How Did It Go Right Through?

Yugito's expression remained icy, not softening because of Yōya's words.

Nor did she answer his question.

"I came to bring you weapons."

Yugito held five swords in her arms and tossed them toward Yōya.

Yōya scratched his head strangely. He did not even catch the weapons, simply letting them fall to the ground.

"Are you angry?"

Yugito looked at Yōya, who had nearly cut her into several pieces, and felt a little angry at his innocent expression.

Had she not made it obvious enough?

Yugito kept a straight face. "No!"

Yōya sighed in relief, then bent down and picked up the weapons.

He drew each of them to inspect them. Their quality was exceptionally high.

Yōya flicked them lightly with his finger before channeling Chakra into them.

He found that their Chakra conductivity was excellent. They must have been forged with a considerable amount of Chakra ore.

They could be said to be very fine blades.

As Yōya tested the blades, he said,

"Obito has been very active lately. He captured the One-Tail, Four-Tails, Five-Tails, and Seven-Tails."

"You should not leave Kumogakure for the time being. It will be dangerous, and I'll worry about you."

Yugito had wanted to see whether Yōya understood what she meant. As it turned out, he truly did not.

Once she answered that she was not angry, Yōya simply skipped past the subject.

Yōya really did not know how to comfort people...

But in the end, Yōya had said that she was in danger and that he would worry about her.

Only now did Yugito realize just how straightforward Yōya was.

Recalling their battle that day, she asked, "Did you hold back when we fought that day?"

Yōya raised his head and replied naturally,

"Of course. Otherwise, Lightning Roar Six Flashes would have cut you