Kakuzu, who had only recently died, was summoned back to the world of the living.
A reanimated body formed over White Zetsu, gradually revealing Kakuzu's face.
Kakuzu still had five masks on his body.
But instead of the Akatsuki cloak, he wore the ninja outfit he had worn underneath it.
"Hm? Uchiha Sora?" The moment Kakuzu regained consciousness, he saw a familiar face before him.
Then he looked down at his reanimated body and frowned. "You brought me back to life? Is this the Second Hokage's Impure World Reincarnation? Heh, so even death can't free me from being ordered around by you?"
"Kakuzu, if you had submitted to me while you were alive, I wouldn't have killed you," Uchiha Sora said evenly as he looked at him.
"Hmph!" Kakuzu snorted, clearly displeased.
He also felt a faint trace of regret.
"All right, Kakuzu. From now on, just behave yourself and fight as I command." Uchiha Sora waved a hand, sealed him in a coffin, and returned to Kusagakure.
With Kakuzu, he could hold the line against Iwagakure for quite some time.
Uchiha Sora also had the energy to deal with the trouble coming from Konoha.
Konoha's hundred-strong force marched straight into Kusagakure without encountering any resistance.
These hundred or so ninja were all at least chunin, and their leader was an elite jonin like Asuma Sarutobi.
When they reached Kusagakure's Training Ground, they saw a lone figure in a white Hokage Robe sitting cross-legged on the ground, his eyes closed in meditation.
At the sight of that figure, the Konoha ninja grew tense.
Uchiha Sora!
For many seeing him for the first time, their first impression was simply that he was young and handsome.
Yet none of them dared underestimate him in the slightest.
Compared with his reputation as