Not to say this possibility isnt something that was missed or not, but I think that it does perhaps come at why this happened from the wrong direction. Been a while since I partook of the anime/manga, but given Kabuto's actual drooling reaction and iirc canon, he has his own vested interest in dragons. How then can he most easily get his own hands on the parts, to the extent to which he needs to? Well, getting his patron involved, who themselves will certainly be interested, is an easy route with very few costs to Kabuto, save that we may not go to him quite as easily in the future. Which, you know, given the need to question whether he was alive or not, doesn't seem to be something we are doing all that much of anyways, and in conversation, it was confirmed to him that one of the benefits he would gain from increased communications with us, that being access to Noburi, was unlikely to happen anyways. So a very minor loss all things considered.
But yeah, don't discount Kabuto's agency here, he wants the parts just as much as Oro Id say, potentially more. And giving them to Oro is also giving them to Kabuto, which might be something to consider, though not sure how much Hazou would be wary of that.
Though on the other hand, considering present company's reactions plus how much we stand to gain here, don't think saying no is really all that much of an option. Assuming we are not going to be getting any parts we hand over back is likely the right call, and maybe we can be pleasantly surprised.
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