Chapter 71 Myth and Origin (Fifth update, please give me a monthly vote)

Naruto and Karin stayed in "Whirlpool Village" for more than two months before they copied all the "inscriptions" in the village.

During this period, they received some letters from Jiraiya.

Some hoped that he could return to the Land of Fire.

There were also requests for him to attend the ceremony of Hatake Kakashi's succession to the "Fifth Hokage".

There were also some miscellaneous contents.

Most of them were rejected by Naruto.

Only when Kakashi succeeded to the Fifth Hokage did Naruto summon a shadow clone to congratulate Kakashi. But the original body still stayed in the Land of Whirlpools to study these inscriptions.

Most of the valuable things have been taken away by other ninja villages.

Most of the things left here are some "myths" and "history".

Recorded on the inscriptions.

The Uzumaki clan is the descendant of the Six Paths Sage. They experienced some things during the Warring States Period. Finally, the clan leader Uzumaki Ashina led them to establish a ninja village on this island and signed a friendly contract with the first Hokage, Hashirama Senju, to become a part of Konoha.

The record of the "God of Death" on the inscription is independent of the history of the Uzumaki clan.

It is a very ancient god. During the Warring States Period, the Uzumaki clan found it and signed a contract. It can be summoned by performing a spell to harvest the souls of the enemy. Of course, the price of doing so is to sacrifice the user's soul together.

It is really old.

The inscription does not specify what period of god it is, but there is a passage that clearly states that it is older than the Six Paths Sage.

Staring at this line of text.

Naruto frowned: "Six Paths Sage. I seem to have heard of his legend."

"He is the first user of chakra."

"He is also the one who brought chakra to this world."

Karin nodded.

The myth of the "Six Paths Sage" she had heard of is also like this.

"If we follow this myth," Naruto continued, "then everything that belongs to chakra should only come after the Six Paths Sage."

"Then the existence of the God of Death"

"should not be older than the Six Paths Sage."

Is the record of the Uzumaki clan wrong?

But the inscription clearly states that the Six Paths Sage is the ancestor of the Uzumaki clan.

It doesn't make sense that there would be mistakes in things related to ancestors.

What a pity.

The Country of Whirlpools was destroyed twenty years ago.

Otherwise, if we ask the elders of the clan, we can directly understand more clearly and more certain content.

"The text materials here do not record any knowledge related to the technique of the Shiki Fuujin." Karin flipped through the copied text and eliminated those relatively irrelevant contents. "The only useful information may be this."

She pointed to a line of text.

"The sacrifices offered to the God of Death will be absorbed and stored in his stomach, instead of going to the Pure Land after death like normal souls."

This short line of text contains an enormous amount of information.

"Pure Land." Naruto repeated the two words.

Is this the name for the place that holds the souls of the dead in this world?

It seems that

the ninjas are not as ignorant of souls as he thought.

They have known about this for a long time, but this should be quite niche knowledge, and he has never heard of it before.

And more importantly.

The meaning of this sentence.

The soul that has used this technique will be stored in the belly of the evil ghost.

In this way, even if he finds the "Pure Land", he may not be able to find the souls of his parents.

They are sealed in the belly of the god of death.

"Where are we going next?" Karin sorted out these scrolls, arranged them one by one according to their importance, labeled them, and sealed them one by one.

Naruto thought for a moment: "Let's first find out what these gods are like?"

"After we find out what they are, we'll find that guy called the god of death."

Karin paused: "Speaking of which, shrines that worship gods are not uncommon."

"I saw some when I was in the Land of Grass."

"It seems that there are also many shrines and temples that worship gods in the Land of Fire?"

Naruto nodded.

Speaking of this, he remembered that when he was performing "D"-level missions in Konoha before, he had seen some "shrine maidens" and "monks" from the capital of the Land of Fire coming to Konoha.

Their status is much higher than that of ninjas.

They can communicate with those "nobles" and "rich businessmen" on an equal footing, or even at a high position.

"Then let's go to those places first." Naruto finalized the itinerary.

They packed up their things and left the Land of Whirlpools.

He took a look at the small village that he had saved before.

Their lives have not improved much.

Although the little boy had not yet refined chakra, his body had become visibly stronger.

When Naruto and Karin were on their way.

In the Land of Fields, the Hidden Sound Village.

In an underground secret base.

Kabuto Yakushi stood in front of a white-haired boy.

"Didn't you bring Sasuke back?" The white-haired boy saw that there was no one around him, only one person came back, and said calmly, "You are so incompetent, Kabuto."

"Don't say that to me, Kimimaro." Even though he was scolded, Kabuto Yakushi still smiled, and he didn't look angry at all, "Sasuke was not convinced by Lord Orochimaru's power."

"I persuaded him many times."

"Even after he was injured by Uchiha Itachi, he risked being discovered by Konoha and broke into the hospital."

"Even that didn't persuade him."

"He doesn't seem to trust Orochimaru."

The boy called "Kimimaro" narrowed his eyes, chakra surged, and instantly appeared in front of Kabuto, stretched out his hand to cut, and his nails extended as sharp as a blade, leaving a blood line on his neck: "Don't blame your incompetence on Orochimaru."

Yakushi Kabuto smiled and held Kimimaro's hand: "Then forgive my incompetence ”

“Do you need me to try again?”

“The security of Konoha is very strong recently. If I break in again, I may have to wait for a while until they relax. ”

Kimimaro pulled back his hand and snorted coldly: "Lord Orochimaru can't wait that long."

He paused and looked down at his body: "I can't wait that long either."

Yakushi Kabuto narrowed his eyes, his glasses reflected the light, and was obscured by his expression: "Do you want to call Lord Orochimaru back now?"

Kimimaro looked at him coldly and said nothing.

“Do you need my help?” Yakushi Kabuto took the initiative to ask, "I am also an excellent medical ninja."

Kimimaro refused: "No."

“I am enough."

He got up and walked into a room.

Yakushi Kabuto narrowed his eyes, stared at the door, and tried to recall.

That room

seemed to contain the experimental subjects collected by Orochimaru from all over the place.

Of course

Orochimaru's "experiments" are not as simple as "natural materials", but also include some children who have special bloodline limits "picked up" from various places.

Is the method to call back Orochimaru similar to the "Reincarnation" technique?

I really want to see it.

In the room.

Kimimaro swept his eyes over these "experiments" and selected one of the children with the "curse seal" planted on his body.

Take out a piece of flesh and blood cultivated in the "nutrient chamber" and paste it on the "curse seal".

Seal with both hands.

"Evil-eliminating seal"!

Chakra surged, flesh and blood twisted, and grew into a snake head in the blink of an eye.

The python opened its bloody mouth.

A man crawled out of it.

"Kimimaro, give me a hand." The man raised his head, and it was Orochimaru.

Kimimaro stretched out his hand carefully.

This is one of Orochimaru's life-saving methods.

In each "curse seal", there is a trace of his will.

As long as the "curse seal" is removed, Orochimaru will be resurrected from it.

The only drawback of this technique.

That is.

Orochimaru's will in the "curse seal" cannot be actively exerted, and he can only wait for others to take action.

A loyal subordinate like Kimimaro.

Or something. A smart person who noticed the nature of the "curse seal".

"Lord Orochimaru, I..." Kimimaro opened his mouth and reported the information when Orochimaru landed.

Orochimaru shook his head: "I heard everything in your curse seal."

"No need to say more."

"It's a pity that Sasuke was not captured."

"I can't wait any longer."

Kimimaro responded.

He helped Orochimaru out.

"Lord Orochimaru." Yakushi Kabuto immediately came up to greet him.

Orochimaru stuck out his tongue, licked his lips, and said frivolously: "I am really surprised by your performance, I thought you would not be such a loyal person."

"I am really touched."

Yakushi Kabuto's face was full of fake smiles: "My loyalty to Lord Orochimaru is no less than Lord Kimimaro."

Orochimaru sneered: "Don't say such things, prepare a new body for me."

"This one now... can't be used."

There are quite a lot of "bodies" suitable for reincarnation stored in this base.

One day later.

Orochimaru, who had done a physical transformation for himself, sat in a wheelchair and was pushed in front of the mirror.

His face was wrapped in bandages, and his expression could not be seen clearly, but his eyes were full of resentment and anger: "The Third Hokage... is really a good trick."

After reincarnation, his hands were still unusable.

"Shiki Fuujin".

This technique, which he had never heard of before Sarutobi Hiruzen used it, sealed the souls of his hands. It was a "curse" imprinted on the soul, and changing the body could not break it.

Therefore, if he wanted to recover completely, he had to find a way to break the technique and release the souls of his hands.

Kabuto Yakushi stood behind him, his face calm, and his presence was low, like air.

"Lord Orochimaru." Kimimaro pushed the door and walked in.

Orochimaru turned around and looked at him: "You should be resting now."

"My body is running out of time." Kimimaro looked calm, "Kabuto checked me and found that even if I do nothing, I only have a few months to live."

"Rather than dying in bed."

"I want to do more for Lord Orochimaru."

"Please approve me to go to Konoha and bring Uchiha Sasuke back for you."

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