The Sage of Six Paths kept his promise.
On the afternoon of the day after Naruto Uzumaki returned from the moon to Konoha and worked out a preliminary strategy with Shikamaru Nara for dealing with "Life-and-Death Shogi," a series of quiet events unfolded within Konoha that shook the leadership of the entire shinobi world.
Konoha Hospital, special care ward.
Several unusual patients were housed here.
Among them were the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, and the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, along with his wife, Kushina Uzumaki. During the middle stages of the Fourth Shinobi World War-or rather, the war to unify the shinobi world-the Sage of Six Paths had somehow "ushered away" their souls, leaving their bodies empty shells.
That afternoon, sunlight streamed through the windows into the silent ward.
Suddenly, the vital signs monitor attached to Hashirama Senju began to emit steady, strong beeps.
Then, as though in a chain reaction, Tobirama Senju, Minato Namikaze, Kushina Uzumaki...
Almost simultaneously, the eyelids of every body kept here fluttered, their fingers twitched, and their eyes slowly opened.
They had returned.
Their souls had come back from the Pure Land and seamlessly reunited with the bodies that had waited so long.
After a brief period of confusion and adjustment, powerful vitality and chakra quickly filled their bodies.
Soon, under the shocked and overjoyed gazes of the medical staff, these legendary figures sat up one after another, moving their slightly stiff limbs.
The news seemed to sprout wings, spreading through the Konoha High Command in an instant.
Everyone who knew was overwhelmed with shock and joy at the resurrection of the First, Second, and Fourth Hokage and the others.
But for those who had returned, their first priority was usually to reunite with the people closest to them.
Almost