"Leader? You're finally here! This place..."
Overjoyed, Kabuto hurriedly explained how he had discovered something strange underground while carrying out his grand grave-digging endeavor. He had investigated, found himself trapped and unable to get out, then met a boy who had survived alone here for several days. Finally, he had encountered the monsters and experienced that terrifying, all-consuming fear just moments ago.
Kabuto left nothing out, yet managed to give a concise account of the whole situation.
"So this was where that fellow came back to life?"
After listening, the leader of Reshape seemed to realize something. "I'll leave this to you. There's something I need to investigate..."
"Leave it to me?"
Kabuto was dumbfounded, but before he could say anything else, his leader vanished again.
"I..."
Kabuto wanted to curse at the top of his lungs, but thought better of it and swallowed his words.
You're leaving this mess to me? What am I supposed to do? Those two monsters are fighting like there's no tomorrow, and I can't even escape. You come and go as easily as eating and drinking, so why couldn't you take me along?
Kabuto's mind was full of questions, but he couldn't worry about them now. Turning toward the two figures whose battle was already shaking the earth, he could only sigh and form hand seals—
"Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu..."
Meanwhile, the leader of Reshape was moving at high speed, following the cavern deeper underground.
The farther he went, the more animal remains littered his surroundings. Many were even human remains.
The face beneath the Reshape leader's mask was grim. "He woke up much earlier than predicted. That fellow really does have his memories, too."
Before long, the leader of Reshape reached the deepest part of an expansive cavern.
Unlike the disgusting, bloody sights