Naruto, my father's name is Uchiha Madara.

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Right before their eyes was another ready-made White Zetsu body, brimming with vitality and Hashirama cell activity!

"Yes! Lord Orochimaru!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Kabuto immediately assisted Orochimaru in preparing the Reanimation Jutsu.

This forbidden technique was already second nature to Orochimaru and Kabuto, who were equally proficient in the way of the soul.

Under the complex gazes of the crowd, Orochimaru's soul transformed into a blurry white light.

He was freed from his dying body, which had a huge wound in his abdomen.

It quickly burrowed into the prepared, blank-conscious body of the White Zetsu next to it.

The white Zetsu's body trembled violently, and its surface color and shape began to change rapidly.

Orochimaru's features gradually emerged from his pale face, black hair grew out, and purple eyeshadow appeared...

A moment later, "White Zetsu" opened its eyes, and those familiar snake eyes, filled with coldness and wisdom, reappeared before everyone.

Orochimaru has completed his reincarnation once again!

Moreover, it used a White Zetsu body with enormous potential, containing the activity of Hashirama Senju's cells!

He stretched his new limbs, feeling the abundant life force and highly compatible chakra within this body, and smiled with satisfaction.

"Alright, all the troublesome steps have been taken care of." Orochimaru turned his gaze to the resurrected Minato Namikaze and Naruto on the stretcher: "Then, Fourth Hokage, it's time... to return him to his rightful owner."

Chapter 500 The Consciousness Space Gets Lively Once Again

Under Kabuto's masterful control, the runes of the Impure World Reincarnation were completely integrated into the White Zetsu offering, and the last trace of stagnation binding the soul disappeared.

Minato's deep blue eyes, which had appeared lifeless and empty due to the spell, suddenly regained their former clarity and brilliance.

However, the sight that came into his view made the "Golden Flash," known for his composure, feel his heart clench instantly!

Orochimaru, whose face is strange yet feels familiar.

The Yakushi Kabuto, in a complex state, is covered in scales.

The most jarring sight was Naruto and Sasuke lying on a stretcher to the side, their breaths so faint they were almost gone!

The father's instinct overwhelmed all doubts and the unfamiliarity with the current situation.

Minato's figure instantly transformed into a golden flash, appearing almost teleported beside Naruto's stretcher.

His hands trembled as he sensed his son's condition; the vast and warm Nine-Tails chakra had vanished without a trace.

Only a faint flame of life remained, flickering weakly like a candle in the wind.

"The Nine-Tails inside Naruto..."

The sound of the water gate was filled with unbelievable pain.

"It was forcibly drained away, along with its life force."

Orochimaru calmly stated the cruel truth in his distinctive hoarse voice.

Snake eyes swept over Minato: "So, Fourth Hokage, now you should understand why I specifically 'invited' you back from the belly of the Grim Reaper, right?"

Minato instantly understood Orochimaru's intentions.

Sealed within him is the Yin-attribute chakra of the Nine-Tails, which was divided and sealed away using the Reaper Death Seal!

This is currently the only hope to replenish Naruto's life essence and pull him back from the brink of death!

He raised his head and looked at Orochimaru, his eyes filled with complex yet sincere gratitude: "I understand... Thank you very much, Orochimaru-senpai."

This gratitude comes from the bottom of my heart.

If Orochimaru hadn't used a forbidden technique to forcibly break the Reaper Death Seal and resurrect him with the Impure World Reincarnation...

He will likely lose the chance to save his son forever, and will only be left with endless regret in the Pure Land.

"No need for thanks, let's hurry up."

Orochimaru waved his hand, signaling Kabuto to adjust Naruto and Sasuke's positions.

He personally placed Naruto and Sasuke's hands together and explained to Minato, "When transferring the Nine-Tails' chakra to Naruto, let the overflowing life force flow through Sasuke's body as well."

"The Nine-Tails' chakra contains extremely strong activity and vitality. As long as it doesn't die on the spot, it can basically be brought back to life."

"It's like... buy one get one free."

Minato nodded heavily and said no more.

He took a deep breath. Although his resurrected body could not feel pain, the worry for his son deep in his soul remained heavy.

He formed hand seals, concentrated his mind, and began to guide the vast, cold, and violent Yin attribute chakra sealed within his impure body.

Naruto's consciousness space.

This space, which had become dim and calm due to the extraction of the Nine-Tails and the near death of its master, suddenly began to violently tremble!

"boom--!!!"

As if the sky had been torn apart, a mass of chakra exuding a violent and icy aura fell from the sky like a meteor.

It slammed hard onto the surface of the water in the consciousness space, creating a towering wave!

Dark red chakra churned and condensed on the water's surface, rapidly taking shape.

In the end, it transformed into a creature similar in size to the previous Yang Nine-Tailed Fox.

But the enormous fox had an even more ferocious look in its eyes and a colder aura.

Yin Jiuwei shook its enormous head, its vertical pupils filled with a mixture of confusion and wariness as it surveyed the unfamiliar surroundings.

The water here, the sky here, it feels...

It was nothing like the dark, oppressive sealing space that Minato Namikaze used to seal it.

"Huh? Where is this?"

It roared in a low voice, its tone filled with doubt.

Just then, a familiar voice, one that instantly ignited its fury and was etched into its very being, tinged with a hint of laziness and mockery, rang out behind it:

"So you've finally arrived, you scruffy fox."

Yin Jiuwei's massive body stiffened abruptly, and then a violent killing intent erupted as if it were a tangible substance!

It suddenly turned around, its blood-red pupils locking onto the figure standing on the water behind it.

Red, layered armor; black, spiky hair; and that face that it hated to the core!

"Uchiha Madara!!!"

The furious roar shook the entire consciousness space!

The humiliating memories of being controlled by the Sharingan, forced to fight Hashirama Senju, and enslaved like a tool erupted in its heart like a volcano!

"There's no seal here! I'll kill you!!"

The Nine-Tails completely lost its mind, and its huge claws, carrying the force to tear everything apart, swung fiercely towards Madara!

It will tear this enemy that has brought it endless suffering to pieces!

However, just as its sharp claws were about to touch the spots—

"Swish!" "Swish!"

Two figures appeared as if they had teleported, resolutely blocking Madara's path!

One of them is its previous Jinchūriki, Minato Namikaze.

The other one is its previous Jinchūriki, Kushina Uzumaki!

Minato spread his arms wide and shouted anxiously, "Kurama! Stop! Don't do it! He's one of us!"

Kushina also brandished her fist, her spirit undiminished despite her ethereal state: "Yeah, yeah! You stinky fox, look closely! He's our partner now!"

"Nine Lamas?"

Yin Jiuwei's movements faltered, its claws hovering in mid-air.

Its fierce, vertical pupils were fixed on Minato: "Where...did you learn this name?"

It clearly remembered that it had never told Minato its real name.

"Huh? Me?"

However, another voice, also belonging to Minato Namikaze, came from above it.

Yin Jiuwei looked up in surprise and saw another, slightly illusory Minato Namikaze, wearing a Hokage robe, standing on its huge head.

His face was full of confusion.

However, Minato, standing on the Nine-Tails' head, immediately understood: "You are the chakra mark I placed in Naruto's body before, to deal with the loosening of the seal?"

Minato, standing beneath the Nine-Tails, nodded: "However, this amount of chakra is almost exhausted."

He looked up at himself, his tone filled with relief and entrustment: "Next, I will transfer the remaining chakra and memories back to you, and you should then know everything that has happened during this time."

"Our son... is in your care."

After saying that, the chakra residue turned into a stream of light and merged into Minato's body.

On the other side, Madara confronts Kurama.

Yin Jiuwei temporarily set aside her doubts about Minato and turned her gaze back to the black hedgehog-headed creature below that it hated with a passion.

He growled in annoyance, "What do you want? Uchiha Madara! Don't think that just because someone's protecting you, I can..."

However, it stopped abruptly.

It saw that Madara did not, as usual, show a cold expression or directly reveal his Sharingan to try to control it.

Instead, Ban slowly raised his hand, clenched it into a fist, and then extended his fist toward it.

This action... stunned Kushina, who was standing to the side.

She thought Madara would use absolute violence to subdue Kurama as he had in the past, but instead he showed this... almost equal stance?

Yin Jiuwei looked at the fist suspiciously and sneered, "Hmph! Do you think I'd believe you? Don't give me that!"

Madara's expression remained calm, but his eyes held less of their usual indifference and more of an indescribable complexity: "This is for Naruto."