This was what it meant to pass on the torch and stand watch in relay!
Back to the matter of someone prying open the coffins of the First Hokage, the Second Hokage, and the Fourth Hokage and his wife.
Although the likelihood of the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, digging up graves was slim.
Just as Tobirama Senju had a "fine student" in Shimura Danzō.
Hiruzen Sarutobi also had a "fine student."
"As far as I know, Orochimaru had already learned the [Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu] before leaving Konoha."
Uchiha Minamoto spoke.
"And Orochimaru also worked with Shimura Danzō to research [Hashirama cells].
"If Orochimaru secretly returned to Konoha after defecting, dug up your graves, Fourth Hokage, and stole tissue from you and your wife, as well as Lord First and Lord Second... that is also possible.
"Of course, there's another possibility... he had already dug up this cemetery before leaving Konoha."
Taking a rational approach, Uchiha Minamoto used words such as "if" and "possible."
But his intuition told him-
Orochimaru had definitely been the one to dig up the Hokages' graves!
And there could be no other reason for Orochimaru to dig up the graves of past Hokages.
It could only be the [Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu]!
As Uchiha Minamoto thought of this, another thought flashed through his mind.
I wonder how far Orochimaru's research into the [Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu] has progressed by now...
Tobirama Senju's [Impure World Reincarnation].
Orochimaru's [Impure World Reincarnation].
Kabuto Yakushi's [Impure World Reincarnation].
Even though all three were called "Impure World Reincarnation," their actual effects were worlds apart!
With the [Impure World Reincarnation] Tobirama Senju developed, the "undying" he summoned were merely "suicide bombers" used in conjunction with [Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags].
And during the Konoha Crush in the normal timeline, the effects of