Same Goal
"The Hyuga Clan?"
"You mean Hyuga Anya?"
Hearing Sasori of the Red Sands's words, Uchiha Yue finally understood why Sasori of the Red Sands was putting on an act here.
It turns out that Sasori of the Red Sands's initial target wasn't Uchiha Yue, but rather the Hyuga Clan. However, on their way to the Land of Wind, Uchiha Yue nearly annihilated the Hyuga Clan's ninja team, leaving only Hyuga Anya to travel to the Land of Wind. Therefore, Sasori of the Red Sands's target should have been Hyuga Anya, while Uchiha Yue was merely implicated by Hyuga Anya.
Then, just as Uchiha Yue had expected, based on Sasori of the Red Sands's words, Uchiha Yue confirmed that Sasori of the Red Sands's target was Hyuga Anya.
Moreover, in Sasori of the Red Sands's next words, Sasori of the Red Sands inadvertently revealed a secret that made Uchiha Yue feel slightly alarmed!
"Hmph, what a lack of sincerity. That guy from the Hyuga Clan only sent one girl to make contact here."
"Moreover, he actually disregarded all dignity and asked Uchiha Yue to escort that girl. He has completely disgraced the Hyuga Clan!"
With a disdainful look in his eyes, Sasori of the Red Sands continued to speak to Uchiha Yue, his tone full of mockery. "So, Uchiha Yue, I think that Hyuga Hiashi has told you about our cooperation, right? That's right, that traitor Hyuga Hiashi used the lives of your Konoha ninjas to make a deal with me, asking me to do him some favors, strengthen the Sunagakure ninja forces on the border between the Land of Wind and the Land of Fire, and incidentally, enhance the prestige of his Hyuga Clan."
"Uchiha Yue, I'm very curious, what benefits did Hyuga Hiashi give you this Hyuga Hiashi?"
"How did he manage to recruit you, a member of the Uchiha Clan, and ally with you to enhance the prestige of his Hyuga Clan?"
When Sasori of the Red Sands arrived, Uchiha Yue immediately determined that Sasori of the Red Sands's target was Hyuga Anya.
At the same time, based on Sasori of the Red Sands's method, Uchiha Yue also deduced another secret hidden in Sasori of the Red Sands's words.
That is, the person with whom Hyuga Hiashi cooperated with the Sunagakure of the Land of Wind was Sasori of the Red Sands!
In other words, the family mission that Hyuga Anya is to carry out this time is to meet with Sasori of the Red Sands and deliver a message on behalf of Hyuga Hiashi!
"I never expected that Sasori of the Red Sands, with both arms severed, would actually make contact with that guy Hyuga Hiashi in secret!"
"Furthermore, it seems that Hyuga Hiashi and Sasori of the Red Sands have been cooperating for quite some time."
"Using Sasori of the Red Sands's influence in Sunagakure to elevate the Hyuga Clan's status in Konoha is likely Hyuga Hiashi's idea."
"So, what exactly did Hyuga Hiashi offer Sasori of the Red Sands? Did he trade the lives of Konoha ninja for Sasori of the Red Sands's favor?"
As he silently pondered this, Uchiha Yue took a deep breath to calm his deeply shaken emotions.
Immediately afterwards...
After Uchiha Yue calmed himself down, he prepared to have a proper talk with Sasori of the Red Sands to find out the whole story. After a few seconds of silence, he slowly said to Uchiha Yue, "Sasori of the Red Sands, to be honest, I wasn't asked by Sasori of the Red Sands Hyuga Hiashi to escort the Uchiha Yue Hyuga Clan ninja into the Land of Land of Wind. I actually have other things to do in the Land of Land of Wind. It's just that I owe that Hyuga Clan girl a favor, so I'm helping her complete a clan mission."
"Oh? In that case, you can hand that girl over to me!"
Upon hearing that Uchiha Yue had arrived, Sasori of the Red Sands raised an eyebrow slightly and said, "Perfect, I want to hear what Hyuga Hiashi has to say!"
"If I hand over the Hyuga Clan girl to you, won't you kill her?"
As soon as Sasori of the Red Sands finished speaking, Uchiha Yue sneered and said, "I really don't understand, Sasori of the Red Sands. You want to cooperate with the Hyuga Clan on one hand, and kill the Hyuga Clan members on the other. Why is that? If I'm not mistaken, your 'luring the enemy into the trap' scheme was to lure those Hyuga Clan members into a trap, wasn't it? The reason you hid underground was to avoid the Hyuga Clan's Byakugan detection, so you could annihilate the Hyuga Clan's ninja team."
"Sasori of the Red Sands, you and Hyuga Hiashi were cooperating perfectly well, why did you have to break your deal in this way?"
"Do you perhaps have other motives?"
Uchiha Yue's words silenced Sasori of the Red Sands again, clearly indicating that Sasori of the Red Sands didn't want to say too much and allow Uchiha Yue to deduce more.
However, even if Sasori of the Red Sands didn't speak, Uchiha Yue could tell something was amiss from Sasori of the Red Sands's expression.
In particular, when Uchiha Yue's gaze fell on Sasori of the Red Sands's arm, he combined various unusual phenomena and roughly deduced the ins Uchiha Yue outs of the matter.
"If I'm not mistaken, the deal between Sasori of the Red Sands and Hyuga Hiashi is probably like this!"
"Hyuga Hiashi used Sasori of the Red Sands to gather the Sunagakure's ninja forces and put pressure on the borders of the Land of Wind and the Land of Fire, allowing the Sasori of the Red Sands Hyuga Clan to gain prestige on the front lines. Meanwhile, Sasori of the Red Sands used Hyuga Hiashi's connections to murder Konoha ninja, providing them with material for his experiments. Now, the restoration of Sasori of the Red Sands's arms is the best proof!"
"How could Sasori of the Red Sands possibly regain his arms without enough test subjects?"
"After conducting numerous human experiments, Sasori of the Red Sands is probably already capable of creating real humanoid puppets!"
Having secretly deduced this, a cold smile crept onto Uchiha Yue's lips, and Uchiha Yue continued to think to himself:
"As for Sasori of the Red Sands's current disregard for the deal and his intention to harm the Hyuga Clan members, that must be Sasori of the Red Sands's second objective!"
"The real reason for harming the Hyuga Clan was to provoke Hyuga Hiashi, so that he Hyuga Hiashi actually fight the Sunagakure ninjas on the front lines of the Land of Wind."
"Taking advantage of the chaos on the front lines of the Land of Wind, Sasori of the Red Sands will have time to assassinate the Third Kazekage!"
"After all, under normal circumstances, Sasori of the Red Sands would have absolutely no chance of assassinating the Third Kazekage."
"Only in times of war could Sasori of the Red Sands assassinate the Third Kazekage and turn him into a human puppet!"
"If that's really the case..."
"That Sasori of the Red Sands, we probably share the same goal!"
Having deduced the whole story in his mind, when Uchiha Yue felt that Sasori of the Red Sands's purpose was likely the same as his own, he secretly began to calculate how to confirm his deduction. On the other hand Sasori of the Red Sands, standing silently in front of Uchiha Yue, was also guessing Uchiha Yue 'Sasori of the Red Sands intentions.
Immediately afterwards...
After a full five minutes of silence between Uchiha Yue and Sasori of the Red Sands finally lost his temper and asked, "Uchiha Yue, what is your purpose in coming to the Land of Wind?"