After seeing the Sharingan shining brightly in Yuzhen's eyes, Kabuto and Nonō couldn't help crying out.
There was no need to say more about those Sharingan. They only existed in Konoha, here in the entire Ninja World.
Of course, more importantly, the handsome Uchiha before them radiated an intense sense of pressure.
It told them...
This guy could kill them as easily as breathing.
That meant...
They were less likely to be deceived.
As a mother and son who were both elite spies, they fell silent after analyzing the situation.
Kabuto was especially compliant. He dispelled the Chakra Scalpel in his hand, then pulled his hand away from Yuzhen's.
His expression turned serious.
"If they were made to kill each other, then I'd say there's an eighty percent chance Iwagakure has discovered our identities. Sir, we should escape at once!"
That was what Kabuto thought at that moment!
He had volunteered to become a Root spy for the sake of everyone at the orphanage, and he still had a great deal of faith in Konoha.
Thinking that someone had arranged for him to kill the familiar-looking woman before him, he figured Iwagakure was most likely behind it.
It never even crossed his mind that the village itself had caused this situation.
After all, by his logic...
If the village really were behind it, there would be no reason for the seemingly powerful Uchiha elite before him.
To come back and save them!
But while Kabuto thought that way, his adoptive mother, Yakushi Nonō, didn't!
Danzō had threatened her with the excuse, "You don't want the orphanage to run out of funds, do you?" That was what had forced her back into her old line of work.
All it took was a moment's thought for her to realize something was wrong.