"I see…"
Orochimaru glanced at Kimimaro beside him, and the white-haired young man tossed a scroll to Naruto.
Snap…
Naruto caught the scroll and even opened it to check.
Although he was not sure whether the content was true or false, Naruto felt that since his good brother Sasuke was around, Orochimaru would not lie to his 'husband'.
"Here."
Naruto took out the 'Spirit Stone' and handed it directly to Kabuto. Seeing this, Orochimaru immediately ordered Kimimaro to bring the prepared test subject from the lab, which is intended as a workaround to bypass the Shinigami's sacrificial requirement.
But Naruto's expression suddenly seemed a little strange.
'Wait!'
'I remembered that in the original work, Orochimaru summoned Konoha's F4 later, and used White Zetsu as sacrifices.'
'But now...'
'I remembered that I had only asked Sasuke to tell Orochimaru that if he wanted to recover his hands, he had to summon the Shinigami and perform a caesarean section...'
'It seemed like I had forgotten to tell him that I wanted to summon Konoha F4.'
Watching Orochimaru put on the mask, Naruto suddenly interrupted the ritual.
"Hold on!"
"Uzumaki Naruto! What do you want now!!"
Orochimaru had just gotten into the groove, ready to perform the dance, only for this yellow-haired brat to throw another wrench into things. He glared at him sharply.
"Auntie Snake… Did you dig up my father's grave?"
Orochimaru: "..."
'Good, good, good.'
'I didn't expect that you, the Kyubi's Jinchuriki, are more filial than Sarutobi-sensei's grandson.'
After a long silence, Orochimaru finally spoke.
"I did."
"But I didn't find your parents' remains."
He'd had Kabuto dig up the graves before the invasion of Konoha, only to find them empty.
Later, through research, he realized that even if he had obtained Minato's remains, summoning him would've been impossible, as Minato's soul was still inside the Shinigami's stomach.
After hearing this, Naruto felt a little disappointed and a little relieved.
There is no need to think too much, the person who dug the graves must be Obito, his father's good disciple.
Naruto was relieved that he wouldn't have to dig up his parents' graves himself. After all, morally, that was a line he wasn't sure he could cross.
Even if it was to revive them, the idea still felt wrong.
'Hmm…'
'Let's just add this to Obito's tab.'
"Is it possible to use Impure World Reincarnation without the remains?"
"Can't you just use their souls?"
Holding onto a sliver of hope, Naruto pressed further.
He remembered that in the original work, Orochimaru Orochimaru had used souls to Impure World Reincarnation the Konoha's F4.
Orochimaru rolled his eyes on the spot and ignored the Kyubi's Jinchuriki, who seemed to have some mental problems.
'No remains?'
'Why don't you just use your own cells to summon your parents while you're at it?'
'Absolutely ridiculous!'
'And wasn't the whole point of this ritual to free the souls from the Shinigami's stomach?'
'What's the point of Impure World Reincarnation?'
'Enough already, I just want my arms back.'
As for Naruto's suggestion of using souls for Impure World Reincarnation...
Sorry, but his research on that area was still in its early stages.
Moreover, he is now putting most of his efforts into studying the merging of Kekkei Genkai, so using the Impure World Reincarnation with remains is already good enough.
"Using souls isn't possible right now."
"I'm starting."
Orochimaru muttered dismissively, then walked to the front of the group and began to dance.
As he danced strangely, a cold wind suddenly blew in the room, making everyone's hair stand on end.
It is unknown what Orochimaru had prepared in the room in advance, but it actually caused Shinigami to reveal his true appearance.
The Shinigami stared at the caster in front of him in confusion, its hollow eyes filled with confusion.
Before it could react, Orochimaru suddenly spread his arms, and the Shinigami behind him uncontrollably drew its dagger and slashed open its own stomach.
The moment the belly was cut open, all the souls sealed inside Shinigami's body flew out, and part of the soul of Orochimaru's hands was also restored.
Naruto felt mixed emotions as he witnessed his father's soul ascend to heaven.
'But…'
'Bringing back the old man Sandaime shouldn't be a problem, right?'
'I could also confirm whether my parents' bodies were really stolen.'
Just as Naruto zoned out, Orochimaru completed the ritual using his snake-skin sacrifice and successfully exploited a loophole in the Shinigami's rules.
"Auntie Snake, can you please call out Sandaime?"
"I've got some questions for him."
Orochimaru frowned, a look of slight displeasure on his face, 'What's wrong with this yellow-haired brat? Why does he keep calling me 'Auntie Snake'?'
Just as he was about to retort, Sasuke cut in first, "Hey! Hurry up, Orochimaru."
"Ara, can't you be a little nicer in your attitude when asking for help?"
Orochimaru smiled helplessly, then signaled Kimimaro to bring out another sacrifice, and also took out Hiruzen's cells.
"Impure World Reincarnation…"
After he formed hand seals again, a wooden coffin slowly emerged from the ground.
With a bang, the coffin lid fell off, revealing Hiruzen's body inside.
Hiruzen's eyes were closed, his mouth moved slightly, and he was still talking to himself.
"Kushina..."
"Let me tell you, Naruto is such a troublemaker in the living world..."
Uzumaki Naruto: "???"
'Holy sh*t!?'
'Is the old man Sandaime snitching to my mom in the Pure Land?!'
'What the hell!'
'The rules of the underworld say you don't involve family!'
When everyone heard what Hiruzen said, they all turned to look at the yellow-haired brat, their eyes full of gloating, even Sasuke's eyes gleamed with amusement.
'Good, good, good!'
'Now Naruto will be beaten by his mom when he sees her!'
Sasuke immediately felt refreshed and in a good mood.
"Hey!"
"Old man Sandaime!"
"What the hell did you just say?!"
Naruto flickered in front of Hiruzen, pointed at his nose and shouted angrily.
Hearing the familiar voice, Hiruzen slowly opened his eyes, and when he saw Naruto's signature yellow hair, his heart trembled violently.
'Oh no!'
'This kid actually learned the Impure World Reincarnation!!!'
'I knew it!'
Hiruzen felt utterly hopeless.
'I was living well in the Pure Land, so why was I called back to the world by this kid?'
Thinking of this, Hiruzen felt his blood pressure rising again. He reached into his pocket out of habit but remembered he no longer had his medicines.
"Naruto..."
"Listen to me first..."
Worried that this brat might pull another weird stunt, Hiruzen quickly thought about how to deal with this kid.
But when he looked up, he found his beloved disciple, Orochimaru.
"Orochimaru!!!"
"You bastard!"
When Hiruzen saw his disciple, then glanced at Naruto and Sasuke, his mind a complete mess.
"Naruto! Sasuke!"
"Did you two…"
"Followed Orochimaru and defected from the village!?"
Hiruzen was shocked. He never thought that so many things would happen after his death.
He originally wanted to question the two children, but suddenly, he remembered that these two children were absolute menaces back in the village, so his thoughts instantly took a strange turn.
'Wait…'
'Wouldn't them leaving actually be better for Konoha?'
Orochimaru originally wanted to mock Hiruzen, but when he heard him say that Naruto and Sasuke followed him to defect from the village, he was speechless.
'Please!'
'I genuinely wanted these two brats to return to Konoha Village now.'
'So they'd stop wrecking my few remaining hideouts.'
At this point, most of his carefully built hideouts were already gone.
If this kept up...
Orochimaru wouldn't even have enough resources left for his experiments.