Konoha.
The area around Orochimaru's Lab had already been reduced to a mess.
The ground was covered in marks where acid had eaten away at it.
With Boro and Deepa dealt with, the immediate crisis had been temporarily resolved.
Inside the basement, Tsunade was transferring a child less than two years old in her arms.
The child kept his eyes closed the entire time, seemingly asleep.
Though he was still very young, his features already made it clear that this child was Orochimaru.
Orochimaru's soul was far too massive. A body that was too small and weak could not awaken.
So although it looked like Orochimaru was sleeping, he... really was asleep.
He needed to sleep until his body grew larger before he could awaken.
Following beside Tsunade was Dan Katō, who was controlling Urashiki.
The ceiling on the upper floor needed repairs, so Urashiki had to be moved somewhere else.
At that moment.
A purple vortex suddenly appeared beside the broken locator.
Jigen emerged from a space-time portal he had opened beside the locator.
Just as he was about to step onto the ground, he noticed that it was covered in acid.
Jigen frowned slightly and stepped into the air.
He glanced around. "Sure enough, it's the aura of an Otsutsuki body."
Jigen closed his eyes, then finally locked onto Urashiki's location.
He opened another spatial portal and walked straight inside.
At the same time, a vortex suddenly appeared beside Urashiki's body.
The instant Tsunade saw the spatial portal appear, her hair stood on end.
She stomped on the ground and immediately ran into the passage.
At the same time, she punched the alarm in the corridor.
Shamu had warned them long ago, so Tsunade naturally would not foolishly stay behind to see who had come.
Aside from Shamu