Meanwhile.
At the border of the Land of Lightning.
The earth had split apart, and devastation stretched as far as the eye could see. Everywhere were charred marks left by ninjutsu explosions, along with deep craters blasted open by Exploding Tags.
Even though a full day and night had passed, the stench of burning and blood still lingered.
"Is this the place?"
Senju Tobirama surveyed the clearing and murmured with a frown, "According to intelligence from the Allied Forces, Uchiha Izuna, Uchiha Hiyoku, and Uchiha Ryo Dai were reincarnated through Impure World Reincarnation and successfully sealed.
They were placed under the strict watch of the Sealing Team to ensure the seals remained stable, after which headquarters would dispatch ninja to transfer them to a secure location for centralized management."
Recalling the procedures for handling ninja reincarnated through Impure World Reincarnation, Senju Tobirama swept his gaze across the cocoons hanging from the trees. "Looks like they never got the chance to transfer the reincarnated ninja."
Before he finished speaking, Senju Tobirama's figure flickered, and he had already Body Flickered in front of a cocoon.
He swung his kunai and made a precise cut. The roots encasing it snapped apart, revealing a ninja trapped in the Infinite Tsukuyomi. Before the roots could wrap around him again, Tobirama quickly searched his body.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
After searching several cocoons in succession, Tobirama stared at the scroll bearing the character "Seal" that he had just found and nodded in satisfaction. Then, he bit his finger and quickly pressed it onto the scroll.
"Release!"
As a cloud of white smoke rose, three humanoid objects tightly wrapped in pale white strips of cloth appeared on the ground.
But soon, the three bodies instantly crumbled away, revealing the White Zetsu within.
Tobirama knew this change occurred because