"So that was roughly what happened, Teacher Orochimaru. Do you have any other questions?"
Watching Orochimaru sink into thought, Soji let out a breath and asked.
What Orochimaru wanted to know was nothing more than the secret behind Minato's resurrection.
After Minato had been resurrected, there was no longer any need to hide such a matter from Orochimaru.
Rather than damage his relationship with Orochimaru through lies, he might as well lay everything out openly.
In any case, something like this could never happen again.
"I see. So using the Reaper Death Seal did not necessarily mean certain death? As long as one mastered the Spirit Transformation Technique beforehand, preserved the body's vitality, and then broke the Reaper Death Seal, resurrection could be achieved?
What a bold yet meticulous plan!
I never expected that you and the Fourth Hokage had prepared a contingency plan even before Nine-Tails Night.
That truly was unexpected!"
After hearing Soji's explanation, even Orochimaru could not help but sigh in admiration.
Of course, the most crucial part of the plan had been finding a way to keep the body alive!
The forbidden technique Orochimaru had researched, Living Corpse Reincarnation, involved preserving the soul and repeatedly finding living bodies for reincarnation.
Therefore, keeping a person's body alive for an extended period was no simple matter.
But Soji had happened to develop a sage technique like Ice Release—Life Preservation Seal.
It was precisely through the combination of several ninjutsu that Minato's resurrection today had become possible!
"There was no helping it. Konoha had an enemy like that hiding in the shadows back then. Minato and I had to prepare for the worst."
Soji's tone was filled with emotion as well.
In truth, if things had developed according to the original storyline, there would have been no need to