Inside Konoha, in a secret chamber within the Senju clan grounds!
"Controlling Ōnoki, huh? If we do that, there really will be far fewer obstacles in Konoha's path to unifying the Shinobi World!"
Naraku, who had just returned to the village, also entered the secret chamber. Besides him, there were several others inside: Tsunade, dressed in a tea-green outer robe, and Shisui, wearing a stern expression.
At that moment, all three of their gazes were focused on the somewhat short figure lying on a wooden bed before them. It was none other than the Third Tsuchikage, Ōnoki of Both Scales.
"Begin!"
At that moment, Tsunade's voice rang out in the secret chamber. Her tone was calm, as though what they were about to do was merely some trivial matter.
"Ha!"
"Make it quick, Shisui. I haven't stopped fighting these past two days—I need to catch up on sleep afterward." Naraku raised both hands and stretched lazily.
Perhaps Tsunade and Naraku's relaxed expressions had affected Shisui. The severity on his face gradually eased, and the tension that had been tightly wound within him slowly relaxed as well.
"Alright!"
Shisui nodded to the two of them, then took a step forward and arrived before the wooden bed.
Ōnoki remained unconscious, and Kushina had placed all manner of seals upon him. It could be said that even if Ōnoki had been awake, he would have been unable to move in the slightest.
"I'll give you a hand!"
Naraku's voice sounded, and a golden chain extended from behind him.
Whoosh!
The chain moved swiftly, arriving before Ōnoki's eye. It trembled slightly, and a thread of golden light spilled from it, landing upon the tightly shut eyelid of Ōnoki's left eye.
Buzz!
The next moment, the golden light abruptly exerted force, as though a powerful