Konoha: Starting with a sign-in for Hashirama cells

After much persuasion, Naruto finally learned the real reason from Hanabi.

As he suspected, it was related to the Flying Thunder God technique, but not because he encountered a problem he didn't understand; rather…

"Can't I use it...?" Naruto remained silent.

"I have a complete grasp of the theoretical knowledge of the Flying Thunder God Technique," Hanabi said in a muffled voice.

"The marking was completed, and I followed the instructions exactly as written. However, I couldn't sense the marking; it was all blank."

"Brother-in-law, I am not as outstanding as you think or say. I have no talent, I can't learn the Flying Thunder God Technique, and I have wasted more than half a year of my life."

“Who said you wasted half a year?” Naruto said.

The fact that Hanabi possesses such powerful space-time eye techniques in the future must be closely related to her obsession with space-time techniques.

Without the wholehearted dedication of the past six months, and without this psychological adjustment, Hanabi might not have been able to awaken such a powerful eye technique.

“Effort doesn’t lie,” Naruto said. “I believe you can definitely master space-time abilities. You are the best genius, without a doubt.”

"Stop telling me these comforting lies," Hanabi said dejectedly.

"What kind of genius am I? Compared to my older sister, I'm far inferior. My older sister is the real genius."

How can I comfort him? Naruto is really worried.

Hanabi never went to school, nor did she suffer any setbacks. She has always had a smooth and successful life, full of confidence. I hope this doesn't cause her to become depressed.

After thinking for a moment, Naruto said, "It's not a lie, I genuinely believe it."

Hanabi parted her fingers, her pure white eyes, slightly reddened, peering at Naruto through the gaps: "How real is it?"

Naruto said, enunciating each word clearly, "I firmly believe that Hyuga Hanabi will be able to master space-time abilities in the near future."

"If I utter even half a lie, may I die a violent death, a terrible one."

The fireworks display was sluggish.

~~~

The border of the Land of Lightning.

A certain high mountain.

What is unknown is that part of the interior has been hollowed out to build a secret base with a barrier that can block perception, making it very difficult to detect.

Space twists in a spiral.

Covered in blood, with only half his body remaining, Obito crawled with difficulty.

He grabbed a container filled with interstitial cells from the table and injected them into his body using a syringe.

"Oh dear! How did you end up in such a sorry state?" A white Zetsu emerged from the ground, surprised.

"We've encountered a formidable enemy," Obito said calmly.

Using shadow clones and mechanisms created with Wood Release, they successfully destroyed the talisman located in the heart.

Next, all the problematic interstitial cells in the body are removed.

It's no exaggeration to say that it almost cost him his life.

"It can be considered a blessing in disguise," Obito thought to himself.

Naruto helped him identify which Hashirama cells were problematic.

If he were to be eliminated entirely, he would surely die.

He still retained some healthy Hashirama cells, which were enough to sustain his life and allow him to return here alive for reimplantation of Hashirama cells.

Thus, he completely broke free from Madara's control and was no longer a puppet who had no control over his own life.

Having refused White Zetsu's offer to help accelerate Hashirama's cell fusion, Obito didn't want to be subjected to any further manipulation: "Where's Black Zetsu? Still haven't been found?"

"No, I don't know where they went. I've searched everywhere I can think of," Bai Jue said.

"If we can't find him, then so be it," Obito said. "Starting today, closely monitor one person. I need to know his detailed information."

"Who is it?" Bai Jue asked curiously.

“The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki of Konoha Village,” Obito said. “Naruto Uzumaki.”

~~~

After feeding Hanabi, Naruto found the ninjutsu scroll that Hinata had kept in the drawer. It contained the Yin Seal and the Hundred Healings Technique.

Don't overthink things, just learn these two things first.

After watching her brother-in-law leave, Hanabi lay on her back, staring blankly at the ceiling.

She was already disheartened and regretted learning the Flying Thunder God Technique, thinking it was a waste of time and energy, but unexpectedly...

My brother-in-law remained steadfast in his belief in her, convinced that she could do it, and encouraged her to pull herself together.

"So warm..." Hanabi murmured.

"Does my older sister feel the same way? Or is it different?"

"I want to hear my brother-in-law say more, I really want to..."

Finding her own thoughts strange, Hanabi shook her head, stopped thinking about it, and instead opened the scroll to begin her new studies.

Chapter 168 Reanimation Madara

I reminded my mother to also practice the Hundred Healings Technique and the Yin Seal.

Hinata has her own plans, so there's no need to tell her anything.

After confirming that everything was alright, Naruto teleported to the frozen Land of Snow and summoned his Six Paths clone, Madara.

In replacement, a Wood Release clone is dispatched to act as Kazaka Koyuki's bodyguard.

“It has nothing to do with Obito; it was entirely Black Zetsu’s idea,” Naruto thought to himself.

"It wants to find Madara, and its intention is not hard to guess. It simply wants to revive Madara. Now that it has control of Nagato, it can do it."

"What I need to do and what I can do can be summarized into three things."

"Becoming stronger is the top priority, and it cannot be shaken. With enough strength to sweep away everything, there is nothing to fear."

"Preventing Madara's resurrection is the second thing."

Madara is too perfect, possessing both wisdom and strength, rich combat experience, composure, and cunning. To achieve his goals, his methods are undeniably ruthless.

"Find Black Zetsu, or rather, find a way to lure it out and do your best to seal it away."

Having gained Kaguya's power, it remains unknown what Black Zetsu has become.

All I know is that the danger level of Nagato, Madara's Rinnegan, and the Gedo Mazo in Black Zetsu's hands has increased several levels.

While pondering, Naruto acted swiftly, withdrawing the power of his Rinnegan, controlling his father Minato, and sealing Madara's corpse tightly. Finally…

It landed in a scroll the size of a palm.

“In that case, we can’t use the Rinne Rebirth to revive Madara.” Naruto stroked the scroll thoughtfully. “I wonder if Black Zetsu preserved Madara’s body tissue?”

The secret laboratory of Tobirama the Second.

There was a flash of golden light.

Naruto, who appeared out of nowhere, spoke up: "How's the progress?"

Orochimaru, buried in a pile of scrolls, said without looking up, "It's mostly done. Give me a few more days to finalize some details."

Naruto nodded in satisfaction. He wasn't disappointed. With Orochimaru, a genius, leading the effort, breaking the Reaper Death Seal went very smoothly.

“I’m here for something else. Help me revive someone using the Impure World Reincarnation technique. Is this amount of body tissue enough?” Naruto said, tossing something over.

Orochimaru caught it, weighed it in his hand, and said, "More than enough."

“Let’s begin then,” Naruto said.

"Are there any requirements regarding the strength of the person being resurrected?" Orochimaru asked.

"The better the offerings used in the Impure World Reincarnation, the closer the resurrected strength will be to that of the person in life."

"If there are no requirements, then let's just go with the bare minimum," Naruto said.

Orochimaru understood.

It took him more than ten minutes to find a terrible, ordinary sacrifice in one of his secret bases.

In front of Naruto, he formed hand seals and activated the Impure World Reincarnation.

The souls residing in the pure land of the underworld are summoned here.

The unfortunate soul, sacrificed as a sacrifice, was filled with panic, unable to change its fate of dying, and was covered by a large amount of dust.

Soon, influenced by the soul, these dust particles began to resemble spots.

Just then, Naruto suddenly made his move, intending to extract Madara's soul and seal it away while Madara was still unable to move.

As if sensing something, Madara opened his eyes ahead of time, and his blue Susanoo, in the form of a skeleton, blocked Naruto.

"Huh?" Orochimaru was taken aback.

"What happened?" Naruto asked.

"I don't know. His soul reaction and strength are different from those of the people I've summoned before," Orochimaru said solemnly and puzzledly.

"Without using a spell to erase his consciousness, I have no way to forcibly control him."

"This feeling...Is it Edo Tensei?" Madara looked at his hands, which were still in the process of changing dust.

His gaze shifted to Orochimaru, who was clearly the one who cast the spell, and Naruto, lingering particularly long on Naruto's Rinnegan.

"Who...are you people?"

Villains die from talking too much. Taking this as a lesson, Naruto will not explain the whole story to an opponent who is destined to be his enemy.

With his Rinnegan power depleted, he activated his unique Rinnegan eye technique, Suerishiten.

Ignoring Susanoo's protection, it directly grabbed Madara from inside.

Using this invisible hand as a medium, he activated the power of the Human Path, reaching the depths of his heart, to extract Ban's soul.

"What!" Ban's face changed slightly as he felt his soul becoming unstable, as if something was pulling and dragging it outward.