Xiaonan was quite surprised by Uchiha Yuzhen's suggestion. Both she and Nagato had been captured by him.
They had been gone for several days. Even the students at the Ninja Academy knew they had definitely been captured.
As for captured ninjas, unless they belonged to one of the Five Great Shinobi Nations, smaller villages usually tortured them for information and then killed them.
Especially since their organization looked like some bizarre outfit.
Their leader had been captured by the strongest person in the Ninja World, then somehow escaped from his grasp with ease.
It was simply too unrealistic!
After sorting out her thoughts, Xiaonan said seriously, "It's been two days since Nagato and I left the organization. The others are easy enough to fool, but those two will see right through us."
Hearing Xiaonan's words, Nagato agreed.
After all, during the earlier battle, he had seen Zetsu and "Madara" driven off by the man standing before them.
Since they had already shown up...
That meant "Madara" and Zetsu had also seen him get defeated.
If he went back and continued leading the Akatsuki, what excuse could he use to explain his return?
After all—
If this man let him go, he would still have to explain how he had escaped the hands of the real "God of the Ninja World," wouldn't he?
Just thinking about what excuse he could use gave Nagato a headache.
The clearest information about Uchiha Yuzhen dated back to when his name had first become known across the Ninja World.
"Body Flicker Yuzhen" meant that he wielded the space-time technique known as Flying Thunder God!
Even if Nagato somehow managed to escape his grasp, how could he explain getting away from the man's pursuit and returning to the organization?
Thinking of all this, Nagato rubbed his