250 Powerstones = 1 Bonus Chapter
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At that moment, the Shinigami appeared behind the root ninja.
Soon, the root ninja took out a kunai and split open his stomach, and the Shinigami followed his action.
Hinata and Naruto couldn't see the Shinigami. Minato used the Reaper Death Seal to seal the Nine-Tails inside himself, not in Naruto.
He used the Eight Trigrams Seal for that. In other words, Naruto couldn't see the Death Reaper.
But because of his Otsutsuki bloodline, he could sense its presence.
It was cold.
Hinata moved her head away, but she bit her lip and turned around.
She knew it was a cruel thing, but if she wanted to be with Naruto, if she wanted to walk alongside him, she had to be able to watch this.
As Shinigami's stomach opened, Minato instantly left the root ninja's body and appeared far away from that body.
This was the difference between the Orochimaru-masked version and Minato's modified version.
In Orochimaru's case, he cut open Shinigami's stomach first, and then his stomach was cut open.
In Minato's case, he cut open his stomach first, and the Shinigami's stomach was cut open.
The Shinigami immediately released five different souls sealed inside it while capturing the soul of the root ninja.
The wounds on its body healed as it pulled in that root ninja inside of it and disappeared.
Minato moved towards its actual soul and touched it. In an instant, both souls merged into one.
Naruto placed Hinata on the ground, stepped forward, and released a scroll.
Three White Zetsu bodies, covered in Sealing Tags, appeared on the spot. He also took another scroll and released a large symbol through the scroll.
He had been preparing this for a while.
[Summoning- Impure Reincarnation Jutsu]
Naruto immediately wove hand signs and released a large wave of symbols which pulled the souls into White Zetsu bodies.
"Ahhhh!"
Those White Zetsu started crying out, but soon, three of them transformed into the First Hokage, the Second Hokage, and someone Hinata recognized- the Third Hokage.
"Na-na-naruto, this…."
Hinata couldn't help but stutter.
Naruto looked at the remaining soul and opened another scroll, using the sealing Jutsu to seal that soul into the scroll.
"Don't worry, Hinata! They are not conscious."
Naruto made another hand sign and summoned three coffins, putting three of them inside the coffins. He looked back and explained.
"During Orochimaru's attack, he used this Jutsu to summon the First and Second Hokage."
"During the Nine-Tails attack, Dad sacrificed his soul to seal half of the Nine-Tails. I had no choice but to release them."
"But I also didn't let them go to the Pure Land since this Jutsu has already been leaked outside Konoha."
Naruto continued.
"Those white bodies you saw before. They are some kind of creatures that are not human."
"They could not only transform into anyone but also hide their presence completely when submerged."
"When I got Kyubi Chakra Mode, I gained the ability to sense good and evil in others. I sensed their presence with that mode."
"I haven't alerted them, but it seems like they have been gathering information from our village for far too long."
"So, before anybody could use our Hokage against us, I decided to summon them and keep them around."
"At least, until we find out who is creating these and why."
Hearing his words, Hinata was a bit confused, but she also understood that Naruto was doing this to prevent a tragedy from happening.
"Naruto!"
Just when she was about to say something, they heard a voice from a distance.
They turned around and saw Minato. Unlike before, his soul looked much clearer.
"Dad, are you done already?"
Naruto looked at him with surprise.
Minato nodded and floated near them. He looked at Hinata and smiled. He patted her head and said.
"Hinata, you are a cute, sensible, and brave girl. Do not let your past define you! You can be whoever you want."
"Naruto will always be there to support you."
Hearing his words, Hinata lowered her head. Surprisingly, she didn't blush. She only felt gentle kindness towards her.
"Thank you, father!"
Even though she didn't blush, she was still shy, and her voice was extremely low.
But hearing her call him father, Minato couldn't help but laugh.
"Then, let's meet again in the future, Hinata!"
As he said, he entered Naruto's body. But when he entered Naruto's psyche, he saw a gleefully laughing fox and a pouting red-haired girl.
"Damn it! I should've gone out, and Hinata would've called me mother. I'm so jealous of you, Minato."
She literally teared up when she said that.
Minato couldn't help but touch his head. Now, he felt embarrassed to talk about it.
But he was happy. He was very satisfied with Hinata.
"Alright, give me my soul!"
Kurama put away his gleeful smile and stood on his rear limbs before pointing his hand out.
Minato nodded and released the other half of the Nine-Tails' soul from his body.
Then, inside Naruto's seal, two large Nine-Tails stood in front of each other. One was slightly larger than the other.
"Holy shit! Is this real?"
The Yin Nine-Tails looked like he had watched some kind of horror movie as he stared at the Yang Nine-Tails and asked.
"Dude, I shared some of Minato's memories, but this is crazy. Ten-Tails Chakra is merging with you without devouring your Chakra."
Hearing his words, Yang Nine-Tails laughed.
"Hahaha! This is our future masterpiece."
Yin Nine-Tails rolled his eyes.
"Or a reckless action! If Naruto's transformation hadn't been completed before you, you would've been assimilated into the Ten-Tails."
"What?"
Minato and Kushina roared at the same time.
"Is that true, Kurama?"
Kurama nodded.
"It was a bet. My future self understood the risk. But it also understood that if it did nothing, tragedy would repeat itself one way or another."
"So, it is better to just transform into the Ten-Tails and lose myself than remain as Nine Tails with no power."
"Naruto's connection with me is not as good as his daughter's. So, there is a limit to how much strength he can use from me."
"So, the bet was simple. If Naruto finishes transforming to provide me with Otsutsuki Chakra to produce Six Paths Senjutsu Chakra, then I will succeed."
"But if I transform into Ten-Tails before he does, then I will die. After all, the amount of Six Paths Senjutsu Chakra my future self sends wouldn't be enough to transform me."
"Of course, it has its own advantage. Unlike other Ten-Tails, I will not be rebellious, which means Naruto will have complete control over me."
"This will provide him with enough strength to face the future enemies even without my help."
Kurama sighed.
"That's why I didn't tell Naruto about this earlier."
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