A quasi-Kage-level powerhouse? Could Sasori of the Red Sands have become a quasi-Kage-level powerhouse as well?
At that thought, the look in Uchiha Yue's eyes as he regarded Sasori of the Red Sands changed. Clearly, if Sasori of the Red Sands truly had become a quasi-Kage-level powerhouse as Yue suspected, capable of standing proudly at the pinnacle of the Shinobi World, then Yue could not allow him to continue developing. He had to eliminate this threat as soon as possible.
Among the new generation of elites from his own era, Uchiha Yue had originally believed that only his friend Hatake Kakashi could develop alongside him and gradually walk the path of the strong. Yet as Yue rapidly grew stronger, Kakashi had been completely left behind by him. Even Sasori of the Red Sands, Mei Terumi, and the other new-generation elites from other villages had been far surpassed by Yue.
From that point on, Uchiha Yue had felt that shinobi of his generation could no longer pose a threat to him. The only ones who could truly threaten him were likely those shinobi who had been renowned for a long time—figures such as Konoha's Sannin and the Kage-level powerhouses of the Five Great Shinobi Villages. Only shinobi of that caliber could endanger his life.
However, after deducing that Sasori of the Red Sands might possess the strength of a quasi-Kage-level powerhouse, Uchiha Yue's mindset changed. From then on, he knew that among the new-generation elites of his era, someone had caught up to him. Thus, a sense of crisis arose within him—a crisis born of fearing that someone would surpass him.
Then, the way Uchiha Yue looked at Sasori of the Red Sands became somewhat different.
Sasori of the Red Sands, meanwhile, controlled a puppet clone as it arrived before Uchiha