Chapter 489: The Death of Tonton
It wasn't enough. Ino quickly made a judgment call. The life force of two people had only slightly delayed the progress of the Samsara of Life and Death Technique.
Ino activated the backdoor she had previously placed on those criminals, another application of the Mind Body Switch Technique.
The Mind Body Switch Technique allowed the caster and the target to share damage. After Ino's modifications, the jutsu now allowed her to take only ten percent of the damage from a fatal attack, while a "kind soul" would help her bear the other ninety percent.
At this moment, Ino continuously activated the Transcription Seals stored in the eyes of these villains, making them take the brunt of the negative energy's corrosion one by one.
Danzō was completely bewildered. He watched as his "coworkers" died without any warning, one after another. He was terrified that he would be next.
To make matters worse, the Third Hokage was making sarcastic remarks on the side. "Actually, you don't need to be so attached to life and death. Look at me. Take it easy. Isn't it a pleasure to see the scenery of life and after-life?"
A pleasure your ass! Danzō did not want to die. As long as there was a sliver of hope, he would live.
Of the eighty-one prisoners, more than fifty died in one go. Only then did this wave of unexpected deaths finally subside.
It had come strangely, and it disappeared just as abruptly.
The dead "coworkers" stood up one by one. Their bodies were dead, but their souls were still here, which meant they had to keep working!
On the other side, with the help of numerous "kind souls," Ino had successfully resisted the Samsara of Life and Death Technique!
If the King of Hell wanted her dead, and she was unwilling, then he couldn't kill her!
"Damn it! Don't let me find out who's pulling these strings in the shadows. I'll fucking kill you!" Even though she had only taken ten percent of the damage, the continuous impacts had still left her severely injured.
Her nearly high-level Sage Body slowly began to take effect, repairing her body, which felt as if it had been cut by countless sharp blades.
"Oink, oink!" Tonton looked at her with a resentful expression.
Ino sighed, feeling a bit embarrassed. The guy behind this was really shameless. One person does the deed, one person bears the consequences. If you have a problem, come at me! What's the deal with killing my pig?
Tonton's soul floated beside her, looking like it wanted to bite her. Its body lay in a pile of rubble three meters away.
Its state of death... could only be described as tragic, looking much like it did when leaving the meatpacking plant.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. When I awaken the Rinnegan, I'll resurrect you first," Ino promised Tonton, using her Yin Release chakra to stabilize its spirit.
Tonton was smart, but only at the level of a six- or seven-year-old child. And he wasn't a ninja pig. The underworld's aura was extremely harmful to him.
Ino was busy for a while, making sure his spirit wouldn't completely dissipate.
When she was finished, she finally had time to survey her surroundings.
"Fuck! Where the hell did they throw me?" she cursed, using her sensory abilities to scan the area.
It was the underworld, but it didn't seem to be the underworld she was familiar with.
Her current location was very far from her old friend the Shinigami's place. Before, in the transport channel, she could still sense the criminals. Now, she couldn't sense anyone.
She was also extremely far from the familiar worlds of Yomi and the Pure Land.
"This is trouble... which way should I go now?" Ino asked Tonton.
The pet pig was naturally unable to offer any reasonable suggestions.
"Forget it. First, I'll send a message to Master, so she won't worry about us."
"Oink, oink!"
Ino had nothing to contact Tsunade with, but Tonton did.
She took the string of pearl necklaces from Tonton's corpse.
"Tonton, you see? We've found the cause of your death!" Ino dismantled a dark crystal pendant from the pearl necklace.
This was Tsunade's cursed crystal necklace, the one that killed anyone who wore it. In this timeline, Tsunade and Naruto had almost no interaction, their relationship was very ordinary, so she naturally wouldn't give her grandfather's necklace to Naruto. Ino and Shizune didn't want it, and Tsunade found it a bit painful to wear it herself, a reminder of the past. In the end, she had hidden it in Tonton's pearl necklace.
Now, this cursed necklace had claimed another victim. Look at that: Nawaki, Dan Katō, and now the pet pig Tonton... Tsunade really brought harm to those around her!
Tonton looked at her with contempt. Don't try to shift the blame! This has nothing to do with Tsunade's necklace. If I hadn't been so close to you, I wouldn't have died!
"It's Master's fault!"
"No arguments accepted!"
"You're still looking at me with contempt? I reflect it back!"
The crystal necklace contained a portion of Hashirama's chakra. This bit of chakra wasn't enough for Ino to travel back, but it was enough to send a message and Tonton's corpse back, so he could be properly buried.
Ino located the target, opened the channel, and sent the message in one smooth motion.
Tsunade was also bewildered. She had just been talking to Hotaru, and the next thing she knew, her disciple and pet pig were swept away by a mass of dark energy.
"Master, I'm fine. Tonton... Tonton is also fine, mostly. I'll find my way back. If you see Hinata, tell her I'm out on a secret mission." The message was intermittent, but thankfully, it got through.
"Tonton..." Looking at the pet pig's corpse, Shizune knelt on the ground. She didn't cry. It was clear that Tonton had died peacefully and probably hadn't suffered much.
Tsunade, with the composure of a great general, pulled Shizune up. "Tonton is just a pig, completely insignificant. If you dare to cry, I'll beat you! Trust in Ino's abilities. If she says she's fine, then she's fine. We have to do things one step at a time. First, we go back to the village and report the news about Kabuto and Madara Uchiha!"
"But... but what should I tell Tonsuke?" Shizune asked pitifully.
Tsunade forcefully shifted the blame. "Since we don't know who was behind this, we'll just assume it was Danzō's fault. Danzō is gone now, so we'll say Madara Uchiha did it! The ferocious Madara Uchiha killed Tonton!"
The two buried Tonton's body on the mountaintop of the Tsuchigumo clan, asking Hotaru to help look after the grave.
In these times, there were starving people everywhere. If they saw Tonton's body, some unspeakable things would surely happen...
Ino had said she would resurrect Tonton. That promise didn't need to be taken too seriously. So many people died; who would care about a pig? But Tsunade and Shizune still buried Tonton's body with care. Tsunade's Wood Release wasn't strong enough to fight powerful enemies, but making some wood for a small coffin was no problem. They put the pet pig inside and buried it.
They both held a sliver of hope in their hearts. They buried him carefully, afraid the body would be damaged. What if Tonton could be resurrected, but his body was gone? They couldn't use the Impure World Reincarnation to revive a pig, could they? Tsunade was afraid her great-granduncle would chase her down and beat her in the afterlife.
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