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Chapter 174 Tragic - Death - Tragic
"Namido Uzumaki?"
Upon hearing Akali's purpose, Tobirama Senju put down the ninja tool he was holding. He was very puzzled. "What do you want with Uzumaki Namendo?"
“Eternal Sister used the Corpse Seal 12 years ago, and her soul entered the stomach of the Grim Reaper. I need to release her and then perform the Impure World Reincarnation!” Akali explained.
"Reanimation Jutsu?" Upon hearing Akali's words, Tobirama Senju immediately became serious.
"Why did you suddenly decide to use Edo Tensei to bring your sister along?"
Tobirama Senju warned, "Akali, the Impure World Reincarnation is a forbidden technique. Unless absolutely necessary, it's best not to break the balance of Yin and Yang!"
“I know, but I really need Tobirama Senju’s help!” Akali looked directly into Tobirama Senju’s eyes with seriousness.
“Hmm…” Noticing Akali’s determination, Tobirama Senju fell into thought: “Does it have to be with a girl all the time? Can’t anyone else do it? Can’t I help you?”
"You can, but having a girl by your side is the most direct and straightforward option!"
Akali explained, "Let me be blunt, there's a mysterious person targeting Hinata, and the Eternal Girl is the optimal solution to deal with that person!"
“Is that so? Alright!” Tobirama Senju nodded in agreement.
After all, he was never a rule-abiding person. The Impure World Reincarnation technique was developed by him to trick people. There's no reason why Akali can't use it if he can develop it.
Moreover, given Akali's abilities, even if he disagrees, Akali can still find the Vortex Namie Hall. Why make things difficult for the genius in his own village over such a trivial matter?
Not to mention Akali was there to fight the enemy.
"Namendo is right here!" Tobirama Senju pulled out a map and marked a location on it.
"I won't say more, just be careful in everything. By the way, do you need me to give you Hinata's position?"
"What do you think?" Akali rolled her eyes dramatically.
"Alright!" Tobirama Senju rubbed his chin in frustration.
Having been unexpectedly resurrected by Orochimaru, he was both satisfied and dissatisfied with the current state of Konoha.
The insects above are unsatisfactory, while the new generation below is satisfied.
The relationships between some of the new generation are truly giving Tobirama Senju a headache.
You know, even back then, Madara Uchiha and his older brother were like that, but his older brother still honestly found a wife!
Damn it, how did Konoha become like this!
[Ding! Senju Tobirama's emotional value +9999!]
"Damn monkey, Danzo!"
Thinking of this, Tobirama Senju cursed inwardly.
When he returns to the underworld, he will definitely drag those two out and beat them up again!
"The Second Hokage?" Akali looked at Tobirama Senju in confusion, wondering how he had suddenly broken through the attack.
"It's alright!" Tobirama Senju composed himself and waved his hand. "Go and take care of your business first. You can report back to the Land of Demons later, or Sasuke and the others can report back later."
"Okay, I'm going now!"
Akali's expression turned serious. Ignoring Tobirama Senju's feelings, she vanished with a Flying Thunder God Technique.
The Uzumaki Namendo is not far from Konoha.
At Akali's speed, she arrived at the Whirlpool Hall in less than an hour.
Akali then left a Flying Thunder God coordinate at the Uzumaki Namendo, and used another Flying Thunder God to return to Konoha and pick up Orochimaru.
"So this is Uzumaki Namendo?!"
Orochimaru excitedly examined the masks on the wall, trying to discern the power of the Shinigami.
Before she could even see it, Akali darted forward and removed their target—the Death Mask!
"How did you recognize her?" Orochimaru was quite surprised by Akali's speed.
Akali casually tossed the mask in her hand: "This thing is as conspicuous to me as a firefly in the dark."
"Alright, let's get started without further ado!"
Akali put on the Grim Reaper mask.
Suddenly, a cold, eerie wind spread outwards from Akali.
"Wait!" Seeing that Akali was about to start forming hand seals to summon the Grim Reaper, Orochimaru quickly stopped this reckless woman.
"What?" Akali asked, looking puzzled.
"How dare you ask!" Orochimaru was speechless. "Summoning a Shinigami requires sacrificing one's own soul. Are you sure you're going to do it?"
Orochimaru's idea was for him to come, since she had the Reanimation Jutsu and could escape her duties; she just needed Akali to find him a new body.
Akali, however, was too lazy to find Orochimaru a new body.
“I know!” Akali nodded, then, meeting Orochimaru’s speechless gaze, Akali summoned the Balance Blade with her other hand.
An ancient purple longsword illuminated the somewhat dimly lit vortex-shaped Namen Hall.
Holding her Soul Blade, Akali said nonchalantly, "If Death thinks he can take my soul, then so be it!"
"Then we'll see whether his dagger is sharper or my longsword is!"
"..."
"What the hell!" Orochimaru was speechless.
Sure enough, she still didn't understand these brutes enough. She never expected that Akali would even want to take on Death.
Without a word, Orochimaru gestured to Akali: "Please begin your performance!"
Akali didn't speak, but silently formed some hand seals that even Naruto fans could memorize.
After making nine hand seals, Akali clasped her hands together and chanted, "Forbidden Technique: Corpse Seal!"
"call--"
Another gust of cold wind arrived.
This time, however, the eerie wind did not originate from Akali, but from a patch of emptiness behind her.
Looking over there, Orochimaru's eyes widened instinctively.
Although he couldn't see it, she knew that something unseen had descended!
Then, sensing the presence of a malicious spirit, Akali's summoned soul blade trembled, and a white and purple soul protection barrier automatically unfolded, enveloping Akali and Orochimaru beside her.
With the support of the Soul Protection Barrier, Orochimaru's vision suddenly revealed a creature with dark skin, white hair and white clothes, a pair of sharp horns on its head, and an appearance like a terrifying old man!
"This is... the Grim Reaper!" Orochimaru exclaimed, his scientist's inquisitive spirit activating at that moment, quickly memorizing all the information about the Grim Reaper.
Compared to Orochimaru, Akali is much more free-spirited.
She glanced at the Grim Reaper behind her, holding a knife, and greeted him casually, as if seeing an old friend: "Oh, you're here!"
"Very good, now that you're here, it's time to get to work!"
Akali gripped the hilt of Soulblade and walked step by step toward Death.
Logically, the usual procedure for releasing a soul from the belly of Death is for the practitioner to cut open their own stomach with a knife.
Then Death followed the caster's movements, cutting open its own stomach with its dagger to release the previous soul, and finally taking the caster's soul away.
But now that Akali has the right to decide, if she still cuts open her own stomach to follow the procedure, then wouldn't that mean she got the Soul Blade for nothing?
Akali then walked up to Death, gripping her sword with both hands.
Noticing Akali's actions, Orochimaru sensed something was wrong: "Akali, what are you doing?"
"what?"
Orochimaru let out an incredulous sound.
Because Akali actually wielded the Soul Blade and went straight up to deliver a sword strike to Death!
"Pfft!"
The purple-white longsword pierced Death's stomach. The wound to his soul caused Death to let out a subconscious scream, clutching his stomach as if someone had chopped a melon in half.
Then, the not-so-wise Grim Reaper realized that he had been attacked.
If you are attacked, you should naturally fight back.
So Death took the dagger from his mouth and charged at Akali.
However, Akali simply waved her hand to recall her Soul Blade, and then unleashed one, two, three strikes.
After the three sword strikes of the profound twilight descended, the pale-faced Grim Reaper could no longer bear the burden and exploded into a cloud of particles, disappearing without a trace.
At the same time, several orbs of light floated out from the Grim Reaper's belly, and were then blocked by the Soul Protection barrier.
Seeing this, Orochimaru hesitated before asking, "The Grim Reaper is... dead?"
“No, it’s not dead, but it’s true that I cut off its avatar!” Akali explained.
"Even so, this is still too astonishing!" Orochimaru couldn't hide his shock: "This is the Grim Reaper!"
"What Grim Reaper? He's just a slightly stronger spirit with a more special role. It's nothing special!" Akali waved her hand.
Listening to her words, Orochimaru seemed to understand something: "Just a special kind of... spirit?"
"Alright!" Akali patted Orochimaru on the shoulder: "Let's get to work!"
"Alright!" Orochimaru snapped out of his thoughts: "Right, the offerings for the Impure World Reincarnation."
"I'd really forgotten about that, wait a minute!"
After saying that, Akali vanished in a flash.
When she returned, she had a brand new White Zetsu in her hand.
"These little things are actually quite hard to catch!" Akali tossed the White Zetsu at Orochimaru's feet. "Alright, this one will do!"
"..." After examining the white Zetsu beside his feet and confirming that it was the same type that Tobirama Senju had gone to great lengths to capture, Orochimaru gave Akali a deep look.
She realized something, but she said nothing.
Orochimaru simply nodded and got to work: "Impure World Reincarnation!"
Large amounts of paper rose up from beneath Bai Jue's feet.
"Ahhhh-"
Accompanied by the White Zetsu's shrill screams, pieces of paper fluttered in the air, crowding around the poor White Zetsu.
Under the effect of the technique, White Zetsu's appearance quickly changed, transforming from a light green-haired male into a blond, lewd man still making a screaming sound.
Then, Minato Namikaze, who had been wearing an ancient god expression, stopped talking, glanced at his body, and exclaimed in surprise, "This is... Impure World Reincarnation?!"
"Did you resurrect me using the Impure World Reincarnation technique?"
Minato Namikaze's gaze fell upon Akali and Orochimaru.
He had never seen Akali before, so he only glanced at her briefly before moving on.
However, for some reason, Orochimaru always gave him a sense of familiarity, which made Minato Namikaze take a closer look at Orochimaru's eyes and expression.
"No way!" After carefully comparing the memories in his mind, Minato Namikaze's mouth dropped open.
Because the pale-skinned woman in front of me had eyes and an expression exactly like Orochimaru's!
Add to that the familiar, chilling chakra!
"You, you're Orochimaru-senpai?!"
[Ding! Minato Namikaze's emotional value +9999!]
A female version of Orochimaru, shocking the Dead Waters for ten thousand years.
Seeing that Minato Namikaze could still recognize her, Orochimaru revealed a sinister smile that sent chills down Minato's spine.
"Long time no see, Minato-kun! I didn't expect you to recognize me!"
"Haha, after all, Orochimaru-senpai's style has always been... unique!"
Minato Namikaze awkwardly scratched his head.
High emotional intelligence: unique.
Low emotional intelligence: abnormal.
Minato Namikaze is undoubtedly a person with high emotional intelligence.
So he quickly ignored Orochimaru's appearance and didn't bother to find out why Orochimaru had become like this. He went straight to the point: "Speaking of which, Orochimaru-senpai, is there something you need to do by resurrecting me with Edo Tensei?"
"This is Uzumaki Namendou, right? Did you specifically release me from the Shinigami seal and summon me?"
"Has something happened in the village?" Minato Namikaze's expression turned serious.
“A village? Of course not!” Orochimaru shook his head.
"Minato-kun, I didn't come looking for you!"
As he spoke, Orochimaru gestured with both hands towards Akali, indicating that he should look here.
"It's me!" Akali stepped forward and extended her hand. "Nice to meet you, forever!"
"Hello, who are you?" Minato Namikaze shook hands with Akali in a friendly manner.
"My name is Akali, and I'm Naruto's friend, but that's not the point!"
Akali looked into Minato Namikaze's eyes, which were as blue as Naruto's: "Do you remember that mysterious person who attacked the delivery room the night Naruto was born?"
"Hmm!" Minato Namikaze stood at attention. "What happened to that person?"
“Nothing much, I just need to deal with him next.” Akali asked, “I remember you left a Flying Thunder God mark on that guy’s back?”
[Ding! Minato Namikaze's emotional value +999!]
"How did you know that?" Minato Namikaze was greatly surprised, and even Orochimaru next to him showed a look of astonishment.
"It's a secret, but I just know it."
Akali isn't even pretending anymore. Obito's eye roll is a bad sign. Since she knows Obito is openly targeting her, she shouldn't worry about the later plot and just take him down first.
Otherwise, wouldn't it be pathetic to just let yourself be schemed against without fighting back?
Akali is not a pastry chef and does not like Ace's affections.
Akali continued, "Yongdai, just tell me, is that Flying Thunder God mark still there?"
"Let me feel it..." Minato Namikaze closed his eyes and carefully sensed it for a while.
Then, seemingly unaware that he needed to be serious, Minato Namikaze sat cross-legged and began absorbing natural energy.
"Sage Mode - Activated!"
Orange-yellow eyeshadow appeared on Minato Namikaze's lower eyelids!
With the boost from Sage Mode, Minato Namikaze finally sensed it: "Found it! It's been appearing and disappearing, over in the Land of Wind!"
"Very good!" Akali smiled with satisfaction. "It's good that you found it."
"Let's go, everyone!" Akali turned and walked outside. "Destination: The Land of Wind!"