Danzo, who knew that "Flame Demon" had participated in the "Bloodline Fusion Ritual," and the batch of loyal Root subordinates under him had either died on the spot in Danzo's ritual or vanished without a trace. Thus, the only one left who knew that the God Organization had taken an interest in, and had even directly participated in, the "Bloodline Fusion Ritual" was Orochimaru, their collaborator at the time.
Thinking of the God Organization's recent actions—taking the "Gelel Ore Vein," taking the half of the Nine-Tails within the Fourth Hokage, and taking the "Heavenly Spear"—Orochimaru guessed the God Organization's objective.
Kabuto's expression sharpened. "I never expected the God Organization's goal to be hidden so deeply!"
"Hidden?!"
Orochimaru smiled and shook his head.
Kabuto was somewhat puzzled. "Was I wrong?"
"They never hid that goal at all. Otherwise, they would have made a move against me long ago!" After a pause, Orochimaru said with emotion, "They simply never made it public!"
Kabuto's thoughts turned. "That makes sense. With that Sage around, no one in the Ninja World can stop them, no matter what they want to do."
Orochimaru nodded lightly, then a glint flashed through his eyes as he murmured, "It seems I still underestimated the Chimera Technique developed by Hiruko!"
Since even the God Organization valued Hiruko's Chimera Technique so highly, as well as the Bloodline Fusion Ritual derived from it, Orochimaru had no choice but to reevaluate the technique's potential.
After all, this was a technique acknowledged by the God Organization, which possessed a "Six Paths-level" Sage!
At this moment, Kabuto seemed to recall something and reported, "Lord Orochimaru, there is another strange matter. This time, I encountered Konoha's acting Hokage, Kakashi. He actually accused me of stealing the corpses of the previous Kage from the Five Great Shinobi