Chapter 329
Edo Tensei + Samsara of Heavenly Life = Kushina's Resurrection!
After all, they were the Hokage couple who died fighting for Konoha, and their tombstones were placed right next to those of the previous Hokage, with Hiruzen Sarutobi's pre-prepared tombstone in between. He just didn't expect Minato Namikaze to enter the Konoha Memorial Stone Garden faster than him.
The Nine-Tails' outbreak was so sudden, and Minato Namikaze was in his prime; no one expected the Fourth Hokage to die so young.
The village hadn't even prepared a tombstone for Minato Namikaze in advance, so Hiruzen Sarutobi used his own prepared tombstone for the Minato Namikaze couple.
Anyway, the tombstone wasn't set yet, so they just needed someone to engrave a new tombstone for the Minato Namikaze couple and install it.
Six months later, Hiruzen Sarutobi prepared another tombstone for himself next to the Minato Namikaze couple's tombstone, just waiting for him to grow old and be buried. But he didn't expect to be overthrown by a coup, and his body wouldn't even receive a proper burial.
Being buried in the Konoha Memorial Stone Garden became nothing more than a pipe dream.
It was already good enough that the Uchiha Clan didn't whip his corpse and feed it to dogs.
After reviving Uzumaki Kushina, there would be a free sealing ninjutsu master.
Given that he had adopted Uzumaki Naruto, plus Uchiha Mikoto and Kushina were already good friends and sisters, with their relationship, Kushina would definitely grant any request.
When Uchiha Ryoichi went to the Konoha Memorial Stone Garden, Uchiha Fugaku was considering which method to use to revive Kushina.
If it was in an Edo Tensei state, with Kushina's soul inside, would it be effective to have a jōnin use Reanimation on her?
In the original work, Chiyo used Reanimation on Gaara's freshly deceased body and successfully revived him.
But an Edo Tensei body…
Forget it—too much trouble.
Fugaku shook his head, abandoning the idea of experimenting. It would require capturing a jōnin and waiting for them to master Reanimation before proceeding.
He didn't want to wait that long; who knew if the captured jōnin would even be able to learn Reanimation?
Reanimation was a Forbidden Jutsu, after all. The difficulty was extremely high.
Finding a jōnin with such exceptional ninjutsu talent was also a problem.
Fugaku decided to use the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique directly.
He had researched and learned Edo Tensei during his idle time before, but never had the opportunity to use it.
The reason he learned Edo Tensei was also to revive characters he liked in the future.
Like Kushina, Minato, Hatake Sakumo, and others.
He had a premonition that performing Samsara of Heavenly Life would not result in his own death.
In the original work, Nagato died after performing the Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique because he revived too many people at once—almost half of Konoha, including both ninja and civilians. The sheer number was enormous, and since the Rinnegan was not his original eye, the backlash was even greater.
Even Uchiha Madara could not withstand reviving so many people at once.
For Fugaku—who was reviving only one person at a time, and who possessed the Rinne Sharingan, which was superior to the Rinnegan—the side effects were almost nonexistent. It would only consume some chakra.
Fugaku had just finished a game when Uchiha Ryoichi returned with the items.
Fugaku opened the box and took a look. Inside was a piece of preserved skin, cut from Kushina's arm.
Due to preservation methods, it was still elastic.
Fugaku closed the lid and instructed Uchiha Ryoichi to go to the prison and bring a female death-row inmate.
In the backyard, the female inmate lay on the ground. She looked young and was suitable as a vessel for Kushina's soul.
The required dust had already been prepared and piled beside her.
Mikoto arrived as well, holding the clothes prepared for Kushina.
Fugaku had told her that Kushina might not have clothes after being revived.
Uchiha Ryoichi then left the backyard. It was inappropriate for him to stay—Kushina might soon be naked.
His next task was to prevent Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke from approaching the backyard.
Everything was ready.
Fugaku formed hand seals.
Tiger — Snake — Dog — Dragon!
After completing the four seals, he clapped his hands together sharply.
"Edo Tensei!"
The dust on the ground stirred without wind, swirling around the female inmate. She tried to scream in shock, but the dust enveloped her completely, sealing her voice.
Kushina's body tissue merged into the dust and vanished.
The dust slowly reshaped itself.
Long, flowing red hair cascaded down. Pale skin marked with cracks appeared, as if pieced together.
There was no doubt—
This was Uzumaki Kushina.
Mikoto nearly cried out, but restrained herself, afraid of interrupting her husband's jutsu.
Normally, the next step would be to embed a talisman-tagged kunai into the back of the head to erase consciousness.
But Fugaku skipped this step entirely.
He was not summoning a weapon.
He was reviving a person.
His Rinne Sharingan glowed.
"Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique!"
Since Kushina's soul was already present, there was no need for the King of Hell to retrieve it from the Pure Land.
Within ten seconds, steam burst from Kushina's body.
Her skin shifted from deathly white to healthy color.
The cracks vanished.
Her body became warm, firm, and alive.
Fugaku felt his chakra drain—but only slightly, comparable to an A-rank jutsu.
There was no backlash.
His theory was correct.
He would not die like Nagato.
"Husband… did it succeed?"
Uchiha Mikoto asked nervously, glancing at her now-naked best friend.
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