"Unfortunately, we have no way to contact the outside world. We won't last much longer at this rate."
During the Chunin Ninja Exams in Konoha, Kabuto had worked behind the scenes to free Danzo, only to be caught red-handed by the Third Hokage. The incident had remained a thorn in his side ever since.
He had an almost pathological fixation on his missions. Although Orochimaru's Konoha Crush Plan during the Chunin Ninja Exams had been doomed from the start,
he still could not accept that the part he had been responsible for had failed so utterly. After returning, he had intensified his stealth training.
And now, that skill had come in handy.
Even a monster like that had trouble detecting Kabuto in hiding from a certain distance.
"Whew. Safe for now."
Reaching a corner, Kabuto concealed himself and the boy, then formed a hand seal—
Genjutsu: Zero-Point Erasure Technique.
This was a genjutsu he had created himself, inspired by Uchiha Izumi.
Kabuto served under Orochimaru, who had actually done the same thing upon joining the Reshape Organization as he had in the Akatsuki: first, he had tried to build relationships with the other members and investigate their abilities and backgrounds.
Back in the Akatsuki, Orochimaru had used Kabuto to infiltrate Sasori's ranks by posing as someone under Sasori's control.
Now that Sasori and Orochimaru were both in the Reshape Organization, Orochimaru had naturally set his sights on Uchiha Izumi, the only member besides the leader whose identity and abilities remained unknown.
Yet Uchiha Izumi's attitude had gone beyond anything they had expected. She had made no attempt to conceal anything, instead telling them outright about her Mangekyō Sharingan's ability—
mainly because Deidara had refused to accept his defeat at the time. This had been his second loss to an Uchiha's