In truth, Kazeki and the others had no need to fight this battle. After all, Kabuto and Obito had no intention of prolonging the fight; their primary goal was to retreat. Therefore, their control over Roshi and Han could not have been particularly strong.
The caster's condition had a major impact on Impure World Reincarnation. Kabuto was now only worried about whether Moriyue and the others would discover the painting in his possession. Losing anything else did not matter; what he feared was that the painting the two of them had worked so hard to obtain would be taken by Moriyue and his companion.
After this brief interval, he belatedly realized why Moriyue had used that inexplicable technique on them.
"A Genjutsu targeting the soul... That guy may already know part of my past. Was that his true purpose...?"
Kabuto often studied forbidden techniques himself. After giving it some thought, he guessed what Moriyue wanted to do.
He had to make every possible preparation. Nothing could happen to the painting in his hands.
"They have a scroll. It's quite interesting."
Moriyue told Orochimaru this information without any concern for Kazeki, confident that Orochimaru would also be interested in the painting.
After he briefly explained the painting's characteristics, Orochimaru, as expected, showed an interested expression as well.
The surrounding buildings had been destroyed beyond recognition. Forget anyone sane—there were not even many living people left here. Orochimaru had originally been quite confident in his intelligence, but everything before him had exceeded his expectations.
Encountering Kabuto and Obito had been unexpected. They had certainly fought in Kirigakure, but judging from the traces at the scene, it seemed that those Hoshikage people had known in advance that someone would attack them. No particularly important clues had been left behind, and most of the