When Hyuga Sho set out to find Uzuki Yugao...
On Konoha's side.
Gekko Hayate... had been brought back through Impure World Reincarnation.
The caster... was naturally the "evil" Orochimaru.
The last time Orochimaru had used the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, it had been on Tobirama Senju.
Unfortunately, Tobirama Senju had been sealed.
He still had not been released.
"Against all kinds of unknown or powerful enemies, Impure World Reincarnation bodies are necessary..."
Necessary cannon fodder.
Orochimaru did not say those last few words.
"Heh heh heh..."
The scene of the incident in Konoha.
The place where Gekko Hayate had died.
ANBU had sealed off the area.
Orochimaru, Kakashi, Tsunade, Kamui, and the others had come here.
Using death-row prisoners, they performed Impure World Reincarnation and "revived" Gekko Hayate.
"It's a pity I've never seen the technique used by Hyuga Sho's Split Personality, King of the Underworld... Otherwise, I could have perfectly recreated his Six Paths World Reincarnation."
Kamui thought as she watched the resurrected Gekko Hayate.
Ordinary Six Paths World Reincarnation ultimately had its flaws.
They were dead people, constructed from paper.
In contrast, the Iwagakure Female Ninja Kōseki.
As well as the Specter of the seemingly resurrected Kushina Uzumaki, and even Mito Uzumaki.
All of them demonstrated... the power of Hyuga Sho's Split Personality, King of the Underworld.
With her ability to "copy," Kamui believed... she would not lose to him.
"I..."
Gekko Hayate opened his eyes.
He looked around in confusion, taking in all the important figures at the scene.
"Wasn't I... dead?"
"It's Impure World Reincarnation."
Hatake Kakashi spoke in a solemn tone.
Watching a former classmate die, then be resurrected.
The complexity in his heart... was difficult to put into words.
"Sorry, Hayate. We had to call you back this way..."
The sorrow vanished from Kakashi's