Yahiko's outburst earned nothing but Uchiha Yue's merciless ridicule.
But even as Uchiha Yue mocked Yahiko without mercy, not even Yahiko's friends Nagato and Konan felt there was anything wrong with it. Uchiha Yue was the strongest person in the Shinobi World, someone who dared to challenge Kirigakure single-handedly—and even take on the entire Shinobi World. Just as Uchiha Yue had said, there were very few people in the whole Shinobi World qualified to challenge him, and Yahiko clearly wasn't one of them.
Then, when they saw that Yahiko was truly about to attack Uchiha Yue, Nagato and Konan's first reaction wasn't to stop Uchiha Yue from retaliating. Instead, they tried to stop Yahiko from going over there to get himself killed. But Yahiko had clearly prepared thoroughly. When he'd gone to speak with Uchiha Yue, he'd already intended to lay everything on the line and prove that Amegakure was his village and Akatsuki was his organization.
So by the time Nagato and Konan prepared to intervene, it was already too late. Yahiko had reached Uchiha Yue. But when Yahiko clenched his right fist and swung it at Uchiha Yue, a look of shock suddenly flashed in his eyes. At that moment, Yahiko realized that his fist had passed straight through Uchiha Yue's figure. The person standing before him was nothing but a clone's afterimage!
As for Uchiha Yue's real body, neither Yahiko, Konan, nor Nagato could sense it. It was as though Uchiha Yue had vanished into thin air, leaving Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan in silence. But that silence lasted only a few seconds before Uchiha Yue reappeared. He appeared right beside Yahiko. Before killing him in an instant, Uchiha Yue leaned close to Yahiko's ear and said in a detached voice:
"Yahiko, you shouldn't have chosen to attack