After learning the intentions of the three, Orochimaru happily agreed and even formally reintroduced to Jiraiya the returning Kabuto, who had completed his training in the Ryūchi Cave.
"When did you come back? Why didn't I know about it?"
Kabuto chuckled softly, his expression calm as he replied, "I secretly came back a few days ago and didn't alert anyone. It's normal that the Hokage doesn't know."
Hearing this, Jiraiya felt something was off with Kabuto's attitude.
He no longer showed the same respect he used to; it felt like after learning Senjutsu, Kabuto had become too confident.
Jiraiya raised an eyebrow and signaled Orochimaru with his eyes.
Jiraiya: Can you still control Kabuto?
Orochimaru returned a smile to Jiraiya, signaling that there was no problem.
With Orochimaru's reassurance, Jiraiya no longer minded Kabuto's attitude.
"Alright, let's begin with the Reanimation Jutsu for Nagato."
Using a death row inmate as a material, Orochimaru successfully performed the Reanimation Jutsu to summon Nagato.
Upon seeing Nagato's reincarnated form, Yahiko and Konan were both visibly emotional.
Summoning Nagato like this meant that Nagato was indeed dead.
"Nagato, who killed you?"
"It was Black Zetsu."
When his consciousness was awakened, Nagato immediately realized the situation when he saw Jiraiya and Orochimaru.
"After you left, Zetsu suddenly appeared and attacked me."
"Damn, I knew it had bad intentions."
"Don't worry, Konan, Yahiko." At that moment, Jiraiya stepped forward and comforted them, saying, "Once Orochimaru finishes with the clone body, Nagato will be revived."
"Yes, I understand."
People revived by the Reanimation Jutsu are not truly revived.
They don't have the sensations a normal person should, like touch or taste.
Also, according to the law of conservation of mass, over time, the soul in the reincarnated body will begin to deteriorate.
So, after learning the identity of the killer, Jiraiya sealed Nagato's reincarnated body away.
This way, not only can Nagato's soul be protected, but it can also prevent him from being reincarnated by others using the Reanimation Jutsu.
Although currently, only Orochimaru and Kabuto can perform the technique, it's better to be cautious just in case.
"Alright, Konan, you and Yahiko stay in Konoha for now. We'll discuss everything once Nagato is revived."
"Okay, Jiraiya-sensei."
Time passed quickly, and before they knew it, it was time for the next video review of the light screen.
During this time, nothing significant happened in the Shinobi World.
The only thing was that Iwagakure reprimanded Kumogakure severely, expressing dissatisfaction with their retreat without notifying them.
However, despite the dissatisfaction, Onoki wouldn't go as far as to attack Kumogakure over this minor issue.
At this point, he was still mourning and angered by Deidara choosing suicide instead of returning to Iwagakure.
As for Kirigakure, the Mist Anbu led by Chojuro and Ao were no match for Kisame.
If Kisame hadn't held back, Chojuro and the others would have probably all died at his hands.
After the battle, Kisame disappeared without a trace.
If there was one clear winner from this battle, besides Konoha, it was Sunagakure.
Chiyo promised that she would bring back the parents of Sasori, and with that, Sasori agreed to return to Sunagakure.
Sasori's return was significant.
Not only did it mean that Sunagakure regained a Kage-level ninja, but it also greatly boosted their ability to produce puppets.
In time, Sunagakure would definitely form an elite ninja unit focused on using puppets.
By the time it was almost eight o'clock in the evening, the Hokage offices in both time periods were filled with people.
With Tsunade and Obito's return, they became the new viewers of the light screen.
As for why Fugaku, Itachi, Konan, and Yahiko weren't present, the two Uchiha weren't interested in this thing.
After passing on the heavy responsibility of the clan to Sasuke, Fugaku dropped all his burdens, spending his days at home researching food with Mikoto, occasionally going fishing, and living a life of leisure.
As for Uchiha Itachi, it was because he simply didn't have the energy to pay attention to the light screen.
As the executioner of the slaughtered clan, now the clan leader, Sasuke believed that Itachi had a duty to contribute to the revival of the clan.
So, Sasuke asked Naruto's mother, Kushina, to find a large number of women to have relations with Itachi.
Under the immense pressure of clan duty and his own sins, Itachi had no choice but to agree to the request of becoming a breeding stallion.
As for Konan and Yahiko.
To be honest, the Third Hokage still hadn't fully trusted them, not even Obito.
If it weren't for the fact that Obito was originally a Konoha ninja and had Minato and Kushina vouching for him, the Third Hokage wouldn't have agreed to Obito's inclusion.
Konan and Yahiko were different.
Neither of them were Konoha ninjas, and even with Jiraiya vouching for them, the Third Hokage still didn't agree.
"Sasuke, your brother's health is already bad. You asked me to introduce so many women to him. Won't his body be unable to handle it?"
"It's fine, Aunt Kushina."
Thinking about the terrible things Itachi did back then, Sasuke couldn't help but let out a cold laugh.
"Even if he dies, it doesn't matter. The Uchiha clan has money, and even if he dies ten or twenty times, I can bring him back to life."
"That may be true, but doing that too much will get tiring."
"Uh, Aunt Kushina, is it really appropriate for you to be telling me this? I'm still just a kid."
"You're the head of the Uchiha clan now. It's something you'll have to face sooner or later."
"But I don't even have a partner yet."
Sasuke quietly muttered this under his breath, then quickly refocused and said to Kushina: "Reviving the Uchiha clan and having Itachi pass down the bloodline is his responsibility. Even if, like you said, he's tired of it, then let him become a woman."
"Become a woman?"
Kushina was shocked. There's such a thing?
"Yeah, if he's tired of doing it with a male body, then let him continue with a female body. Honestly, I'm kind of looking forward to seeing a bunch of little kids calling him both 'dad' and 'mom.'"
"Eh~"
Kushina shuddered at the cold laugh from Sasuke.
She could already imagine what kind of life Itachi would have next.
It would truly be worse than death.
[Hi hi hi~, dear viewers! Hello! I'm Hayashi Sora.]
At 8 PM, the light screen appeared on time.
Obito and Tsunade, who had been chatting, immediately stopped talking when they saw it, their eyes wide as they stared at the suddenly appearing light screen.
[The character roundup of the Akatsuki has come to a pause.]
[Some might ask, isn't there still Yahiko, Obito, and Black Zetsu to cover?]
[First, Yahiko's life was actually pretty simple, there weren't any big highlights. Plus, his popularity isn't that high, so the video wouldn't perform that well.]
[As for Obito and Zetsu… Strictly speaking, they aren't even Akatsuki members, they belong to Uchiha Madara Faction.]
[In fact, Zetsu isn't even truly one of Madara's people.]
[So, in this video, the characters we'll be covering are the fan-favorite Princess Hinata Hyuga and the major villain from the movie, Hiruko.]
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