Unlike the original story, Sasori was abducted to Konoha before Orochimaru joined the Akatsuki Organization.
After returning a while ago, he still didn't have a teammate.
After escaping Konoha, Sasori could finally do what he liked, and it was precisely because of this that Sasori realized the good things about Konoha.
The Akatsuki Organization, as the Ninja World's top group, was backed by the Hidden Rain Village. Logically, although it might not be as good as Konoha, the difference shouldn't be too great.
Fire is the warmest thing in the world, before people see the sun.
Human Puppets are the ultimate achievement of puppet jutsu, before Sasori fell under Yuuki's genjutsu.
Mecha is a man's romance. Yuuki doesn't need mecha to enhance his strength, but mecha is cool!
Neon Genesis Evangelion, Gundam, Pacific Rim...
A series of mecha from Yuuki's memory had once been packaged as genjutsu and displayed to Sasori.
The immense sense of oppression, the exquisite design, countless functions, perfect appearance, and powerful strength—every single one stirred Sasori's heart.
The huge technological gap between small puppets and large mecha couldn't be bridged in a short time.
Sasori was also steadily researching and developing mecha in Konoha, slow as it was, but the one thing Sasori had in abundance was time.
One day, Sasori would design and build a perfect large mecha, or rather, a puppet, to wield that god-like power.
After escaping Konoha, Sasori lost his source of materials. It was then that he remembered that the best factories and most excellent production lines were in Konoha, many of which he had personally assembled.
The Akatsuki Organization or the Hidden Rain Village couldn't provide Sasori with a single qualified alloy armor plate, or even a qualified screw!
What the hell was he supposed to do? Sasori grumbled as he started making the figurines he had once been obsessed with.
Sasori's strongest configuration or equipment now was the pile of things he had swiped when he escaped Konoha.
After installing the external equipment he had brought from Konoha onto himself, Sasori also added many peripherals during this time.
Hmm, the new peripherals were basically all made of wood.
Even so, it earned Sasori multiple warnings from Konan.
This mission was even forcibly assigned to Sasori.
A otaku who loves figurines and plays with machinery—those who know understand how expensive it is.
Especially Sasori's disdainful expression every time he received something, which made the ice beauty Konan almost fail to maintain her expression multiple times.
This time, with a mission requiring core members, Konan didn't even think twice before recommending Sasori to Nagato.
Each core member of the Akatsuki Organization was not a good person. The Akatsuki Organization's cohesion, far from strong, was completely nonexistent. Going on a mission alone was out of the question!
Konan, who originally didn't think anyone would be willing during the meeting, was about to reluctantly team up with Sasori temporarily.
Before Konan could speak, Kakuzu enthusiastically expressed his willingness to take on the mission, even without compensation!
The reason was simple: Sasori's capture for several years and Orochimaru's defection had led to more restrictions for the Akatsuki, which lacked organizational discipline.
Core members could no longer go out on their own. They had to stay at the hideouts provided by the organization.
If they went out, it had to be in pairs, both to supervise each other to prevent defection and to prevent giving themselves away.
For the Akatsuki Organization, almost entirely composed of rogue ninja, Sasori was a glaring negative example of what happens when a core member goes out alone.
Kakuzu, who loved money like his life, had been staying at the hideout during this time. Not spending money was true, but he couldn't earn any either.
For over a month, Kakuzu had repeatedly pieced together that indescribable mixture, trying to put Hidan back together so they could go out and work to earn money.
Besides being a hindrance, it had no other effect.
Hidan, shattered into pieces, was still not dead, slowly recovering with a healing speed stronger than normal people.
It even made Kakuzu have to admit that the Evil God Hidan spoke of had some power.
After multiple disruptions, Kakuzu also gave up, deciding to wait until his various parts were mostly formed before stitching them back together.
However, the surprise came too suddenly. Upon hearing about the mission, Kakuzu immediately couldn't hold back and vehemently vied for this opportunity to go out on assignment.
Thus, Sasori and Kakuzu formed a temporary team to investigate whether the Eight-Tails' premature revival affected its quality, and if conditions allowed, to ascertain the reason for its early revival.
The hard-won opportunity made Kakuzu even impose restrictions on himself.
Even if Sasori slowed down his progress in earning bounties, he couldn't kill Sasori, at least not until Hidan recovered.
As for the organization's mission, wasn't that just something to do along the way while earning money?
Sasori, traveling with Kakuzu, had the same idea.
This time they were going to the Land of Iron. Do you understand the value of the Land of Iron? The 'gold' of metal!
As for the mission? Just check it out while collecting materials.
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