The two looked ready to fight, but Ajisai stepped forward directly.
"Master, leave it to us. We can handle these two."
Watching Kabuto leave with Obito already in tow, Ajisai knew those two were far more important. This place was strange in every way; whatever happened, it was better to end things quickly.
Kazeki also stepped forward and nodded. She wanted to fight too.
Moriyue hesitated. Though he did not know Kabuto and Obito's specific plan, the markings on that man's body were quite valuable for research.
"Cough, cough... Moriyue-kun, she has a point."
Seeing Moriyue unable to decide, Orochimaru coughed. He also wanted to see how effective the improved Impure World Reincarnation was, but that was not the purpose of their trip. They had come for Itachi's corpse.
"...All right."
Though he was somewhat worried, Moriyue knew the purpose of this trip. He had wanted to simply join forces and finish off these two, but Ajisai and Kazeki firmly refused. In their words, they wanted to test their own strength.
For the time being, Moriyue followed Orochimaru to search for the corpse. As for Yugito Nii, Moriyue was still worried, so he had her stay behind to assist the two women.
The moment she found them unable to win, she was to intervene immediately.
After receiving Moriyue's permission, the two began fighting their opponents.
"Do you know what these two are capable of?"
They were going to fight, but before that, Kazeki needed to get a grasp on their abilities.
"The short old man can turn into lava, while the tall masked man can use steam. Yugito-sama mentioned it before."
Ajisai narrowed her eyes. Battles between ninja were sometimes battles of intelligence. Some abilities appeared powerful, but once their operating principles were understood, defeating them was not particularly difficult.