Anrokuzan knelt on the ground as Danzo fell into deep thought.
After the leader of Akatsuki violently broke the Dragon Vein seal, Danzo had been swept up by the Dragon Vein's energy and sent back to the ninja world of over a decade ago, arriving in the city of Rōran before it had been buried beneath the yellow sands. Several weeks had now passed.
Returning to the past was a good thing. He had more time to scheme for the position of Hokage, deal with enemies before they had grown stronger, and eliminate Orochimaru, who had sold out his whereabouts.
Yet according to the information he had encountered back then, the Dragon Vein did not seem to possess the ability to travel through time and space. It was merely an enormous source of Chakra comparable to a tailed beast, a choice made out of desperation.
But now, it seemed the Dragon Vein's power was far stronger than he had imagined.
As for Anrokuzan, this ninja had once been a Sunagakure operative stationed near the Tower of Lost.
After being swept into the Dragon Vein vortex, he had arrived in Rōran several years early. He had then persuaded the Former Queen to build an army of puppets.
The number of puppets in this army exceeded the control limits of ordinary Puppet Masters, and its strength was no less than that of Chiyo, Sunagakure's adviser, and her Chikamatsu Ten Puppets.
That was only because Anrokuzan's vision was limited to that of a Chunin. In Danzo's hands, it would only become stronger.
Still, while returning to the past and changing the future was certainly a good thing, the ninjas who had traveled through time with him included the leader of Akatsuki, the ninja with the Rinnegan. The Leader of Uzushio and Shisui were