>>5799318>>5799325>>5799327>>5799329>>5799341>>5799343>>5799381>>5799384>>5799386>>5799388>>5799404>>5799423>>5799468>>5799555>>5799569>>5799587>>5799593>>5799617>>5799681You say nothing for a moment. You need a moment to collect your thoughts. You focus on your perception of your chakra… You feel normal. Not like your soul is drifting into the abyss slowly or anything like that.
“You said my life force was being slowly drained and being replaced with chakra from… elsewhere. What do you mean by that?” You ask, feeling a little dazed.
The Hokage moves back to the window and makes a short hand signal. You see observing ninja on overwatching rooftops begin to move immediately. Probably a signal for the ANBU to arrest your mother. Common sense, considering Lord Hokage’s investigation of your chakra has revealed her to have attempted murder with a forbidden jutsu through cooperation with a missing-nin serial killer. You very strongly doubted you’d be allowed to talk to her… Possibly ever again. You would almost certainly find that you were being temporarily detained in this room if you tried to leave as well.
Lord Hokage puffs on his pipe and answers your question. “A channel has been opened between you and the afterlife. The nature of which very few shinobi are likely to fully understand. I only recognize it for what it is due to my study of some of the forbidden jutsu passed along to me from Tobirama Senju, the Second Hokage.”
“... I always felt like I had a connection to my sister, even though I never met her. I guess this explains it. Although she sounds like she was a good person, way better than Harumi ever deserved to have as a daughter…”
“Your connection with your sister is love. Love and the Will of Fire, which your sister clearly had in abundance considering she chose to die for her comrades. It’s a shame she was born in the wrong village. The nature of your predicament does not change any of that. She most certainly would have been proud to have you as a brother.”
“... What does this mean for my ability to use jutsu? Will expending chakra accelerate my death? Am I going to die, or is it reversible?” You ask, the cold fear of death overtaking you.
