"Nagato?"
Yahiko's excited expression suddenly froze, and even he himself didn't know why. He suddenly felt a kind of alienation in Konan's breath, which was completely different from the relationship between them in the past.
He just wanted to express his joy at being able to see Xiaonan again at this time, and his concern for Xiaonan.
after all.
Xiaonan was still missing for more than a day.
Yahiko wanted to ask Konan if he was injured and what he had experienced during this period, but when the words came to his lips, before he could say them, it had already turned into Konan's question about Nagato.
"Huh..."
Yahiko breathed a heavy sigh of relief. He suppressed his emotions and understood that since Xiaonan had come back, if he cared so much, there would be no problem in talking about it for a while. Now he still had to solve Xiaonan's doubts first.
then.
Yahiko spoke slowly, but his tone seemed unconfident.
"actually… "
"I don't know where he is."
"He went out to find you..."
"It looks like..."
"Probably not found."
The corner of Yahiko's mouth twitched fiercely. He knew that Konan cared about Nagato very much, but in the past, this kind of care seemed to him like caring for his younger brother.
Nothing else special about it.
But.
Just at that moment.
Yahiko felt as if he had lost something.
In the recent period, he has been busy with the affairs of the Akatsuki organization, and he has indeed neglected Xiaonan. However, during the days when they jointly apprenticed with Jiraiya to learn ninjutsu, he could clearly feel that Xiaonan was interested in ninjutsu. He has admiration.
only…
That seems to have changed now.
Not only did Xiaonan not accept his celebration just now, she even took a step back, and the first thing she said was to ask where Nagato was.
Yahiko noticed this change very keenly.
"Nagato went to look for me?"
Xiao Nan's face became even colder. Of course she knew such a thing. Not only did she know it, but even Hei Ze knew it.
But.
She looked at the people present.
one.
again.
These are people wearing Akatsuki costumes.
Except for Nagato.
Everyone is still standing in the cave, and it seems that they have never gone out at all.
This situation.
It made her feel cold.
"Didn't any of you come to me with him?"
Xiaonan's mood was very complicated at this moment. She found that the like-minded people who were always chatting and laughing inside did not take any action after she was taken away. Even Yahiko was standing in the cave.
But Nagato, who had the Samsara Eye, took the risk to find out.
As the saying goes, a friend in need is a friend indeed.
Her heart was extremely complicated, yet extremely clear.
"Listen to my explanation..."
Yahiko suddenly felt a pressure. This was a very strange pressure. He had never encountered it before, but his feeling now was very clear. As long as he did not explain this matter clearly, then the relationship between him and Xiaonan would be ruined. There will be certain cracks in the relationship between them.
This kind of rift must be resolved before it appears.
otherwise.
When cracks appear.
All is lost.
"Konan!"
"When you were taken away..."
"The person who took you away said he would come and negotiate terms with us!"
"You are aware of the situation at that time..."
"We have no idea where you were taken. We don't have any clues at all. All we can do is wait here for that person to make a request!"
"Besides..."
"We don't have long to wait."
"That person brought you here before, but he disappeared again soon!"
"This brings us to the point..."
"As long as we wait here silently, we will wait for your news. Now that you have come back smoothly, doesn't this also mean that our decision-making is correct!"
Yahiko explained one sentence after another. As he spoke, he felt a little guilty. Even he himself didn't know why. The ideas of what he said were very complete, but he was a little afraid to look at Konan. s eyes.
"yes!"
"That's right!"
"Yahiko-sama said exactly what we meant!"
"We are all waiting to negotiate terms!"
“You can’t even find it outside!”
“…”
The other people from the Akatsuki organization, after Yahiko finished speaking, nodded in agreement. They all saw that Konan was very angry, and it seemed that the consequences were very serious, so they couldn't help but explain, trying to make themselves appear not to be so. Nothing was done.
The explanations given by Yahiko and others in the Akatsuki organization did not speak to Konan's heart at all.
On the surface.
Xiaonan has only been missing for more than a day.
But actually…
Xiaonan is no longer the Xiaonan she used to be!
After Qingyu's training, Xiaonan believed the intelligence that Qingyu had compiled for her, and based on the understanding of this intelligence, she looked at what was happening now from a different perspective.
After everyone in the Akatsuki organization, including Yahiko, finished speaking, Konan's face did not change at all, and he could not feel any emotional fluctuations. He just quietly used his purple eyes to scan everyone present.
only.
Every time her eyes fell on someone.
The person will look away.
Don't dare to look at her.
"You guys are so calm!"
There was a hint of sarcasm in Konan's tone, and she could not help but feel a little chilled in her heart. If it were Yahiko or any of Nagato who were captured, she would never be so calm, but things have reached this point. , she found that the people in the cave were still explaining what happened to her very calmly.
Such a scene.
It made her feel uncomfortable.
Then cooperate with Nagato who has already gone out and was induced by Black Zetsu.
A sharp contrast had already formed in her heart.
"No... not..."
The corner of Yahiko's mouth twitched slightly. He heard the same words from Nagato. Now that such words came out of Konan's mouth, it made him feel misunderstood.
"Under the circumstances, I had to take the overall situation into consideration!"
Yahiko hurriedly explained, but even he knew that his words of explanation were so pale and weak, but he had no intention of perfunctory Xiaonan.
As long as I can save Xiao Nan.
He is willing to do anything.
Let him die.
He can do either.
It's just that under the circumstances, he had to stay calm. Only by staying calm can the matter be solved!
But things are different now.
Things don't seem to be happening.
So…
His calmness turned to indifference.
Everything seems to have a different flavor.
"I know."
Konan nodded lightly, her words directly blocked Yahiko's explanation, and immediately made Yahiko feel like a mute who couldn't explain the pain of eating Coptis chinensis.
Understand
What do you know…
You obviously don't understand!
but.
The words made Xiaonan say this.
Yahiko knew that continuing to talk would arouse Konan's rejection even more.
This kind of defense is different when facing other people and when facing Xiaonan!
If it were someone else from the Akatsuki organization...
Then he can present the facts and reason.
Figure things out bit by bit.
but.
He was facing Xiaonan...
Even though Xiaonan is very sensible, she is still a woman!
The conversation between the two of them does not look like a dispute between colleagues, but more like a quarrel between lovers. If this continues, it will not only not solve the problem, but will also make the matter worse.
Yahiko knew it very well.
current situation.
No matter what he did right or wrong.
He was already wrong.
And he must be wrong.
"I'm wrong… "
Yahiko was very smart and decisive in admitting his mistake. He had even thought about where his mistake was. However, before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by Konan.
"Now send out all members of the Akatsuki organization to search for Nagato's whereabouts. You must move quickly!" Konan said coldly, with unconcealable anxiety in her tone.
(End of chapter)