After people in the Naruto world die, their souls go to the Pure Land to rest in peace.
However, if one's strength is great enough, they can also leave the Pure Land and head to reality.
After the White Fang's death, because there were still things he couldn't let go of in his heart, he wandered in the gap between the Pure Land and reality.
The wills of Asura and Indra attach themselves to chakra and reincarnate generation after generation.
And the Sage of Six Paths, dead for an unknown number of years, could also have his consciousness awakened as his power is awakened.
Like the Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato, and his wife, Uzumaki Kushina, they can also briefly awaken their consciousness using their own chakra.
Jokichi seriously doubted the authenticity of the Sage of Six Paths' death.
Perhaps that guy just changed his form of life and is living in another state.
Hearing Jokichi's question, the Nine-Tails disagreed.
It lay lazily, resting its head comfortably on its paws, saying comfortably.
"How could I know about such mythological stories?"
Clearly, the Nine-Tails just thought it was a mythological story Jokichi had heard somewhere.
After all, separated by countless ages, it was impossible for a kid to know the secrets of that era.
Jokichi smiled lightly, his rosy lips opening and closing, gently speaking the name of the Sage of Six Paths.
"Otsutsuki Hagoromo!"
Silence, absolute silence.
Within the entire sealing space, only the sound of water dripping could be heard.
The Nine-Tails stared fixedly at Jokichi, its water vat-sized beast eyes full of solemnity, while the other party looked at it with a smile.
After a long while, the Nine-Tails breathed a sigh of relief, its expression returning to natural.
"I don't know where you heard this name, but it has nothing to do with me."
It snorted softly.
"After that old man created us using Yin-Yang Release, he died not long after."
"I know, I just have some doubts I want to ask you."
"Oh, tell me." The Nine-Tails gained interest.
"Besides Senju Hashirama, past reincarnations of Asura have all received your help."
Jokichi looked at the fox closely.
"They aren't in a Jinchuriki relationship with you either, why did you..."
Jokichi and the Nine-Tails chatted for a long time; no one knew what they talked about.
When Minato brought Naruto back to the sealing space, Jokichi had already finished asking his questions. The answers he could get, he got. The ones he didn't get, the Nine-Tails couldn't answer either.
Although many doubts were resolved, even more new doubts arose.
The more regrettable thing was that he didn't manage to ask where the tombs of the Sage of Six Paths and the past Asura and Indra were.
If he knew, after the Chunin Exams ended, he could play the role of a tomb raider on the side when looking for the other Tailed Beasts.
Unfortunately, the Nine-Tails was very vigilant about matters in this regard and would never tell outsiders.
Jokichi probed several times, but it always said they were cremated.
...
Minato came in front of Jokichi and asked.
"I have finished dealing with my matters. You asked me to come find you last earlier, is there something?"
Minato's body became very ethereal, to the point where one could see through his body. The chakra he left in the seal was almost exhausted.
Jokichi pointed at Minato and said.
"I have some matters that require the help of your chakra."
Minato was stunned for a moment, then realized.
"I see!" He scratched the back of his head, saying embarrassedly.
"The little bit of chakra I have left can't even cast a D-rank ninjutsu. I don't know if it can help you."
"This much is enough," Jokichi said indifferently.
"Then, take it!"
Minato wasn't clear on Jokichi's character, but meeting for the first time, he could feel he wasn't a bad person, and was his son's friend.
He trusted his intuition, and also trusted his son's judgment in making friends.
Most importantly, the little bit of chakra he had left couldn't do anything.
Even if Jokichi forcibly took it, he had no way to stop him.
Therefore, he didn't ask Jokichi what he wanted to use his chakra for, nor was it necessary.
Just as he had said before. He was already a dead man, matters of later generations would naturally be handled by later generations.
"Excuse me."
Jokichi nodded, forming a seal with his left hand, and reached out his right hand to pat Minato's forehead.
Instantly, Minato's entire body rapidly twisted and shrank, finally turning into a thumb-sized blue chakra ball, which Jokichi then swallowed in one gulp.
This was his spiritual body, swallowing it was actually just wrapping it in chakra.
The system's prompt sound also rang out at this moment.
[Ding! Persisted special material "Warm Chakra", can forge special items "First Fast Man", "Soul of Talent", "Little Sun", "Flash". Do you wish to forge?]
"No."
Jokichi chanted silently in his heart, then looked at Naruto.
Who knows what the Fourth Hokage said to him, Naruto seemed to have become much more mature. He didn't interrupt when he was talking to Minato, nor did he make a fuss because Minato was reduced to chakra.
"Do you have anything else you want to say to the Nine-Tails?"
Jokichi was silent for a moment before asking.
"Yes, but, I will tell him alone in the future."
"Then, let's go out!"
"Mhm!"
The two nodded, their consciousness instantly returning to reality.
Going from a dim environment back under the sun, the two couldn't keep their eyes open for a bit, only adapting after a good while.
"Then, let's begin practicing the Rasengan!"
"Mhm!"
Afterwards, Jokichi began teaching Naruto to practice the Rasengan, using the method Jiraiya used to teach Naruto in the anime, and also pretending to practice himself.
Time passed bit by bit. Soon, it was dark.
Jokichi had learned the Rasengan, while Naruto hadn't even grasped the basics.
Facing the exaggeratedly large gap, Naruto felt discouraged for a moment.
However, he quickly recovered his spirits.
In his eyes, he never knew what giving up meant. He decided to train through the night.
Jokichi shook his head helplessly, said goodbye, and went home.
Joke, practicing a ninjutsu he already knew with him for a day was a waste of time enough. Practicing through the night, wouldn't that make him crazy?
You have to know, forcibly pretending not to know something you clearly know takes a lot of effort.
On the way home, Jokichi ran into Team 7 outside BBQ Q.
Their whole team was helping Shikamaru train so he could get a good ranking in this exam.
Ino invited Jokichi to eat barbecue together.
However, thinking of the Fourth Hokage's chakra he just got his hands on, he used the excuse of being too tired from training and wanting to rest to decline.
Ino expressed understanding, clung to him affectionately for a while, and then said goodbye and left.
Returning home.
Jokichi hurriedly took out Namikaze Minato's chakra, and the system's voice sounded in his mind once again.
"Forge."
As the thought fell, four items instantly appeared in Jokichi's hands.
A pair of ninja shoes.
A fist-sized little sun radiating warmth.
A fist-sized ball of light radiating a gentle glow.
A fist-sized ball of light radiating a cold glow.
Four items, three balls.
Recalling that the Rasengan Minato invented was also a ball...
Uh, Minato, do you have some kind of indissoluble bond with balls?
Jokichi couldn't help but complain internally.