Kushina was troubled by the physical aspect, because they were husband and wife, after all.
But Kakashi, as a Ninja, valued the soul and memories more; the body wasn't important.
"Do you understand?"
Before Kushina could react, Kakashi had already vanished into the darkness.
That guy, he figured everything out on his own without saying a word?
Figured out what?
"He didn't misunderstand, did he?" Kushina felt a headache coming on.
If it were before, she would have blurted everything out.
But now, she had just severed ties with Minato Namikaze and developed different feelings for Lin Mo, so for a moment, she truly didn't know what to do.
That's right, Kushina did have different thoughts about Lin Mo, and if anyone asked, she would openly admit it.
It was a complex emotion, like Stockholm Syndrome—the victim developing a dependence on, or even helping, their captor.
After learning from Minato Namikaze that the events of that year were a conspiracy, she felt a suffocating sense of injustice and found the Ninja World incredibly hypocritical.
Her family was destroyed, she was displaced, seemingly lucky to be rescued by Konoha, but in reality, it was only because Konoha needed a backup Jinchuriki. Otherwise, why couldn't they find her for so many years?
To completely control her as a Jinchuriki, Konoha even set up a "hero saves the beauty" scheme, making her willingly be with someone she originally disliked, and she even thought she was living happily.
Well, at least the later happiness was real, but she was killed not long after, and her child lived an even more miserable life in Konoha, despite being the son of a hero and the son of a Hokage.
Minato Namikaze, though furious after learning all this, had to suppress it because he was the Hokage.
Now, every breath of air in Konoha made her sick!
She even began to understand Obito's perspective. (Of course, she didn't agree with it.)
Just as she felt herself falling into an abyss, Lin Mo updated his diary.
The brilliant smile at the beginning was like a ray of light that shone directly into her heart, illuminating her entirely.
She suddenly realized that in this world full of lies, there was actually a sincere person.
Moreover, this person had a special affection for her, treating her unconditionally well.
There was no conspiracy, no manipulation, and certainly no exploitation.
Therefore, her current thoughts were exactly the same as Yakumo Kurama's.
"Is this, then, the liberation that heaven has granted me?"
With a strange feeling, Kushina closed the door and walked into the living room.
At this moment, Naruto poked his head out of the bathroom and asked curiously, "Mom, did Lin Mo-nii come back?"
"No, it's not Lin Mo, it's Kakashi." Kushina looked up and said with a smile, "Naruto, Mommy will be leaving soon."
"Before I go, Mommy needs to tell you some truths."
"If someone has wronged you, you must retaliate; if someone has been kind to you, you must repay them. Never let the people you care about suffer for the approval of unimportant people!"
Kushina patiently explained these principles to Naruto.
Her words were very well-reasoned.
Lin Mo was oblivious to all of this.
After writing in his diary for a while, he wanted to read Jiraiya's book.
"All the material collected over these years can't go to waste."
"I wonder who's better, this one or that 'certain white, golden plum' one."
Lin Mo reached out and opened the first volume of icha icha paradise.
At the same time, the entire Ninja World was in turmoil.
Land of Rice Fields, Hidden Sound Village.
In a long, dark passage, candlelight flickered.
A man with long black hair, golden slit pupils, purple eyeshadow extending to his nose, and skin as pale as if he hadn't seen the sun for years, appeared.
He wore teal magatama earrings, which sent shivers down one's spine.
He was Orochimaru, one of Konoha's Three Legendary Sannin, the cold-blooded Snake Lord.
"Interesting, truly interesting."
"Uzumaki Kushina, she actually resurrected."
Orochimaru put down the intelligence report Yakushi Kabuto had sent from Konoha, unconsciously licking his face with his tongue.
He had always pursued eternal life, and now he had finally completed the Impure World Reincarnation, allowing him to live on by freely switching bodies.
But this kind of eternal life was still not perfect, and the body wasn't as comfortable as his original.
If he could possess a Bloodline Limit, that would be a different story.
And now, this "resurrection" had actually happened, piquing his research interest.
Additionally, Yakushi Kabuto's report stated that Kushina had killed Danzo, using eight Shadow Clones and deploying two Four Red Yang Formations.
If Kushina were still the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, he might have believed it.
But the Nine-Tailed should now be part of the Fourth Hokage's "legacy."
That made Kushina's strength unfathomable.
Was it because of this "resurrection"?
Thinking of this, Orochimaru said coldly, "Capture a living person and take them to the Third Laboratory."
"Yes!"
A voice came from the darkness.
Orochimaru only slowly walked to the Third Laboratory after finishing his current tasks.
It was filled with test tubes and petri dishes, containing cells or bodies cultivated from cells.
He walked to the petri dish marked "Dark," scraped off a piece of flesh, and then entered the adjacent experimental area. Someone was already manipulating a prisoner there.
"That is the Edo Tensei Jutsu."
After some commotion, Orochimaru used a living person as a sacrifice, and his own flesh as a bridge, to perform a Ninjutsu.
"Oh my god!"
Accompanied by a chilling scream, a layer of paper-like substance emerged from the person's body, stacking up layer by layer, slowly taking on a human form.
Orochimaru shoved a kunai with a talisman attached into this person's head, then made a few hand signs and said, "Wake up, Danzo!"
The one summoned was none other than Danzo, who had recently died in Konoha Village.
Who in this world could be clearer about the situation than the person involved himself?
"Whoosh."
Danzo's left eye opened.
Seeing Orochimaru's sinister smile and realizing his current situation, his face immediately fell, and he said, "This is the Second Hokage's Edo Tensei Jutsu."
"Orochimaru, I didn't expect you to actually pull it off."
"If I hadn't learned this Ninjutsu, how would I have had the chance to send my esteemed teacher to the afterlife?" Orochimaru cackled, "I even prepared a generous gift for him."
Danzo ignored him, first checking his right eye, only to find it completely unusable.
He understood, Shisui's right eye was completely ruined.
"Orochimaru, you're not looking for an old man like me just for small talk, are you?" Danzo said coldly, "If you want me to betray Konoha, you can give up that idea right now."
Orochimaru burst into laughter at these words.
This old man, even in death, was still so fake.
He clearly coveted the position of Hokage in his heart, yet he claimed to want to eliminate the weak and unworthy Hiruzen Sarutobi for the sake of the Village.
What did Sakumo Hatake do wrong? Should the Uchiha Clan die? And his right eye, how did it become a Mangekyo Sharingan? Where did it come from?
However, Orochimaru had no interest in arguing with Danzo or exposing his true colors.
To him, these were all trivial matters!
"Where did you get that Mangekyo Sharingan in your right eye?" Orochimaru asked the question he cared about.
He was certain that the Nine-Tails incident was not Danzo's doing; at that time, he was researching Senju Hashirama's cells with this guy.
Besides, Danzo hadn't replaced his arm yet, and the Uchiha Clan hadn't been annihilated, so where would he get so many "resurrection coins"? His right eye was just an ordinary Sharingan then.
"Uchiha Shisui." Danzo didn't hide anything.
"Uchiha Shisui." Orochimaru muttered the name, involuntarily recalling Uchiha Itachi, who had caused him such humiliation.
He, Orochimaru, was the Cold Lord, one of the famous Sannin during the Second Great Ninja War.
Yet, he was easily defeated by a fourteen-year-old brat, Uchiha Itachi, without even a chance to make a move.
Although he had just changed bodies at the time, his body was still weak, and he didn't understand Uchiha Itachi's abilities, coupled with some other reasons, he was subdued by the other's Mangekyo Sharingan.
But that sense of shame, he had always kept in mind, even giving him an obsession with obtaining a pair of Sharingan.
"What can his Mangekyo Sharingan do?" Orochimaru asked.
"Kotoamatsukami, its effect is..." Danzo spoke the name.
"The greatest Genjutsu, capable of twisting a person's will." Orochimaru murmured, unconsciously licking his lips with his tongue.
His eyes gleamed with an unprecedented desire.
If he could get Kotoamatsukami, he would definitely be able to contend with Uchiha Itachi.
"Do you know where the other Kotoamatsukami is?"
"Not sure, but if it wasn't destroyed by Shisui, it's probably with Uchiha Itachi."
Orochimaru was silent for a moment.
"Then do you know where Shisui's body is?"
"Don't even think about it, Shisui's body was burned to ashes by the Uchiha Clan long ago." Danzo sneered.
"I see." Orochimaru pouted, then continued, "Then let's talk about Uzumaki Kushina. Is she really alive again?"
"That's right." Danzo's eyes were filled with hatred, and he said angrily, "She has indeed resurrected, and her strength is even greater than when she was alive without using the Nine-Tailed's power. I'm no match for her at all."
"It seems you really want to kill her?"
"You're asking on purpose." Danzo replied coldly, "Orochimaru, as long as you let me personally deal with Uzumaki Kushina and Hiruzen, I'll tell you all the information I know."
Orochimaru didn't ask rhetorical questions like, "Didn't you just say you wouldn't betray Konoha?"
Danzo was selfish to the extreme, yet always loved to put on a righteous facade.
"Don't worry, you'll have your chance."
In other words, Edo Tensei could only control the body, not the heart.
Otherwise, Orochimaru wouldn't have bothered with Danzo.
But this way was also fine, it just required a bit more effort.
"You should get some rest first." Orochimaru summoned a coffin and put the unconscious Danzo inside.
Then, he began to ponder.
The Konoha Crush Plan, killing just Hiruzen Sarutobi wasn't enough.
"It seems the cooperation with Rasa needs to be re-evaluated."
At the same time, in Sunagakure of the Land of Wind.
Rasa and his subordinates also received news of the events in Konoha Village.
In fact, all the Hidden Villages had already received this news.
"I think the Konoha Crush Plan needs to be changed." Rasa pondered, saying, "The Fourth Hokage's wife, the former Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, has resurrected. We still don't know if the Fourth Hokage has also resurrected."
"If the Fourth Hokage has also resurrected, now is not a good time to make a move."
They had all experienced the Third Great Ninja War and knew how troublesome Minato Namikaze was.
Not to mention, Kushina's displayed strength already far surpassed Danzo, the leader of Konoha's Anbu.
"Send Temari to Konoha. It's a good opportunity for her to scout out the situation first."
"Intelligence Division, get moving."
Iwagakure, Kumogakure (Cloud Village), and Hidden Mist Village made the same decision.
"Tell Kurotsuchi and Mei Terumī to obtain more detailed information at all costs."
This matter was closely linked to the Fourth Hokage and the major event of resurrection.
Who could remain unmoved, who could not care?
The night was dark and windy, and people's hearts were stirred.
At this moment, the ladies holding copies of the diary were waiting with anticipation.
They knew that Kushina's resurrection was entirely due to that diary, so they weren't surprised.
They would definitely keep the secrets in the diary under wraps.
It was almost midnight.
The new round of rewards was about to be revealed!
[The diary's reward segment officially begins.]
[First Prize: Chakra automatically increases by ten percent.]
[Winners: Uzumaki Kushina, Kurenai Yuhi, Yūgao Uzuki, Ino Yamanaka, Hyuga Hinata...]
When the first prize was announced, everyone didn't react much.
[Second Prize: A random person (mentioned more than ten times and has read the diary) will receive a mysterious magical blessing.]
[Drawing successful. Congratulations to Karin Uzumaki! The content of the magical blessing is confidential.]
[Third Prize: Random rewards, including but not limited to...]
[Winner: Uzumaki Kushina]
[Prize: Spiritualization Technique (winner chose to keep it confidential)]
"Spiritualization Technique?"
In the Eight Trigrams Sealing Style space, Kushina, who had already returned, looked surprised.
She understood this Ninjutsu; it was an S-rank soul Ninjutsu that allowed the soul to leave the body, separating spirit and body. The soul would transform into a spirit body, capable of traversing distances, attacking enemies, and even controlling an opponent's body or invading their consciousness, causing them to die from mental collapse.
Moreover, the spirit body could perceive others' souls, find them no matter how far away, fly regardless of distance, and easily transmit messages or transfer Chakra.
During the Second Great Ninja War, Kato Dan gained fame with this technique, and his prominence at the time was no less than Minato Namikaze's, who was famous for his Flying Thunder God.
Unfortunately, this technique had flaws; its self-preservation ability was inferior to Flying Thunder God, and Kato Dan met a tragic end.
But for the current Kushina, this was absolutely a "grand prize" comparable to resurrection.
"This is great! This way, I can stay in the present world forever."
Kushina happily bounced around.
She was quite dissatisfied with Naruto's training tonight.
Unfortunately, her time outside was limited, and she had to return to the Sealing Space.
Of course, she didn't necessarily have to go back; if she wanted, she could leave a Shadow Clone outside.
However, that would require her to split half of her Chakra from the Eight Trigrams Sealing Style.
Before, her Chakra was overflowing, like a full tank of water; now, it was only a basin's worth.
But with "infinite energy," this was no longer an issue.
No matter how much Chakra she used, it would instantly replenish, which was why she dared to boldly deploy the Four Red Yang Formation.
Alas, now that she no longer had that "inexhaustible energy," she was like a fixed amount of water in a basin, diminishing with each use.
If nothing happened, that would be fine, but what if the Eight Trigrams Sealing Style was opened? What then?