Kabuto Yakushi watched Shin Uchiha evade the subject, and his heart sank.
Kabuto was one of the rare talents in the Shinobi World who excelled at espionage. It was not that no one could rival him, but no one had truly achieved what he had.
As a born spy, he had an almost instinctive talent for reading expressions and the mood around him.
So the moment he saw Lord Shin's expression, he knew something must have happened to his mother. Otherwise, Lord Shin would not have looked that way.
What mattered most to Kabuto Yakushi? His adoptive mother, Yakushi Nonō, the woman who had given him all the warmth he knew, a warmth that lit up his entire world. For the sake of this woman, who had given him a life and a surname, he had embarked on the path of espionage all those years ago, a path from which there was no turning back.
And what did he fear most? Of course, it was the person who treated him best in this world disappearing and dying without a sound.
If that happened, he would no longer know what meaning there was in everything he had done, risking his life time and again.
Tsunade, who had been watching from the sidelines, covered her forehead helplessly. Finally, unable to stand it any longer, she slapped Shin Uchiha on the shoulder and said irritably:
"You've already done it, so what are you too embarrassed to say? Kabuto is Nonō's adopted son, not an outsider. He'll find out sooner or later. All this hemming and hawing will only make him more anxious and give him the wrong idea."
Only after Tsunade's reminder did Shin Uchiha notice that something was off about Kabuto Yakushi's expression. Knowing he could not hide it any longer, he