"Neji's Eight Trigrams Palm can seal the chakra pathways, but the pathway system in a body summoned through Impure World Reincarnation isn't the same as a living person's. I'm not sure sealing the pathways works on a reanimated body."
"It does.
But not completely," Neji picked up where Guy left off. "Two years ago, after the Chunin Ninja Exams, I fought the reanimated bodies Orochimaru summoned-the First Hokage and Second Hokage.
The Eight Trigrams Palm's chakra-point strikes affect a reanimated body's pathways. Although those bodies are immortal, their physical structure perfectly mimics a living person's, including a copy of the chakra pathway system.
Once a chakra point is struck, the corresponding pathway is sealed briefly. It lasts much less time than it would on a living person-only ten or twenty seconds.
That window is enough for one attack, but not enough to seal them."
"Ten or twenty seconds is enough for me to smash a reanimated body once.
After that, it'll regenerate. While it's rebuilding, we can push forward another step, right up to Kabuto's laboratory door," Guy said. "How many people can Kabuto summon? We don't know.
But his chakra isn't unlimited.
We chased him across the Crescent Archipelago. He lost his experimental subjects and three beads in the Southern Mountain Region. Now he's simultaneously maintaining a thousand beads outside, four Jinchuriki inside, and at least five Culture Tanks.
His chakra reserves are spread across too many targets. Impure World Reincarnation requires an enormous amount of chakra. He can summon two or three people at most.
And once he does, his own combat capabilities will drop sharply."
Tenten suddenly spoke.
"What if he summons Konoha's past Hokage?" After she finished, silence hung over the edge of the Mine Pit for roughly two breaths.
This wasn't a question she had