Summoning Pain at the Start: I Built the Akatsuki Organization

A shadowy organization called Akatsuki has risen, striking terror across the continent. No one knows its leader, but everyone fears its members—each one a living nightmare. A renegade prince falls prey to the genjutsu master Uchiha Itachi. An impregnable fortress crumbles under Deidara's explosive artistry. The overlord of the deep sea meets his end at the hands of Kisame, the tailless Tailed Beast. Behind it all stands Ye Chen, the architect of chaos, watching his legend grow from the shadows. His pawns are everywhere. His influence, unstoppable. The world will soon learn: Akatsuki is eternal…