"What?"
Everyone turned back, looking at Konan in surprise. "Takumi? Made a movie?"
They couldn't imagine that Takumi, whom they were trying so hard to deal with, had gone off to make a movie?
"What exactly is going on?"
Pain also realized things weren't that simple.
At the same time, he felt a bit relieved.
He had just been disappointed, thinking Konan had made such a mistake.
Now it seemed, he had wrongly blamed Konan.
"And this isn't just a movie."
Konan said with a serious expression. "I followed the filming for most of the time. The events in the movie are real."
"I hope that after watching it, you can share your inner evaluations."
Konan's original intention was to hope that after watching the movie, they would understand the original purpose of establishing the Akatsuki.
But would things really go as she wished?
"Watching Takumi-senpai's heroic bearing through a movie is also a nice enjoyment, hm."
Deidara was the first to find a seat and sit down.
"Let me see what new changes he's had during this time apart."
Kakuzu also sat down.
The others also took their seats, full of interest in the movie made by Takumi.
"Pay close attention."
Pain said seriously before sitting down. "Carefully observe every move Takumi makes, and try to find weaknesses that can defeat him."
Then, the group sat down, waiting for the movie to start.
Konan turned off the lights and began acting as the projectionist.
Then, the movie gradually started.
"Suna really has declined, needing help from Konoha."
Sasori saw that the opening was Sunagakure asking for reinforcements and immediately snorted coldly in dissatisfaction.
Although he was a Missing-nin, he was ultimately from Sunagakure.
And his grandmother, Chiyo, was still in Sunagakure.
"There's no help for it. Sunagakure is severely weakened right now."
The intelligence-gathering Black Zetsu said in a hoarse voice. "A while ago, the Fourth Kazekage was assassinated by Orochimaru. The whole village is without a leader."
"They seem to be planning to let the Jinchuriki take the position of Kazekage and are currently fully nurturing him."
"Hmph!"
Sasori snorted coldly. "Having degenerated to this extent, they might as well be destroyed."
"Focus."
Pain reminded them with a frown, and the others immediately shut up.
Then, the movie continued.
Because the director had accompanied Takumi,
The camera had been filming Takumi the whole time.
First, rescuing Sakura and Naruto, then, with his deep knowledge, deducing Temujin's true identity.
Of course, these were all things Takumi had shown.
After all, Takumi couldn't say he was a Transmigrator and therefore knew everything.
These words, shown through the images, made Takumi appear very knowledgeable and erudite.
Even familiar with matters of ancient civilizations.
As the movie slowly progressed,
It finally reached the part Konan cared about most.
She immediately observed the expressions of the others.
In the images, Takumi was calmly telling something about a certain organization.
She, of course, knew that Takumi was talking about the original Akatsuki.
But she forgot,
Only she and Nagato remained of the original Akatsuki's members.
The others had no idea that the organization Takumi was talking about was actually their Akatsuki.
And Nagato didn't pay attention either. He was more focused on the strength Takumi was displaying.
Seeing everyone watching with serious expressions, Konan felt a bit relieved.
In her opinion, as long as they watched carefully, it was good.
As long as they watched carefully, they would definitely be more touched by the Akatsuki's original purpose.
And they would definitely change their view of Takumi, who understood the Akatsuki's original purpose so deeply.
They would definitely no longer mention assassinating Takumi.
Konan didn't notice that her focus had shifted from retrieving the Akatsuki's original purpose to worrying about Takumi's safety.
The people gathered by the Akatsuki were all monsters.
Although Takumi had resolved crises time and again before,
She still felt Takumi's chances of winning were not high.
Because each time, Akatsuki's members fought Takumi alone.
If the Akatsuki's members swarmed him, that would be a force comparable to an army.
Finally, the movie ended.
Konan turned the lights on.
She looked at them expectantly, waiting for their evaluations.
The scene fell into a long silence.
They were all digesting what they had seen.
Everyone had different insights.
After a while, someone seemed to remember that Konan had asked them to share their evaluations.
Finally, Kakuzu, the most senior member, spoke.
He said in a serious tone, "His strength has grown stronger, more comprehensive. I need to continue increasing my strength. As I am now, I cannot defeat him."
"He can also fly freely in the sky."
Sasori looked a bit troubled. "It seems I need to develop a puppet to restrict his flight ability. Otherwise, in open terrain, I simply cannot catch him."
"As expected of Takumi-senpai, hm."
Deidara nodded, but his expression was slightly regretful. "It's a pity he didn't directly blow up that big thing."
"He turned into a fish-man before, and now he's even grown wings."
Kisame said with a headache. "I can't deal with enemies flying in the air."
"And he can control such powerful lightning."
"Like divine punishment, its power is just too strong."
Kisame looked shaken.
...
Itachi didn't speak, but his frowned, serious expression seemed to say a lot.
"Konan, you did well."
Pain praised Konan. "Through this movie, we have a better assessment of Takumi's strength and a direction for how to strengthen ourselves in the future."
"You continue to monitor him. If you have any other findings, report them to me promptly."
After speaking, he turned and left without staying.
The others also left with their own expressions.
Except for Deidara and Hidan, everyone else's expressions were very serious.
Deidara admired Takumi.
Hidan worshipped Jashin and looked down on others.
Left alone in the room was the speechless Konan.
'Still no good?'
Her face was full of disappointment.
The movie she had placed so much hope in,
Had completely failed to achieve the result she wanted.
Even Nagato hadn't noticed her true intention.
'Can we never really go back to how it was?'
At this moment, a trace of despair arose in her heart.
But soon, she perked up again. 'This is just the beginning. There will be more opportunities in the future.'
Having experienced so much already, she wouldn't give up so easily.
Even if in the end she really couldn't make Nagato wake up,
She wouldn't give up.
This was currently her only obsession.
To prevent Nagato from being consumed by hatred, to make him remember Yahiko's former ideals.
This was her only...
No.
There was also making sure Takumi was no longer targeted for assassination by Akatsuki members.
Originally, Takumi had no absolute conflict of interest with the Akatsuki.
It was more that Takumi's existence hindered the plans of that man calling himself Uchiha Madara.
'If I could eliminate that man...'
Konan shook her head dejectedly.
'With my strength, I was no match for him.'
She helplessly packed up the movie equipment.
Looking at the movie copy she had finally obtained, she couldn't help but laugh bitterly again.
"Forget it, I'll watch it once more."
She rewound the copy and started the movie again.
This time, she was the only one watching.
As she watched, tears streamed down her cheeks.
And she was completely unaware, staring blankly at the movie images.
Her eyes were hazy, losing focus.
She seemed to have fallen into some kind of memory.
Returning to that time of hardship, but truly happy times.
Unfortunately, there was no turning back.
Since that day, when they were framed by that man from Konoha and lost Yahiko, there was no turning back.
Not until the movie finished playing did she still sit blankly on the chair.
Her tears had dried.
It was a long time before she finally came to her senses.