Reunited in the rain.
Orochimaru greeted him with a spring-breeze smile. "What a change of times, Nagato. Incredible—you really defeated that Hanzo."
Nagato replied casually, "It went well enough. How did things go on your end?"
Yakushi Kabuto adjusted his glasses with his mechanical prosthetic hand. "The outcome was smooth, but the journey was full of twists and turns. We ran into several groups of White Zetsu along the way. If Lord Orochimaru hadn't already gained the ability to sense them, we likely wouldn't have been able to deceive them and bring back the experimental equipment you needed."
"That guy... he really is looking for us all over the world!"
"Lord Nagato, though it may be presumptuous of me to say so... your taking Amegakure at this time truly came just when we needed it."
Kabuto's intentions were far too obvious.
Orochimaru wore a helpless smile as he thought, That child Kabuto is afraid Nagato won't know just how much I suffered along the way.
Nagato stepped forward. "You've both worked hard. Let me hold a welcome feast for you first."
Orochimaru turned serious. "That can wait, Nagato. Take us to see the laboratory site at once."
Nagato nodded. "All right. Follow me."
From the first floor of the tower down underground, they spent more than ten minutes just walking the spiral staircase leading into the depths.
Orochimaru smiled. "Who would have thought that beneath Amegakure lay such a hidden world?"
Konan said coolly, "These were bunker facilities built by the former ruler of Amegakure, Hanzo. They lie several hundred meters underground. Even an attack powerful enough to completely destroy Amegakure would not reach this place."
Creak! Nagato twisted a ship-wheel-shaped valve and pushed open the reinforced iron door. Before them stretched walkways enclosed by iron railings, while crisscrossing water