Black Zetsu thought it over.
If Orochimaru demanded an outrageous price, he could simply bargain it down.
"Thirty."
Black Zetsu went straight for an ankle-high offer, slashing the amount to one percent of Orochimaru's asking price.
"Hiss..."
Orochimaru licked the corner of his mouth. He felt that he might still have underestimated how many White Zetsu existed.
"Thirty works too!
"You can deliver them before tomorrow, right?"
White Zetsu could survive in spore form, so moving and transporting them was no difficult task.
Black Zetsu could easily merge the White Zetsu in spore form into his other "half," then travel quickly deep underground using the [Mayfly Technique].
His previous transactions with Orochimaru had worked the same way.
But Orochimaru had agreed so readily...
Black Zetsu felt as though he had fallen for the other party's trick, but he could find no evidence.
"...Yes."
Black Zetsu sank halfway into the ground, preparing to leave.
Orochimaru called him back again.
"One more thing, Lord Zetsu."
Orochimaru reminded him seriously.
"Don't forget to collect whatever remains of Obito's bodily tissue.
"Also, you can start delivering the bodies of Kage-level ninja from the other villages as soon as possible.
"To build a force of reanimated ninja, we'll need more than one or two ninja corpses..."
Chapter 219: No More Anbu in Konoha, Only the Military Police Force! The Exact Whereabouts of the Hundred Thousand White Zetsu!
Evening.
Konoha, the Hokage's Office.
Through the combined efforts of the Fifth and Fourth Hokage, the plan to abolish the Anbu proceeded in an orderly fashion.
The other ninja of Konoha had no objections to the two Hokage's reform of the Anbu.
For one thing.
The Fifth Hokage's prestige was high enough. He had earned his position through real battles on the battlefield, and that was enough to