Sarutobi Father and Son Reunite, Two Elders Reincarnated

Bang, bang, bang.

Smoke billowed as dull thuds echoed from all around.

However,

At the center of the dust cloud, Sarutobi Hiruzen pressed a hand against the ground, gasping for breath. Sweat dripped from his forehead, and his face was somewhat pale.

"Danzo, reviving someone requires a massive amount of Chakra. Why didn't you tell me?" Sarutobi Hiruzen panted, his gaze at Danzo turning sharp.

Just now,

While performing the Impure World Reincarnation, he had nearly felt the Chakra in his body being drained dry. Fortunately, his Chakra reserves were deep. Anyone else would likely have been exhausted already.

He had reached his limit as well.

"Hiruzen, don't you know that casting a top-tier jutsu consumes a massive amount of Chakra?" Shimura Danzō looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen, and there was unexpectedly a hint of mockery in his tone. "Heh heh... it seems you've lived too comfortably and peacefully as Hokage all these years. Otherwise, how could you not even know that?"

The latter part was clearly laced with ridicule, as though he were laughing at Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"You..." Seeing Danzo's behavior, Sarutobi Hiruzen knew Danzo had definitely been aware of the details, yet had deliberately withheld them from him. Was he trying to make a joke out of him?

Shimura Danzō still showed him no respect. It was not that he did not regard him as Hokage.

However,

Now was not the time to argue with Shimura Danzō. He turned his gaze ahead!

There, he saw... twenty figures, each covered in a faint white glow, as though some ritual was being carried out to summon the souls of the dead.

As time slowly passed!

Pale blue flames drifted in from the void, eventually falling onto the bound vessels.

Buzz~

As the light descended, rings of light formed around the vessels.