Chapter 35
With his "death" as cover, Itama's operations expanded. He created a network of simple animal copies—birds, foxes, wolves—to act as his eyes and ears across the land. He used disposable human copies to deliver anonymous aid, broker clandestine talks between warring minor clans, and sabotage the efforts of hardliners in both the Senju and Uchiha who opposed peace.
He became a myth. "The Graveyard Spirit," they called him, a being that spoke with the voices of the dead to guide the living. He used his copies to deliver messages to Hashirama and Madara during their fights, quotes from their own childhood conversations by the river, pushing them toward reconciliation.