The Fourth Hokage Revived! Shimizu Calculates His Gains as the Demon King

"Where... is this?"

Minato Namikaze opened his eyes, a trace of confusion lingering in their depths.

He remembered falling into the belly of the Death God alongside the Nine-Tails.

But how could he have returned to the living world?

"Orochimaru... Lord Danzō."

Soon, Minato Namikaze clearly saw the two people standing before him.

It was Orochimaru, whose stature had shrunk slightly, and Shimura Danzō, who was wrapped in bandages.

"To think you could break the Dead Demon Consuming Seal and even use the Second Hokage's forbidden jutsu!"

Minato Namikaze realized what had happened; these two had resurrected him using a technique that desecrated the dead!

Yet, Minato Namikaze could not fathom how they had managed to undo the Dead Demon Consuming Seal.

"Heh heh... Fourth Hokage, just because you are a genius does not mean we are mediocrities."

A sinister smile curled the corners of Orochimaru's mouth.

Breaking the Dead Demon Consuming Seal was difficult for others, but for him, there were not so many restrictions.

First, one needed the Death God Mask from the Uzumaki Clan's Mask Storage Hall, using it to allow the Death God of the Dead Demon Consuming Seal to possess one's own body.

Then, by slicing open the Death God's stomach, the sealed souls within could be released.

The only price was... the death of the caster's physical body.

However, Orochimaru had already found a way to avoid death.

That was the Living Corpse Reincarnation he had developed!

Orochimaru subconsciously glanced at his much younger body, his eyes gleaming with a thirst for eternal life.

This was his first time performing a reincarnation; after releasing the sealed souls, Orochimaru had immediately performed the transfer onto a person he had prepared in advance, who had volunteered to be his vessel.

Just as his countless calculations had