Chapter 292:
The Fourth Kazekage had been defeated, and the Third Raikage had fallen in battle.
On the Cloud Ninja battlefield, hundreds of coffins rose simultaneously, a sight as chilling as it was awe-inspiring.
But Orochimaru's focus remained sharp.
"Three to four hundred still missing?" Orochimaru mused, his lips curling into a faint smirk. "As expected of a major ninja village. Their response time is far better than that of smaller ones. But it's irrelevant."
For the reanimated ninjas under his command, as long as the shadow-level figures weren't sealed, the losses of the others didn't matter in the slightest.
As for the Second Tsuchikage's earlier attempt to ambush him? Orochimaru didn't give it a second thought.
He understood.
Strong figures at the Kage-level were bound to resist being controlled, their pride refusing to let them remain pawns. Such behavior was only natural.
With the reanimated forces recalled, Orochimaru left the First and Second Hokage to handle their part of the battlefield. He himself set off swiftly toward the Land of Fire.