Naruto: Inheriting the Legacy of a Person Who Traveled Through Time

Amidst eerie laughter, the Grim Reaper's enormous hand, covered in black curse marks, slowly extended, passing directly through Hiruzen Sarutobi's body. After penetrating Orochimaru's body, its five fingers slowly tightened, as if grasping something invisible.

Back then, Minato Namikaze used the Reaper Death Seal to split the Nine-Tails in two, sealing it into his own body and Naruto's body respectively. Hiruzen Sarutobi, fearing that the Nine-Tails might cause chaos again due to the young age of the Jinchuriki, secretly learned the Reaper Death Seal as a final means to protect Konoha. Now, seeing that he had used this forbidden technique, which would lead to mutual destruction, on his former beloved student, he was filled with mixed emotions.

What exactly does this feeling feel like?

Orochimaru was clearly unable to witness the presence of the Grim Reaper. He only clearly sensed that something ominous was about to happen to him, but his body was stiff and he could not move. A trace of fear appeared in his eyes.

Just as Death's arm began to slowly withdraw, Orochimaru mustered his remaining strength and slowly raised his arm, forming a sword finger to regain control of the Kusanagi sword.

The unmanned Kusanagi sword suddenly emitted a dazzling white light, slowly rising into the air. With slight tremors, it constantly adjusted its angle, its tip pointing directly at Hiruzen Sarutobi.

"Go to hell!"

The Third Hokage and his disciple simultaneously uttered the same shout, and the Kusanagi Sword suddenly accelerated towards Hiruzen Sarutobi, while the Shinigami's arm began to pull forcefully, extracting a semi-transparent ball of light from Orochimaru's body.

puff!

Blood splattered everywhere as the Kusanagi sword mercilessly pierced through Hiruzen Sarutobi's body from behind. Had Enma, who was lying on the ground, not reached out and grabbed the trembling blade in time, Hiruzen Sarutobi's body would have been pierced through.

"Why...didn't you dodge?"

Orochimaru's sword strike was primarily intended to evade Hiruzen Sarutobi. Seeing that Hiruzen took the blow head-on without flinching, Orochimaru's yellow vertical pupils suddenly contracted.

Hiruzen Sarutobi did not answer, but continued to urge the Shinigami behind him to slowly extract Orochimaru's soul from his body.

Sensing the aura of death, Orochimaru desperately reached out to form hand seals, attempting to unleash a ninjutsu counterattack, only to discover that his chakra had become uncontrollable.

"I have no reason to hide, since I'm going to die anyway! When the seal ends, my soul will be devoured. This is a forbidden technique used by the Fourth Hokage, the hero who saved the village. And you will die with him."

Large beads of sweat slid down his forehead, and Orochimaru's eyes twitched incessantly, clearly indicating that he had remembered the origin of the Reaper Death Seal.

"Is this the ninjutsu that sealed the Nine-Tails back then?"

The long string of Buddhist prayer beads wrapped around the Grim Reaper's arm moved backward little by little, and the translucent soul became more and more prominent, revealing a complete human form. This made Orochimaru's fear even more intense. He tried his best to resist, but found that his body was completely out of his control.

"What a joke! You old geezer, I won't let you have your way!"

Orochimaru kept trying to hook his sword finger, and the Kusanagi sword that was inserted into Hiruzen Sarutobi's body moved forward little by little. The intense pain made it difficult for Hiruzen Sarutobi to continue to control the Shinigami, and the soul that had been pulled out shrank back into Orochimaru's body little by little.

cough!

Large spurts of blood gushed from Hiruzen Sarutobi's mouth, and his once straight body gradually became hunched over.

"It seems I no longer have the power to extract your entire soul..."

The killing intent in Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes gradually faded, and images of the three legendary Sannin when they were still teenagers kept flashing through his mind.

"Orochimaru, you've become obsessed with ninjutsu, wasting it all. I'm going to give you the punishment most suitable for you—I'll take away all the ninjutsu you've mastered!"

What did you say?

Before Orochimaru could continue activating the Kusanagi Sword, the heavily injured Hiruzen Sarutobi used his remaining strength to slowly extract Orochimaru's soul from his arm.

The phantom of Death moved, taking the short sword from its mouth with its other hand, raising it high, and then slashing down.

"Could it be... no!"

Orochimaru seemed to sense something, raised his head and looked at the empty space behind Hiruzen Sarutobi, letting out a panicked shout.

"seal!"

With a flash of invisible sword light, Orochimaru and Hiruzen Sarutobi were suddenly separated and fell backward. Amidst Hiruzen Sarutobi's shouts, a dazzling light burst forth from his chest, and a huge sealing talisman suddenly took shape.

"My hand..."

Orochimaru tried desperately to raise his hands, but to his despair, he found that his arms hung limply at his sides. The deathly gray color spread at an alarming rate, causing Orochimaru to completely lose sensation in his hands.

"Now your hands are useless, and you can't form hand seals to cast ninjutsu. The plan to destroy Konoha has failed!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi was clearly exhausted, but his voice was still incredibly loud, and there was no fear of death in his eyes, but rather the joy of successfully protecting Konoha.

Destroy Konoha?

Hiruzen Sarutobi's pupils contracted outside the light screen, finally understanding why he, who had been so lenient with Orochimaru, had gone so far as to use the Reaper Death Seal to perish together with him.

Without a doubt, Orochimaru's intention to destroy Konoha touched a raw nerve with Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Hiruzen Sarutobi glanced at Danzo's face out of the corner of his eye and noticed that the other man's lips were almost trembling with rage. He couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

"Could you tell me when this happened?"

It wasn't that Hiruzen Sarutobi wanted to change his fate of death, but rather that he wanted to arrange the handover of the Hokage position in advance, especially the ambitious Danzo, whom he absolutely could not allow to seize the Hokage position!

"That doesn't matter, does it? The future is full of possibilities; I'm just showing you one. But can you, who knows the fate of the future, change this outcome?"

Before Hiruzen Sarutobi could answer, Tetsuya gave a strange smile.

"However, patricide is definitely a fine tradition of your Konoha. Whether in the past or in the future, the same plot keeps repeating itself."

Before Hiruzen Sarutobi could figure out the meaning of those words, Tetsuya suddenly clenched his hands, and Hiruzen Sarutobi's blood vanished instantly.

"Oh no, grab him!"

As if realizing something, Hiruzen Sarutobi shouted an order for his ANBU to attack, while he himself rushed towards Tetsuya without hesitation. However, before he could even pass through the light barrier, he noticed that the other's figure began to fade and inexplicably disappeared from his sight.

Is it the teleportation that Kakashi mentioned, which seems to be performed using flames?

I clearly ordered the Dark Guard to extinguish all the open flames in the vicinity.

With a wave of his arm, Hiruzen Sarutobi sent his numerous ANBU members scattering in all directions, relentlessly pursuing their target.

Knowing that his pursuit had little hope, Hiruzen Sarutobi did not leave. His gaze returned to the light screen, where he saw his future self. His eyes gradually closed, and he could no longer even hear Orochimaru's curses.

"Wherever leaves dance in the air, fire will burn, its shadow illuminating the village, and then new leaves will sprout again..."

Upon seeing the last words displayed on the screen, Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes became incredibly resolute!

I am not to regret my death, after all, it was the result of my soft heart that allowed Orochimaru to go. But Konoha must not suffer any other losses because of this, otherwise it may become a new fuse for war!

Jiraiya, Tsunade, even if it costs me my face, I will make sure you return to Konoha!

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Another ten days...

Inside the room, Tetsuya opened his eyes, filled with disappointment, and sighed inwardly.

Immediately, light and shadow appeared before Tetsuya's eyes, and a huge roulette wheel appeared, with the pointer starting to spin rapidly.

What abilities will she gain from Hiruzen Sarutobi?

Tetsuya watched the options slide by, a look of anticipation creeping onto his face.