Orochimaru's assistants had wheeled Mutsuto's body out of the operating room and taken him to a dedicated morgue.
Yanbai sat outside the morgue, holding the soundly sleeping Toneri.
Yanbai wanted Toneri to say one final goodbye to his father after he woke up.
He also had something to ask Orochimaru.
The place was quiet. Someone passing by "by chance" might overhear them, but Yanbai did not mind.
Sitting beside Orochimaru on a bench, Yanbai suddenly spoke. "Orochimaru, where's your second uncle? I haven't seen him in ages..."
Yanbai was asking about Tobirama Senju.
Ever since the incident with Junlin, Tobirama Senju had vanished completely from Yanbai's sight.
Yanbai had not forced Tobirama Senju to show himself, nor had he demanded a reason.
But after Mutsuto arrived and Yanbai heard his account, he had made time to summon Uchiha Izuna through Impure World Reincarnation.
His inability to summon Uchiha Izuna meant that Izuna's soul had not returned to the Land of the Dead.
Yanbai was not about to leave it at that. The system had been fully repaired, so he had used Cherry Ink directly.
Yanbai had asked Cherry Ink to try using "Administrator" privileges to locate Uchiha Izuna.
The result had been shocking.
Uchiha Izuna had "died."
This "death" was different from what the shinobi world defined as "death." The explanation stated that, until the next world reset, even Impure World Reincarnation could no longer summon Uchiha Izuna.
His first death had been the death of his physical body.
This time, however, the power of his soul had been completely worn away.
This meant that, as far as this world was concerned, Izuna was truly dead.
Forced to fight those lunatics on the moon without the strength he had possessed in life, Izuna had expended too much power.
Izuna had