"Kabuto, are we leaving?"
Jūgo had also seen the mushroom cloud erupting on the distant horizon. In his perception, the natural energy around Iwagakure was so chaotic that he could barely bear to look at it, churned up by the terrifying shock waves.
"Then let's leave Iwagakure for now!"
Yakushi Kabuto had no intention of staying in Iwagakure any longer, either. He had realized that his Impure World Reincarnation was not yet refined enough, and he needed to lie low for a while to perfect this forbidden jutsu.
Besides, he still had plenty of Ōnoki's tissue cells left. Whenever he wanted, he could bring Ōnoki back through Impure World Reincarnation again.
For the time being, I need to keep researching Impure World Reincarnation, and I also need to dig up the corpses of powerful shinobi from the various shinobi villages!
On top of that, I should get my hands on Hashirama Senju's cells!
Black Zetsu has already taken all the Hashirama cells from Orochimaru's bases, but getting those cells is crucial for me!
If I really do revive Uchiha Madara according to Black Zetsu's plan, I'll need a powerful means of ensuring that Uchiha Madara revives the director-
Yakushi Kabuto kept turning these thoughts over in his mind. Since Uchiha Madara was as renowned as Hashirama Senju, Kabuto believed that only Hashirama Senju could keep him in check!
Yakushi Kabuto and Jūgo left without hesitation, but back in Iwagakure, a heavy silence had fallen.
Kitsuchi looked at the spot in the sky where Ōnoki had been standing, then at Han, whose arm had not returned even after he had undone his Partial Tailed Beast Transformation. His expression could hardly have been uglier.
"A ninjutsu that toys with the dead!"
"How could such an evil ninjutsu exist in the shinobi world!"