Ōtsutsuki Isshiki VS Konoha Shinobi [2]

"Father..."

Asuma Sarutobi watched Sarutobi Hiruzen charge at Ōtsutsuki Isshiki without the slightest hesitation, and muttered under his breath.

Smack. Someone placed a hand on Asuma's shoulder.

"Don't worry about it." Yuya's voice came from beside him.

Asuma turned his head and saw that the Hokage had already arrived at his side.

"Lord Hokage!" Asuma looked at Yuya in surprise.

"Lord Hokage, if you're here, then those drones..."

Yuya smiled slightly. "You called them drones, didn't you? Naturally, I don't need to control them myself."

Asuma immediately understood.

So someone else was controlling those drones...

Asuma gave a bitter smile, then looked up at Yuya anxiously. "Lord Hokage, I don't understand. Why would Father... choose to fight that enemy himself?

That enemy is very powerful, isn't he?"

Yuya smiled faintly and slowly swept his gaze over the others. "You all have the same question, don't you?"

Shisui Uchiha nodded, and Kakashi Hatake nodded as well.

Kagami Uchiha and Hatake Sakumo had charged right to the very front.

"Well..." Yuya said, "that has to do with the era they lived in."

Yuya closed his eyes slightly. Once the people around him had all revealed puzzled expressions, he slowly opened them again and spoke. "I only realized it recently...

Ever since Torifu Akimichi passed away, Uncle Kagami and the others have been deeply troubled."

Choza Akimichi of the Akimichi Clan stepped forward in confusion. "Does this have something to do with our Akimichi Clan too?"

Yuya nodded, his tone grave. "Because... his death came too easily."

Everyone froze at once.

Ignoring their expressions, Yuya looked toward the figures battling Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and spoke slowly. "Torifu Akimichi didn't die on the battlefield, didn't die while carrying out a ninja mission, and didn't die while dedicating himself to the village.

He simply fell ill.