Hatake Ziyan gave an explanation that was half true and half false!
Orochimaru and Minato Namikaze had never encountered anything like this before, and they found Hatake Ziyan's explanation rather strange.
"So the one who attacked us was this monster too? Which organization developed it, then? It doesn't look anything like the Third, no matter how you look at it." Minato Namikaze was just as baffled.
Orochimaru licked his lips, excitement gleaming in his eyes.
"Leave this thing to me! I'll study it and find out exactly what it is!" Orochimaru asked Hatake Ziyan.
Although Hatake Ziyan knew what this thing was, exposing it now would ruin his mission to cooperate with Madara's revival!
"Sure! Take it and study it!" Hatake Ziyan nodded, then added, "That finally wraps things up for tonight. Minato, hurry home with Kushina!"
Minato nodded too. He picked up Kushina and used Flying Thunder God to return straight to the delivery room, then took little Naruto home with them!
Meanwhile, Orochimaru excitedly put away White Zetsu's corpse and headed straight for his laboratory.
Hatake Ziyan watched the two leave, then looked at the ground. It had clearly been splattered with blood just moments ago, yet now there was nothing there! It was so strange! It made absolutely no sense!
Hatake Ziyan shook his head. He had already transmigrated into another world-why was he still worrying about what made sense?
But Hatake Ziyan did not head home. Instead, he ran toward the Sarutobi Clan Compound, intending to verify whether the chakra he had first sensed really belonged to Hiruzen Sarutobi!
In Hiruzen Sarutobi's courtyard!
Dressed in a sleeping robe and looking as though he had just woken up, Hiruzen Sarutobi stared in bewilderment at the furious Hatake Ziyan standing before him!
"Little monkey! Have you been