Chapter 251 - 251 (2/2)

Ryo said those words so casually, but they hit everyone like a bag of bricks. They never expected that this could be Ryo's reason.

”Minato will… NO! THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE! I have seen Minato's body with my own eyes!” Jiraya was agitated, feeling lost in a storm of hope, frustration and disbelief.

”Well, please don't resist this.” Saying that, Ryo opened his Mangekyo, and pulled everyone's soul into the Ice World.

Ryo immediately explain to them: ”This is My Mangekyo's ability, Ice World. This is a Space made out of Spiritual Power and Natural Energy, one that resides between illusion and reality.

”Ryo, why did you bring us here? Is Minato here?” Jiraya hastily asked.

”Calm down Jiraya san, I'll tell you everything. Now, only your souls are actually in here, not your bodies. In this world, I also have Ni-san's soul.”

Ryo walked with the group in front of an igloo. This one was holding Minato's soul. As for Yahiko's, it was hidden by Ryo, who controlled everything inside this world and did not want to expose Yahiko's death. With a snap of his fingers, the igloo disappeared, and minato's soul appeared before everyone.

”Ni san used the Dead Demon Consuming Seal to seal the Kyubi. This technique absorbed all of his Chakra and vitality, and just when it was absorbing his soul, I used my Mangekyo and saved it.”

”Ryo kun, are you thinking of creating a body for Minato?” Orochimaru was the first to guess Ryo's intentions.

Ryo nodded: ”Yes, I intend to use the Cloning Technology and make him a new body. With that, I could save Ni-san.”

”Cloning? What's that?” Besides Orochimaru, everyone was dumbfounded.

Ryo told them all about cells and cloning. Although they didn't get much of Ryo's scientific jargon, they all had a vague idea about the concept of cloning in mind.

After understanding the plan, Sakumo asked: ”How long should this take? I don't want to be a Hokage Substitute for too long.”

”That depends on how fast Orochi san's research progresses. All of our previous prototypes had their fair share of problems, and they can't be used for Ni-san's resurrection.”

After that, most of them had question about details, and Ryo answered them one by one.

In the end, everyone fully understood Ryo's plan, and the latter took them back to the real world.

The next day, the new Hokage Substitute officially took office. With him in charge, Konoha was on track for being reconstructed in an orderly manner.

At everyone's request, Orochimaru put his White Zetsu research on hold to focus fully on cloning technology.

Jiraya also left on the same day. Whenever asked, he said he was going to do research for his next book while in fact; he was just looking for clues on the masked man.

As for Kushina, she quickly cheered up. All that mattered to her was to be there for Naruto and to let him have a happy childhood. After all, Minato had to find a well raised son when he returns.

As for Ryo, he began repairing and healing Minato's soul along with Korin. Using the Dead Demon Consuming Seal had its great toll on the young Hokage's soul.

That was topped off with extra damage caused by Ryo's battle with the Shinigami. Just repairing the soul turned out out to an extremely difficult job.

All villages that received the news were eager to make a move, especially the hidden Cloud, who lost only to Konoha during the 3rd Shinobi World War.

The spies of the various villages flocked and began to sneak into Konoha…