Naruto: Minato Namikaze, born evil

Chapter 57 The Possibility of Immortality

Another month passed in the blink of an eye, and heavy snow fell in Konoha.

Orochimaru successfully took over the work of Root and invited Minato to join Root.

"This is Minato Namikaze, my assistant. From now on, there's no need to stop him from coming here," Orochimaru said calmly to his subordinates.

This child looks to be only five or six years old...

The subordinates were curious, but none of them questioned Orochimaru's orders.

The Dark Division is a place where you only need to carry out orders. It's best not to know things you shouldn't know, or you might be silenced.

The things processed at the root are even more secretive and cannot be exposed to the light; they can be described as the darkest of the dark.

Especially after Danzo's death, many dirty deeds were exposed, and those who were selected to join Root at this time were all people who knew how to behave.

"Excuse me, Captain."

The leading ninja hesitated and asked, "How can we verify this person's identity?"

Without Orochimaru needing to speak, Minato unleashed a dazzling light from his fingertips.

"I thought you'd use another one," Orochimaru laughed.

Minato shook his head. Wood Release is unreliable; who knows, it might just produce a test subject who successfully transplanted the First Hokage's cells. But the power of the Glint-Glint Fruit is unique to him.

"Come on, let me show you more options."

The two walked deeper into the base.

Although the Roots have been reorganized, the location of the base has not changed, because the Watergate only destroyed the outer entrance area, and the deeper areas were not affected.

After clearing away the Wood Release techniques left by Minato, Danzo's hard-earned wealth all fell into Orochimaru's hands.

The two arrived at a quiet room. The room was dimly lit and a little cold, with the flames of the oil lamps on the walls flickering.

"Isn't there an electric light?" Minato asked.

pat!

As soon as he finished speaking, Orochimaru turned on the light and sat down on the low kang (heated brick bed): "This used to be Danzo's rest room. There's a reason why I said he was mentally unstable."

As he spoke, he casually turned on the air conditioner.

Minato glanced at the air conditioner, then seemed to sense something was wrong and glanced at it again.

air conditioner?!

So there are heating devices like this in the ninja world!

Then what about all the freezing weather I've been enduring lately?

In his previous life, there were always complaints about the technology of the ninja world online. However, after Minato actually transmigrated, he discovered that the technological development of the ninja world was not as distorted as the internet made it out to be, and that it did have its own developmental patterns.

The technological level during the Warring States period was indeed very backward.

With the establishment of the ninja village system, the mode of warfare changed from small-scale, continuous battles fought independently to large-scale wars requiring long-term stable development and an arms race.

Although the war has become more brutal, the ninja world today has actually seen more development in the last thirty years than in the past few hundred years, whether in terms of economy, people's livelihood, or technology.

Among them, the fastest developing were the capitals of various countries and the ninja villages.

If you leave Konoha and go to other villages and towns, you will find that even in the most prosperous Land of Fire, many places do not even have electric lights.

"This is the information I've gathered over this period of time using the roots' channels. Minato-kun, please take a look."

Orochimaru took out a scroll, which Minato took from him, opened, and glanced at.

The scroll contains many rumors from the ninja world, some about the Sage of Six Paths, and others that directly or indirectly point to clues about immortality.

The Earth Grudge Fear of Takigakure, the evil god legends of the Land of Hot Water, the Box of Paradise of Kusagakure, the Impure World Reincarnation technique, the Spirit Transformation technique, research on Hashirama's cells, the possibility of cell activation research, the legend of the Sage of Six Paths, and the traces and information of the various clans descended from the Sage of Six Paths...

After looking around, Minato lightly touched the Impure World Reincarnation technique with his finger: "This technique can summon the soul of the dead from a place called the Pure Land?"

"Yes, but an offering is needed."

Orochimaru chuckled and asked, "Whom does Minato-kun wish to see?"

Minato shook his head, then pointed at the Spirit Transformation Technique: "This technique allows a person's soul to leave their body?"

"That's right." Orochimaru nodded.

"So, the soul really exists?" Minato asked.

"Of course, Minato-kun, would you like to see it?"

Orochimaru said with delight, "The Impure World Reincarnation is a ninjutsu invented by the Second Hokage. Danzo inherited the Second Hokage's research legacy, which includes the Impure World Reincarnation technique."

"There's no rush..."

Minato tapped the table lightly with his index finger: "I was thinking, since a person's soul can be summoned, could it be done in some form..."

"To forcibly retain the soul, preventing it from going to the Pure Land?"

Orochimaru let out a strange laugh and excitedly licked his lips: "We really do have a lot in common, Minato-kun."

"So, senior, do you think this method is feasible?"

Minato asked the question, but he already knew the answer in his heart.

"Theoretically, it is feasible to some extent, but it requires a lot of experiments. First, we must clarify the way the soul and the body are connected, and secondly... we need to choose a container to hold the soul."

Orochimaru glanced at Minato: "Besides soul transfer, can Minato-kun find any other possibility?"

"This Earth Grudge Demon can maintain its youth by plundering hearts?"

"The user will turn into a monster covered in black hair, which I personally find hard to accept. Besides, this technique is only really good at cell activation."

Actually, you're not any better than Kakuzu...

Minato recalled Orochimaru's image as the White Phosphorus Serpent from the original work and gave an awkward laugh.

"Is it rumored that an evil god can grant immortality?"

Orochimaru shook his head: "You'll still die even if you're burned to ashes. It's just a technique that enhances the body's self-healing ability and forcibly binds the soul to the body."

"However, it has some merit. This technique is somewhat similar to the methods of the Uzumaki clan. The Land of Hot Springs and Uzushio Village are not far apart, and there may be some kind of connection between them."

Minato nodded thoughtfully. Orochimaru even dared to exploit the Grim Reaper's bug. If Hidan's immortality was truly related to the evil god, given Orochimaru's research fanatic nature, he would never let that guy go.

In the Naruto world, the only god who has clearly existed and appeared is the Shinigami (Death God), and even he cannot actively interfere in the world of the living.

So even if there really is an evil god, it's most likely to be something like the Grim Reaper.

"Actually... when I saw that Minato-kun possessed two bloodline limits, I wondered what the effect would be if all the bloodline limits in the world could be gathered into one person?"

A glint of fervor flashed in Orochimaru's eyes as he proposed another research direction.

Minato thought this was a good research direction. Although it was not very realistic, if the bloodlines of the descendants of the Sage of Six Paths were gathered together, and the genes of the lineage on the moon were added, it might be possible to create an Otsutsuki.

While it may not grant immortality directly, it can bring us closer to that possibility.

Look at those pure-blooded Otsutsuki; they must have a lifespan of at least several thousand years, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to spend thousands of years traversing the universe.