The shadows

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Yurei was inside the cave with Gedo Mazo. Now that he had the thing he needed, he was ready to get rid of the statue. A fact not many people paid attention to was the concept of sealing scrolls. It was a shame really. They were so versetile.

When you create a sealing scroll, you connect a limited amount of pocket dimension to our world. Each seal will be affixed to its own space, and if you destroy the seal, there is no way to retrieve the items.

Of course, there were exceptions. Sometimes, the dimension connected to the seal is not strong enough to hold the object. A good example would be how you couldn't use normal scrolls to hold a human body. The dimension must be capable of holding the object.

When the dimension was not strong enough, there were two possibilities. The first case was when you couldn't seal the object at all, and nothing happened.

The second one was when the object would be sealed, but the seal would become unstable. This was especially dangerous if the thing you sealed contained chakra or reacted to chakra since the instability could cause the seal to fail, and there was no exact telling of what would happen to the sealed objects.

An example would be Gaara's old Jinchuuriki seal, where Shukaku could influence the world outside and break out. Of course, since Biju are chakra constructs and don't exactly have a physical form, it wasn't so dangerous for him to send himself in and out of the seal.

One of the things Yurei extensively researched was Obito's Kamui. The Kamui dimension is counted as a pocket dimension. There was a limited amount of space; he discovered this fact when he was once fighting him in that dimension, and some of his Justus would stop after a certain point, and his eyes were the key to getting to that space.

His eyes used the Yin chakra and spiritual energy to connect himself to that dimension, and just like with a sealing scroll, he could send himself or objects to that dimension. The only remarkable thing was how he could do it partially with his body, which could also be explained by space-time theory.

When he was partially in that dimension, he was using his sharingan to keep the dimension open and keep himself in between the dimensions. Of course, there were more complex details involved, but it didn't really matter.

When Yurei killed Obito, he destroyed all of his body except for the eye. And now he wanted to use the eye to seal the statue and the blade. So that no one could free Zetsu or the statue. Of course, he knew that Kakashi also had access to that dimension with his Kamui.

Which was why he was also sealing a clone he prepared. The clone could last there for a decade, which was a lot longer than the time he needed to finish his plans. The clone had enough sealed food, water, and other necessities to survive.

He would guard the items until both eyes were destroyed. There was no way to replicate the keys to a dimension so they will forever be gone. All Yurei had to do was capture Kakashi and take the eye before destroying the one he had.

He finished the preparations. And started the sealing ritual.

It took him a month to finish the ritual. Was that how the Akatsuki in the original timeline felt after sealing a Biju in the statue? He was tired beyond what words could describe. He could sleep for months and need more rest.

It took a lot of chakra to seal that damned statue. Even Kurama was passed out inside his seal. Thankfully, he could rest in the cave for a while since it was protected by his seals. No one could enter the place, but before drifting off to sleep, he sealed Obito's eye on a seal he designed in his chest. It would have to do for now.

Yurei was back to his village. He slept for an entire week before heading back. He sent a fox to Orochimaru before heading back to the sannin could give him a checkup. His condition was worsening.