"Sasuke, what do you think? Great information, right?" Hozuki Suigetsu said with a grin inside the cave where Kabuto had once stayed.
As he spoke, he leaned curiously toward Kabuto, who stood motionless, studying him over and over. "Is this guy really Kabuto? How did he end up like this? It's disgusting—and what's with that huge thing sticking out of his stomach?"
"Stop dwelling on that!" Second Pillar said in a low voice. As he read the contents of the scroll, his hands slowly clenched.
"That's right. The one who knows everything." After a moment of thought, he said, "Suigetsu, Jugo, there's someone I absolutely have to see. Are you coming with me?"
"Uh, who?" Hozuki Suigetsu asked doubtfully.
"Orochimaru." Sasuke spoke the three words coldly, his expression utterly calm, as though he were merely asking whether they had eaten today.
"What?" Suigetsu and Jugo were both startled. Hozuki Suigetsu, in particular, leaped back a step and shouted, "Sasuke, didn't you kill that guy already? What nonsense are you talking about? Besides, with this information, we can completely strike out on our own. Why—"
Sasuke cast him an indifferent glance, and his words died in his throat. "I have my reasons. In any case, we need to find that disgusting Orochimaru first. I need him to help me with something. How could that guy possibly die so easily?"
As he spoke, he walked toward the unconscious Anko Mitarashi. As Orochimaru's disciple in Konoha, she also possessed a Cursed Seal.
"Jugo, help me prop her up." Jugo hurried forward to support Anko. Sasuke crouched down and looked at the Cursed Seal on her neck.
A moment later, as Sasuke's hand seals changed, the Cursed Seal slowly began to rotate. A cold, sinister chakra emerged and, under Sasuke's guidance, transformed into a