71 Chapter 71

Naruto thought as he looked behind the fleeing Tsunade.

One of the biggest reasons Tsunade didn't accept Naruto was the age difference between them. Another big factor was that Tsunade's own real body was so old that it put a big dent in her love life.

Naruto already knew why she didn't accept. He guessed she would agree sooner or later. Because Naruto removed the biggest factors between them last night. We will see what he did last night only later.

Naruto decided not to think about Tsunade anymore. What he had to think about now was how to plan for the future.

Normally, Pain should have attacked Konoha after a while. Naruto thought Pain wouldn't do such a thing. But Naruto couldn't decide that he wanted to protect the village even if Pain attacked.

He didn't like most of the people in the village, but the people close to him had a lot of interest in the village.

For example, Tsunade was the Kage of the village and was responsible for protecting the village. Also, if Pain attacked, as she would most likely want to protect the village, there was a chance that she would be seriously injured.

Hinata, on the other hand, had a family that tied her to the village. Even though they weren't that close to her father and clan, she couldn't leave her little sister in such an environment. Otherwise, who knows what would happen to the cute Hanabi.

As for Anko... Well... Naruto is the only thing that connects her to the village. So if Naruto wanted to stay, she would stay too. It's quite reasonable.

Apart from that, another upcoming event was the Fourth Shinobi War. That's why Naruto wanted to get stronger as soon as possible. That way, he would be able to defeat Madara and Kaguya more easily.

That's why Naruto started to think about how to get stronger in this short time. He could go to the moon to meet Toneri Otsutsuki.

But even easier than that, he could take another remaining half of Kurama's chakra. That's why he had to get Minato's soul out of Shinigami's stomach.

He had to go to the place where the Shinigami mask was located. In the anime, Orochimaru cut his stomach to free his hands and captive Kages' souls.

Naruto thought that Orochimaru was no longer useful. So he was going to use him one last time and let him die. He would at least die usefully, he should have been grateful.

Naruto first planned to take the yin half of Kurama, which was inside his father. After taking half of Kurama's yin, he would become even stronger.

He then thought that it was better to start that plan right away. After all, he could not predict exactly when the war would begin. He also didn't need to stop constantly in Konoha. Since there was more than one Hiraishin mark here anyway, if there was a problem, he could teleport right away.

Naruto did not care to inform Tsunade that he would be leaving the village for a while. She will most likely not call Naruto at all, as she will be afraid to meet him.

After Naruto teleported to the mark he had placed out of Konoha, he began searching for the temple where the mask was located. The temple was built by the Uzumaki clan on the outskirts of Konoha.

After searching around for a while, he finally found the temple.

At the entrance of the temple was the sign of a huge Uzumaki clan. Unfortunately, the temple was in ruins. It was as if the temple would collapse completely if someone punched.

Naruto walked in and noticed the many masks hanging on the board directly in front of him. After looking at the masks for a while, his eyes settled on a particular mask.

The mask had two horns on its forehead, just like the Oni depicted in Japan.

Naruto took Orochimaru out using the Kamui.

When Orochimaru emerged into the outside world, he knelt directly in front of Naruto and waited for his orders. He looked just like an obedient slave.

Naruto gestured to the mask hanging on the board and said coldly, "Wear this mask on your face and use that technique."

"Yes, my lord." Orochimaru said, and then, after approaching the board, he took the mask using the snake arms protruding from his body and put it on his face.

Then all of a sudden a large amount of chakra came out from him. As Orochimaru screamed out of pain, Shinigami's presence appeared behind him.

Shinigami took the dagger in its hand and began to bring it closer to its stomach. Later, after it cut its stomach, several soul-like beings came out from the cut.

At that very moment, a large cut appeared in Orochimaru's stomach. Then he fell to the ground and was about to take his last breath in painfully.

Naruto took one last look at Orochimaru, who was writhing on the ground, and said, "Die."

As he was walking out, he heard a low voice behind, "Y-Yes, my lord."

After Naruto came out of the temple, he went to a suitable area. He then teleported his clone to his side. The clone disappeared after dropping the unconscious bandit it was carrying on the ground.

Naruto drew a few marks on the ground. If someone saw the drawings, they could understand that something strange was going to happen here.

Naruto placed a piece of his father's body in the center of his markings and then, after checking the markings one last time, went to the marked place to use jutsu.

He tapped one hand on the ground, "Edo Tensei!"

Then the shape of the body part that was in the center of the marks began to change. After a short while, that little body part transformed into Minato.

Naruto said while looking at Minato, who slowly opened his eyes, "Welcome to life, Daddy!"