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Chapter 551 Death's Roadside
Beneath the laboratory's dome, a massive altar rose from the ground.
"Orochimaru, I always thought you scientists were meticulous, but I never expected you to be able to perform witchcraft." Kakuzu couldn't help but sigh when he saw the altar.
It felt like a scientist who kept saying he believed in science, then flew away on a sword the next morning.
In short—outrageous!
"Hehe, let's begin."
Orochimaru stood before the altar, put on a mask, and began to dance. As he made hand seals, the image of the Grim Reaper appeared in the sky.
Death was stunned, unable to sense for a moment who had given the order or whose soul had been severed.
Just as he was stunned, Orochimaru took out a knife and slashed open his own stomach. The Shinigami felt a sharp pain in his stomach, looked down, and found that he had also been cut open.
"Now!" Orochimaru shouted.
In reality, it was telling everyone to quickly use the Impure World Reincarnation technique to remove the two people from her belly.
However, Aburame Shicheng released a large number of Soul-Eating Insects. Death saw that things were going badly and tried to escape back to the Pure Land, but unexpectedly, the evil god's hook caught him tightly.
"Traitor to God, I curse you!"
"Trash!" Hidan gave him a thumbs-down, mocking him, saying that this Shinigami was now only making a last-ditch effort.
Tens of thousands of soul-devouring insects, like leafcutter wasps, ignored his screams and soon sliced him into pieces. Shortly after, ghost-immortal insects appeared and swallowed the pieces of Death in a few bites.
Only the souls of the couple appeared intact in mid-air, but before the Pure Land could summon them.
Among the onlookers, only Kabuto Yakushi was the most reliable. He took out two precious White Zetsu and used the Impure World Reincarnation technique.
He clapped his hands on the altar.
Two illusory figures fell from the void and slowly entered the physical body.
The physical appearances began to change—the man's face became handsome and gentle, his golden hair swaying amidst the surging chakra; the woman's face appeared resolute yet gentle, her red hair burning like flames.
The Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze.
Uzumaki Kushina.
The two bodies on the altar opened their eyes at the same time.
"here it is……"
Minato was the first to sit up, his gaze sweeping over his surroundings.
His eyes quickly cleared from initial confusion. Although Orochimaru had modified his resurrected body, the feeling of being neither alive nor dead was still vivid.
He soon noticed the abnormality in his body; he was not truly alive, but rather like shredded pieces of paper.
"Impure World Reincarnation Technique!" As the Fourth Hokage, he naturally understood Konoha's forbidden techniques and instantly thought of the technique's name.
Kushina also woke up and instinctively grabbed Minato's arm, activating the Vajra Seal.
However, the next second she was pressed down by her husband, Minato, who said, "Calm down."
Because Minato saw Shisei Aburame standing directly in front of him!
However, in his memory, Shisei Aburame was still Shiraki's strategist, because he was a powerful ninja who could kill his master, but that was all.
But the aura he exudes now clearly belongs to a superior.
Aburame Shisei spoke, his voice calm, "Welcome back to the world of the living, Fourth Hokage."
"Shiraki-senpai, stop joking with me. What do you want to do by reviving me?" Minato stood up and shielded Kushina behind him.
"As long as it doesn't violate morality, I will try my best to help you with anything, no matter how difficult it is, but please don't hurt my wife."
"Heh! With your strength, you'd have trouble even defeating a tailed beast. These days, tailed beasts are just our pets." Deidara stepped forward and taunted precisely.
At this moment, Minato Namikaze realized that, judging from the aura and energy emanating from their bodies, there were at least 20 Kage-level powerhouses surrounding this altar laboratory.
Even the energy guarding the gate is exceptionally powerful and should not be underestimated.
In particular, none of them were wearing headbands!
At this point, Kushina hadn't quite grasped the situation and immediately demanded, "Where is this? Why did you revive us?"
"This is the capital of the Takigaki Insect Empire." Orochimaru stepped out from the side of the altar with a scholarly smile on his face. "As for why we resurrected you, Fourth Hokage, your Flying Thunder God Technique is a subject of our research."
Upon hearing all the ninjutsu techniques, Minato immediately became alert: "You want to use the Flying Thunder God Technique?"
"Not the Flying Thunder God Technique." Orochimaru made no attempt to hide his intentions. "To be precise, we want your spatial talent, that innate ability to perceive spatial coordinates. Your cellular substance and your soul matter will become the keys to unlocking the mystery of spatial abilities."
Orochimaru became more and more engrossed in his speech, and finally added, "And the Flying Thunder God Technique, we actually already obtained that long ago."
"I'm sorry, I refuse. Thank you for getting us back together, but now I want to go home."
No sooner had he finished speaking than Minato's arm was already wrapped around Kushina's waist.
The Flying Thunder God Technique instantly took shape in his palm. He was leaving, taking Kushina with him, to return to Konoha first and figure out the current situation.
The technique is activated.
A spatial ripple flashed and then disappeared.
Minato's body remained completely still.
"What's going on!" Minato's expression changed instantly.
His Flying Thunder God Technique had somehow gone out of control.
That wasn't a simple sealing technique, nor was it a regular barrier technique.
His spatial perception told him that this space was locked by an extremely complex structure, a field woven from pheromones by countless insects, which was finally connected by a special force and solidified the space.
"Insect Domain Barrier." Aburame Shisei's voice came from behind. "After someone escaped from me using the Flying Thunder God Technique last time, I made some improvements."
Minato turned around and finally noticed the tiny insects surrounding them. They were all different colors and emitted a strange frequency that strongly disturbed the surrounding space.
In fact, Aburame Shicheng had already discovered that the reason why the insect domain could not completely stabilize time and space last time was because there was no master insect in charge.
Although the Five Elements Main Insects are currently missing one Thunder Fairy Insect, which has not yet successfully molted.
However, the spacetime sealing barrier formed by the Spacetime Insect, along with thousands of other insects, is already the limit that an ordinary ninja could not break through even after a lifetime of effort.
If the five elements are combined and the Time Insect is added, even a sixth-level spatial divine technique will be unable to move it.
"Fourth Hokage, don't put up a futile resistance." Orochimaru took a step forward. "We mean no harm. I just want to take some samples from you. Cells, blood, a small amount of soul matter—these won't cause you permanent damage."
"And then?" Minato's voice turned cold. "Turn my talent into something that can be transplanted at will?"