Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-26636534-20150927142502

Initially Kabuto's goal was the same as Orochimaru's, to learn all the jutsu's in the world. With his Strange Transmission Distant Shadow technique he could use the jutsu of the shinobi that he assimilated, thus having a superior method than the living corpse reincarnation technique since Kabuto uses his actual(mutated) body. So:

1. Why didn't Kabuto assimilate the DNA of all the re-incarnated shinobi and thereby, gaining access to all of their abilities?

2. How powerful do you think Kabuto would have become if he did? (and didn't have a change of heart) 