Compared to Minato and their rapid action.
The Moryo was still in a dazed state, he was now searching the town everywhere for people.
After all, thousands of people couldn't vanish in an instant.
He thought there must be underground shelters or tunnels nearby.
So he commanded the stone golems to slowly push forward into the town.
The dark energy on his body spread like tendrils and began pouring downwards into the ground.
But…
Nothing.
Nothing.
Still nothing.
The entire town's thousands of people had all disappeared.
Miroku had completely vanished as well.
Space–time ninjutsu is an extremely rare thing in the ninja world, let alone coupling it with Kurama's chakra-link to carry people away.
That simply didn't exist in the old ninja world.
RUMBLE!
RUMBLE!
Crack! Crack! Crack!
The sounds of houses collapsing rang out, but those stone golems had pretty much razed the town flat and still couldn't find a single living thing.
The Moryo racked his brains and still didn't know how those people had gone.
"Damn it! What the hell is going on?"
He couldn't help but be alarmed, Miroku actually had such means.
The Land of Demons only had around twenty thousand people total; this town had seven or eight thousand.
He had besieged this place for a whole day before Miroku came. So many people were here.
Just a few hours later, how could they vanish without a trace?
How could he possibly capture Miroku now!?
"What's wrong?", Obito, who had extracted a lot of dark energy while practicing Dark Medical Technique, had also noticed something odd over at Miroku's side.
"Where are Miroku and those civilians?", he asked.
Moryo: "..."
Silence.
"They're gone."
"What? Gone?", Obito asked in puzzlement.
He looked into the town, besides the stone golems, there wasn't a single moving thing.
Never mind Miroku, not even a living creature remained.
"Where did the people go? How did they disappear?", Obito was also a little astonished.
So far, he hadn't heard of anyone in the ninja world with such an ability.
"Could Miroku have a space–time teleportation formation?", Obito suddenly guessed.
After all, the shrine maiden lineage's sealing arts and formations were quite famous.
"Impossible!", The Moryo denied it without thinking.
"If she could use a space–time teleportation formation, I wouldn't have killed her three years ago."
Obito was curious, "But she's not dead, right?"
"How she reached the Uchiha, you don't know, who knows if she learned anything new?"
Hearing Obito, the Moryo grew uncertain.
This Miroku, compared to before, or compared to when she was in the Uchiha territories, was completely different.
If it weren't for Miroku's unique shamanic power in the entire ninja world, he would suspect this shrine maiden was fake.
"But how could transferring so many people be completely silent?"
Obito actually had no clue, "If there's no trace, don't waste time here."
"Don't you have another town in the Land of Demons?"
The Moryo thought for a moment, "We'll go check the next town right away."
Obito paused, "You're worried the people in the next town disappeared too?"
The Moryo nodded slightly, "If Miroku has this kind of means, people in the next town will probably be transferred as well."
"Then I'll send someone to check first."
Obito struck the ground; a White Zetsu crawled up.
"Go check Izumo Town to the northwest."
White Zetsu said nothing and burrowed into the ground, disappearing.
White Zetsu, possessing the Mayfly Technique, moved extremely fast, the best choice for gathering intel.
Taking advantage of this time, the Moryo ordered the Demon Legion of stone golems to line up in formation.
Obito wrapped the dark energy he had just absorbed from the golems around his hands.
"When can I use Dark Medical Technique to replace my organs?", he muttered, eyeing Obito up and down.
"Your body must have been modified, right?"
"With the strength of your body, replacing organs is still far off, unless your mind falls irretrievably into darkness."
"Otherwise, not within ten years."
Obito knew that Yomi's body had no organs at all; they had been transformed into dark energy by Dark Medical Technique.
That was why Yomi could be punched through the chest by Rengoku and have no effect.
If he could remove the heart talisman, the seals controlling him would naturally be useless.
That was why he was obsessed with cultivating Dark Medical Technique.
"Too long. Is there any way to shorten the time?", Obito and the Moryo now shared a common enemy and spoke frankly.
The Moryo, of course, wasn't a benevolent believer, he wouldn't do anything without benefit.
"There is a method, but you must do one thing for me."
Although Obito's ultimate goal was to complete the Eye of the Moon plan, the heart talisman was still a hidden danger.
He and White Zetsu were only cooperating because they needed each other.
Now White Zetsu planned to seize the Rinnegan back; if Obito could remove the heart talisman early, he could carry out his plan better.
This Moryo had lived many years and indeed had some ability.
Obito looked hard at him, "Speak."
The Moryo stared at Obito for a few seconds, then said, "That white thing, is it on your side?"
Obito's expression shifted; he didn't understand why the Moryo suddenly asked that, "Why do you say that?"
The Moryo extended a hand; a mass of purple-black energy appeared on his palm.
"Grab it."
Obito thought for a moment, then directly took hold, because when he touched others he could throw them into Kamui space, he wasn't afraid.
When he touched this energy, the purple-black power crawled up Obito's arm.
He immediately felt a burning pain.
His brow furrowed, but the Moryo held his hand, "Endure it!"
Obito forced himself not to throw the Moryo into Kamui space and allowed the energy to spread throughout his body.
A singed smell came from him, things like little mushrooms grew and then fell off his body.
Obito squinted; those falling things were all White Zetsu spores.
They were what had been parasitically implanted in Obito years ago when his body was modified.
Before activation, the spore technique had no chakra and no life signs, ordinary means couldn't detect it.
Unexpectedly, the Moryo had found them.
After more than ten of these things fell from Obito's body, they finally stopped.
His expression changed, and he put his hand on those unexpanded spore-White Zetsu.
A whirlpool formed and he threw them into Kamui space.
Destroying the corpses and erasing traces.
The Moryo looked at Obito's right arm, "There are still things inside your body, but I can't extract them."
Obito stared at his right arm, surprised, Madara had not only planted the heart talisman in him, but had also tampered with his arm.
Combined with the spore White Zetsu on his body, this was complete triple insurance.
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