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Chapter 154 The Fourth Hokage Appears

While Tobirama was helping Hashirama revive, the Third Hokage was also preparing to revive the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze.

Because Minato Namikaze died after using the Reaper Death Seal, his soul had already been devoured by the Grim Reaper.

To resurrect him, his soul must first be freed from the belly of Death.

Orochimaru already has a solution to this.

Just like in the original story, Orochimaru and his group arrived at the forbidden area of ​​the Uzumaki clan—Namendo.

Wearing a mask representing the Grim Reaper, he successfully caused the Grim Reaper to cut open his stomach and release Minato Namikaze's soul after sacrificing the soul of a condemned prisoner.

He then used the molting technique of snakes and the Great Snake Flow Substitution Technique to successfully deceive Death and avoid having his soul cut off by Death.

The Grim Reaper, who had made a losing deal, was nearly driven mad by Orochimaru's shameless actions.

But what can He do?

He couldn't do anything to Orochimaru, and could only return to the Pure Land with boundless rage.

"Now that's enough. With Minato's own soul as the medium for the Impure World Reincarnation, we can begin to revive him."

After saying that, Orochimaru began to form hand seals and used the Impure World Reincarnation to revive Minato Namikaze.

"Um?"

When Minato Namikaze opened his eyes, he was greeted by the Third Hokage, Orochimaru, Kakashi, and others.

Jiraiya, the Fifth Hokage, did not come to the Namen Hall with Orochimaru this time because he had to handle official business and stay in Konoha.

"Minato, welcome back."

Taking a drag of his cigarette, the Third Hokage looked at Minato Namikaze with a rather complex expression.

Orochimaru originally intended to revive Minato and his wife in one go.

However, the Third Hokage was somewhat afraid to face Kushina and wanted to revive Minato first, and then revive Kushina after telling him what had happened over the years, especially about Naruto.

With Minato acting as a buffer, Kushina shouldn't kill him, right?

"Third Hokage, what's going on?"

"Kakashi, go and tell Minato what's going on."

"Yes, Sandaime-sama."

Watching Kakashi pull Minato aside to explain the situation, Orochimaru smiled and asked the Third Hokage, "Old man, do you think Minato will blame you for treating Naruto that way?"

The fact that the Third Hokage was smoking more frequently showed how anxious he was.

"I believe in Minato. He's the Hokage of Konoha, he should understand me."

"Yes, he is the Hokage, a Hokage who died for his wife and entrusted his only son to your care."

Orochimaru, completely oblivious to his master's darkening expression, continued, "It's also your fault, old man. You promised Minato you'd take good care of Naruto, but what happened? I'm embarrassed to even mention it."

"Orochimaru, do you think I'm too old to teach you a lesson?"

"Heh, what else can you do besides complaining to the second generation?"

Orochimaru sneered, "Instead of thinking about how to teach me a lesson, you should be thinking about how to avoid being killed by Kushina."

Minato has a gentle nature and might forgive the Third Hokage.

However, Kushina has a very volatile temper.

Even when she was still in ninja school, she earned the nickname "Red Hot Chili Pepper" because of her volatile temper.

When she loses her temper, even Minato can't control her.

If she finds out that her precious son was treated like that by the Third Hokage, breaking a few ribs would be the least of her worries.

"Orochimaru, do you have any good suggestions?"

"I think you'd better not try to fight back. You probably can't beat Kushina now."

Considering his own age, the Third Hokage had to admit that he was truly getting old.

His bodily functions have deteriorated severely, his chakra reserves are only two-thirds of what they were at their peak, and his recovery speed has dropped to an appalling level.

Even if he can be on par with Kushina for a short period of time, he will definitely not be her match in the long run.

"If that's the case, why not try playing the victim?"

"Playing the victim? How exactly do you do that?"

"It's simple. At your age, if you don't talk back or fight back when Kushina insults you, and just cry your eyes out, she might just hit you a few times to vent her anger. After all, beating an old person isn't something to be proud of."

"It has to be you, Orochimaru. Only you could come up with such a cunning and brilliant plan."

Orochimaru rolled his eyes, stopped talking to the Third Hokage, and went to stand in front of Kakashi and Minato.

Just then, Kakashi gave a brief explanation of what had happened over the past few years.

When Kakashi spoke of Naruto's situation back then, Minato's fists clenched involuntarily.

"Minato, if it were me, I definitely couldn't tolerate it. You gave your life for the village, and yet the village treats your son like this. Is this right? This is not right."

"Lord Orochimaru, what are you doing?"

Minato was at a loss for words when faced with Orochimaru's provocation.

"Don't worry about me, just pretend I don't exist. Old man, you can hit me however you want, I won't help you."

"Sigh~ I think the Third Hokage must have had his own reasons for doing that."

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Distracted by Orochimaru, Minato was too embarrassed to attack the Third Hokage.

Firstly, he was the previous Hokage, Jiraiya's teacher, and also his own grandmaster.

Secondly, he is, after all, an old man, an elder.

He wouldn't do something like beating up an elder.

However, just because he can't do it doesn't mean others can't.

The clever Minato had already figured out why he was the first to be resurrected using Edo Tensei.

Isn't it just that I wanted him to persuade Kushina?

As a junior, he would naturally advise Kushina to prevent the Third Hokage from dying on the spot.

However, everyone knows how terrifying Kushina is when she's in a rage, and he loves his wife very much, so it's impossible for him to be violent towards her.

So it would be perfectly reasonable if he couldn't persuade Kushina then, right?

The group quickly returned to the village.

According to the plan, Minato will return to the laboratory with Orochimaru.

There, he will be resurrected alongside Kushina and Kakashi's father, Sakumo Hatake.

However, after entering Konoha Village, Minato suddenly said that he wanted to see Naruto first.

And in order to leave a good impression on Naruto, his appearance had to be cool enough.

Orochimaru said he didn't care about Minato's demands and his chuunibyou ideas.

Anyway, it won't take much time, so let's just meet.

As for how to make a cool entrance, Orochimaru patted his chest and said, "Leave it to me!"

Orochimaru's arrangement was also very simple and brutal.

He disguised himself as a ninja from an enemy village who had infiltrated Konoha, and was unintentionally discovered by Naruto, who was training.

After giving Naruto a good beating, Minato Namikaze can then make his grand entrance.

"Damn it, who are you?"

"Hehehe, I'm the one who will kill you."

Deep in the forests of Konoha, Naruto is practicing how to make a Rasengan with one hand.

Just then, Orochimaru, disguised as a ninja from an enemy village, appeared and quickly beat Naruto up.

Just as Naruto was wondering whether he should use the Nine-Tails' power, a specially made kunai "whooshed" into the spot between him and the enemy.

Before Naruto could react, a very handsome ninja wearing a divine robe and with the same yellow hair as him appeared in front of him.

Upon closer inspection, the robe bore the five large characters: "Fourth Hokage".

"Naruto, I'm not late, am I?"

(End of this chapter)