After their eyes met, Orochimaru seemed to realize that he might have been exposed, but he did not panic in the slightest.
The battle a few days earlier had destroyed Otogakure, the culmination of years of his hard work, but it had also allowed him to improve Impure World Reincarnation. Now that he could reincarnate the First, the Second, and other powerful shinobi, there were very few people in the shinobi world he truly needed to fear.
Besides, Zou Hyuga and Oto Uchiha were not beyond reason. There might even be opportunities for cooperation in the future.
After all, he was no longer a member of the Akatsuki, while his enemies were its members Nagato and Konan. Compared to the Mangekyō Sharingan he had already defeated, he now coveted that pair of Rinnegan far more.
"Orochimaru certainly seems confident..."
Seeing the faint smile on Orochimaru's face, Oto Uchiha sneered, then turned away. If she did not, she might be unable to resist attacking him.
After all, as she adapted to the white Zetsu cells, her eye power had risen to yet another level.
Zou Hyuga shrugged helplessly, then began assessing the Five Great Shinobi Villages' fighting strength in the Land of Iron. After the Five Kage Summit, the Five Kage might well choose to attack Amegakure directly.
With nearly ten Kage-level shinobi attacking Amegakure at once, he wondered what Nagato could possibly do to resist.
Although Nagato's raw strength was arguably a tier above Kage level, allowing him to defeat Kage-level opponents easily, facing so many fighters of the Five Kage's caliber at once would only get him killed on the spot.
Unless that fellow, his original self, was willing to gather his subordinates and fight with everything he had, regardless of the consequences.
The meeting lasted a full