Return to Konoha (Bonus Chapter for "King of Gifts, Heart's Wound"!!!)

And so, after several days of travel, Makoto Ito and his group finally saw the outline of Konoha...

Jiraiya looked at the distant gates of Konoha, stretched, and let out a long sigh...

"We're finally back!!!! This time it's completely different!!! I'm so excited about the future of Konoha!!! The legendary Sannin have reunited! And everyone else has been resurrected, the future of our Konoha is truly bright!!!!"

Orochimaru grinned and stuck out his tongue... looking at Konoha in the distance, he seemed quite sentimental...

"I never imagined that I would return here in my lifetime, and not as Rogue Ninja! Hokage, thank you! I know you can hear me through Makoto Ito! Thank you!!! And Makoto Ito... my dear junior brother! My beloved family, friends, and brothers! Thank you..."

Looking at Orochimaru in front of him, Makoto Ito suddenly had a strange feeling, as if the Orochimaru he was facing now was a completely different person from the one he had encountered during the Orochimaru Chunin Ninja Exams. Although both Orochimaru gave off a very cold and sinister vibe, the Orochimaru standing before him now was noticeably warmer...

"Senior brother, didn't you say so yourself?! We're inseparable friends and family, brothers! Saying things like that is too formal. Actually, I prefer to call you Orochimaru rather than Senior Brother!!!"

Orochimaru smiled upon hearing Makoto Ito's words...

"You can call me whatever you want, you're my junior brother anyway! Whether you call me senior brother or Orochimaru, I won't lose out..."

Sasuke Uchiha also came up at this moment...

"Teacher, could you please not stick your tongue out when you talk?! It's really weird!!! You're actually quite handsome, so why do you have such a strange habit?!"

Upon hearing Sasuke's words, Orochimaru awkwardly retracted his tongue...

"You brat! Hahahahahahaha..." But this time, Orochimaru didn't stick out his tongue...

For a moment, Orochimaru felt as if he had been transported to another time, because his former disciple Nawaki Senju, had said something similar to him!

[Hashirama Senju: Great! Finally back in Konoha! This time, I can finally walk around and explore Konoha properly!!! Madara!!! Do you remember that music store that Makoto went to?! The one he went to with the Uzuki girl last time, the song he sang was really good!!! Madara, I'll sing it for you too, I've already learned it!!!]

[Madara Uchiha: Are you really brain-dead?! You should be singing that song to your wife!!! Where's Mito Uzumaki?! Come out and do something about this!!!]

[Mito Uzumaki: Hashirama Senju!!! Didn't you say you couldn't learn it? I think I asked you a couple of days ago, and you said you hadn't learned it yet!!! Well, so you've secretly learned it already! What? You want to sing "To Madara"?! I'll let you sing!!! Today I'll sew your mouth shut!!! Adamantine Chains!!! Today I'll show you the needlework of the Uzumaki Clan!!!]

[Hiruzen Sarutobi: Holy crap!!! Cruel!!!]

[Minato Namikaze: The First Hokage has truly suffered a lot lately...]

[Hatake Sakumo: Yeah!!!]

[Might Duy: This is the pain that youth has to pay!!! Youth!!!]

[Makoto Ito: Hey guys, stop discussing suffering here, we're almost back in the village!]

[Shisui Uchiha: The thought of being resurrected soon fills me with a bittersweet feeling, like I'm returning home. This time, I won't be naive anymore. This time, I will take back my eyes with my own hands!!!]

[Tobirama Senju: Oh, right, Shisui!!! I suddenly remembered something. You said Danzo out one of your eyes, and it's in his hands now, right?!]

[Shisui Uchiha: That's right, Second Hokage! It's like this, Danzo, and I gouged out one of my eyes!]

[Tobirama Senju: And what about your other eye?!]

[Shisui Uchiha: It's with Itachi! I saw Itachi Uchiha before I died, so I stored my other eye with him. I even gave him a little brainwashing before I died, telling him what the Will of Fire is! What's wrong, Second Hokage? Is there a problem?!]

Tobirama Senju: Uh... let's not talk about the Will of Fire right now...

I suddenly thought of a scenario, but I don't know if it's even possible: what if we were resurrected from the Chat Group and we were perfectly healthy? For example, Madara Uchiha. Before he and Madara died, they had gouged out their own eyes, but after he was resurrected, he had a pair of Rinnegan again!

So now that you've been resurrected, there's a very high chance you'll have a brand new pair of Mangekyō Sharingan!!!

If you were to retrieve your original eyes later, could those two pairs of eyes fuse? If they could fuse, would you be able to evolve into the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan?

[Shisui Uchiha:... This... I really didn't think of that!!! Can it even succeed?! That's too outrageous, isn't it? But it's all from my own eyes, maybe it really can...]