But "Yahiko's corpse" had been destroyed by Uchiha Minamoto...
That was a serious matter!
Konan stood in front of Nagato, watching Uchiha Minamoto in shock and uncertainty.
"How do you know that name?"
"I have two sources of intelligence."
Uchiha Minamoto pulled Deva Path Pain in front of him.
"One is Lord Jiraiya, and the other is... Shimura Danzō."
As for the former.
Nagato and Konan were naturally no strangers to him.
But the latter.
Nagato and Konan remembered him all too painfully!
"Shimura Danzō!"
A flash of resentment crossed Konan's eyes. Clearly, she hated the man who bore that name to the extreme.
"If he hadn't colluded with Hanzo of the Salamander back then, how would Yahiko have-"
"Enough, Konan."
Nagato interrupted Konan.
Clearly, he did not want an "outsider" to know the truth behind Yahiko's death.
Even though Uchiha Minamoto had publicly executed Shimura Danzō.
That had, after all, been an internal affair of Konoha.
Nagato believed that Uchiha Minamoto and Shimura Danzō had been enemies.
But he also believed in the "shared allegiance" between two Konoha ninja.
Konoha ninja would not be friends to ninja from the Land of Rain.
"Yahiko's death really was a shame."
Uchiha Minamoto nodded and spoke with an air of solemnity.
"If Yahiko hadn't died, I imagine the Akatsuki wouldn't have become what it is today."
Ever since Nagato had spoken, Konan had fallen completely silent.
Naturally, it was Nagato who picked up the conversation now.
"Lord Fifth Hokage, why don't you make yourself a little clearer?"
"I asked Lord Jiraiya about Yahiko."
Uchiha Minamoto deftly brought up his teacher Jiraiya as his alibi.
"In Lord Jiraiya's eyes, Yahiko was a good student who loved peace. Also..."
Uchiha Minamoto then brought up Shimura Danzō as well.
"According to the intelligence collected by