Chapter 251 - 250: Edo Tensei

Chapter 251: Chapter 250: Edo Tensei

"Dear Grandma, you mean you want me to summon you with Edo Tensei?"

Orochimaru glanced at Kano’s severed foot in his hand, then at Kano, then at her delicate feet wrapped in translucent white stockings, and then back at the severed foot in his hand.

"Otherwise?"

Kano spoke nonchalantly, as if she hadn’t come to Orochimaru for something as absurd as resurrection, but was merely asking him to help find a lost item.

Orochimaru’s head throbbed. Reviving a living person? Wasn’t this just making things difficult for him? He grumbled inwardly; even if she wanted an excuse to punish him, she shouldn’t have come up with such a brain-dead reason. It was even more ridiculous than "getting arrested for stepping into Konoha with your left foot first."

"What are you dazing for? Get to it."

Kano urged him.

"I say, my dear Grandma, it’s impossible to use Edo Tensei on a living person. How about you suffer a bit and die first?"

Orochimaru had no other choice but to bite the bullet and complain.

"Cut the crap and do as I say! Find the sacrifices yourself, and don’t you dare target people from Konoha... wait, you can go catch some White Zetsu to stock up on. Those things are quite suitable as sacrifices for Edo Tensei."

Kano casually gave him the location of a White Zetsu hideout, making Orochimaru do the legwork himself. She added that she would be staying at the base for the next few days—after all, resurrection couldn’t be rushed, not to mention that Edo Tensei wasn’t a true revival in the first place.

Nearby, Minato Namikaze, Kushina, Karin, and the Nara father and son were all on high alert, staring fixedly at Orochimaru. This was a dangerous individual who posed a massive threat to Konoha; to say they could relax while he was right in front of them would be self-deception.

On the other side, Naruko and Naruto had a completely different vibe. After learning that the other was themselves from another world, they felt like old friends meeting at last, wishing they could become sworn siblings on the spot and share a bed that night.

"Hey, how did you turn into this?"

Naruto asked curiously.

"Heh heh, this is the Ultimate Seduction Technique I developed specifically to win over Kano-chan! Once you transform, it stays permanent. Thanks to this secret technique, Kano-chan not only agreed to be my girlfriend but even asked if I wanted to get married! We can hold the wedding when the time is right!"

Naruko bragged triumphantly.

"That’s way too amazing! As expected of me! Hey, teach me this secret technique!"

Naruto’s eyes lit up.

"Teach you? You’re not thinking of trying to steal Kano-chan from me, are you?"

Naruko immediately became wary.

"How could I! Didn’t Kano-chan make it clear? The Kano-chan in my world is already dead, and she’s busy reviving her right now! When the time comes, you marry your Kano-chan, and I’ll marry mine. We won’t get in each other’s way!"

Naruto waved his hands dismissively.

"Oh right! How could I forget! There’s another Kano-chan in this world! Once the other Kano-chan is revived, won’t I be able to have one on each arm?"

As Naruko spoke, she began to fantasize about her harem dream.

Kano, who had just finished settling things with Orochimaru, happened to overhear these scummy words. She walked over and punched Naruko.

"You still dare to dream about having one on each arm?"

"Ahaha, it’s nothing!" Naruko quickly tried to cover it up. "We were just talking about Sasuke. Right, Sasuke! He’s in this base too, let’s go find him!"

Naruto loved seeing his other self get shut down. He reached out and grabbed her. "Actually, the other me just said..."

"Hey!!" Naruko whispered urgently into Naruto’s ear. "I’ll teach you the secret technique later, I guarantee you’ll be able to win over Kano-chan!"

Naruto immediately changed his tune. "Actually, the other me just said that regarding Sasuke, we should team up. If we pin him from both sides, he definitely won’t be able to run!"

"Right, right, right, that’s exactly it!"

The two blondes shared a knowing look and sped off into the depths of the base to find Sasuke.

The others discussed it and decided to stay at Orochimaru’s base with Kano for a while—it was simply too unsafe for this child to stay here alone overnight. This was despite the fact that they had no idea Kano actually went back to her own home to sleep every night, where she had her mother’s love.

The Konoha group stayed at the base for several days, but Sasuke never showed his face. Occasionally, Naruko and Naruto would find him, but he would only get annoyed to no end and slip away, leaving the two blondes to search for him again in a repeating cycle.

Finally, Orochimaru gathered all the sacrifices and materials for the Edo Tensei.

"Hehe, catching these White Zetsu took quite a bit of effort."

He rubbed his hands together, his tone carrying a hint of hardship.

Kano’s eyes instantly lit up, her heart racing with joy: Was she finally going to be revived?

Not just Kano, everyone present was full of expectation, except for Orochimaru, who was full of doubt—how could something as absurd as reviving a living person work? But out of respect for "Dear Grandma," he still obediently performed the hand seals.

"Edo Tensei—!"

The dust and mud of the technique surged toward the White Zetsu’s body, wrapping around it in layers, slowly shrinking and condensing. A moment later, a young girl dressed in cute clothes with cracks on her body slowly emerged.

"Holy crap, you damn ōnoki! You have no martial honor! To think you’d trick and sneak-attack a twelve-year-old comrade like me!"

The moment Edo Kano stabilized her form, she began to curse in anger, her small fists clenched tight—she was so brilliant, yet she had actually fallen into that old geezer’s hands. How unlucky!

As she cursed, she caught sight of the cracks on her hands and was suddenly stunned.

"An Edo Tensei body... I’ve been revived?"

She suddenly looked at Orochimaru, her eyes full of certainty.

"Naruto must have asked you to revive me, right? It must be him! He likes me so much, he would definitely find a way to save me! Naruto really didn’t let down my trust!"

Standing in the back, Naruto’s face turned red instantly. He hung his head in shame, wishing he could find a hole to crawl into—Kano-chan trusted him so much, yet back then, he could only think about revenge and destroying the world.

Orochimaru was also shocked, his eyes wide as saucers. A living person could actually be summoned by Edo Tensei? What kind of logic was this? A thought suddenly popped into his head: should he try to use Edo Tensei on himself?

"Hey, why are you just standing there? Why aren’t you saying anything?"

Edo Kano urged.

"Turn around and see for yourself."

Orochimaru snapped out of it and pointed behind her.

"Why are you being so mysterious..."

Edo Kano muttered as she turned around. In one glance, she saw a large crowd of people: her family, Naruto and his parents, and even a Naruko? What was going on?

And what shocked her the most was that standing in the crowd was a living version of herself!

"Hello, other me. I know you have questions, but before we clear them up, take a moment to receive everyone’s feelings."

Kano spoke gently.

As soon as she finished speaking, Karin was the first to rush forward, hugging Edo Kano tightly and sobbing uncontrollably.

"Sister! I missed you so much! I’m sorry, I’m sorry, it’s all my fault for not being able to protect you..."

Naruto also followed and threw himself forward, his voice choked with emotion.

"Kano-chan, I’m sorry. I failed your expectations and couldn’t protect you! I’ll never leave you again, never!"

Shikamaru and Shikaku also stepped forward one after another, hugging her tightly, unable to hold back their tears—this was their family, lost and found again.

Kushina was moved to tears by this scene, while Minato gently handed her tissues from the side.

Seeing the atmosphere was just right, Naruko also wanted to rush up for a hug, but she was grabbed by the collar and pulled back by the living Kano.

"What are you joining in for? If you dare to hug her recklessly, I’ll get jealous and ignore you for the next few days."

"I was wrong, I was wrong! Forgive me~"

Naruko immediately gave in and snuggled into Kano’s arms to act spoiled.

A faint smile played on Kano’s lips as she nodded with satisfaction.

"That’s more like it."

From everyone’s tearful accounts, Edo Kano slowly pieced together some information—it turned out she had been dead for two years. A strong sense of guilt instantly swept through her heart. To her, the time between death and resurrection was but a fleeting moment, but for those who loved her, these two years had been a long and painful ordeal.

With reddened eyes, she raised her hands and gently patted everyone’s backs, whispering through her sobs:

"I’m sorry, I’m back."

Then, a familiar girl’s voice suddenly rang out in Edo Kano’s mind

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