At that moment, everyone was stunned by the sudden news, disbelief written across their faces.
Mikami Yu included.
How should he put it? Mikami Yu knew Sasori was alive and had suspected that his disappearance had something to do with Uchiha Madara-after all, the circumstances of his disappearance closely resembled Obito's in the original timeline. But-he had never imagined that the man would dig up Hatake Sakumo and turn him into a puppet.
Wait-if you've already started going after the bodies of Konoha ninja, why not just turn Hashirama and Tobirama into puppets? Aren't those two even stronger?
After a brief silence.
Hiruzen Sarutobi was the first to react. He immediately looked toward Torifu Akimichi. "Torifu, take some men to check the Memorial Stone right away! Pay particular attention to Sakumo's grave. Look for any signs that someone has disturbed it!"
"Yes!"
Torifu Akimichi tossed aside his meat skewer, stood up, and hurried outside, hauling his bulky frame along.
Hiruzen Sarutobi then turned to the two advisers. "Homura, Koharu, sorry for the trouble, but please check the graves of the First and the Second-"
Clearly, Hiruzen Sarutobi had thought of the same thing Mikami Yu just had. If someone really had infiltrated Konoha and stolen Hatake Sakumo's body, there was a good chance they had taken more than one corpse. Compared with Hatake Sakumo, who had only been an elite jonin serving in the Anbu during his lifetime, if the bodies of two Hokage had been stolen-
That would be the real disaster, and the greatest humiliation Konoha could suffer!
And only the two advisers could confirm this, because the graves of the successive Hokage were kept in a separate location, protected by a barrier. Aside from the Konoha F4 and Tsunade, a direct descendant of the Senju, ordinary people