"Since I've already summoned even Madara Uchiha, I might as well use the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu to bring back even more shinobi. I'll revive them all."
As he spoke, Orochimaru rose to his feet in an utterly bizarre posture, as though he had prepared for this, then tilted his head back to face the sky.
Riiip!!
Orochimaru's mouth stretched open to an outrageous degree. Then a brand-new Orochimaru crawled out of it, all his injuries gone without a trace.
With his injuries healed, Orochimaru stretched under Guren's somewhat regretful gaze. Then, as though remembering something, he said with lingering fear:
"Madara Uchiha truly deserved his reputation as the Asura of the Ninja World, once renowned alongside the First. I was no match for him at all.
If he hadn't been planning to attack Kumogakure, I wouldn't have had a chance to escape his control.
Even so, the Susanoo he manifested still injured me."
That was why Guren had been helpless to treat Orochimaru's injuries. With Madara Uchiha's abilities, achieving such a result was all too easy.
Just then, Orochimaru seemed to remember something else. He turned to Guren beside him and instructed her:
"After his revival, Madara Uchiha invaded Iwagakure and Kumogakure in succession. His main objective was to collect the tailed beasts' jinchūriki.
In that case, he certainly won't pass up the most important one, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. It's only a matter of time before he encounters Shin Uchiha.
Guren, go to Konoha yourself. Make sure you tell Shin Uchiha and Tsunade about Madara Uchiha. That will guarantee a fierce battle between them."
At this, Orochimaru's eyes gleamed with excitement.
Ever since Shin Uchiha had become the Uchiha Clan's clan leader, he had hardly taken action at all.
Yet at his age, he was right in the midst