No sooner had Hozuki Suigetsu been released than he bared his fangs, intending to repay kindness with enmity—only for Houka to pin him to the ground and give him a vicious beating with Lightning Release.
After being beaten bloody, Hozuki Suigetsu was noticeably more obedient. His mouth still kept babbling nonstop, though, making him seem like quite the chatterbox.
Meanwhile, Yakushi Kabuto found the place where Orochimaru kept his research results and packed up all the valuable materials inside. Anything he could not take with him was sealed away too—who knew whether it might be useful someday?
Afterward, Yakushi Kabuto dug out the records on cursed seals. After spending several days grasping their principles, he understood why Houka had done this.
Orochimaru is already dead. Even if his soul is released through the Reaper Death Seal mask, if there are no Orochimaru cells left in this world, no one can revive him!
Yakushi Kabuto sighed. To be honest, he both feared and respected Orochimaru. If not for Houka, he truly might have devoted himself to reviving Orochimaru. Unfortunately, Houka had been constantly showing Yakushi Kabuto kindness before Orochimaru could, successfully "entering" his heart first.
Then Yakushi Kabuto set to work removing the Cursed Seals of Earth from the three corpses.
Once the cursed seals had been removed, Houka saw several drops of strange liquid seep out from the corpses.
Houka did not care what it was. He simply set the liquid and the three corpses ablaze, reducing them all to ashes.
Next came Uchiha Sasuke's Cursed Seal of Heaven.
Uchiha Sasuke looked at the smiling Yakushi Kabuto and suddenly began entertaining a few thoughts of his own.
Although he did not know why Houka insisted on removing these cursed seals, could he try to get something for himself out of