The Scroll of Seals recorded most of the village's forbidden techniques. It was a treasure fully accessible only to the Hokage.
This demand from the Akatsuki's new leader put the Third in a difficult position. After all, if he mastered every forbidden technique recorded within it, he might become even harder to deal with than "Madara."
But after looking at Teacher Tobirama and Orochimaru before him, the Third suddenly felt that his worries were unnecessary.
With even those two in the Akatsuki, the contents of the Scroll of Seals no longer mattered much.
He might as well temporarily lend them a copy, rather than risk them attacking the village out of displeasure.
They certainly possessed the strength to do so. He simply had yet to adjust his mindset. The Shinobi World was no longer what it had been a dozen years ago; several ninja who stood beyond the Five Kage had emerged.
Once the Third gave his verbal agreement, the secret meeting came to an end.
Much as the Third had suspected, if Zou Hyuga truly wanted the ninjutsu in the Scroll of Seals, he could simply ask Orochimaru for them. With his Karma and the Great Tenseigan, few people could keep secrets from him.
According to the crucial information left by the Karma and Hamura, manipulating souls was one of the Otsutsuki's basic abilities.
That was also why Zou Hyuga fabricated one lie after another. Even in battles between Otsutsuki, intelligence played a vital role.
His reason for borrowing the Scroll of Seals was largely to use it as a reference and find ways to counter its forbidden techniques.
Just then, Zou Hyuga heard something cutting through the air behind him. He stopped and, together with Orochimaru and the others, turned toward the figure cautiously following them.
Now that