"Can you save him?" The Sannin instead asked back, and when the Uzumaki Matriarch narrowed her eyes at him, he sweated and answered her question. "He is the sole survivor of his Clan's Massacre in the Land of Water. I saved him."
"Why?" She frowned.
"I am not obliged to give you my reasons." He lightly said. "Can you save him?" He asked again, and Kushina stayed silent for a while.
It was only after Tsunade glanced at her that she nodded her head.
"The Hokage can not, but I can."
Her words caught them all by surprise, and the Snake Sannin's eye flickered in hope.
"What do you want in return?" He asked.
"The information you have promised, and that boy who is staying by the Kaguya's side. The one from the Demonic Clan."
Orochimaru narrowed his eyes at her, frowning, and smiled.
"You will have to add a little something extra if you really want him."
"What?"
"I want the third seal." He glanced at Sasuke and then back at her.
"Fine."
The Snake Sannin was shocked when he heard her agree and then furrowed his brows. He was not expecting that she would simply hand it over to him.
"Stay here," she said to everyone before she disappeared, and Orochimaru instantly turned to look towards the cave inside the cliff, where she had appeared.
He became a little impatient when he saw an orange-haired boy being thrown out of the cave, and then sensed it get sealed, isolating it from all eyes and other senses.
"Relax." Enma lightly said, and the Otokage furrowed his brows and smiled.
"Why don't you go and grab that boy, Enma-kun? He is the one Kushina-san asked for. His name is Jugo." He playfully said, and the Uzumaki was already looking at the boy who was madly trying to break the barrier and get inside the cave.
Without a word, he flickered from his place, and appeared right in front of Jugo, who tried to punch him with his demonic arm, but then mysteriously froze in his place.
The white Chakra Chains instantly wrapped around him, and before everyone's curious eyes, the orange-haired boy returned to his normal appearance and then fell to his knees, on top of the river, panting heavily.
When he looked up, Enma's hand landed on his head, and soon his entire body was covered in seals, which blocked his Chakra and left him weak, pathetically weak.
The Uzumaki Heir then flickered away with him, returning to Tsunade's side.
"Impressive." Orochimaru looked at him in fascination, and creepily licked his lips, which disgusted a few of them and sent chills up the spines of the rest.
The two groups stayed facing each other for hours to come, and at noon, the barrier was finally lifted. The next instant, Kushina appeared in front of the Otokage with a young man, who had white hair and two scarlet dots on his forehead.
"I hope you have been honest in this deal, Kushina-san." The Snake Sannin lightly said, and but when the Uzumaki Matriarch drew her hand forward, he took out a scroll from his clothes and handed it to her.
"Here's your Third Seal." She then gave him a scroll, and teleported to Tsunade's side.
Tsunade opened the scroll as soon as she handed it to her, and spent several minutes reading through it.
"Orochimaru. If this is all nonsense..."
"It's all the information I have on them, and none of it is nonsense. They are not just your enemies. They want me dead too." He smiled, and then nodded to her before leaving with his subjects.
The Senju narrowed her eyes and her brows were deeply furrowed as she read the information again.
"You bastard..."
"We can still kill him if that's what you want." Kushina playfully said.
"No. Let's head back. We have gotten what we came here for." She said and then looked at the orange-haired boy, who was being held prisoner. "His body is strange, and he's..."
"His body absorbs the nature's energy on its own. What you saw earlier was a Sage Transformation. In that form, the constant absorption of nature's energy overwhelms his own Chakra and then his mind and reasoning. In a complete transformation, unless he masters it, he will lose his mind. It's his cells that Orochimaru used in his Cursed Seals."
"Why take him?" She raised her brow.
"He's way too kind-hearted to stay with that twisted man." She gently said as she smiled his way, and Jugo was surprised when he heard those words.
He flinched when she ruffled his hair, and he would have surely run away if he was free to move.
"However, if you harm anyone I care for, I will kill you." Her voice was still light, but the coldness behind her words sent chills up all their spines.
Jugo visibly trembled at her words, and then obediently nodded his head.
"Good boy." She ruffled his head again and then performed a few hand seals.
Moments later, they appeared in front of the Konoha Gate again, and the Uzumaki Matriarch grabbed the boy's arm and teleported away with him.
The Akaisen were dismissed, and Tsunade returned to her office with Enma.
Not long after, the Advisors and Shizune entered the room, and she handed the scroll to the Uzumaki before she spoke.
"Other than Uchiha Itachi and Hoshikage Kisame, there is information about a dozen more Akatsuki Members. The two who stand out the most are Ginkaku and Kinkaku."
"They are alive?" Shikaku frowned, and even Hazuki was visibly surprised.
"Apprently so, and they are in good health as well. They are not the only ghosts though." She frowned. "There is Kakuzu of Takigakure."
"How?" Shibi frowned.
"I don't know. Orochimaru did not manage to find out his secret." She said. "The next member is Hidan, a Missing-Nin from Yugakure, and a religious fanatic. According to this information, he boasts of immorality and worships a god called Jashin."
"What?" Shizune was shocked. "He's immortal?"
"Thats what he boasts about, but how much truth there is to his claim is uncertain. However, he's dangerous, and another S-Class Missing-Nin." She calmly said.
"Sasori of the Red Sand..." Enma narrowed his eyes at the name on the scroll and the details about him that Orochimaru had shared.
"Yes. He killed the Third Kazekage." Tsunade grimly said.
"He's... twisted, but talented." The Uzumaki smiled.
Tsunade glared at him but ignored his comment.
"They also have a survivor of the Land of Sky in their Ranks. He is called Shinno. He is an expert Medical-Nin and the Jinchuriki of the Zero Tails," She revealed. "Then there is a former Test Subject of Orochimaru, who is called Shin, but now goes by the name Uchiha Shin."
"What?" The Uchiha Matriarch frowned. "I don't recall anyone with that name in our clan."
"That's because he is not an Uchiha. He was a random Shinobi with an interesting genetic make-up that Danzo supplied Orochimaru, who then conducted various experiments on him to study genetics. He body is now made up of my grandfather's cells, and he has multiple Sharingan all over his body." She narrowed her eyes. "Sharingan from the Uchiha who were killed on the missions by Root..." she clenched her fist. "Shin is capable of Space-Time Ninjutsu with his right eye, and with his left, he can telekinetically control objects by marking them with his hand. He's also a scientist and an expert Medical-Nin."
At her words, Hazuki dangerously narrowed her eyes.
"No, he is not that masked man." Tsunade understood what she was thinking and shook her head.
"Who's he?"
"According to Orochimaru, he was recruited by the Leader a few days before the Uchiha Massacre, and his name is Tobi. He is capable of using Space-Time Ninjutsu and also Wood Release. There's no other information about him except that he is very annoying."
The Uchiha Matriarch nodded her head and controlled her emotions.
"There is, however, another Uchiha."
"What?"
"A girl named Uchiha Nanashi. She has Mangekyo Sharingan, and can turn people into puppets. She was released by the Akatsuki Leader from a Time and Space Seal that Senju and Sarutobi Clans had used to seal her over a hundred years ago. She's... very vengeful towards the world and the Uchiha as well. She dislikes Itachi and even tried to kill him once."
Enma who was reading the scroll, narrowed his eyes as he read Nanashi's details.
"Akatsuki operates in teams of two, and her partner is called Merz, who is a Missing-Nin from Amegakure with an Implanted Sharingan and a Byakugan. Another S-Class Shinobi." He said, and they all frowned.
"Yes, and there is also a S-Class Missing-Nin from Kusagakure in their Ranks. His name is Muku, and he hosts a Demon inside his body. He is cold and cruel, and he killed his own father and other clansmen before escaping the Village." She sighed and pinched her brows.
"And his partner is Kazuma, a former member of the Twelve Guardians, and the leader of the rebellious group. He is classified as S-Rank as well."
"The last recruit before Orochimaru left the organisation was Deidara of Iwa. He has Explosive Release, and he is the partner of Sasori." She said and sank back in her chair. "The Organisation is led by a man called Pain, and he possesses a god-like Dojutsu called Rinnegan. His partner is Konan, and there is not much detail about her."
"Rinnegan? What does it do?" Shibi frowned.
"Orochimaru did not give any details but classified it as the strongest Dojutsu in existence. He says Pain is the one we should be concerned about the most."
"I presume Ginkaku and Kinkaku are partners. What are the other pairings?" Shikaku frowned.
"Hidan and Kakuzu. Shinno likey partnered up with Shin after Orochimaru left. Tobi is a loudmouth and annoying, so, no one wanted to be his partner."
"So, they are a group for seventeen S-Class Shinobi." Shibi sweated. "Their goal?"
"Capture the Tailed Beast to create a weapon or use them as weapons to destroy the Shinobi World Order. Ultimately, World Domination." Enma smiled as he finished reading the scroll. "Also, it's seventeen that we know of. There's a possibility that they recruited more people after Orochimaru defected."
His words made them feel even more unwell.
"Your orders, Hokage-sama?" He asked, and Tsunade narrowed her eyes at him.
"Akaisen will stay in the village. We can not afford to go after these people right now."
"I understand." He nodded his head.
"I will ask Jiraiya to investigate about this man named Hidan and the god named Jashin. They are in the Land of Hot Water and close to Yugakure right now, and maybe it will help us understand why he boasts about his Immorality."
"We also need to inform Suna about Sasori and his involvement in the death of the Third Kazekage." Shikaku said, and Tsunade nodded her her.
"Shizune. Notify Team 8 and Team 3. They are heading to Hozuki Castle, Kusagakure, to investigate about this demon named Satori that lives inside Muku. We need all the information we can get on them."
"Yes!"
"Enma. Task two of members of Akaisen to go and inform Takigakure about Kakuzu and try to find out how he is still alive."
"As you say, Hokage-sama."
"When Asuma returns, question him about his old friend."
"Alright."
Enma quickly flickered away and found Kakashi, who was sitting on a rooftop and reading his porn novel.
"Kakashi-san, you and Yamato-san are leaving for Takigakure. Wait at the gate for him. Your task is to investigate about a Shinobi called Kakuzu, who hails from that Village and is a Member of Akatsuki. Gather as much information as you can, and also check up on the Jinchuriki of the Seven Tails. Kakuzu is an old ghost from the time of the First Hokage."
The Copy Ninja nodded his head and quickly left for the gate.
On the other side, Yamato met Enma's clone and received the same mission.