The place where death row prisoners were held wasn't far, it was in the basement of the Allied Forces' headquarters.
After Tsunade, the Fifth Hokage, brought Orochimaru here, she couldn't hold back her curiosity.
"What exactly do you want with these death row prisoners? Don't tell me they are the materials you're going to use for the Reanimation Jutsu?"
Tsunade from this time and space strongly despised the Reanimation Jutsu technique, which desecrates the souls of the dead.
"You guessed it right. I am going to use the Reanimation Jutsu," Orochimaru replied.
"Asshole. No matter what time or space you're from, you'll never change," Tsunade scowled and continued asking in a very displeased tone, "You plan to control twenty people at once with Reanimation Jutsu. Do you have the ability for that?"
"I'm not the Orochimaru from your time and space, don't underestimate me," Orochimaru said.
With the help of Tobirama and Kabuto's modifications, Orochimaru's body had been drastically upgraded.
Not only did he have cells from Hashirama, but also cells from Madara Uchiha.
On top of that, he possessed the Kekkei Genkai Swift Release and Steel Release.
For defense, he had Steel Release, and for quick escapes, Swift Release.
How strong he was, that's another story, but his survival capabilities were definitely maxed out.
At this point, he could still barely manage to control twenty ninjas brought back by the Reanimation Jutsu.
But
"Who told you I'm going to control twenty?"
Under Tsunade's confused gaze, Orochimaru grinned and took out a small glass bottle from his pocket.
"This is?"
"That's right, this is the Rinnegan."
"How could the Rinnegan be on you?"
Tsunade, the Fifth Hokage, was confused.
After witnessing the light screen videos, she knew that the Rinnegan should belong to Uchiha Madara.
"We resurrected Uchiha Izuna and brought Madara back to Konoha. I'm just borrowing these eyes for now, I'll return them to him once we're done."
"What? You resurrected Uchiha Izuna? And brought Madara back to Konoha? Are you serious, or are you messing with me?"
Orochimaru shrugged and didn't answer directly. "This is a complicated matter. I don't have much time, so let's not waste it here."
With that, he walked into the prison cell where death-row inmates were held.
Before the others could react, Orochimaru summoned some snakes and restrained the prisoners.
Then, in the surprised expression of Tsunade, Orochimaru removed one of the death-row inmate's eyeballs and implanted the Rinnegan.
"Orochimaru, are you crazy?"
The Rinnegan is such a precious eye, and this fool of a snake gave it to a death-row inmate?
"Heh, the wisdom of mortals."
Orochimaru mocked, then in the next moment, he twisted the neck of the death-row inmate.
This move left Tsunade dumbfounded.
"Wait, could it be that you want to...?"
Tsunade wasn't truly naive. She just hadn't shaken off her own cognitive restrictions yet, and her imagination wasn't wild enough.
Orochimaru, however, was different.
After watching so many light screen videos, his imagination had nearly surpassed the limits.
"Exactly, it's just as you're thinking."
Orochimaru worked quickly, and in the blink of an eye, he had killed ten death-row inmates.
And these ten death row prisoners all had one thing in common.
That is, before they died, their eye sockets were filled with the Rinnegan.
"The mechanism of the Reanimation Jutsu is to 'revive' the state of the deceased as they were before death. I killed them while they possessed the Rinnegan, so logically, when I reanimate them, they should still have the Rinnegan. That way, I can control a reanimated army with the Rinnegan."
One has to admit, Orochimaru's approach is nothing short of crazy.
When a person is alive, in order to implant and use the Rinnegan, one has to consider chakra, physical constitution, rejection reactions, and more.
But the Reanimation body is different. It perfectly bypasses these issues.
Chakra?
The Reanimation body has unlimited chakra.
Physical constitution?
They're dead, what the hell does physical constitution matter?
Rejection reaction?
Same thing, they're dead, so rejection doesn't apply.
Of course, because of the Reanimator and the sacrificial materials, the Rinnegan in these reanimated bodies won't be on the same level as Nagato's.
But they're just death row prisoners, so the cost is almost zero. As long as it reaches about 50-60% of Nagato's level, it's fine.
The strategy is simply quantity over quality.
"Reanimation Jutsu."
In front of the Fifth Hokage's eyes, ten reanimated individuals with the Rinnegan appeared before her.
Taking advantage of their consciousness still being unclear, Orochimaru quickly planted control seals in their heads.
With this, there was no risk!
The ten reanimated individuals were sent to the front lines to assist, while Orochimaru controlled them from the Allied Forces headquarters.
"Jiraiya? Shikaku, didn't I tell you not to send him out?"
After returning to the Allied Forces' meeting room from the basement, Fifth Hokage just glanced around and frowned.
"Uh, Lord Hokage, it's my fault. I didn't stop the other Tsunade-sama."
Hearing it was the other Tsunade causing trouble, the Fifth Hokage helplessly waved her hand.
With Shikaku's intelligence, he wouldn't offend another Tsunade.
But... "I'm really pissed off right now!"
Orochimaru chuckled from the side.
As for the matter between Jiraiya and the two Tsunades, he was content to just watch from the sidelines and had no intention of getting involved.
However, from a practical standpoint, this situation wouldn't last long.
After all, they had the Resurrection Jutsu. As long as they revived this world's Orochimaru and brought him back to Konoha, it wouldn't take long before the dead Jiraiya would truly be revived.
As for not being able to find Jiraiya's body and failing to extract tissue samples, that wasn't an issue.
Wasn't there Jiraiya from the Third Hokage's timeline and the Second Hokage's timeline?
From their bodies, a little blood or skin flakes would be enough.
In the end, they were all the same person.
On the battlefield of the second unit, Kitsuchi was quite annoyed due to the large number of White Zetsu.
The White Zetsu weren't actually very strong, and after engaging in battle, the second unit had always been pushing them back.
But you couldn't ignore the sheer number of White Zetsu.
Under their reckless fighting style, the second unit had started to suffer casualties.
"Damn it, these monsters are really disgusting."
"Earth Style: Earth Dragon Bullet Jutsu!"
A powerful Earth Style attack killed several White Zetsu in front of him.
Kitsuchi was about to signal his unit to pull back slightly to stabilize the line when he suddenly saw a figure above the area where the White Zetsu were gathering.
Squinting his eyes and taking a closer look, he realized the figure in the sky was a ninja wearing a Konoha headband.
"Wait a minute, why is this person wearing a Konoha headband instead of a ninja alliance headband?"
Before Kitsuchi could figure it out, he heard the person emit a low, deep voice.
"Shinra Tensei."
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