Tsuzumi (cultist)

Tsuzumi is an aged man whose grey brows top a beard that forks at its tip. He is robed entirely in white, crowned by a matching pointed hood.

Devoted to Boro, Tsuzumi grows anxious when word arrives that his leader has died. He knows several of the cult's hidden workings, including how viruses are used to trick people into joining, yet insists he understands nothing about Kara.

Following Boro's death, Konohamaru Sarutobi and Sai probe the cult he left behind, approaching Tsuzumi and Shirabe while pretending to be prospective members. The Konoha pair feed Tsuzumi word of Boro's fate as overheard gossip and trail him to a concealed room where he checks the rumor for himself. Realizing he knows more than he admits, they move to question him, but he hurls a vial of Boro's virus to cover his flight. Antibodies let the two run him down; cornered, he calls the other cultists to seize them, and when Konohamaru nearly turns the crowd against Boro's lies, Shirabe rekindles their faith. Delta then storms the compound to wreck Boro's Space-Time Gate before outsiders can exploit it, and falling rubble crushes Tsuzumi to death.