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Ravenlot 27 wrote: Besides other guesses, I wondered about Oro's words to Log that Mitsuki is going to develop to the "stage 2". Since the whole arc is heavily paralleling Sasuke Retrieval Mission, there's a chance Mitsuki set off to master his senjutsu abilities to a higher degree (akin to Sasuke's second stage of CS which he developed through the effords of the Sound Four) by departing to the Ryuchi Cave (which is already known to play a significant role in the arc). Personally, I think Orochimaru wasn't actually referring to the real White Snake Sage at Ryuchi Cave. He said he was a "eccentric man." This is gonna end up being Kabuto (who actually is a "White Snake Sage" in his own right. Kabuto will end up mentoring/training Mitsuke. I mean they brought back everyone and their mother in this filler arc...so no way they leave out Kabuto.