Before Kakashi could reply, Hyuga Kagami vanished from the field with a whoosh, using the Body Flicker Technique, leaving Kakashi and Sasuke staring at each other in bewilderment!
As Naruto and Neji were summoned away, the giant snake Garaga and the Big Wild Boar they had summoned earlier also disappeared amid puffs of white smoke.
Still unsettled, Kakashi turned to Orochimaru.
From the brief exchange between Hyuga Kagami and Orochimaru just now, he had learned that Hyuga Kagami had not been killed by Orochimaru. Moreover, Hyuga Kagami's relationship with Orochimaru was anything but simple. It was not the superior-subordinate relationship the village knew of, but a closer relationship between apostle and master.
Orochimaru said in a hoarse voice, "Don't look at me like that. Our interests are aligned for now!"
Kakashi remained unmoved, still wary of Orochimaru.
Even if the Fifth Hokage, Hyuga Kagami, had not been brought back by Orochimaru's Impure World Reincarnation, the First, Second, and Fourth Hokage before them had clearly been resurrected by Orochimaru using Impure World Reincarnation.
That alone meant that, as acting Hokage, he had no choice but to remain vigilant around Orochimaru.
Whoosh, whoosh...
At that moment, Jiraiya and Tsunade landed on the field with grave expressions.
The successive appearances of several former Hokage, along with Orochimaru's arrival, had made the two fellow Sannin unable to hold back any longer. They had directly left the members of the Sealing Team behind and rushed over.
Looking at the Edo Tensei Bodies of the First, Second, and Fourth Hokage, Jiraiya said with a complicated expression, "Orochimaru, how could you..."
Orochimaru cut Jiraiya off, the corner of his mouth lifting as he said teasingly, "Jiraiya, don't say such naive things anymore. Konoha is at a moment of life and death. I'm sure the former Hokage would