"Yue-kun, is what you said true?"
"The ones who ambushed us this time were from Konoha?"
Upon hearing Uchiha Yue say this, Konan was the most agitated among herself and Nagato.
Moreover, while Konan was deeply worried about Yahiko's situation, Uchiha Yue keenly noticed a trace of loneliness flash through Nagato's eyes. However, Nagato concealed it well before Uchiha Yue and Konan. Uchiha Yue had only caught that fleeting trace of loneliness in an instant before it disappeared from Nagato's eyes.
Still, from that trace of loneliness, Uchiha Yue could tell that Nagato's feelings were exceedingly complicated. On one hand, after hearing that Yahiko might have been captured, Nagato, as Yahiko's friend, was worried for his safety and wanted to rescue him immediately. On the other hand, seeing Konan become so agitated at the possibility of something happening to Yahiko, Nagato was deeply jealous of Yahiko. He might even have entertained the thought of letting Yahiko die miserably at the hands of Konoha's ninja.
Yet after several seconds of silence, Nagato, like Konan, looked at Uchiha Yue with concern and asked whether his intelligence was accurate.
Instead, when Uchiha Yue saw Konan and Nagato looking at him with concern, confusion, and doubt, a cold smile rose at the corners of his lips. He then said directly to them, "If you don't believe me, go find the information yourselves. Whether Yahiko lives or dies has nothing to do with me. All I care about is completing our mission. Now, shouldn't we be heading to Amegakure?"
With that, Uchiha Yue put away the Falling Moon Style: Blizzard Sharp Spear in his right hand and prepared to head straight toward Amegakure.
Uchiha Yue's earlier words made Nagato and Konan blush. Nagato hurriedly came before Uchiha Yue and said, "Yue-kun, Konan and I weren't