Obito tells them to rebuild the Akatsuki’s ranks with a membership of ten as he instructs Nagato and Zetsu to recruit Kakuzu while Konan drafts Sasori. After the events that lead to Yahiko’s death, Obito appears in his Tobi guise before Nagato and Konan after the former killed Hanzo of the Salamander and gain control of the Hidden Rain Village. He first of three original animated stories, “Creation of the Akatsuki”, reveals the origins of the new group’s membership.
