The New Akatsuki

is episode 348 of the Naruto: Shippūden anime.

Summary
Akatsuki's leadership — Yahiko and Nagato— attend a meeting with the Amegakure leader Hanzō after receiving a message from Danzo Shimura who was under the code name Kanzo at the moment. During the meeting, members of Akatsuki discover that Konoha's Root division were attempting an assassination of the Akatsuki leaders attempted to stop them, but was killed by Obito (who wanted Nagato to witness reality) and Zetsu. Root and their leader Danzō Shimura are revealed to have plotted with Hanzō to end Akatsuki's rebellion, capturing Konan and giving Nagato an ultimatum; kill Yahiko or they will kill Konan. Choosing for him, Yahiko runs himself into Nagato's kunai killing himself. Enraged, Nagato uses the power of his Rinnegan to slaughter the Konoha and Ame shinobi by summoning the Demonic Statue of The Outer Path and Hanzō escapes from Nagato's wrath and Nagato is finally driven by Obito Uchiha's Eye of the Moon Plan. The final scene ends with Nagato stating that Yahiko, whose body is now the Deva Path of his Six Paths of Pain, will always be the leader of the Akatsuki.