["Have you made your choice?"]
[Buzz—]
A spiral-shaped spatial fluctuation appeared in front of Naruto.
[soon. ]
[Minato Namikaze and the reanimated Minato Namikaze appeared simultaneously.]
[but. ]
[The resurrected Minato Namikaze is in a somewhat strange state.]
"Do you need any help?"
Naruto glanced at Minato Namikaze.
["No."]
"It's decided."
"Yes." Naruto nodded.
Minato Namikaze takes a deep breath.
[Stop smiling.]
[Then, he raised his hand and began forming a hand seal.]
[After a few breaths.]
Minato Namikaze steps forward.
[His index and middle fingers touched the forehead of the resurrected Minato Namikaze.]
[Chakra instantly overflows.]
Not long after.
[The reanimated Minato Namikaze began to dissipate.]
A large amount of white paper scraps fell off.
[The bodies of the Konoha Guard members who had been used as sacrifices were revealed.]
Naruto's mind stirred.
Collect all those scraps of paper into the Divine Might Space.
[A moment later.]
Minato Namikaze stopped trembling.
[He turned to look at Naruto.]
Her smile remained gentle.
Compared to before.
[He has a more vibrant look now.]
[My overall body temperature seems to be rising.]
Onoki: "So, Minato Namikaze is in charge of everything?"
Heitu: "Old man, are you blind?"
Kurotsuchi: "Isn't this obvious?!"
Onoki: "..."
Mei Terumi: "I guess it's because Minato Namikaze and the Edo Tensei Minato Namikaze merged, not because they devoured each other."
Mei Terumi: "Even Minato Namikaze couldn't erase my memories."
Inside the belly of Death.
Minato Namikaze suddenly contradicted himself about what he had said earlier.
Minato Namikaze: Yes.
Minato Namikaze: Even if the chakra body I left behind did not request the erasure of memories.
Minato Namikaze: Even inside the Grim Reaper's belly, I will actively erase all memories of what happened after death.
Black Soil: "Why?"
Minato Namikaze did not respond.
Because he wasn't entirely sure yet.
But his intuition told him otherwise.
This was a choice made jointly by himself and the chakra left inside Naruto.
Nine Lama Yin Banshen raised an eyebrow.
Minato Namikaze clearly knew that his current physical body was not the same as his previous one.
Only when he was reborn as Minato through the Impure World Reincarnation could he have a true physical body.
"Hiss~"
"That's not right!"
"Naruto with black frames said that once the fusion is complete, the physical body will also change on its own."
"Alright...this fox...cough cough, this great one is still not suited to thinking about this kind of thing, it's too troublesome."
...
The large screen with its black border continues to display the image:
[at the same time. ]
On the other side.
Tobirama Senju and Hashirama Senju looked at the clan leaders of the various ninja clans who had gathered around them.
The two people's expressions changed instantly.
[With Naruto present, these people dared not say anything to them.]
But now...
[Tobirama Senju watched as even the head of the Nara clan approached with red eyes.]
His face darkened.
[I knew things were getting bad.]
["Nidaime-sama."]
Nara Shikaku slowly began to speak.
"Speak," Hashirama Senju said before Tobirama could even speak.
"With Naruto-kun gone, everyone doesn't need to hold back anymore."
However.
The clan leaders opposite him shook their heads at Hashirama Senju.
[but. ]
[Even as the First Hokage, he's treating everyone with such a direct attitude of admitting his mistakes.]
The ninja clan leaders all took a deep breath, trying to compose themselves.
However, after they did this, Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju felt their hearts sink to the bottom.
If they didn't care, they wouldn't have these feelings for each other.
Inuzuka Tsurugi gave a wry smile.
[Then, pointing to the group of villagers who were gathered together and had been brainwashed by the Will of Fire, he said:]
"Aren't you going to save your great Third Hokage?"
"And there's also the Root organization's leader who loves his people and village, the Hokage's assistant, Shimura Danzo!"
Upon hearing this, the villagers' expressions instantly changed.
"Before we go, I can tell you something."
"Your most trusted, greatest, and most devoted Third Hokage knew everything Danzo Shimura had done!"
"Listen carefully!"
"We just came out of Root's underground base."
"It's recorded in the scrolls that have been deciphered so far."
"Your most revered Third Hokage chose to turn a blind eye to Danzo Shimura's secret abduction of your children for experimentation."
"They even went so far as to obtain that data indirectly."
"Remember this: every word and every piece of data on that scroll was exchanged for your children!"
"Moreover, there are at least a hundred scrolls like that that still haven't been deciphered!"
[Upon hearing this,]
The villagers initially looked on incredulously.
But soon, someone refuted this.
This is absolutely impossible.
[It's Inuzuka Tsuru who's lying to everyone.]
However.
[After Yamazaka Haiichi coldly recited more than a dozen names.]
They all fell silent.
[At this moment.]
The ninja clan leaders seemed to be speaking to the villagers who had been brainwashed by the Will of Fire.
[In reality, he was speaking to Tobirama Senju and Hashirama Senju.]
Hashirama Senju stood frozen in place.
Tobirama Senju clenched his fist.
I just felt that those four beasts deserved to be killed as many times as possible!
"Sending children to the battlefield... Heh, alright, monkey, Danzo..."
[Whenever the clan chiefs of each ninja clan revealed a dark side of themselves...]
Both Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju trembled slightly.
[Especially after Hashirama Senju realized that it was all because of the "cause" he had sown years ago.]
Self-blame spread throughout my body.
[But the true purpose of the ninja clan leaders coming here is another.]
That is it.
[Confirm the attitudes of both individuals.]
[Shimura Danzo's experiments didn't even spare his own clansmen.]
Hiruzen Sarutobi knew all about this, but he always pretended not to know and tolerated it.
[After a long while.]
[Nara Shikaku extends his hand. ]
[Signaling everyone to stop.]
The clan leaders of all the ninja clans finally shut their mouths.
[Looking at the expressions of Tobirama Senju and Hashirama Senju opposite them.]
Nara Shikaku breathed a sigh of relief.
It seems these two haven't temporarily submitted because of Naruto's power.
The time is ripe.
Nara Shikaku steps forward.
[Take out several scrolls.]
"Please, First Hokage, leave a few strands of chakra on each of these scrolls."
Hashirama Senju did as instructed without hesitation.
[Tobirama Senju glanced at it, then asked Shikaku Nara for a few kunai.]
[After inscribing the entire area with the Flying Thunder God Technique formula.]
Tobirama Senju tried his best to control his emotions and calm his voice.
"Finally, let's add Naruto's name... the Fifth Hokage."
"Then we can have Ninja Hawk send out these challenge letters."