"For the sake of killing me?"
As soon as Shikaku Nara finished speaking, the smile on Uchiha Yue's face gradually faded as he recalled his exchanges with Yagami Ling, the quasi-Kage-level expert of the Yagami Clan. Without question, Yagami Ling was one of the most formidable quasi-Kage-level taijutsu experts Uchiha Yue had ever encountered. In fact, Yagami Ling was even somewhat stronger than Kaguya Tong of the Kaguya Clan had been, since Yagami Ling possessed many of the Yagami Clan's secret techniques.
At first, however, Uchiha Yue had assumed that Yagami Ling had challenged him solely to compete for the title of the Shinobi World's strongest member of the new generation. Or perhaps Yagami Ling had been dissatisfied that Uchiha Yue had secretly learned the Yagami Clan's secret techniques, which was why he had come to challenge him at the border of the Land of Water.
Unfortunately, Uchiha Yue had not realized at the time that Yagami Ling was a madman. Merely to learn more of the Yagami Clan's secret techniques and gain greater power, Yagami Ling had stolen the clan's secret techniques from his own family and had even defected from Kumogakure. It was clear from this that Yagami Ling had not come to challenge Uchiha Yue for any title or for his clan. He had come only to kill Uchiha Yue.
It was also because of Shikaku Nara's words that Uchiha Yue came to this realization and understood Yagami Ling's purpose. However, since Yagami Ling had come to kill him, Uchiha Yue could roughly deduce who the mastermind behind Yagami Ling was. Clearly, the only person capable of gathering a Yagami Clan expert such as Yagami Ling and making a quasi-Kage-level expert submit was Kirigakure's hidden ruler, Uchiha Madara.
In the entire Shinobi World, only someone as powerful