Take stock of the spoils.
The corpse of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen's Raiga Kurosuki, and the Lightning Blade: Fang.
Yes.
Raiga Kurosuki's sword had also been sealed away by Hyuga Sho.
Mei Terumi said that as long as the swords of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen had no owners, they could all be summoned back to Kirigakure through the "Summoning Scroll" created alongside the swords when they were forged.
The seven swords could be summoned back to Kirigakure.
This was also a way to prevent the swords from being lost.
However.
The last owner of this scroll had been Hozuki Mangetsu.
When Hyuga Sho killed him, the scroll he had been carrying had evaporated along with him.
In other words...
From now on, Kirigakure no longer had any way to summon back the seven swords.
These two swords had thus become Hyuga Sho's property.
Setting aside the swords for the moment.
Hyuga Sho turned his attention to the "box."
The Torture Department, led by Morino Ibiki, had spent the entire night studying the box, but they still could not break the seal.
Morino Ibiki suggested that Hyuga Sho find someone from the Sealing Squad.
But Hyuga Sho knew there was an even better choice.
Morino Ibiki only knew that Hyuga Sho had brought back a box that supposedly contained Nohara Rin.
But he did not know...
That Hyuga Sho had casually killed Raiga Kurosuki and then encountered the legendary wielder of the Rinnegan.
Carrying the box, Hyuga Sho flickered several times and vanished from the Torture Department.
Before dawn...
He infiltrated Sarutobi Asuma's home, which was also the old residence of Hiruzen Sarutobi.
"Third Hokage."
Outside the door.
Hyuga Sho placed the box in the corridor.
Through the paper-and-wood door, he called out to the person inside.
Back then.
Hiruzen Sarutobi