When Rengoku arrived at the lower level of the laboratory, Orochimaru was already preparing the Edo Tensei. Since they had already revived someone once yesterday, everyone was very familiar with the process.
At that moment, Karin, who was clinging to Rengoku, also jumped down to fetch the Water of Life.
On Orochimaru's side, he dragged over two more members of the Sarutobi clan and threw them into the Edo Tensei formation.
So these scum still had some use. After all, the ninja world was too peaceful now, and it really wasn't easy to find ninjas with even a bit of strength like this.
Orochimaru's greatest mercy was knocking all the Sarutobi clan members unconscious, so they wouldn't die in too much pain.
Edo Tensei!
Bang!
Orochimaru slammed his palm onto the ground. The massive formation lit up, and amid the wailing of cold winds, countless talisman papers wrapped around the two living sacrifices.
As the talismans completely covered the sacrifices, under their binding, the sacrifices had already turned into the forms of Hyuga Koshin and Sota.
Seeing the two figures, both unfamiliar and familiar, Aoto was so overwhelmed he could hardly contain himself.
Beside him, Yakushi Kabuto and Yakushi Nono had already pushed out two medical beds.
On the beds were the clones of Koshin and Sota.
Aoto's gaze shifted back and forth between the clones and the Edo bodies, a trace of shock on his face.
The clones had younger physiques, while the Edo bodies looked exactly as they did at the time of death.
'Have we in Konoha already achieved immortality?'
As that thought spun through Aoto's mind, he saw Rengoku place his hand on Koshin's clone.
As light appeared in Rengoku's hand, even without activating his Byakugan, Aoto could feel a massive amount of energy being poured into Koshin's body.
As the energy surged in, Orochimaru released Koshin's Edo Tensei.
Koshin's soul, still in a dazed state, was pulled directly into the clone body.
After losing a large amount of life force, Rengoku prepared to replenish himself.
But Karin didn't extend her hand to him. Instead, she leaned her fair shoulder toward his mouth.
Rengoku shot her an annoyed look. Karin wore a smug, mischievous expression.
This time, though, Rengoku didn't refuse. He simply bit down on it.
The closer it was to Karin's heart, the better the healing effect. At that moment, a flood of life force flowed into Rengoku's body.
This speed was three times faster than biting the back of her hand!
Karin now possessed a vast amount of vitality, so she didn't drink the Water of Life immediately. She planned to drink it at night.
Although losing life force didn't feel good, the one absorbing it was Rengoku, which made it completely different.
Psychologically, it meant she was helping Rengoku. Physically, it gave her another chance to be close to him.
So Karin was more than willing.
On Rengoku's side, his body fully recovered in just a few seconds.
'No wonder in the original timeline, when Sasuke was beaten to the brink of death while capturing the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki Killer B, he recovered in just a few seconds.'
'Good thing I brought Karin back. Otherwise, her fate would have been miserable.'
After all, an ability like this was too overpowered. It would be easy for someone to capture her and use her as a living blood bag.
With those thoughts in mind, he moved in one go to Sota's clone and once again used the Dragon Life Reincarnation Technique.
Repeating the earlier process, Orochimaru released the Edo Tensei.
Sota's clone also absorbed his own soul into the body.
Rengoku let out a breath and once again bit into Karin's shoulder.
Although there was a time gap between Koshin's and Sota's revivals, since Koshin had died earlier, the time it took for both of them to regain consciousness ended up being about the same.
When Koshin died, he had exhausted himself to scheme everyone into his plan.
This included the Konoha higher-ups led by Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Hyuga main family, and the Hyuga branch family.
There was no need to go into the schemes against the Konoha higher-ups and the Hyuga main family.
As for the branch family, he had used his own death to deepen their hatred toward the main family, making the resentment that had already faded grow intense again.
He ignited the fighting spirit of the branch members.
Koshin's role was that of a pioneer who died for the sake of the branch family.
After that, no matter who inherited his will, it would count as his success.
To Koshin, members of the branch family could die, but they must never forget their hatred.
Even if revenge couldn't be achieved immediately, as long as the spirit was passed on, one day the decaying main family would be overthrown.
Koshin's mind gradually recovered. Slightly dazed, he opened his eyes.
In front of him, he saw Hyuga Aoto. Turning his gaze, he noticed Hyuga Sota lying not far away.
Sota also opened his eyes at this moment. His memory was still at the final moment when he perished together with Hyuga Hiashi.
The first thing he said upon seeing Aoto was, "Aoto…"
"Did the New Bud Plan succeed?"
Aoto grabbed Koshin's and Sota's hands with both of his, his body trembling uncontrollably.
He choked up, "Lord Koshin, Sota, the New Bud Plan succeeded! The New Bud Plan succeeded!"
"We… are free!"
"That's great, you can finally see it too… sob!"
Their branch family had paid far too much for freedom.
But the greatest contributors had mostly died that day.
Now, the pioneers who sacrificed themselves for freedom could witness victory.
Aoto felt joy, emotion, and bitterness all at once.
Even though he was already thirty years old, he cried like a child at that moment.
"That's great," Hearing Aoto's words, Sota lay back down, his face full of joy.
Although he still didn't understand what was going on, as long as the plan had succeeded, that was enough.
Hearing Aoto's words, Koshin also broke into a smile.
'It succeeded. It really succeeded.'
'The branch family is free!'
After the two of them had digested this enormous piece of good news, they slowly sat up, staring at their own youthful, vigorous bodies in disbelief.
This was clearly not their original bodies.
"Aoto, what's going on?", Koshin asked in confusion.
Aoto had mostly vented his emotions by now. He wiped his tears, got up, and quickly explained to the two of them, "Lord Koshin, Sota, Lord Orochimaru has revived you."
"Many years have already passed. Even Neji is already seventeen."
Since the two had died at different times, Aoto simply used Neji's age as a reference so they could understand.
"And also, those people led by Hiruzen have already been driven out of Konoha by Lord Rengoku, and their clans were wiped out…"
"Now the Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato, is serving as Hokage…"
The information spilling from Aoto's mouth was like one bombshell after another, leaving both of them dazed.
After reviving the two, Rengoku knew they would need a long time to process all the information.
So he didn't go over for now. Instead, he turned to observe Karin's condition.
Rengoku's Dragon Life Reincarnation Technique consumed double the amount, so he had absorbed a large amount of Karin's life force.
However, Karin was, after all, a fully matured member of the Uzumaki clan. At this moment, her complexion was only slightly pale.
She was also holding the Water of Life in her hand, but showed no intention of drinking it.
"Why aren't you drinking it?", Rengoku frowned as he asked.
Karin giggled, "I won't. If I drink it, I'll get sleepy."
Rengoku shot her a glare, "If you drag this out, it'll damage your body. Drink it now."
Seeing that Rengoku was a bit angry, Karin didn't dare to mess around anymore. She quickly opened the bottle and gulped down the Water of Life.
As a large amount of life energy entered her body, Karin quickly began to feel drowsy.
She yawned, her eyelids growing heavier by the second.
Karin clung to Rengoku's arm, leaning her whole body against him, mumbling,
"Master… today… also… not allowed… Zzz!"
Before she could finish, Karin had already closed her eyes and fallen asleep. Rengoku bent down, hoisted her onto his shoulder, greeted Yakushi Kabuto, and left the laboratory.
As for Orochimaru, after releasing the two Edo Tensei, he left without saying a word.
He still had other experiments to handle and generally didn't waste time on formalities.
Although Rengoku was sending Karin back, his shadow clones could switch consciousness, so it didn't really affect anything.
While his main body carried Karin back, several shadows split off from his body, heading toward the Uchiha training grounds.
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