"Hanfu, what happened?"
Kushina, who had been swept away by the flood, struggled up from the mud and asked.
During the battle, they had managed to smash the Second Hokage's hand once, but in the blink of an eye, it had regenerated. That proved Impure World Reincarnation really did grant an immortal body. So why couldn't the Second Hokage's body recover when Hanfu attacked him?
Hiruzen Sarutobi studied Hanfu suspiciously. A frightening thought suddenly crossed his mind: Could Hanfu have been the one who summoned the Second Hokage with Impure World Reincarnation?
Had he destroyed the Second Hokage with a Truth-Seeking Orb while also undoing Impure World Reincarnation? Was that why the Second Hokage hadn't regenerated?
But Hanfu had no reason to do that.
Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn't make sense of it.
By now, everyone else had gathered around, soaked and covered in mud.
Kakashi was glaring daggers at Hanfu. They had all helped the Third Hokage fight the Second Hokage and had all been beaten into a sorry state. So why, when Hanfu showed off by blasting the whole area, had he singled Kakashi out?
Kakashi was in a foul mood.
Facing everyone's confusion, Hanfu smiled modestly. "It's simple. The Truth-Seeking Orb contains the Power of All Things, which can dissolve any ninjutsu. Impure World Reincarnation may be a Forbidden Jutsu, but it's still a ninjutsu. When the two come into contact, Impure World Reincarnation naturally crumbles and vanishes."
Everyone nodded in understanding, then looked around at one another.
"Did you understand?"
"No. Did you?"
"Not a word."
"What is the Power of All Things?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi, Asuma, Might Guy, and the others were all utterly baffled.
Other people's saliva was just saliva. But Hanfu possessed the Ryūmyaku, so his saliva was Dragon Saliva—far too precious to waste on a