The next day, Naruto secretly contacted Konoha.
The purpose was to arrange the transfer of the Impure World Reincarnates who had been sealed during the great battle in Konoha!
His contact was Shikaku.
"After much deliberation, we decided to keep Konoha's own Impure World Reincarnates. Those from the other villages have all been accounted for here..."
Naruto looked at the nearly hundred human-shaped bundles of bandages scattered across the ground and asked, "Have they all been freed from the control of Impure World Reincarnation?"
Shikaku nodded. "Yes. Kabuto Yakushi stripped them of their consciousness, so they couldn't cooperate and form Hand Formations themselves. To prevent him from releasing Impure World Reincarnation and using them again, we immediately combined the Shadow Imitation Technique with the Mind Body Switch Technique and made them perform the seals needed to break free."
"But since many of them are dangerous individuals or shinobi who were once enemies of Konoha, we sealed them again. Naruto, you'll be leading them from now on. Whatever methods you use, just make sure they don't endanger the shinobi world..."
Naruto smiled. "Don't worry~ No matter how vicious they are, they'll be serving the shinobi world from now on!"
"Good." Shikaku asked, "By the way, is Anko doing all right?"
Naruto had abducted Mitaraishi Anko to revive Orochimaru. Danzo had seized on the incident, killing Anko's teammates to tarnish Naruto's reputation.
In Shikaku's eyes, Anko was crucial to clearing Naruto's name in Konoha someday. If she were returned to Konoha, Danzo and Root would certainly try to kill her!
That was why he had advised Naruto to keep Anko in Amegakure and protect her, then have her personally clear everything up when the time was right!
Naruto said, "Anko's doing fine~ But it doesn't seem like the right time yet~"
Shikaku