The Fly Reaper Naruto had kicked off the boat landed on the Heavenly Firmament Stone and watched helplessly as the boat sailed away, its face livid with rage!
"Outrageous!!"
It hooked its slender forelegs together and kept moving them around. This was its unique way of forming hand seals!
Whoosh! At that moment, every one of its kind scattered across the River of the Netherworld received its message!
"Colleagues, a bunch of sinful souls just hijacked my boat and headed toward the Sanzu River! Intercept them immediately! We must not let them cross!!"
"What? Who would dare cause trouble here?!"
"I don't know, but they all have physical bodies. They must have possessed powerful chakra before they died!"
Just then, a stern voice sounded in its mind. "Number 58, how could you be so careless? If this goes wrong, you'll lose your head! You might even drag me down with you!"
It answered in terror, "C-Captain, I'm truly sorry! I thought they were newly arrived souls who'd lost their way, so I offered them a ride. But then some prickly, cat-faced fellow kicked me off the boat when I wasn't looking, and..."
The Fly-Head Squad Leader cut it off. "Enough!! Stay where you are. A boat will come to pick you up!"
"Yes... Captain, sorry for the trouble!"
After the connection ended, the Fly Reaper lamented, "I suffered in Avīci Hell for hundreds of years! I finally got this job and escaped that torment, so why did something this hellish have to happen to me? Aaarghhhhh...!!!!"
The more it thought about it, the angrier it became. It began rubbing its head furiously with its forelegs, howling to vent its frustration.
Suddenly... its cries stopped short.
With a plop, its head fell sideways, and its body collapsed, lifeless.
It had rubbed