The White Snake Sage hid in an underground cavern roughly a hundred kilometers from the core battlefield.
She had dug the cavern herself.
Yes, dug.
Not by controlling the earth. To make up the final tenth, the White Snake Sage had poured all her effort into her own heart and given it to Madara Uchiha.
Now, she was as weak as an ordinary venomous snake.
Fortunately, Itachi Uchiha still stood guard beside her, using his dead body to pave the way for his own redemption.
Whenever the White Snake Sage saw Itachi's heavy gaze, she felt only one thing—
He deserved it.
"Don't fear a fool being foolish. Fear a fool with too many ideas."
The White Snake Sage's thoughts were simple.
Every step she took was for the White Snake Sage's final obsession before death—
"Kill Lin Qing."
As the White Snake Sage prepared to control the Impure World Reincarnation puppets, she considered Itachi's life and still asked, "I'm about to go kill someone. You don't object, do you?"
"If you do, say it now. We still have other tactics. Don't wait until I'm halfway through killing them and suddenly pull something on me. I'm old. I can't take that kind of scare."
Itachi Uchiha shook his head slightly.
Everything was a necessary sacrifice on the path to peace.
Seeing him shake his head, the White Snake Sage relaxed and began controlling the powerful Impure World Reincarnation warriors.
Kyoto City.
"Summoning Technique."
Several hundred coffins were summoned into Kyoto City.
Before their lids could even open, barrages of artillery fire rained down upon them.
The coffins exploded into dust, and the Impure World Reincarnation ninjas were killed on the spot. Dozens of seconds later, their bodies reformed throughout the area, and they slipped into Kyoto City's streets and alleys