On the second floor, in Madam Tojo's bedroom.
Megumai wore a pure black silk bathrobe, sitting on the edge of the bed, her two plump, fair long legs tightly closed, leaving no gap; her feet were stepping on the soft, sky-blue carpet, like unstained, clean clouds.
Seiya was lying on the edge of the bed, resting his head on his mother's lap, feeling cool, comfortable, and incomparably content.
After chatting for a while about the story that happened on the way home, Seiya asked:
"Mom, when we were in the Land of Iron before, were we very close to Konan of the Akatsuki organization?"
Megumai nodded slightly and said: "When Mom was a supermarket manager in Amegakure, it was Konan who personally hired me. She took good care of me, provided very generous conditions, and was very caring towards you too. We always got along very happily and formed a deep friendship. Later, Mom brought you to Kumogakure, and that's when we separated from her."
"I see..."
Seiya nodded thoughtfully. What Konan-neesan said before was consistent with what his mother was telling him now.
Immediately, he asked again: "Mom, what kind of organization is Akatsuki? Konan-neesan invited me to join them. She said that you were also a member of Akatsuki before, and she asked me to come back and ask for your opinion."
Megumai gently brushed her son's side hair and smiled: "The former Akatsuki organization cannot be considered the same as the current Akatsuki organization. Moreover, Mom was only an obscure peripheral member of Akatsuki back then."
"So, you don't know much about the Akatsuki organization, Mom?" Seiya looked disappointed.
"Don't rush, let Mom finish," Megumai smiled and scraped her son's straight nose.
"The original Akatsuki organization was similar to a mercenary group, serving many Shinobi villages in the Shinobi world. Akatsuki sought huge profits through war to support its anti-Hanzo struggle within Amegakure, working hard for the peace and strength of Amegakure."
"However, about ten years ago, Yahiko, the leader of Akatsuki, died in a trap set by Hanzo the Salamander. Nagato and Konan succeeded as the new leaders. Having lost their comrades, their personalities changed drastically, and as a result, the ideological core of Akatsuki also changed, believing that pain was necessary to create peace."
"Nagato possesses the Rinnegan of the Sage of Six Paths. His strength is extraordinary. It only took a few years for him to defeat Hanzo the Salamander and unify Amegakure. Since then, he has been widely recruiting missing-nin in the Shinobi world, gathering a powerful force."
"Now, Akatsuki intends to collect the nine Tailed Beasts, create extremely powerful Tailed Beast Weapons, and use them to deter the Shinobi world and achieve peace."
"Nagato?"
Seiya caught a name he didn't recognize and asked doubtfully: "Konan-neesan said the leader of Akatsuki is Pain. Did she lie to me?"
"It's a lie, and it's not a lie," Megumai said ambiguously, explaining:
"Since Nagato was ambushed by Hanzo the Salamander, he has been unable to move his legs, so he hides behind the scenes, manipulating six corpses to act in the Shinobi world. These corpses each possess one of Nagato's abilities, collectively known as the Six Paths of Pain. The corpse of the original Akatsuki leader, Yahiko, is among them, named Deva Path Pain, who is the leader Konan mentioned."
"I see."
Seiya suddenly understood and then felt a little surprised.
Akatsuki is a very secretive organization.
Even Mabui-neesan, who manages Kumogakure's intelligence network, did not reveal such a clear development history of Akatsuki yesterday morning.
How did Mom, who runs a Shinobi hospital, figure it out?
"Mom, you were only a peripheral member back then, why do you know so much?"
Megumai smiled and asked in return: "What do you think, Son?"
"I don't know."
Seiya shook his head, and then suddenly thought of another thing.
Regarding Uchiha Itachi's intelligence, Mom was also familiar with it and perfectly accurate.
However, according to the timeline, when Mom left Konoha, Uchiha Itachi was still an infant in swaddling clothes.
After leaving Konoha, the two sides had never intersected.
How did Mom know so clearly? Could it be foresight?
The more Seiya thought about it, the more confused he became.
His infinitely familiar mother seemed to have become somewhat mysterious and unfathomable, covered by a veil of mystery.
Megumai looked down at her son, pondered for a long time, and finally decided not to lie to him.
She helped Seiya sit up. Their eyes met, and she said seriously:
"Seiya, Mom is actually not from this world. Mom comes from a remote other place, and long ago, I knew everything about the Shinobi world."
Seiya's expression froze for a moment, unable to react immediately.
After a long time, after carefully savoring his mother's words, he was full of questions and finally asked the most important one.
"Mom, will you leave the Shinobi world and return to your hometown?"
Megumai smiled faintly and shook her head.
"Mom's transmigration from the original world to the Shinobi world was an unrepeatable miracle."
Seiya was silent for a moment.
The Sharingan's tomoe appeared in his eyes, and he tightly grasped his mother's hand.
"If one day, that unrepeatable miracle happens again, will Mom leave me behind and return to her hometown?"
"How could I?"
Megumai smiled brightly, pulled her son into her arms, gently stroked his back, and whispered:
"You are Mom's baby, Mom's root. How could Mom abandon her baby and run off somewhere else alone? Wherever you are, that is Mom's hometown. Mom will never leave her baby."
Seiya immediately felt at ease, hugging his mother tightly.
He didn't understand the concept of transmigration, but if Mom was still Mom and always right in front of him, that was enough!
Megumai slowly said: "Mom originally did not exist in the Shinobi world. Coming here made me a variable, and everything I knew before could potentially change. You, Baby, are also a variable in the Shinobi world."
"However, so far, our mother and son have not affected the overall trend of the Shinobi world, so everything is largely unchanged. The intelligence Mom knew before hasn't had any major errors."
"Okay!"
Seiya nodded and then got back to the main topic.
"Mom, since Akatsuki's goal is to collect Tailed Beasts, why haven't they made any moves for so many years?"
"Because the Tailed Beasts are of great importance, and several of them are vital forces for the major Shinobi villages. Once they start hunting for them, they will inevitably be targeted by the relevant Shinobi villages. Akatsuki's strategy is to gather the Tailed Beasts in the shortest possible time, giving the major Shinobi villages no time to react. In recent years, Akatsuki has been collecting relevant intelligence and doing preliminary preparations."
"Nine years ago, on the way to Kumogakure, Mom killed the Jinchuriki of the Four-Tails and Five-Tails. The Four-Tails and Five-Tails consequently 'died' and will probably take a few more years to resurrect. Mom guesses that only then will Akatsuki begin its Tailed Beast collection plan."
"I understand."
Seiya nodded slightly, then his expression sharpened.
"Mom, we must quickly report this matter to the Raikage-sama and nip Akatsuki's plan in the bud! We cannot let them harm Yugito sensei!"
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