To save his own skin, Kabuto earnestly studied how to undo the Reaper Death Seal, then asked for time to make some preparations.
Shinji very generously agreed.
And so, two days later, in a spacious secret chamber at the base, Kabuto finally finished his preparations, took a deep breath, and put on the Death God Mask.
The moment he put it on, he felt an extremely cold, sinister presence coursing wildly through his body.
But he had already prepared himself mentally and paid it no mind. Immediately afterward, an extremely ominous burst of chakra erupted, causing Kabuto immense pain!
After that brief agony, the towering phantom of the Death God appeared behind Kabuto.
Seeing that Kabuto had successfully allowed the Death God to possess him, even Shinji breathed a sigh of relief. So far, the first step had gone smoothly.
Next, Kabuto needed to guide the Death God with his own will, making the Death God slit open his own belly and release the souls sealed inside.
And this was precisely the most dangerous step!
Kabuto instinctively glanced at the vessel he had prepared for himself over the past two days. Since he was going to perform Living Corpse Reincarnation, he naturally needed to prepare a vessel beforehand, just as Orochimaru did.
But this had all happened too suddenly, so Kabuto could only choose an unfinished specimen and hastily modify it.
Fortunately, Living Corpse Reincarnation could theoretically be performed indefinitely; he only needed to wait out the cooldown.
So Kabuto could still prepare a more satisfactory vessel for himself in the future.
With that thought, Kabuto hesitated no longer. He immediately controlled the Death God behind him, making the Death God take the short sword held in his mouth and slit open his belly...
Splurt!
Almost the instant the Death