The Wandering Miko?!
Sasori thought carefully for a long time before fixing Zou Hyuga with a suspicious stare.
"Wasn't she one of your Konoha ninja?"
The Wandering Miko, Yakushi Nonō, had come from Root and enjoyed considerable fame throughout the shinobi world. Even a missing-nin like Sasori had heard of her.
Hearing Sasori's tone, Zou Hyuga frowned and sank into thought.
To Kabuto, Yakushi Nonō mattered even more than Orochimaru did.
If he could find Nonō, it might be possible to win over a talent like Kabuto Yakushi and have him serve as a double agent in Orochimaru's camp.
He had come to Sasori because Root's records on the Wandering Miko were incomplete. Even Danzo had never recovered Yakushi Nonō's body.
It looks like I can only imprison Kabuto Yakushi for now. Orochimaru is bound to react, too.
A ninja like Kabuto Yakushi could only be confined or eliminated if he could not be won over.
As Zou Hyuga recalled, after losing Yakushi Nonō and Orochimaru-the people who gave his life meaning-Kabuto had approached Obito and launched the Fourth Shinobi World War.
In that respect, Kabuto was much like Obito.
Unable to obtain any useful information from Sasori, Zou Hyuga narrowed his eyes as he watched Kabuto Yakushi absorbing knowledge through the screen.
Since he could not use Yakushi Nonō to keep Kabuto in check, he could only have Sasori tighten his control over Kabuto Yakushi.
Otogakure, in the Land of Rice Fields.
In the shinobi world, establishing a shinobi village was not particularly difficult. In fact, it could be remarkably simple.
After Orochimaru approached the Daimyō of the Land of Rice Fields, nothing stood in the way of Otogakure's establishment. Within just six months, it had grown into a village of several hundred ninja.
Compared with the shinobi