Jiraiya said, "The state of this place, and Amado's corpse... he's probably been dead for a long time. Two years, at least."
"Two years ago... that was the year of the Fourth Shinobi World War, wasn't it? Just what kind of monster did this test subject give birth to?" Tobirama Senju frowned deeply. A chilling dread prickled across his scalp. He had felt the same way when Naruto and Hanabi Hyuga had returned in such a bedraggled state.
Awen entered Sage Mode. Through his violet gaze, he sensed Senjutsu Chakra at the umbilical cord, the same kind cultivated by shrine maidens.
"Were there any of Amado's research logs or records left behind?" Awen asked.
Jiraiya shook his head and rubbed his forehead. "No. Everything was destroyed—experiment records, footage, logs, all of it... Just like what you see now. Nothing was left. It was all wiped clean."
"Oh... then it seems that thing is intelligent. And it was afraid we'd find it, so it didn't dare make too much noise and stayed hidden all this time. But... if it's intelligent, why deliberately leave behind Amado's corpse and the umbilical cord from its own birth?"
Awen spoke in confusion, utterly unable to understand this lifeform's motives.
"Perhaps it left them deliberately, wanting us to know it exists and follow the clues to find it. Or perhaps it simply didn't care about those things. Maybe it destroyed Amado's belongings because it hated what Amado did and didn't approve of it, so it angrily destroyed everything that belonged to him."
When Obito had been in the Akatsuki, masquerading as Madara Uchiha, he had met many people and come to understand their methods and traits. Amado's clone might have touched something that enraged it or struck a sensitive nerve. It had its own logic behind