The possibility of a marriage alliance between Hidden Sand and Konoha

"Heh, who doesn't know what kind of man you are, Tobirama Senju?!"

Even as a prisoner, Ebizo showed Tobirama no respect. He launched straight into a tirade. "You love using these shameless methods that trample all over the ninja way. Do you really think I'd hand the Puppet Technique over to you?"

"Keep dreaming!"

"I believe Hidden Sand will win this war. When that day comes, I'll be waiting for you in hell!"

Just as Toji had initially expected, Tobirama Senju's reputation was utterly rotten throughout the Four Great Nations.

That was how people in the shinobi world thought.

To a traditional shinobi like Ebizo, Hidden Sand's human puppets also relied on the dead to fight, but they did not imprison souls. Using poison and controlling puppets were both conventional shinobi tactics.

Impure World Reincarnation was different. Forcibly imprisoning the souls of the dead in the world of the living and driving them to fight was utterly despicable.

Even Tobirama's strength could not earn his enemies' respect.

His enemies' respect? Tobirama Senju could not have cared less. He snorted coldly. "Stubborn fool. You'll regret the choice you made today."

"Even if you refuse to hand over the Puppet Technique, Konoha can decipher it from the First Kazekage Human Puppet. Since you refuse to cooperate, your corpse will be made into a human puppet as well."

Ebizo's expression darkened. Tobirama's words had struck precisely at his greatest fear.

His own death did not matter. What mattered was the human puppet falling into Konoha's hands. If Konoha really obtained the Puppet Technique from it, he would become a sinner against Hidden Sand, forever nailed to the pillar of shame.

Sister... hurry and find a way to stop Konoha!

That was Ebizo's final thought.

As Tobirama formed hand seals with one hand, Ebizo's