Chapter 248 - 248 (2/2)
He immediately closed the Ice World. The Shinigami's pulling force was stronger than what he anticipated, and being that it absorbed Chakra and Vitality, it started to pull his Spiritual Power-composed Ice as if it was Minato's. For a moment, Ryo had no idea what to do.
”Korin, what should we do now?”
”You can only persist! The Shinigami's shadow had already absorbed all of Minato's Chakra and vitality. He is already dead, and this resistance you're putting should not be happening. If you persist for long enough, you should be able to emerge victorious!”
Ryo nodded, and he could only follow Korin's advice. To his surprise, she was right!
A few long minutes later, the Shinigami's pull was weakened a lot, and it even began to get more and more translucent.
Ryo used all his force, and pulled Minato's soul away, getting it directly into the Ice World, which he then immediately closed. The tug of war finally ended.
The Shinigami could no longer perceive Minato's soul, and with nothing to pull, it could only remain in place.
In a short while, it began to dissipate from bottom to top, until it disappeared all together.
Ryo was finally relieved, and he then entered the Ice World, examining Minato's soul.
All he could do was controlling Ice around him into an igloo, in which he put Minato's soul to protect it.
By the time Ryo returned from the Ice World, the 3rd and Orochimaru arrived to the scene.
Hiruzen looked at Minato's cold corpse, and in an instant, he looked many years older.
He had always had high hopes of Minato. Although the two had their fair share of political disagreements, the 3rd had always believed that Minato was the best Hokage that Konoha could have.
”I'm sorry for your loss, Kushina!” He muttered. Then, he could only push through his sorrow. He turned around to Orochimaru, and said to him: ”Orochimaru, go help Jiraya.”
He then left as well to support Sakumo. As he left, Kushina ran to Ryo's side, who knew what she wanted to ask about. He hid nothing, explaining the whole situation to her.
When hearing that there was a chance to resurrect Minato, Kushina could no longer hold herself, and she fainted on the spot.
Ryo made a Shadow Clone that picked up Naruto, while he picked up Kushina. All four teleported to her place.
After putting the mother and son in bed, he went back to the battle scene, just to find Minato's body being watched by three of the Anbu.
”Hold on, Ryo! There's something wrong with Minato's body!” Ryo was about to pick up Minato's body, but Korin stopped him.
Immediately, he examined the body, but he found nothing wrong.
”Ryo, when you took Minato's soul from the Shinigami, the latter couldn't take anything attached to it. The Kyubi's soul and Chakra are still in his body!”
As she was speaking, red Chakra began to ooze out of Minato's body, and he gradually stood up!