"Uncle, you can stop hiding!"
"Come out!"
"This is the grave I picked out for you!"
Yahiko looked toward the woods in the distance, where he stood with Orochimaru and the others, and shouted.
The curious Zetsu at Yahiko's side glanced at the three coffins Orochimaru had summoned, his eyes full of curiosity.
The masked man, who had a Three-Tomoe Sharingan, also gave Orochimaru a long look before turning his gaze toward the woods.
"So you've found me?"
"Yahiko, are you going to fight me?"
Realizing that Yahiko had discovered him, Uzumaki Kuming stopped hiding and slowly stepped out from behind a tree. He looked toward Yahiko, paying no attention to Orochimaru and the others.
He had encountered more enemies than he could count, but Yahiko was different. This enemy was unlike all the others!
"Uncle Kuming, you meddle in other people's affairs too much!"
"You could've lived a while longer, but now that you've discovered where I am, I'd better take care of you as soon as possible!"
As Yahiko spoke, Zetsu and the masked Mysterious Man moved behind Uzumaki Kuming, keeping their distance. With Orochimaru and Yahiko, the four of them had surrounded him.
"So you mean killing me now was just a spur-of-the-moment decision?"
"But, Yahiko, can you at least let me die knowing why you want to kill me?"
"If it's just because we happened to run into each other, that's a pretty flimsy excuse!"
Uzumaki Kuming studied the coffins Orochimaru had summoned for a long while, then turned to Yahiko and asked. Yahiko had been a sunny young man who longed for peace. Why had he become like this?
Shimura Danzō, who had had such a huge impact on Yahiko's life, had long since been killed by him. Even the Akatsuki's escape from Hanzo of