"I'll bring that reverse scale to you as soon as possible, Lord Hiroshi."
After hearing the detailed intelligence, Hanzō was full of confidence.
It was only a beast. Taking it down wouldn't be difficult.
"Then I'll await your good news, Senior Hanzō."
Tamura Hiroshi smiled broadly. Because of his ties to Lord Danzo and Orochimaru, he couldn't go after that Frontline directly himself. But there was no problem with sending Hanzō, the Demigod, in his place.
"By the way, if you run into any sages from Ryūchi Cave, Senior Hanzō, you could try to obtain some of their cells.
They're more advanced than Garaga in their Senjutsu training. Their flesh would make a better starting medium for practicing Senjutsu."
He added that the White Snake Sage and the three Snake Sages were all well worth studying. Unfortunately, they had fled too quickly and decisively last time, and he hadn't managed to capture them.
It was unlikely they'd run into the sages there, but what if they did?
"Snake Sages."
Hanzō was quite tempted. As a strong shinobi, he had no hesitation about pursuing greater strength. If a better medium was available, all the better.
"Does practicing Senjutsu require using their flesh as a foundation?"
He asked curiously. He still didn't understand much about Senjutsu training.
"You need a medium. Each of the Three Great Sage Lands has its own. Mount Myōboku has a kind of Toad Oil, Ryūchi Cave has the White Snake Sage's venom, and Shikkotsu Forest has the Slug Sage's acid. They're all dangerous. You need an enormous amount of chakra to resist the power of those mediums as it invades you. Otherwise, you'll be completely transformed and lose your life.
"Your chakra is vast, Lord Hanzō, but it's still not enough for that path. You'd need to