Chapter 77: Offical Member

"Tsk tsk... I didn't expect that the legendary Sharingan, Rinnegan, is actually a real thing," Kei remarked in surprise.

Carefully looking into Tendō's eyes, Kei rubbed his chin and said in admiration, "Could it be that the myth of the Sage of Six Paths is actually true?"

"What's your choice?" Tendō asked.

"The guy in front of us with an unknown name and origin, but possessing the ability for soul splitting and soul possession, is undoubtedly more difficult to kill than Hidan and Kakuzu. If he can join the Akatsuki organization, he'd be a far better partner for Kakuzu than Hidan. With his help, when the Akatsuki starts collecting tailed beasts, they would undoubtedly become a superpower."

"Moreover, just crushing the Second Tsuchikage, who was possessed by him just now, the human path's ability to restrain the soul, and the Deva Path's powers make it absolutely certain that he can suppress this 'old monster'," Kei thought.

After hearing Tendō's words, Kei fell into silence, as if he was pondering something.

Tendō, who really wanted to recruit Kei, did not urge him but waited for Kei's reply.

Even Konan and Kakuzu were impressed. In their eyes, Kei's value was much higher than that of Hidan.

"The opponent's soul-splitting and soul-possession abilities are truly formidable. As long as we don't know how many souls he can split, it's impossible to kill him. Once he possesses a corpse, he can use the original abilities. Dust Release and Flying Thunder God Technique – which one of these is not a top-tier ability in the ninja world?"

"Now, the opponent has even revealed Senju Tobirama's trump card; even Pain can only defeat him but not kill him."

"Facing such an enemy, there's nothing better than turning him into one of our own."

Kei didn't make Tendō and the others wait too long. He looked directly at Tendō's Rinnegan and said in a deep voice, "I can join you, and I can also help you with your affairs, but you need to promise me two conditions."

"Tell me," Tendō replied, neither agreeing nor refusing.

"Condition One," Kei raised his index finger, "I won't expose my body. I need a very high degree of freedom. If your organization has a mission to kill people, I want their soul and body."

"No problem," Tendō nodded, explaining, "Our Akatsuki is preparing for a big plan. Before it starts, our organization has few tasks and will not interfere with the daily lives of its members. You can take the soul and corpse of strong individuals, but the premise is that there is no bounty on them. If there is a bounty, you need to pay Kakuzu. Our organization now functions as a mercenary group."

"I see. I haven't paid attention to the black market in these years. I didn't expect that there would be such a mercenary organization leader in the ninja world who is also the owner of the legendary Rinnegan," Kei remarked.

"What about the second condition?" Tendō inquired, looking at Kei.

Kei grinned, gazing into Tendō's eyes with burning intensity, and greedily said, "If you can't live forever, then after you die... I will take everything from you, whether it is your soul or your body."

"Impossible, you..." Before Tendō could speak, Konan looked angry and wanted to reprimand him.

However, before she could finish her sentence, Tendō said indifferently, "Yes, if I die, then everything will belong to you except my present corpse."

"...Very well, I would like to join you," Kei responded.

Kei understood the meaning of Tendō's words, and besides this clone corpse, he could give him his main body and other clone corpses. Therefore, Kei nodded in satisfaction first, then took out the ring he got from Hidan from the Second Tsuchikage's body, glanced at Kakuzu, and looked at Tendō, saying, "I see that you all wear such rings on your hands, and the material of this ring is not simple. You can actually channel Chakra into it, that guy used this to contact you, right?"

"In other words, this ring is the symbol of your organization, right?"

Tendō, who had already labeled Kei as an old monster, was not surprised that the other party discovered the secret of the ring so quickly but nodded and said, "Yes, this ring is the symbol of the Akatsuki, and it is also a tool for the members of the Akatsuki to communicate with each other."

"From now on, you are the 'Santai' of the Akatsuki organization," Tendō declared after a slight pause.

Konan, who originally looked at Kei with unkind eyes, now had a slightly complicated look.

Konan took out a scroll from his body, handed it to Kei, and said, "These are the costumes of our organization and the ninjutsu that must be mastered."

Watching Kei take the scroll, Tendō also reminded, "Master the ninjutsu inside as soon as possible. If there is anything you don't understand, you can contact me through the ring. After a week, I will introduce you to other members... Don't worry, it's just a mind-body meeting, and you don't need your main body or clone to come."

After finishing speaking, Tendō turned to Konan and Kakuzu and said, "Konan, let's go back."

"Kakuzu, Kei is your partner now. If possible, I hope I won't see the scene of you killing each other."

With the sound of "bang bang bang," several balloons burst, and the Six Paths turned into white mist and disappeared.

And Konan also condensed a pair of white paper wings, but before leaving, he explained to Kei the meaning of Tendō's words just now, saying, "Kakuzu is the financial director of our organization; his status is much more important than Hidan, so Pain hopes you don't kill each other."