Do we have no choice but to risk our lives?
How credible was this?
Since that Masked Man held his life in his hands, wasn't he afraid they would use the Masked Man to threaten him? What did he mean by saying that? He was an S-rank wanted criminal—wasn't this a little too stupid?
Wasn't he giving them a chance to bargain? Who would voluntarily expose their own weakness when two armies faced off as enemies? Was this a trap?
Listening to Uchiha Nobuhiko's almost unbelievable words, Yukina's brows furrowed tighter and tighter, and the doubts in her heart grew stronger along with them.
Uchiha Nobuhiko's words were far too suspicious.
No matter how badly he wanted to keep them here, he could not possibly reveal his own weakness.
If Uchiha Nobuhiko's life really was in the Masked Man's hands, and the Masked Man was only a few meters away from them now, then if they took the Masked Man hostage, wouldn't the situation become one where Chiba's life was in Uchiha Nobuhiko's hands, Uchiha Nobuhiko's life was in the Masked Man's hands, and the Masked Man's life was in theirs? Wasn't Uchiha Nobuhiko exposing his own weakness and placing his life in their hands?
At this moment, Yukina became thoroughly suspicious. Everything Uchiha Nobuhiko said was simply too questionable; the logic did not hold up at all.
Even if Uchiha Nobuhiko harbored grievances against the Masked Man who had masterminded everything, even if his resentment was immense and he hated him enough to wish him dead, he still could not possibly sabotage himself like this.
Even if he no longer wished to be Konoha's enemy, he could not possibly reveal information that would practically ruin his favorable position and even endanger his very life.
No matter how she looked