The desert of the Land of Wind was vast—so vast that a single pursuit and escape could stretch for two hundred kilometers.
In a low hollow between deserted dunes, Yura saw a crow land. He circled around the dune and spotted Konoha's Uchiha ninja.
"Yura, let me introduce myself. My name is Kawadera Uchiha."
Having his name called meant that his information had been exposed.
"You can knock me unconscious whenever you want, yet you haven't killed me. What exactly do you want? Let me tell you, I will never betray Sunagakure!"
"Don't be so absolute. It's not that we would never betray the village—we just wouldn't betray ourselves, right?"
"Not betray myself?" The moment Yura heard those words, he knew Kawadera Uchiha had seized upon his weakness.
Which was more important, himself or the village?
The villagers all said the village was more important, because they needed the Sand Ninja to protect them.
The higher-ups all said the village was more important, because they needed the Sand Ninja to carry out missions like donkeys.
But Yura believed that he was at least as important as the village.
Yura asked, "What makes you think I'll listen to you? Even if you can control my life and death, couldn't I kill myself for the village?"
Kawadera Uchiha thought, I've seen you decades from now. You were Sasori's subordinate.
If you were really that unyielding, you wouldn't have become Sasori's spy.
Naturally, Kawadera Uchiha could not say that. Instead, he explained, "Your eyes gave you away. Because you're like me—when the village's interests align with mine, I can give everything for the village.
"But when the village's interests conflict with my own, then I'm sorry. I hope the village can give everything instead."
Yura felt that Kawadera Uchiha's words were shocking in