Chapter 274: Meeting the Second Hokage Again
"What?! You're going to summon my great-granduncle?" Tsunade looked astonished. This was truly a rare sight.
She had originally thought Shizune and Ino would come up with some good idea. Turns out, this was it?
I want a man, a handsome man. Why are you summoning my grandfather? For him to beat me up?
"No, no!" Ino quickly explained, "What I mean is, I can try to summon the Second Hokage, and then have the Second Hokage use Edo Tensei to revive Kato Dan-sensei and... um, um, Lord Nawaki."
Tsunade's expression turned ugly: "...My great-granduncle will definitely scold all of us."
Shizune's tone was particularly firm: "Let him scold! Lady Tsunade, if you see Uncle again, your hemophobia will surely be cured, right!"
"Oink oink," Tonton also cheered them on from the side. Let him scold, I'm not afraid!
Seeing Tsunade's eyes darting around, like a child who had caused trouble at school and was asked to notify her parents, Shizune made the decision for her: "Ino, hurry up and do it. Summon him now."
"Oink oink," Tonton also expressed support. Three votes in favor, one abstention; the resolution to summon the Second Hokage was passed.
Getting her old pal, the Shinigami, to release the Second Hokage's soul was not easy. Ino took out the giant rock she had confiscated from the evil god.
She secretly calculated.
Cut it in half? The "gift" probably wouldn't be weighty enough.
Give the whole thing? She felt a bit pained.
Ino finally decided, let's give it all! The evil god's stuff was indeed useless to her. Not only was it unlucky to keep, but it would also easily attract trouble and misfortune. Let the Shinigami play with it.
She placed the Shinigami Rosary Beads squarely on the front of the giant rock, then performed the reverse hand seals for the "Reaper Death Seal."
The Shinigami old pal probably knew there were no souls to collect this time, so he was incredibly slow to arrive.
Waves of chilling wind blew into the room. Tsunade and Shizune first put on socks, then woolly hats, gloves, and coats. The room was as cold as an ice cellar. Tonton oinked twice and directly dived under the covers.
Ino repeatedly performed the hand seals five times. Just when she thought her summoning attempt this time would be "unresponsive," the old pal finally arrived.
Seeing the "remains" of the evil god, the old pal's eyes lit up. He pointed at the giant rock, meaning, is this thing for me?
"Yes, yes, yes, but not for you. A trade, an exchange, friend! Understand? Exchange, my stone, your soul. No, wait, not your soul, the souls you've collected."
Amidst Tsunade and Shizune's strange gazes, Ino gesticulated wildly at the empty air by herself.
Having dealt with each other so many times, the Shinigami had grown accustomed to his mentally challenged friend's way of expression.
He slowly nodded and raised one finger, meaning he could only exchange one soul.
The Shinigami had one, two, three, four – four Hokages, the Fourth Kazekage, and Orochimaru's main body soul. Who to exchange for? How could she let the Shinigami know which soul she wanted?
Ino pointed at Tsunade, then made a "two" gesture, meaning her great-granduncle.
"Two?" The Shinigami shook his head. No way, I can only give you one soul. How can I give you two? My mentally challenged friend can't even distinguish between one and two, so stupid!
Ino: "..."
This is so damn troublesome! She scratched her head, racking her brains, really not knowing how to describe it. She could only repeatedly point at Tsunade, meaning, pull out the soul related to her for me to choose from.
The Shinigami raised one finger again, confirming, just one? Only one.
"Yes, yes, just one!"
The next second, the soul-completed Third Hokage walked out of the vortex formed by the chilling wind.
"Ino, why are you here? Huh, I should already be dead, right? Tsunade!" The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, was completely bewildered, his memory still stuck at the moment he died on his sickbed. In the blink of an eye, he was alive again?
Several people could see this soul. Tsunade was greatly alarmed: "Sarutobi... Sarutobi-sensei?"
Ino quickly waved her hands at the Shinigami. Bro, wrong one, wrong one, not this one!
The Shinigami tilted his head. Not this one? He stuffed the Third Hokage back into his stomach, rummaged around, and soon pulled out another soul.
"Grandfather?!!" Tsunade was dumbfounded.
The First Hokage looked over strangely, stunned for a second, then was overjoyed: "Is it little Tsunade? You've grown so big! Come here, let grandfather take a look. Aiya, you're really a big girl now, do you have a boyfriend?"
Ino covered her face and waved her hands at the Shinigami again. This isn't it either!
The First Hokage disappeared, and the Second Hokage, clad in blue armor with a stern face, appeared. Ino finally nodded; this was the one.
The Shinigami released the Second Hokage's soul, then took away the giant rock containing half of the evil god's energy. The transaction was complete, and he subsequently vanished.
With chakra, one has everything. Although the chakra in a soul diminishes with use, the Second Hokage's chakra was also top-tier in the ninja world. At this moment, his figure was extremely solid. He looked stern: "Who broke the Reaper Death Seal? Young lady, I remember you. You're that little girl who uses Water Release very well. Did you summon me?"
He had a rather deep impression of Ino. As a deceased person, he could see Ino making a deal with the Shinigami. Plus, Tsunade had shrunk her head into her coat, so for a moment, he actually didn't notice his older brother's precious granddaughter.
Ino pointed at the bundle of coat and said, "Lord Second, look over there. Actually, it's my teacher, Lady Tsunade, who wants to see you."
The Second Hokage's face was stern, his gaze sharp. He slowly turned his head. Shizune and Tonton both wore ingratiating smiles and pointed at the bundle of coat. Only then did he see Tsunade, huddled into a ball, trying hard to reduce her presence.
"Oh, it's Tsunade. Long time no see. Lift your head."
Tsunade emerged from the coat, revealing a particularly subservient smile: "Hehehe, Great-granduncle..."
Ino's footsteps were very light. In two or three steps, she shrank into a corner. Then Tonton also quietly slipped over, followed by Shizune. The two people and one pig expressionlessly entered intense spectator mode.
Actually, in Shizune's view, Tsunade was often like a child. She just lacked an elder like the Second Hokage to apply some pressure on her. Whether she met Kato Dan or not was irrelevant; those were all excuses.
"Speak, why did you summon me?" the Second Hokage asked.
"Um..." Tsunade bit her fingernails. How should she put this? Say she wanted Great-granduncle to help her with Edo Tensei because she wanted to see her boyfriend and younger brother again? She was also afraid of getting a good scolding!
"Not speaking?" The Second Hokage sensed his surroundings. This was clearly not Konoha Village; the people coming and going nearby were all ordinary people.
His soul was not bound in any way. If he gave up his lingering attachments, he could go to the Pure Land and rest in peace now.
Did the Second Hokage have lingering attachments? Of course! He didn't want to leave this world just yet.
So, many things needed to be asked clearly.
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