As the Reaper Death Seal was activated, Orochimaru, wearing a Shinigami mask, cut open his stomach with a scalpel after the Shinigami phantom had completely solidified.
As the four souls emerged from the Grim Reaper's belly, along with the Impure World Reincarnation array already inscribed on the ground, the four White Zetsu transformed into the four Hokage of Konoha amidst their roars.
Orochimaru seized this opportunity, his soul leaving his body and entering a body he had prepared, leaving only the Grim Reaper, who had lost everything in this deal, returning to his Grim Reaper mask with a resentful roar.
Faced with this first case of deception by the gods in the ninja world, Lin Nian could only admit defeat to Orochimaru and applaud.
"Orochimaru, I knew I hadn't misjudged you. You really are a genius who can carry this era forward. Alright, you shouldn't go back to Konoha for now. Madara Uchiha has been resurrected, and he's bound to make some big moves. Wait until I've dealt with him before you come back."
"Now, let's talk about your compensation."
Without paying much attention to the four Hokage who were now fully conscious and beginning to understand their own situations, he directly started talking to Orochimaru, who had just emerged from the incubation tank, about their various treatments.
However, before he could talk to Orochimaru for long, a strange sound and the sound of something falling to the ground finally interrupted his discussion with Orochimaru about year-end bonuses and various lifetime benefits.
Turning around, they saw Hiruzen Sarutobi, now resurrected through the Impure World Reincarnation technique, hunched over on the ground, his finger trembling as he pointed at Orochimaru, who was completely naked, muttering, "Traitor, traitor..."
This left everyone else present feeling awkward.
After clearing his throat twice, he took the towel Lin Nian handed him and wiped the water off his body. Then, after putting on a white coat, Hiruzen Sarutobi felt even more uncomfortable.
Orochimaru, who thought he would never feel any emotion because of gender change or other people's gaze, felt nauseous. He could only walk directly to the unconscious Kabuto Yakushi, take off his clothes, and wrap himself up even more tightly.
Only then did Tobirama Senju, whose face remained serious, finally speak up and ask a question.
"Hey kid, what's this about Madara Uchiha being resurrected?"
He bowed slightly to his blood-related ancestor, then nodded to Minato Namikaze, whose expression was extremely complicated due to his young age and lack of understanding of Orochimaru's true nature, before speaking in a deep voice.
"After his battle with Lord Hashirama, Madara Uchiha bit off a piece of Hashirama's flesh to feign death. Through Hashirama's flesh, he finally realized the myriad phenomena that could be obtained through the interaction of Yin and Yang when he was dying in his later years, and thus awakened the Rinnegan."
"And now, the contingency plan he left in the ninja world has been used to revive him with the Rinnegan. Now, his strength far surpasses that of you back then, Lord Hashirama."
"He is currently capturing tailed beasts. We haven't figured out the specific reasons yet. The reason he came to Orochimaru was only to save my brother's life at a critical moment."
He then silently walked to the side of the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, and after giving a junior's bow, he calmly spoke.
"Hello, Uncle Minato. My name is Senju Ryoun. I am Naruto's comrade-in-arms. Our relationship is such that our children could become sworn brothers. Now, I hope to obtain the Yin Nine-Tails from your body so that Naruto will not die from the loss of the Yang Nine-Tails."
As soon as he finished speaking, the three of them looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi. After Hiruzen Sarutobi silently nodded in confirmation, Minato Namikaze also lowered his guard and said with a smile.
"Thank you for everything you've done for my Naruto. With a friend like you, he must be doing very well, right?"
"Not bad! He's got the eldest daughter of the Hyuga main family completely infatuated with him, to the point that Uncle Hiashi is so angry he wants to hit her."
As he spoke, he reached into Minato Namikaze's abdomen and, with a gruff fox cry, extracted Yin Jiuwei and sealed it into his own dragon vein.
"My lords, I have been here for some time now. With Madara Uchiha's strength, he should be close to collecting all the tailed beasts by now. Farewell."
After saying that, he activated the Flying Thunder God Technique and disappeared from the underground base.
Tobirama Senju, who had been waiting for his junior to speak so he could fight Madara Uchiha, suddenly turned pale. His terrifying chakra aura erupted, startling Orochimaru, who was just looking forward to a good show. Orochimaru trembled and lost a lot of his clothes, causing Hiruzen Sarutobi, who had already stood up, to bend down again.
Even Hashirama Senju was embarrassed by the look, so he gave his younger brother a big slap on the back of the head, which temporarily eliminated Tobirama Senju's tsundere nature.
"Alright, this kid probably thinks we should stay out of the affairs of the living and the dead, but I know Madara well. If we don't step in, the kids in Konoha and the entire ninja world will be in big trouble."
"Everyone, it's time to fulfill your duties as Hokage!"
"Understood, brother!"
"Understood, Hashirama-sensei!"
"Understood, Shodaime-sama!"
"If that's the case, then let's go. Tobirama, use your Flying Thunder God Technique to take us directly to Konoha."
As soon as she finished speaking, the four people holding hands disappeared straight out of the laboratory, which finally made Orochi Princess relax her vigilance a little. She quickly looked for the clothes she had prepared for this body.
The ninja world is indeed very dangerous right now, so it's best not to go and join the fun for the time being. It's better to wait until your strength progresses more slowly before going out to find new opportunities to become stronger!
Meanwhile, Lin Nian, who had returned to Konoha with the F4, had also received the news.
In the entire ninja world, except for the Land of Fire, all the tailed beasts of all the ninja villages have been captured. Even the little Nine-Tails of the Fire Temple has been forcibly taken away by Madara Uchiha.
Now, Konoha has also received requests for help and demands for accountability from the other four major ninja villages.
After all, not every ninja village is like Sunagakure, where losing a Kage doesn't cause any commotion.
Although none of the other three major ninja villages could withstand Madara Uchiha for even a few breaths, Madara's Susanoo-wielding and unleashing of devastating attacks within the villages nearly wiped out the backbone of the other ninja villages.
They can only come here to cause trouble for Konoha, and incidentally fleece some people, hoping that Konoha can take charge of the overall situation, eliminate Uchiha Madara, and return their tailed beasts.
As for why they are confident that Konoha will compensate them for their losses and, incidentally, uphold justice for them?
Isn't that obvious? Konoha has been like this for forty or fifty years.
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