"Kamado, what's wrong?"
Kakashi looked at the person beside him. Kamado held a glowing white magatama necklace in his hand, his gaze fixed tightly on a villager in front of him.
"Great, you've come to save me." The villager spoke with delight written all over his face.
But in the next instant, Kamado suddenly drew the short blade from his back and brought it down. The villager was beheaded on the spot.
"Kamado, you..." Kakashi was shocked beyond words.
Yet no blood flowed from the beheaded villager. His body transformed into a pale-skinned monster.
"This is..." Kakashi's eyes widened. He seemed to remember seeing this thing before in Orochimaru's Laboratory.
He had never expected it to be able to take on the appearance of a villager.
Kamado took out another scroll, formed hand seals, and used a technique to seal away the corpse.
"Let's go."
Only after finishing all this did he speak to Kakashi.
At the same time, the shelter beneath Hokage Rock was already packed to the brim, with ninjas maintaining order inside.
Several Anbu suddenly appeared at the shelter entrance, and the person in charge immediately stepped forward to receive them.
The Anbu generally carried out special missions issued by the Hokage, so naturally, they would do everything they could to cooperate.
"Some criminals who escaped from prison have mixed in among the villagers. We need to find them."
After a brief exchange with the person in charge, the Anbu entered and patrolled back and forth through the crowd. Before long, they identified several villagers and took them outside.
After being taken out of the shelter, these people were brought to an empty clearing and executed on the spot by the Anbu. Without exception, every one of them was White Zetsu.
When the Anbu returned again and