Yūto sat up straight, his gaze fixed on the subordinate who had burst in. "An emergency? What happened?"
The Anbu Ninja dropped to one knee and spoke quickly. "Lord Yūto, one of our Patrol Squads discovered a candidate's body on the outskirts of the Forest of Death, but its condition was extremely strange. After a member of that squad was killed by a Summoning Beast in the forest, the body suddenly changed form!"
Yūto frowned. "Changed? Into what?"
"White! The entire body turned deathly white, and its structure looked like some kind of plant or fungal tissue. It looked nothing like a human corpse!"
"We've never seen a body in this form before."
"A white corpse..."
Yūto immediately thought of White Zetsu. Only White Zetsu possessed such powerful mimicry abilities that they could disguise themselves perfectly as anyone.
And only they would revert upon death, exposing those bizarre white bodies.
Obito had remained in hiding for three years without making a move. Now White Zetsu had suddenly appeared at the Chunin Ninja Exams site. There was definitely a conspiracy behind this.
"Seal off the scene immediately!" Having finished his thoughts, Yūto immediately gave the order. "No one is allowed to examine that body. I'll go there myself!"
"Yes!" The Anbu Ninja immediately accepted the order, but then asked somewhat hesitantly, "Lord Yūto, should we terminate the exam immediately? Someone has died, and under such bizarre circumstances..."
Yūto glanced in the direction of the Forest of Death and fell into thought.
Terminating the exam would be tantamount to announcing to the entire Shinobi World that Konoha had discovered a major irregularity.
It might also cause Obito to flee. Whatever else that fellow lacked, he was first-rate at running away. This was their only chance to catch him in three years.
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