"Quick, quick, Yahiko! We have to get back to the base as soon as possible. Uchiha Ryobu might hurt Konan!"
Yahiko was running so hard that sweat poured down his face, but he still summoned his strength, gathered Chakra, and raced toward the Akatsuki base.
Yahiko's mind was still a tangled mess.
He hadn't expected Ryobu to be a Leaf Village missing-nin who had mastered the Immortality Forbidden Technique. He and Nagato still couldn't stop thinking about what the Black Market manager had said.
"Uchiha Ryobu is an oddity among the Uchiha people. Imagine being an Uchiha and becoming a Medical Ninja! He's also quite skilled at Medical Ninjutsu. They say he's Leaf's Number One medical ninja, second only to Tsunade."
"He developed a Forbidden Technique that lets him live forever, and it turned him into an eighteen-year-old. But his secret got exposed, so he became a missing-nin."
"The Sannin and the Yellow Flash went after him. Knowing he had no way out, he blew himself up and jumped off a cliff."
"But lately, the Black Market in the Land of Fire has been spreading rumors that Uchiha Ryobu didn't die and even brought Madara Uchiha back to life. Hahaha..."
"What kind of joke is this? Madara Uchiha came back to life?"
"Hey! Don't go! If you hear anything about Uchiha Ryobu's Forbidden Technique, tell me. I'll pay ten million for each piece of information. If you find him, I'll give you another hundred million ryo."
"Huh?!"
Yahiko couldn't run any farther. His Chakra couldn't compare to Nagato's, and he panted as he called out to him. "Nagato, don't wait for me. Go on ahead. You have to stop Uchiha Ryobu's scheme!"
"Okay!"
Nagato sped off.
Yahiko suddenly froze. If Ryobu had a scheme involving the Akatsuki, the only thing