Sarutobi's Speculation: The Fear of Impure World Reincarnation Users

"What... you said you lost twelve people reincarnated through Impure World Reincarnation?"

Hearing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen's pupils suddenly contracted. Still unable to believe it, he continued, "Impure World Reincarnation grants immortality and indestructibility. How could they have disappeared?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen somewhat believed what Danzo had said, but his eyes were filled with interrogation.

Could people reincarnated through Impure World Reincarnation be killed?

Sarutobi Daqing and Sarutobi Shuo also froze at those words, staring at Shimura Danzō in disbelief. They did not believe him.

By now, they had grown accustomed to their reincarnated bodies. These bodies rivaled their peak strength in life, with endless Chakra, immortal flesh, and infinite regeneration!

How could such an ability allow them to die again? Even the caster of Impure World Reincarnation could no longer sense them?

"The person wearing the Monkey Mask said these were their bodies!" Danzo pointed at the twelve piles of sand on the ground, his expression dark. "I sent twelve men to surround and capture that Konoha Assassin. I never expected it to end like this. I don't even know how they died!"

This had become a source of deep unease for Danzo. He could no longer sense what had happened to those people.

He even believed now that those reincarnated individuals had truly died and become the sand before him.

"Impossible." Sarutobi Hiruzen still refused to believe that those reincarnated through Impure World Reincarnation could die.

At that moment, one of the people sent to monitor Danzo spoke up. "Hokage-sama, it is indeed as Danzo said. After we arrived, the twelve people lying in ambush here had all vanished. There are also traces of battle here!"

The person assigned to monitor Danzo spoke as well, briefly recounting what had happened.

They had not lied to him?

Sarutobi Hiruzen frowned, then