When Hanzo of the Salamander appeared on his side's Silver General square, his keen gaze swept across the board. He immediately noticed Nagato standing on the opposing Silver General square in Naruto's camp, his red hair flying and his presence fierce.
In an instant, countless clues clicked into place in Hanzō's mind!
"No wonder... that 'Yahiko' was immune to deadly poison and even had the Rinnegan..."
Understanding dawned on Hanzō, along with anger at having been fooled and a deeper sense of defeat.
It seems that before I killed the real Yahiko, that red-haired brat Nagato had already... turned his corpse into a puppet.
He looked at Nagato's Rinnegan across the board, both eyes now perfectly intact and locked firmly onto him. The cold killing intent within them was almost tangible.
Hanzō's heart tightened, but the pride and fighting spirit of a demigod soon rose within him.
Unfortunately, I'm already dead. The rules of this chessboard and my soul state prevent me from fully using many of the poison techniques and secret drugs I had in life...
Hanzō considered this silently, but soon sensed a faint connection between the depths of his soul and a certain being.
Wait... my contract with Ibuse still seems to be intact?
The rules of this chessboard actually allow Summoning Contracts to transcend life and death?
The discovery lifted his spirits.
With Ibuse at his side, he could regain most of his combat strength!
"Then let the name 'demigod' ring out across this battlefield once more!"
A sharp gleam burst from Hanzō's eyes as his long-dormant passion and killing intent reignited.
Meanwhile, on the Silver General square in Naruto's camp.
Nagato was in better condition than ever. After receiving a transplant of the high-quality Hashirama cells supplied by Orochimaru, his body, ravaged by excessive use