"Yamanaka Riki, Yamanaka Batsu, Kakuzu, and Sasori..."
Shisui murmured under his breath, a sharp glint flashing through his eyes. "No, it's not just them. There must be others hiding in the shadows!"
"There are definitely others!"
If nothing unexpected had happened, there should have been a masked man somewhere near them as well.
Back then,
when he and Hashira had been outside, they had encountered the Yamanaka Brothers. Though the two were powerful, a masked man had been traveling with them. Based on his deductions, that masked man was most likely an Uchiha clansman.
"There are others?" Hearing Uchiha Shisui's words, Rasa frowned involuntarily. "That's impossible, isn't it? I've already checked the surrounding area. There weren't any other shinobi!"
Rasa did not believe there were others. He even looked at Uchiha Shisui with suspicion.
Could it be that this man was saying all this simply because he did not want to answer his call for help?
He began to doubt.
He doubted whether Konoha truly had the resolve to save Sunagakure.
If they truly had that resolve, this man would not be dragging things out here.
"There should be, because I've fought these people before. Whenever they attacked a village, that masked man always appeared with them." Uchiha Shisui looked at Rasa and spoke slowly, word by word. His tone was exceedingly calm.
It was as if he were merely discussing something utterly ordinary.
"That doesn't make sense. If there were others, why didn't they attack when we were struggling to hold on?" Rasa looked at Uchiha Shisui, distrust flashing across his spiritual body. "Does Konoha not want to support Sunagakure? Is this excuse something you made up on purpose?"
Rasa wanted to leave immediately. He believed Uchiha Shisui was simply looking for an excuse not to provide aid.
"Rasa,