Orochimaru, You're Still Too Far Behind

"Naruto, I have to go on a mission temporarily once we return to the village. You must not stop your training."

Jiraiya looked at Naruto as if he were his own grandson.

He had already imparted all the skills he could possibly teach.

What he needed to do next was to gather as much intelligence on the Akatsuki as possible.

The danger level of this group was extremely high, and with Orochimaru, Itachi, and Kisame Hoshigaki involved, none of them were easy to deal with.

Was it for Naruto?

Or for the Ninja World.

Jiraiya felt a sense of satisfaction under the twilight.

It was having a younger generation to worry about once again; that feeling of needing to protect someone.

"Naruto."

Tsunade placed her own pendant necklace onto Naruto.

"Wear this, and truly become the Hokage!"

Was it bad luck, or good luck?

Everything was destined to vary from person to person.

"Hey! Tsunade, you aren't actually planning to recommend Naruto for Hokage, are you? Don't be so reckless!"

Jiraiya had a headache; he was genuinely worried that Tsunade would do such a thing.

"Who knows what the things the Third Hokage protected have turned into? At the very least, we have to confirm it."

Tsunade held a small sake bottle, swaying as she walked on the road back to Konoha.

"How detestable."

Kabuto had just woken up, and he was essentially crippled.

He could only wait to be taken back to Konoha to see if anyone would provide treatment.

His damaged meridians meant Kabuto's chakra could no longer perform ninjutsu.

"Lord Orochimaru, are you alright? I will definitely find a way to save you!"

Seeing Orochimaru whispering something into Naruto's ear, Kabuto spoke up in a hurry.

"There is no need, Kabuto. Things will be more interesting now."

Orochimaru wore a strange smile, which actually made Kabuto feel more at ease.

If one day Orochimaru stopped being a pervert, that would be what truly made Kabuto feel sad.

"It is truly rare for the Sannin to be gathered like this. No matter how I think about it, this scene makes me feel a bit nervous."

Shizune looked at Naruto with some panic.

"Naruto, is Konoha alright now?"

"Na... Naruto!"

Shizune was startled the moment she turned her head.

Naruto was sitting right on top of the head of a super-giant Purple-Scaled Manda.

"Naruto actually managed to subdue Manda! That is something even Lord Orochimaru couldn't do!"

Even Kabuto was taken aback.

Where on earth did Naruto get this kind of charisma!

[Ding!]

[The host's mission progress is truly abysmal. Not only did you fail to persuade Tsunade to become Hokage, but you also disrupted the gathering of the Sannin and captured Orochimaru single-handedly.]

[Mission failed!]

[2000 Punishment Points issued as a penalty!]

[Please, host, turn back from the brink and stop your corruption.]

"Get lost!"

Naruto couldn't be bothered to waste words with the system.

"You trashy system, 2000 points? That's only enough for two draws from the Epic Prize Pool. Are you even worthy of being a system?"

Naruto had been transmigrated for nearly two months now.

If it were anyone else, they would have been invincible by now.

Yet, there was still a Guy in the village who could open the Eight Gates.

Not to mention the whole crowd of old geezers in the Ninja World waiting in line for the Impure World Reincarnation.

[This system does not perform evil, no matter how small; endure!]

"Get lost!"

Naruto turned his hand and drew twice from the Punishment Points prize pool.

[Truly, the heavens have eyes.]

[The items the host obtained from the draw are truly lackluster.]

[Water Style: Water Mirror Technique]

[Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation]

"Yo-ho!"

Naruto felt these prizes were actually decent.

Impure World Reincarnation was a good thing, though it was a pity this was the version before improvements.

If it had the modifications from Kabuto and Orochimaru, that would be at the level of the Fourth Ninja World War.

Few people knew about the Water Mirror Technique.

Mainly because its master, the Fourth Mizukage Yagura Karatachi, had been controlled by Obito Uchiha using genjutsu for a long time, and after creating the Bloody Mist Village, he had very little contact with the outside world.

Otherwise, this move would have been enough to become famous throughout the Ninja World.

Creating a replica of an opponent with a water mirror and then using the same ninjutsu to fight was simply a super ninjutsu for fighting multiple enemies at once.

"If I could slaughter Danzo and then use his corpse to practice Impure World Reincarnation, that would be great."

Naruto muttered to himself, while Orochimaru, whose body was trapped, lay to the side with an excited expression.

"Great, I can help you!"

Orochimaru stared at Naruto.

"If you had the ability to do that, you would have done it yourself already, you trash."

Naruto's taunt made steam rise from Orochimaru's head in anger.

"Once we reach Konoha, someone will come to save me sooner or later. The people of Konoha won't kill me; they will let me live even longer."

"When my people come to rescue me from the outside, you will lose the most important bond of your life!"

Orochimaru let out his unique laugh—not as a threat, but as a statement of what he believed to be a fact.

"That would be even better."

Naruto grabbed Orochimaru directly and began to practice Impure World Reincarnation.

"What are you doing, you bastard!"

Orochimaru hadn't expected Naruto to use him for practice.

"You have the Orochimaru Substitution Style; just hand over your original body for me to practice Impure World Reincarnation."

What Naruto was doing was simply inhuman.

"I don't want to! You bastard Naruto!"

Orochimaru's mentality exploded; not even he or Danzo were this perverted.

To use someone's body to practice Impure World Reincarnation right in front of them.

The result, of course, was that he couldn't stop it.

Naruto successfully used the old body Orochimaru had shed to practice Impure World Reincarnation.

"You used Impure World Reincarnation to summon the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju!"

Orochimaru took half a step back.

He felt that Naruto was becoming increasingly insane.

"We only looked away for a moment, what is that kid doing!"

Jiraiya jumped onto Ten-Tailed Snake's head, which made Ten-Tailed Snake very unhappy.

"My great-uncle!"

Tsunade's face turned green.

Good grief.

Practicing forbidden jutsu was one thing, but to use Tobirama Senju as the target.

"Orochimaru, why did you teach him this Impure World Reincarnation?"

Jiraiya's face darkened, his hand already pressed onto Orochimaru's head.

"Would you believe me if I said he taught himself?"

Orochimaru could have a hundred mouths and it still wouldn't be any use.

"I thank you for allowing my soul to ascend to the Pure Land last time, but why have you used Impure World Reincarnation again this time?"

Tobirama Senju's attitude was different from the others.

He looked at Naruto very calmly.

He noticed Orochimaru's state.

"I just wanted to learn a couple of ninjutsu, preferably forbidden ones."

Naruto felt his first attempt at Impure World Reincarnation was not bad.

"I won't teach you."

Before Tobirama's voice had even faded, he ascended back to the heavens.

"If you won't teach, then get lost."

Naruto immediately dispelled the Impure World Reincarnation.

"Wow, Konoha truly produces successors who surpass their predecessors. It's a pity I didn't see your true colors sooner!"

Orochimaru was stunned.

He had summoned the long-dead Tobirama Senju, only for Naruto to try and learn forbidden techniques and, upon refusal, send him straight back.

Although Impure World Reincarnation was included under summoning techniques, it was, at its core, the essence of space-time ninjutsu that encompassed all summoning arts.

"Isn't that a bit disrespectful to the dead?"

Tsunade blinked.

"No, if there truly exists a ninjutsu in this world that can resurrect the dead, it proves that death is merely another state of life."

"If I can use Impure World Reincarnation even within the Pure Land of the afterlife, it means I can achieve infinite resurrection."

Naruto reached out his hand as if to touch the setting sun, to touch the gate of life and death.

"So that's it."

"The Pure Land is a fountain of resurrection!"

Huh?

While the others remained confused, Orochimaru's pupils trembled, and the look in his eyes as he gazed at Naruto changed once again.

"Naruto! I can help you on this path! I also want to obtain immortality!"

Orochimaru was too excited.

He had never considered life and death in such a way before.

"Orochimaru, you are still far too lacking."

Naruto gazed into the distance, with only Orochimaru's manic laughter trailing behind him.

"The Gate of Eternal Life, infinite resurrection!"

Orochimaru was more excited than he had ever been in his life.

The high walls of Konoha.

Had already appeared on the far side of the land where the light was fading.