A few days later, to be cautious, Uchiha Feng avoided the Land of Fire and led the group directly from Degarashi Port in the Tea Country by ship to the Land of Whirlpools.
After going ashore, under Uchiha Mikio's guidance, the group quickly found the Uzumaki's Mask Hall.
Along the way, at Feng's request, they had also casually captured two bandits who had failed to recognize their betters.
"Ms. Kushina, I'll have to trouble you. First, use your sensory abilities to find the mask that sealed your Minato."
Looking at the wall in the Mask Hall, which was filled with Death God masks of all kinds, Feng spoke.
"No problem."
Kushina casually agreed, then closed her eyes and began sensing.
"Found it!"
Before long, she spoke again as she removed a Death God mask from the wall.
"Kushina, you know the consequences of using the Dead Demon Consuming Seal, so please confirm it once more.
Is it really this mask?"
Seeing this, Feng asked with extreme seriousness.
This concerned the most important part of his future growth. He could not afford to be careless.
"Mm, I'm certain it's this one. After all, I wouldn't mistake Minato's chakra."
Kushina smiled confidently as she confirmed it.
"Good. Since you've confirmed it, I'll tell you what to do next."
First, put on this mask and use the Dead Demon Consuming Seal.
Once the Death God appears, immediately control it to cut open its own stomach. That will release Minato's soul, which is sealed inside.
Since the Death God is a spiritual entity, none of us can see it. Only you, Kushina, as the caster, can see it.
So after releasing Minato's soul, tell me the result out loud..."
"Alright, I understand."
Before Feng could finish, the impatient Kushina began forming hand seals.
Smack!
Feng directly reached out and interrupted Kushina's hand seals, saying helplessly:
"Don't be so hasty. I'm not done talking yet."
"?? What else is there?
I'll disappear after using the Dead Demon Consuming Seal. I probably won't be able to help with anything else, right?"
Kushina was somewhat confused.
"Be quiet and listen.
After successfully releasing Minato's soul and telling me the result, don't immediately disperse the jutsu. Keep the Death God's soul attached to you.
I have an idea. If it succeeds—
not only will you avoid being sealed inside the Death God's stomach, but you'll also be able to help me greatly in the future.
Then perhaps I can bring Naruto over early and let you personally stay by his side as he grows up.
Mm, and not in an Impure World Reincarnation state!"
Feng spoke with utmost seriousness.
If the upcoming attempt succeeded, he would be able to exploit the Dead Demon Consuming Seal, using it as many times as he pleased.
At that point, why wait for Nagato and Obito to follow the plot? He could just take them all out, seize the Rinnegan and Kamui Sharingan, and clear everything himself.
"Really?! You're not lying to me?!"
The moment Kushina heard that she might have a chance to come back to life and personally watch Naruto grow up, she grabbed Feng and shouted with wide eyes.
"It's only a possibility. The prerequisite is that my idea succeeds.
If it doesn't, don't even think about it."
Feng casually brushed Kushina aside and replied calmly.
His idea had never appeared in the original story. It was merely the wild notion of a modern man, with nothing to reference. Whether it would succeed or fail could only be known after trying.
"Alright, I'll do as you say.
Then shall I start now?"
Kushina's face was filled with excitement and urgency. Even if it was merely a possibility rather than a certainty—
it was still better than her current situation of already being dead.
"Mm. If you remember everything I said, then begin."
Feng stepped aside with Uchiha Mikio and Uzumaki Ayaka, leaving Kushina room to perform the jutsu.
"Alright! Snake—Boar—Ram..."
Upon hearing that, Kushina shouted and began forming hand seals.
In Feng and the others' eyes, Kushina stood motionless after completing the seals and pressing her hands together. They could neither sense nor see anything.
But before long, Kushina's stomach suddenly burst open with a pfft, without any warning.
"Minato's soul has already been released, Uchiha Feng! It's time for you to make your attempt!"
Kushina kept her hands pressed together and shouted in a low voice as she struggled to maintain the jutsu.
"Mm, hold on. Keep the Death God attached to you.
Rat—Ox—Monkey—Tiger—Dragon—Boar! Release!"
The moment he heard Kushina speak, Feng immediately began forming hand seals.
What he used was precisely the release formula for the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.
And as he shouted the final word, "Release"—
Kushina, who was maintaining the Dead Demon Consuming Seal, rapidly turned to ash and vanished as the reincarnated person due to the jutsu being released.
With a clack, the Death God mask fell to the ground, while Kushina, the Impure World Reincarnation subject, completely dissipated.
Feng then turned to Uchiha Mikio, who held a fainted bandit in each hand, and said:
"Senior, please put those two bandits on the ground and secure them.
I'm going to use them as sacrifices for Impure World Reincarnation.
Whether we continue to lie low and develop or go all out directly will depend on this."
"You want to reincarnate Kushina again?"
Uchiha Mikio had already understood Feng's plan, but he still asked.
At the same time, his hands did not stop moving as he secured the two unconscious bandits on the ground according to Feng's request.
"Yes! If it works, Senior, just imagine it.
We could reincarnate every Uchiha ancestor who held a grudge against Konoha and have each of them charge into Konoha and use the Dead Demon Consuming Seal..."
Feng did not finish his sentence, but Uchiha Mikio could imagine the outcome.
He even felt the urge to master the Dead Demon Consuming Seal himself and charge into Konoha, so—
"Mm. Remember to reincarnate me as well when the time comes."
Uchiha Mikio immediately made his request to Feng.
Not long ago, he and Feng had discussed this.
Once the matter of the Mask Hall was settled, Feng would have fully matured.
In the foreseeable future, he would certainly lead the Uchiha to their peak.
And Mikio himself would then be released from the Impure World Reincarnation and return peacefully to the Pure Land.
Feng had also promised that he would not disturb him, a dead man, again afterward.
But now, Uchiha Mikio felt that perhaps he could return to reality and have some fun again.
"Hehe, alright!"
Feng laughed when he heard that and agreed.
Mikio had helped him so much. How could he refuse such a small request?
Although the two were chatting, their hands never stopped moving.
Not long after Uchiha Mikio secured the two unconscious bandits, Feng, who had studied Impure World Reincarnation for a long time, had already finished drawing the ritual array.
Tiger—Snake—Dog—Dragon. After Feng completed the hand seals, he pressed his hands together.
Under Feng and Uchiha Mikio's extremely expectant gazes, two coffins slowly rose from the ground.
Inside lay the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, who had been reincarnated through Impure World Reincarnation, and Kushina Uzumaki, who had just been released from it.
It worked!!
The two looked at each other and were instantly overjoyed.
With a thought, Feng awakened Kushina inside one of the coffins.
As for the Yin Nine-Tails and Flying Thunder God Technique on Minato Namikaze, there was no rush now. They were not going to grow legs and run away.
"Eh... I've been reincarnated again.
The Death God didn't take away my soul!"
The moment Kushina, who had just been awakened and was now being reincarnated for the second time, opened her eyes, she understood the situation.
"Hehe, that's right!
Kushina, I'll trouble you one last time. Try to see whether you can use the Dead Demon Consuming Seal again."
Light gleamed in Feng's eyes as he looked at Kushina with great anticipation.
"Uh... alright."
Kushina looked at her husband, who was still lying in the coffin beside her, but did not refuse.
The fact that she had been able to snatch Minato's soul back from the Death God without being sealed by it herself—
was enough to prove that Feng had accomplished what he had said before. His promise that she could be revived in the future and go find Naruto was no longer an impossible dream.
With that hope, as long as Feng's request was not excessively unreasonable, Kushina was now willing to do whatever he asked.
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