Kabuto's Lair

Yellow pollen drifted down over the dry sand in the howling wind.

The once-arrogant Second Tsuchikage and Second Mizukage were now tightly bound by sealing talismans, every chakra pathway throughout their bodies locked down.

The two Impure World Reincarnation shells could only lie motionless in the sandpit, incapable of causing any further trouble.

Ōnoki finally lowered his altitude.

He panted heavily as he stared at the scene below, the muscles in his face twitching slightly.

The enemies that he and the Allied Shinobi Forces had fought desperately against without even touching their clothes had been dealt with so casually by this young man.

It was like an overpowered max-level player returning to the beginner's village to farm monsters. It completely defied all common sense.

Chenshu Senju could not even be bothered to spare the two corpses another glance. He raised a hand and brushed the dust from the hem of his trench coat.

Just as he was about to put away this forest, a brief vibration came from the inner side of his waist.

Frowning slightly, he reached into his ninja tool pouch and pulled out a tiny black communication scroll.

This was the Senju ANBU's exclusive secure channel.

Chenshu Senju flipped open the clasp with one hand and fed a thread of chakra into the scroll.

Several rows of tiny ink characters immediately appeared across its surface.

"Have used Kotoamatsukami to forcibly overwrite the original technique and break free of the caster's control."

"The target's precise location has now been reverse-tracked."

"Proceeding to the target location for cleanup. Signed, Itachi Uchiha."

After reading those three crisp lines of intelligence, a hint of amusement entered Chenshu Senju's eyes.

This undercover agent was ridiculously reliable.

He had even found a loophole in something like Impure World Reincarnation and forcibly hacked into