"An entry pledge? Haven't you got this wrong?"
"I told you, I joined you to recover from my injuries. And you're actually asking me for an entry pledge?"
Hearing Nagato's words, Uchiha Yue stood there blankly for a moment. He could only feel that Yahiko and Nagato were both idiots. As for Konan, he had yet to see anything abnormal about her, so for the moment, he could only believe that she was the sole normal one among the three.
However, when Uchiha Yue asked Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan in surprise why they wanted an entry pledge from him, Nagato explained exactly what they meant by one. It was actually quite simple: Nagato, Konan, and Yahiko wanted the head of an Amegakure ninja.
They needed to make sure that Uchiha Yue could stand against Amegakure before they could bring him into Akatsuki.
Otherwise, Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato were afraid that bringing Uchiha Yue into Akatsuki would ultimately mean bringing in a ticking time bomb.
After listening to Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato's explanation, Uchiha Yue could only let out a helpless, deep breath. Then, after lamenting that Akatsuki at this stage was completely unlike the "normal" Akatsuki from the original story, Uchiha Yue casually entered the Land of Rain, found two Amegakure ninjas, and took their heads as his entry pledge.
When Konan, Yahiko, and Nagato saw Uchiha Yue return with the entry pledge so quickly, they were naturally overjoyed. Then, amid the enthusiastic reception of the three, Uchiha Yue somehow ended up joining Akatsuki. Moreover, once he had joined, Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato's attitudes changed immediately.
Before Uchiha Yue joined Akatsuki, Yahiko had been the most enthusiastic toward him. Yet after Uchiha Yue truly joined Akatsuki, all matters concerning him were unexpectedly handed over to Konan. After Uchiha Yue joined,