Hiruzen Sarutobi took his time, slowly breaking down the core logic, every word clear, each point building on the last:
"Think carefully about the ultimate price of the Dead Demon Consuming Seal."
"The souls of both the caster and the sealed target are swallowed into the Death God's belly, imprisoned forever, forced to fight forever, without end or respite."
"Now think back to the punishment rules of Uzushio Prison in the Sky Screen."
"The imprisoned souls retain their consciousness forever, listen to the wails of the dead forever, and fight one another forever, never to be reborn."
"The underlying principles, rules, and outcomes of these two are remarkably similar."
Boom!
Those words jolted both of them awake!
Tsunade's pupils suddenly contracted, and she cried out, "Uzushio Prison!!"
Jiraiya shuddered, slammed his hand on the table, and sprang to his feet, disbelief written all over his face. "My god!! They really are alike!"
"Old man, are you saying that this elder's ultimate forbidden technique, his independent Prison Realm, was actually derived from the Dead Demon Consuming Seal?!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded, his expression growing graver as he laid out his theory:
"This is what I suspect."
"Back when the major Shinobi Villages joined forces to besiege Uzushiogakure and slaughter its clan..."
"The core clan members who knew the Dead Demon Consuming Seal knew they were doomed and that nothing could save them."
"They chose not to die fighting in vain. Instead, they all sacrificed themselves, casting the Dead Demon Consuming Seal together!"
"Ordinary ninja souls that enter the Death God's belly can only fight helplessly until they are ultimately annihilated and vanish completely."
"But the Uzumaki Clan understood sealing and souls better than anyone else in the Shinobi World!"
"Through the endless fighting, endless torment, and endless years within the Death God's