[Orochimaru's Laboratory]
When Sasori and Chiyo were brought here by Minato, both of them still looked completely confused, not understanding what had happened.
Only after arriving did Minato finally speak and explain to them, "Rengoku has returned. He's already taken your parents' bodies and gone to prepare to revive them."
Hearing this, Sasori felt as if he had been struck by lightning, his whole body trembling violently. That usually cold and emotionless face instantly showed an expression of disbelief.
"W… what? Really?"
Sasori's voice trembled from the sheer shock.
Minato nodded, "Wait here for a bit. You'll be able to see your parents soon."
Sasori looked toward Chiyo. Although she didn't say anything, the emotions in her eyes gave her away.
"Lord Hokage, I don't want to wait. I want to watch them be revived."
Sasori's tone was unusually agitated. He had waited for so many years. He didn't want to wait anymore.
Minato looked at Sasori, paused to think for a moment, then nodded lightly, showing he understood the urgency in his heart.
"Alright. Since that's the case, I'll take you there to see."
Before he even finished speaking, Minato reached out and placed his hands on Sasori and Chiyo's shoulders. In the next instant, a flash of light appeared, and the three of them vanished without a trace.
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"Impure World Reincarnation Technique!"
When Minato appeared again, he was already in the lower level of the laboratory.
At that exact moment, Orochimaru had just completed the final ritual, successfully summoning Sasori's parents and Karura through the Impure World Reincarnation Technique.
Right after that, he quickly signaled to Rengoku, then his figure flickered as he instantly used the Flying Thunder God Technique and disappeared without a trace.
As Hokage, he had a lot to deal with lately.
Since he had already delivered the people, there was naturally no need for him to stay any longer.
At this moment, Rengoku stood calmly to the side, arms crossed over his chest.
Seeing Sasori and Chiyo arrive, a faint smile appeared at the corner of Rengoku's mouth. He gave them a slight nod as a greeting.
There was no need to mention Sasori.
As for Chiyo, the last time she met Rengoku was on the battlefield during the great ninja war.
But times had changed, and the world was unpredictable.
In the blink of an eye, five full years had passed.
Who would have thought that the two sides, once enemies, would now stand in the same camp?
Even though Rengoku looked relaxed and casual on the surface, Sasori and Chiyo didn't dare show the slightest bit of disrespect.
The two of them bowed respectfully in unison toward Rengoku and said together, "Lord Rengoku."
In response, Rengoku simply waved his hand casually, smiling as he indicated they didn't need to be so formal.
Then he raised his hand and pointed forward, patiently explaining:
"The current situation is this. Orochimaru will first summon their souls from the Pure Land."
"That way, when we carry out the actual revival, the pressure on me will be relatively reduced."
After a long period of detailed research, Orochimaru discovered that if one wanted to successfully summon the souls of the dead from the Pure Land into the living world, it required an enormous amount of energy.
If Dragon Life Reincarnation were used directly, it would drain a massive amount of Rengoku's life force.
Given that his consumption would be doubled, it would be quite dangerous.
Fortunately, the forbidden technique of Impure World Reincarnation could be used as a workaround, since it consumed sacrifices rather than the user.
There were still some members of the Sarutobi clan left, so they could be considered waste being put to use again.
As soon as these words fell, a sinister cold wind began to blow, accompanied by mournful wails echoing through the air. Countless paper talismans fluttered down like snow.
In the blink of an eye, the densely packed talismans on the ground began to move as if alive, quickly surging upward and tightly wrapping around three living members of the Sarutobi clan.
Tsunade stood to the side with her arms crossed, a faint cold smile slowly appearing on her face.
Every time she saw members of the Sarutobi clan being used as experimental material or as sacrificial components for some technique,
a strange sense of satisfaction would rise within her, as if the resentment buried deep in her heart for so long was finally being released, even if only a little.
On the other side, Sasori and Chiyo stared intently at the talismans that were continuously peeling away.
As layer after layer of talismans fell off, the figures inside gradually revealed themselves, they were Sasori's parents and Karura.
At this moment, Chiyo couldn't help but tightly grip Sasori's hand. Even though Sasori now had a puppet body, he could still clearly sense the change in her emotions.
Looking at those two faces that felt both unfamiliar and familiar, Sasori's thoughts were uncontrollably pulled into the past.
Time passed, and thirty years had gone by in a flash. The appearances of his parents from back then had long become blurred in his memory.
If he hadn't happened to see them a few times when Orochimaru cultivated their clones, he probably wouldn't have been able to recognize that the people before him were the family he had longed for day and night.
Even so, the feelings of longing buried deep within him surged forth like a tide at this moment, leaving Sasori slightly dazed.
At this time, Orochimaru steadily controlled the three Impure World bodies, but did not awaken their consciousness.
Meanwhile, Rengoku had already moved to the side of a hospital bed.
Lying on it were the clones of Sasori's parents and Karura.
Karin stood nearby, holding a bottle filled with the Water of Life.
The current Karin was no longer that immature little girl. Her body had fully matured.
As a member of the Uzumaki clan, she possessed extremely strong vitality, which naturally reduced many risks.
Rengoku raised both hands and quickly formed a hand seal.
Spirit Transformation Technique!
If he wanted to understand exactly how the soul entered Reiko's body (Sasori's mother), he had to use this technique first in order to see the soul.
Next, Rengoku walked up to Reiko and gently placed his palm on her.
"Dragon Life Reincarnation Technique!"
A vast surge of life energy burst out from his body, continuously pouring into Reiko's clone.
This clone already possessed vitality, but it lacked the most crucial element, the soul.
At the same time, Orochimaru, standing to the side, formed hand seals in sync.
"Impure World Reincarnation, Release!"
The Reiko Impure World body standing there quietly instantly began to collapse.
Rengoku glanced toward Orochimaru. In his spirit-transformed state, he could clearly see Reiko's soul slowly drifting out of her Impure World body.
Meanwhile, Rengoku continued maintaining the Dragon Life Reincarnation Technique.
As his life force kept pouring in, Reiko's soul suddenly let out a faint whoosh and vanished without a trace.
Rengoku's heart skipped a beat. He quickly turned his head, only to discover in surprise that Reiko's soul had already successfully entered the prepared clone body.
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