"These creatures really disgust me-"
Jūgo stood beside Yakushi Kabuto, watching him examine White Zetsu from head to toe, and could not help speaking up.
"I was wondering whether these unusual creatures could serve as sacrifices for Impure World Reincarnation!"
"Lord Orochimaru once considered using the snakes from Ryūchi Cave as sacrifices for Impure World Reincarnation. Unfortunately, I don't know whether he ever completed that research."
While preparing for Impure World Reincarnation, Yakushi Kabuto decided to try using a White Zetsu as the sacrifice.
After making contact with Black Zetsu, Yakushi Kabuto had learned everything about Uchiha Chisen. Unfortunately, although Kabuto was a spy, he had never actually slaughtered innocents indiscriminately.
Even on the operating table, Orochimaru had usually been the one wielding the scalpel.
Yakushi Kabuto's nature meant he would never stake everything on Black Zetsu. He would consider what came next if Uchiha Chisen killed Black Zetsu, wiped out the Akatsuki Organization, or even brought the entire Shinobi World under absolute justice.
Previously, researching Impure World Reincarnation would inevitably have required him to kill innocents.
But the appearance of White Zetsu instinctively prompted Yakushi Kabuto to leave himself a way out, a fallback in case every last one of Black Zetsu's plans failed.
For White Zetsu, stealing the body of Ōnoki of Both Scales was hardly difficult.
After all, Iwagakure could never have imagined that anyone would take an interest in Ōnoki's corpse. Even after two White Zetsu carried his body out of the village, all of Iwagakure remained completely unaware.
"They really managed to steal Ōnoki's body just like that?"
Jūgo looked at Ōnoki's corpse, carried between the two White Zetsu, with unmistakable surprise in his eyes. Only a few minutes had passed between their entering Iwagakure and returning.
"These creatures have a tremendous advantage when it