki's soul fire with just one punch.

"Asshole, how dare you say that again."

This member's eyes were splitting, and his anger was filled with strong murderous intent.

Seeing that neither of them could understand each other, Payne called out at the right time: "Stop arguing."

Payne knew very well what kind of character Orochimaru was. Naturally, it was impossible for him to stay and fight for the sake of his companions.

The Akatsuki organization is full of rebellious ninjas, and the quality of the individuals within them varies greatly. For such behavior, Pain has already been mentally prepared for this kind of behavior.

Payne said coldly: "Tell me the information about Qing Pheasant."

Orochimaru predicted Payne's behavior and told Payne the prepared answer.

"Uchiha Aoji..."

Pain grunted, writing down the name.

Orochimaru teased: "Chief, are you planning to find trouble with Aokiji?"

Payne did not respond.

Orochimaru asked for trouble and smiled to ease his embarrassment.

Payne looked at the organization members who had just argued with Orochimaru and said, "Scorpion, you and Orochimaru form a team."

The Akatsuki organization usually operates in pairs. First, it is to improve the mission success rate. Secondly, it is mutual supervision.

Within the organization, Scorpio, who had a bad relationship with Orochimaru, was considered a good candidate.

However, Scorpion does not take the overall situation into consideration, he only follows his own mood and does whatever he wants. He has a tough attitude and says not to team up with Orochimaru.

This played right into Orochimaru's hands: "Oh, it just so happens that I don't want to team up with you either."

Neither of them had the will, and Payne couldn't control them by force.

Payne's control over members within the organization is quite loose.

Bai Jue suggested: "In that case, let's find a new partner to join."

This answer was echoed by Payne: "Is there any candidate?"

"The traitorous ninja of Kirigakure Village, one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen."

"who is it?"

After hearing this, someone in the organization couldn't help but ask questions.

"Oh, you are so eager~ Juuzou, well, but this is normal, after all, you two once belonged to the Seven Ninja Swordsman organization in the past."

After Bai Jue teased him, he stopped showing off: "It's Black Hoe Lei Ya."

Juuzang snorted coldly: "Have you found this guy yet?"

Although they all belong to the same organization, their relationship is not very good. The only thing that keeps them together is the sword.

Bai Jue responded: "Not yet, but you should be able to find it if you take some time."

Payne looked at Orochimaru: "No problem."

Orochimaru didn't say much. If he acted too eagerly, he would be suspected of being a demon.

After reaching an agreement, the members of the Akatsuki organization left one by one, leaving only four people, Scorpion, Zetsu, Pain, and Xiaonan.

Payne, Jue, and Xiaonan are in the same circle, but Xie has a special purpose in staying here.

"What do you think?"

Payne asked the three for their opinions.

Orochimaru joined the Akatsuki organization with impure motives, so Pain was always wary of him and did not regard him as one of his own.

Black Jue on half of Bai Jue's face made a low voice: "I don't see any problems at the moment."

"I think this guy might have some conspiracy." Xie snorted coldly: "He has my chess pieces beside him, so he can be responsible for monitoring."

Payne accepted the proposal: "If there is any abnormal behavior, please inform me immediately."

"good."

On the other side, Orochimaru opened his eyes, put down the hand that was holding the seal, and smiled at the white-haired young man in front of him: "Things are going very well. Next, they will add new team members for me, and they should definitely be there by then."

Then, he added the new members they recruited.

Qing Pheasant didn't pay much attention to this.

Except for the special being Kisame, the other members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen were like this.

Out of caution, Orochimaru reminded: "After all, we are recruiting core partners. Other members will also be present, and even Payne may be present."

"Reincarnation Eye, right? It's really tricky."

Qingzhi's solemn tone did not linger for long, and was soon replaced by a cheerful tone: "But it shouldn't be a big problem to escape unscathed."

Seeing that Aokiji was so confident, Orochimaru said nothing more and took out a white snake from his arms to use as a contact: "Those guys don't trust me. It's better for us to be cautious in our communication."

Qing Pheasant took the communication snake and asked, "Do you have any photos of Black Hoe Thunder Fang?"

"Do you plan to find him first?"

It will take some time for the Akatsuki organization to find Black Hoe Thunder Fang. If Aokiji finds it first, he will be able to take more initiative and advantage.

Qing Pheasant raised his lips slightly and said with an unfathomable expression: "High-end hunters often appear in the form of prey."

This sounded very pretentious. Orochimaru chewed it carefully, and then showed a wicked smile on his face: "So that's it, they are indeed Aokiji. It's really exciting to see what kind of expressions they will show when the time comes."

"Intelligence is important at all times."

"You can go back to the village and find Kabuto. I think he will have the information you need."

Qingzhi was inspired and said, "That's fine. By the way, I also have something to deal with."