is a criminal organization of S-Class missing-nin's and is the most wanted group in all of shinobi world. Their main goal was to collect all of the tailed beasts for their plan of world domination.Now reformed under as a new organization under the leadership of a new leader plan to spread discord all over the shinobi world and start a war like never before. What they plan to do after that is still a secret only known to their leader. As such, Akatsuki, despite initially having a minor role during Part I, have become the primary antagonists in Part II of Naruto and Naruto Shippuden, and are once more the antagonists of Shishido Gaiden. Their current base of operations is in Otogakure, located inside the Land of Sound.