Body Recreation Technique

Kabuto uses small snakes to execute the process of recreation and multiplication of a living being's cells to create a living clone of it; a process which requires the DNA of the intended target. The spring water produced by The Hole appears to catalyse and speed up the recreation process because of the large "life force" flowing through it.

Once the clone has been created, Kabuto is able to gain control of it by placing a special talisman into its head. Depending on the talisman used, the clone can either become a mindless tool under Kabuto's control, with eyes possessing black sclera and white irises, or allowed to access the original's personality and memories, while possessing their original self's eyes with grey sclera. Clones produced through this method are also able to use any abilities they possessed in life.

Kabuto used this technique to create clones of Akatsuki member Hidan and Naruto Uzumaki in his four-tailed Version 2 form, the latter of which he was unable to gain control of through a talisman.

Trivia

 * While in The Hole, Kabuto compared this process to a viral infection, presumably due to how rapidly it occurs.
 * The clones created through this method lack clothing, unlike those revived with Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation.