Chapter 57: The Collapse of Science
"Bang—!"
With two dull thuds, the heavy coffin lids crashed to the ground, kicking up a floor full of musty dust.
Two figures slowly walked out of the coffins.
On the left was a man dressed in the Kazekage robes of the Hidden Sand Village, his black hair fluttering in the wind. It was the "Strongest Kazekage" killed by Sasori—the Third Kazekage.
On the right was a man with blond hair and gray eyes, wearing a white Sacred Robe with "Fourth Hokage" printed on the back. Although his expression was dull, that heart-palpitating sharp aura still made everyone present skip a beat.
"Minato Namikaze?!"
"Hehehehe... This is the miracle of science."
A morbid and fanatical smile hung on Orochimaru's face.
He looked at the members of the Akatsuki, who had various expressions, enjoying the thrill of controlling life and death.
"Sasori of the Red Sand, don't you pride yourself on eternal art? Take a look at your 'masterpiece'." Orochimaru pointed mockingly at the Third Kazekage. "I've pulled him back from Hell, and... he's even more perfect."
"Perfect?"
Sasori crawled out from that hiruko, which had been pockmarked by Iron Sand, and looked at the resurrected "collection," the anger in his eyes almost becoming tangible.
"You actually turned my Puppet into this rotten meat filled with the stench of death... Orochimaru, I'm going to turn you into a toilet and let everyone in the Ninja World take turns using you!"
Sasori flicked his fingers, and the Third Kazekage human puppet instantly lunged forward. Iron Sand filled the sky, transforming into black spears that stabbed toward the "imposter" like a rainstorm.
However, a strange scene occurred.
The Edo Tensei Third Kazekage showed no intention of dodging. He formed hand seals and released pitch-black Iron Sand as well.
"Magnet Release: Iron Sand Triangular Pyramid!"
Boom!
Two torrents of black Iron Sand collided in mid-air, producing a tooth-gritting sound of metal grinding.
The stalemate lasted for only three seconds.
Sasori's expression changed.
His human puppet required Chakra to operate, and every Ninjutsu clash burned the Chakra within his body. But this Edo Tensei body... its Chakra was seemingly infinite!
"How is this possible... His Chakra capacity is more than ten times stronger than when he was alive?!"
Sasori gritted his teeth and controlled the human puppet to release a denser barrage of attacks. Poison needles, mechanisms, and senbon poured down like a violent storm, instantly riddling the Edo Kazekage with holes.
But in the next second, countless confetti-like dust particles flew out from those wounds, quickly reorganizing and healing.
Sasori's proud "Performance of a Hundred Puppets" appeared pale under the bombardment of infinite Chakra. The scale of the Iron Sand released by the Edo Kazekage grew larger and larger, gradually filling the entire underground space like a black tsunami, crushing Sasori's Puppet army one by one.
"This is the charm of Edo Tensei."
Orochimaru licked his lips, his gaze contemptuous: "Infinite Chakra, an immortal body. Before my science, your so-called Puppet tricks are nothing more than toys for children."
"Damn it," Sasori was forced back repeatedly, his heart filled with frustration.
Orochimaru turned his head, his golden vertical pupils looking at Yahiko, who had remained still, a cruel sense of anticipation flashing in his eyes.
"Since we parted at the Hokage Office that day, I've been searching for you quite hard. I didn't expect you to come knocking on my door yourself. It's the perfect time to give you a grand gift."
He formed a seal with both hands and looked at the blond figure that had been standing still.
"Go, Fourth Hokage. Let this young man who calls himself a god see what the 'Golden Flash' is."
However, the seconds ticked by.
The legendary "yellow flash" remained rooted to the spot like a wooden stake. There was no light in his gray eyes, and even the movement of lifting his leg was incredibly stiff, looking very much like a low-level zombie that had just crawled out of a grave.
"...?"
The smile on Orochimaru's lips froze.
He increased the Chakra output, the Talismanic Incantation in his hand glowing with a blinding light as he shouted sternly, "Kill him! Minato Namikaze!"
Minato Namikaze finally moved.
He slowly lifted one foot and moved a step forward at an extremely slow speed, like a slow-motion replay.
Then, he stopped moving again.
"..."
The scene was once very awkward.
"This... what's going on?" A cold sweat broke out on Orochimaru's forehead. The Edo Tensei was clearly successful, the deceased's body had been reconstructed, so why was the Soul not responding?
"Is this your trump card?"
A voice with a hint of mockery broke the dead silence.
Yahiko had his hands tucked into the sleeves of his red cloud black robe, looking at Orochimaru with pity.
"Orochimaru, do you think that as long as you have DNA and a sacrifice, you can toy with the Souls of the dead at will?"
"What do you mean?" An ominous premonition rose in Orochimaru's heart.
"Before Minato Namikaze died, he used the 'Reaper Death Seal'. His Soul has already been sacrificed to the Shinigami and is currently playing cards with half of the Nine-Tailed's Chakra inside the Shinigami's stomach."
Yahiko turned his head and looked at the bewildered Orochimaru, a mocking smile curling at the corners of his mouth:
"This is nothing more than an empty physical shell. It doesn't even count as instinct."
Orochimaru's face instantly turned ashen.
As a scientist pursuing the truth, being humiliated like this in his professional field was more painful than being killed.
"Even so..." Orochimaru gritted his teeth and waved his hand sharply. "The Third Kazekage is still here! Infinite Chakra is an unchanging truth! As long as that Puppeteer is dealt with, you all will still die here!"
Boom!
As if to confirm Orochimaru's words, a loud explosion came from not far away. Sasori's last line of defense was crushed by the Iron Sand tsunami, and he was sent flying, slamming hard against the rock wall, his body parts scattering everywhere.
"Damn it... my core..." Sasori crawled out of the rubble in a sorry state. Looking at the approaching Edo Kazekage, despair appeared in his eyes for the first time.
Yahiko glanced at the blue-haired woman who had been standing silently behind him.
"Konan."
Yahiko pointed at the overbearing Edo Kazekage, who was currently surrounded by Iron Sand filling the sky.
"Let this Senior who believes in science witness the mysterious powers in this world besides Chakra and Ninjutsu."
Konan nodded.
She simply took a step and walked toward that terrifying Magnet Release storm step by step.
"Seeking death," Orochimaru sneered.
He admitted that Yahiko was unfathomable, and that Hanzou with the Rinnegan was also troublesome. But this woman who only played with paper? Before an Edo Tensei powerhouse with physical immunity and infinite regeneration, she was nothing but a moth to a flame.
"Crush her to powder!" Orochimaru ordered.
The Edo Kazekage roared, and tons of Iron Sand transformed into a giant wave, crashing down!
Sasori closed his eyes, unable to bear watching his teammate be turned into mush.
However...
Konan's figure was not smashed.
The moment the Iron Sand touched her, her body transformed into confetti flying across the sky, like a swarm of white butterflies, gracefully passing through the black storm of death.
In the blink of an eye, the paper pieces coalesced and took shape again in front of the Edo Kazekage.
Konan stood before the "invincible" deceased, expressionlessly raising her right hand, which wore a ring with the character "White".
"Heavens Door."
She whispered in her heart.
Behind her, a phantom wearing a transparent bowler hat and a white tuxedo emerged silently, holding a paintbrush in its hand.
The Stand's finger tapped on the cracked forehead of the Edo Kazekage.
The sneer on Orochimaru's face solidified.
Because he saw a scene that caused his worldview to collapse.
That Edo Tensei body, which was immortal, had infinite Chakra, and was immune even to Sasori's toxins and mechanisms, had its face split open the moment Konan's finger touched it...
It wasn't a fracture from an attack.
Instead, like a book being leafed through, it "rustled" open from the middle!
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