After Kabuto and Obito agreed on their next plan, Kabuto was about to slip underground and find a deserted spot to send a message through his Flying Thunder God Mark. Then he saw Sarutobi Hiruzen walking toward him.
Kabuto stopped what he was doing and looked at Hiruzen curiously.
"Is something wrong?"
With so many Reanimated Bodies at his disposal, Hiruzen's value to Obito had plummeted.
If Hiruzen dared to try anything now, Obito would have no qualms about killing him and turning him into a Reanimated Body to control like a puppet.
Compared with a scheming old man who had ideas of his own, Impure World Reincarnation offered far too many advantages.
Hiruzen seemed to realize this. While the two plotted, he had played the part of a subordinate and stayed out of their conversation.
After a moment of silence, Hiruzen finally said, "Can you summon two people from the Pure Land for me? I want you to reanimate Shimura Danzō and my son, Asuma Sarutobi. There are things I want to ask them."
Even Kabuto gave Hiruzen a strange look.
Wait, Shimura Danzō died years ago. Aside from being ruthless, what was so special about him?
The Shogun had crushed him like a beginner's boss before he even left Konoha. What good would bringing that failure back do?
Kabuto had looked into what happened back then. Once Danzo had been wrung dry of anything useful, Uchiha Genya had run him over like a speed bump. His death had amounted to nothing.
Why summon someone who could only lurk in the gutter and scheme?
Kabuto was about to refuse. He had no desire to waste time on an old man like that.
Then another thought occurred to him, and he changed his mind.
"Fine. Give me a sample of