As soon as Shinichi arrived, he heard a painful cry so he was taken aback for a moment, and it seemed he forgot to say the thing he was here to say.
Shinno asked in annoyance, "This is experimental division, please leave!"
"Experimental Division?" – With a chuckle, Shinichi shook his head, not only did he not follow Shinno's words, but in fact, he walked closer to Shinno, and asked in wonder, "That scream just now sounded like Hiruko's, I wonder what's wrong with him!? You seem to have some idea; would you care to explain it to me?"
Shinno replied coldly, "I have got nothing to say to you!"
Shinichi did not care about Shinno's coldness, and he spoke with a Cheshire grin, "Oh, is that right? But I think you have plenty of explaining to do! For example, the little secret you have been trying to hide, I wonder what Pain would think when he hears about it."
Shinno squinted, and asked in confusion, "What secret?"
Shinichi grinned, "No need to act innocent, you know very well what I am talking about here, the other half, right? How did it feel to swallow the first half? Did you like it so much that you want to devour the other half too?"
Shinno's eyes widened, and his anger rose, "Are you trying to threaten me?"
"Maybe!?" – Shinichi said as his grin widened, "What do you think? Am I threatening you? Anyway, I have control over your fate, so if you want to think that I am threatening you, then so be it. I am threatening you. You killed my subordinate, although I don't really care about her life or death, I still have to make use of her death."
Shinno tried to suppress his anger, and asked while gritting his teeth, "What do you want?"
"I want 'Chimera Technique' along with 'Dark Medical Ninjutsu.' You went to the Land of Demon, and swallowed down the Demon Moryo, destroyed the whole country that has nothing to do with the conflicts of the Shinobi World. Pain may have ignored this act, but I wonder how he will react when he comes to know that you destroyed the organization's plan for your goal of swallowing Miko's daughter, and for what? Because you want can rule over the five Shinobi Villages. You are an ambitious guy I will give you that. And both you and I know that sooner or later you will defect just like Orochimaru did, I wonder what would…"
Shinno hurriedly interrupted Shinichi midway, "I will not accept any threat, I have already planned to confess this matter to the leader and the rest of the organization, so all your threats are meaningless."
Shinichi's lips arched, "Is that right? Then I will wait and leave you alone for a while now." – With that said, Shinichi turned around and started walking back.
Looking at Shinichi's back that was about to disappear, Shinno said, "I did not expect that someone like you, who has awakened Mangekyou Sharingan would be interested in a Kinjutsu like 'Chimera Technique,' even the prideful Uchiha Clan wouldn't hesitate to stoop so low in the face of power. It's really ironic."
Shinichi didn't stop, and while waving his hands, "Instead of worrying about what is ironic and what is not ironic, what you should worry about is how to confess this matter to Pain. Oh, one thing I forgot to remind you, recently I also got intel that your so-called research assistant Oto Yumie is none other than Orochimaru, and both of you have been in very tacit cooperation. You would better speak this matter too and hope that Pain spares you for repeatedly betraying the organization." – Leaving this sentence Shinichi disappeared.
But Shinno did not breathe a sigh of relief, especially after Shinichi mentioned 'Orochimaru.' The mere fact that Shinichi realized that Oto Yumie was Orochimaru really panicked Shinno.
After confirming that Shinichi had really left the base, Shinno muttered to himself, "Once all these matters are revealed even if the organization does not eliminate me, they will no longer trust me. if they find out that I have been in cooperation with Orochimaru and even dared to bring him to witness Hiruko's ritual, things will become very troublesome. In fact, they will also raise their guard against me. Always keep me under surveillance and my movements will be limited. And there is also no guarantee that Uchiha Shinichi would not expose me after I fulfill his condition."
Similar to Orochimaru, Shinno doesn't really have any attachment to Akatsuki.
Now that he has already exploited Akatsuki to his benefit, and his own safety is at stake, Shinno doesn't feel that Akatsuki could offer him anything more. Moreover, when the organization starts collecting Bijuu they will be in constant conflict with the five great shinobi villages and Amatsukami at the same time, which would be very troublesome to deal with for now.
After weighing up everything, Shinno concluded, "Maybe it's time to revive the Land of Sky!"
Since the Land of Demon is almost destroyed, and Miko is already dead, so the little girl Shion who is supposedly the next Miko is alone. Even if she is under Konoha's protection, so Shinno feels that as long as he is patient, he will have a perfect opportunity to devour her.
Now that he has decided to leave Akatsuki, so the first step is obviously to transfer all his things. But Shinno also knows that if he takes away everything then that could possibly alert others.
Understanding that Uchiha Shinichi won't give him much time, Shinno obviously cannot afford to take away everything. So he hurriedly packed up all the things that he found to be extremely important inside the storage scroll.
After everything was prepared, Shinno took a deep breath and after adjusting his mental state, he calmly walked towards the main tower of Amegakure where the leader of the organization stays.
Not long after, Shinno met with Pain.
Pain looked at Shinno, and asked indifferently, "What is the matter?"
Shinno said while maintaining a respectful tone, "Hiruko's injury is more serious than our initial expectations, so there is a need for some special materials. The problem is that those materials are so rare that they are not sold in the market, they can only be collected by going to specific locations. So, to treat Hiruko, I will have to leave the Land of Rain for a while."
To leave the Land of Rain, he must have a believable reason otherwise, without any mission assigned to him, Shinno can't leave the Land of Rain without alerting Pain. And since he is already under suspicion, coupled with Uchiha Shinichi ready to stab him at a moment's notice, Shinno understands that even if he has swallowed Moryo, he won't be able to escape the combined pursuit of Pain, Shinichi, Biwa Juzo, and Konan at the same time, not to mention that there will also be Zetsu who can track him.
So, using Hiruko's injury is an excellent excuse to make his way out of Land of Rain.
With Hiruko's current state, even if he survives those hidden dangers, it will take a long time of recuperation and cultivation for him to recover, so during that time, no one will doubt his whereabouts. And even a quarter of that time will be more than enough for Shinno to revive Land of Sky.
Pain nodded.
Shinno breathed a sigh of relief.
When he was about to turn around and leave, Konan who stood on Pain's side suddenly said, "Your emotions seem to be fluctuating, I would say you are nervous, why is that?"
Shinno reluctantly turned back, and explained with a bitter smile, "I do not understand this myself, but whenever I stand in the presence of the leader, I always get nervous, perhaps it is because of the pressure from those eyes, after all, the powers that the eyes of Rikudo Sennin give off is simply too much for anyone to be able to bear it head-on."
Konan snorted coldly, "I hope that you do not have any unnecessary thoughts like you did the last time and concentrate on things that you are supposed to be doing."
Shinno nodded quickly, "That time was my responsibility, please forgive me for outstepping my boundaries, there will be no next time."
"I hope so because there will no next opportunities." – Konan said.
"I assure you." – Shinno nodded.
With that said, Shinno excused himself, and after putting on Akatsuki's rain gear he galloped in the direction of Land of Fire.
Just a few moments after Shinno exited the building, Shinichi who stood on the balcony of one of the higher floors stared at Shinno's departing back, and muttered with a smirk, "Good luck out there Shinno!"
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Konohagakure.
Poof…
With a poof of white smoke, the very familiar greedy orange cat appeared in front of Kuroto.
Even before Kasai asked for money, Kuroto had already placed two thousand Ryo bills on the table out of habit.
"Nya, thank you for utilizing my service, here is your scroll!" – Kasai spoke, she lifted the two bills and passed the scroll to Kuroto.
Kuroto hurriedly unfolded the scroll, and after reading the content, Kuroto's lips arched, "It's about time I get myself a better laboratory."
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