By then, Konan had also caught on. She finally understood why Shin Uchiha had said those things out of nowhere.
He had actually discerned Pain's intentions from that single move.
In other words, if Shin Uchiha had wanted to stop them then, Pain could never have withdrawn from the battlefield so smoothly.
That realization also left Konan deeply wary of Shin Uchiha.
At that moment, Deva Path Pain, who stood beside Konan, noticed something was wrong with her. While fighting the Wood Clones, Pain had already spotted Shin Uchiha standing beside her.
That discovery had made Pain very anxious. Although Shin Uchiha stood beside Konan without doing anything to harm her, Pain knew full well that, while her ninjutsu was impressive and she could wield her paper techniques at will,
she was still no match for this uninvited guest, Shin Uchiha.
That was why Pain had decided to retreat for Konan's safety.
Of course, that was only one reason. The main reason was that Pain had realized that, even if he was strong enough to defeat the Uchiha Clan's leader, he could not keep them there.
Moreover, there were two unknown factors on the battlefield: the two Uchiha clan members receiving treatment.
Given their abilities, if they recovered enough to join the battle, Pain felt things would become even more troublesome.
That was why he had decided to withdraw. If these Uchiha clan members pursued them, his fellow Akatsuki members were no pushovers, either. And although Amegakure was a small ninja village, it still had a number of ninja.
If they really gave chase, Pain and his companions would still have the home advantage. Besides, he had plenty of trump cards he had yet to reveal.
Thus, standing on the Yatagarasu, Pain immediately noticed Konan's unusual behavior and asked with