With Jiraiya filling in, Naruto told Koyuki goodbye the next day and left the Land of Snow with Karin!
Although Jiraiya seems unreliable, he is quite trustworthy when it comes to serious matters.
Besides, the people who were targeting Koyuki have already been taken care of by him, so this mission is not difficult now.
He can't leave the Land of Snow easily just in case, after all, people's hearts are unpredictable!
Who knows if those who seem so loyal now will have other ideas when he leaves?
Oyuki Kazahana doesn't have anyone reliable to depend on, and if she encounters danger... his plans in the Land of Snow are not a big deal,
If a Daimyo dies, he can support the next one.
But his first S-rank mission would fail!
This is something he can't allow!
The hundredfold physique reward is extremely important to him!
A month later,
Naruto and Karin returned to the Land of Fire's territory and then headed towards Otogakure Village.
Along the way, Naruto was both traveling and training Karin. At this time, Karin had initially become used to using her Mind's Eye of the Kagura as a battle aid.
Its effect is comparable to basic Observation Haki!
It's just that Karin's taijutsu is still too bad, and she can't dodge many attacks even if she reacts in advance!
"The next stage of training will focus on taijutsu, preferably Instant Transmission Technique. As long as you are fast enough, there will be no attack you can't dodge, and no one you can't kill!"
Karin nodded and clenched her fist to cheer herself on, "I will work hard!"
"Yeah."
Naruto has no doubt about Karin's enthusiasm.
Compared to Sakura, who needs to be supervised to train well, Karin understands the importance of being needed more!
Sakura's growth background means she can't understand Karin's pain!
Soon after, they arrived at Otogakure Village.
On the surface, this village is no different from other villages.
There is a commercial street, ordinary villagers, and ninjas!
Naruto and Karin wore Konoha headbands and didn't avoid the Otogakure ninjas, as if they weren't afraid of being discovered.
"You two, stop!"
After discovering Naruto, the Otogakure ninjas decisively stopped them, looking wary.
"What are you here for?"
"Looking for Orochimaru," Naruto said calmly.
The others looked at each other, a little confused. The Otogakure Village's leader killed the Konoha Village's leader not long ago, and now Konoha ninjas are breaking into the Otogakure Village and looking for Orochimaru without saying a word?
"What do you want with Orochimaru-sama?" the leading Otogakure ninja asked.
"Business."
Seeing that Naruto was unwilling to say it directly, the Otogakure ninjas showed dissatisfaction and prepared to attack with kunai.
"Boy, you better tell us your purpose, otherwise we'll have to give you a taste of pain!"
Naruto ignored them, flashed past them, and said without looking back: "Karin, take care of them."
"Yes, Naruto-sama!"
There was a burst of crackling fighting sounds behind him, which subsided after about a few minutes.
Karin wiped her sweat and followed.
The Otogakure ninjas just now were very weak, even Karin, who had only been training with Naruto for more than a month, could easily take care of them.
It can be seen that Orochimaru is implementing elite education here!
Talented ninjas will be given key training, while those without talent will be left to fend for themselves.
Although Konoha is not much different, Konoha's overall quality is relatively high. With mutual cooperation between teammates, even ordinary commoner ninjas will make some progress.
At least they are stronger than these Genin from Otogakure Village.
Karin killed people on the street, which immediately caused panic, and everyone on the street ran away.
This seems a bit like alerting the enemy, but Naruto doesn't care at all.
He believes that Orochimaru will come to see him, or at least send a clone.
Orochimaru won't be incurious about his purpose here.
And even if he is really incurious and doesn't dare to come, he is not worried.
From the moment he entered this village, the entire village was locked down by his Observation Haki!
No one can escape Otogakure Village under his perception!
After a while,
Countless Otogakure ninjas ran over and surrounded them.
This time Naruto didn't let Karin take action again.
With so many people, even if they are all weak, Karin can't handle them now!
Naruto simply gathered a ball of light with one hand and directly crushed it!
Light energy scattered!
The next moment,
All the Otogakure ninjas froze and began to kill each other.
Light Illusion. Sibling Rivalry!
At this moment, in the eyes of every Otogakure ninja, the people standing next to them are not their own, but ninjas from other villages.
Many people who couldn't tell the difference directly started fighting. Some smart people were able to use sound to identify the illusion after observing for a while.
But when they saw someone attacking them, they still had to fight back!
Even if they kept shouting that it was an illusion, trying to wake others up.
But could the illusion designed by Naruto have such a simple flaw?
The people attacking them are both real and fake. Since they can't tell the difference, who can guarantee whether the person attacking them now is real or illusory?
Some people, after realizing that they couldn't resist this illusion, planned to escape.
But the entire Otogakure Village has become a maze, only able to enter but not exit!
All Otogakure ninjas who try to escape will unconsciously return to their original place!
Karin watched Naruto wipe out the Otogakure with a snap of his fingers, her face filled with admiration.
"Naruto-sama, you are so amazing!"
"Learn and watch carefully, you can be this amazing in the future too."
"Can I too?"
"Of course, I am from the Uzumaki clan, and you are also from the Uzumaki clan. If I can do it, why can't you?"
Being praised by Naruto like this, Karin was even more full of enthusiasm and motivation for training.
She vowed to work hard, become as strong as Naruto, and become Naruto's right-hand woman!
"Not here?"
After searching for a while, Naruto discovered that Orochimaru was nowhere to be found in the entire Otogakure Village.
Happened to be out? Or?
Naruto frowned, and after thinking for a moment, he directly activated his Observation Haki to the fullest!
Even if Orochimaru is not here, it is impossible for him not to send someone to investigate after such a big change in Otogakure Village!
As long as he finds the person who came to investigate, he can find Orochimaru's hideout through that person!
"Found him!"
Under the effect of Observation Haki, Naruto found a familiar person who was observing everything from afar outside Otogakure Village - Yakushi Kabuto!
Yakushi Kabuto definitely knows where Orochimaru is. Next, he only needs to keep an eye on Yakushi Kabuto, and he will eventually find Orochimaru.
But this Orochimaru is cunning enough, leaving such a large Otogakure Village alone and living outside by himself.
It seems that he is still quite cautious about his own safety.
Especially after exposing the relationship between Otogakure Village and Orochimaru, he is even more afraid to stay in Otogakure Village!
Naruto doesn't think Orochimaru is afraid of Konoha.
Konoha is now piled high with missions and can't spare people to deal with him, so even if their hatred is deep, Orochimaru is not worried!
The only thing Orochimaru is worried about now is - Akatsuki!
He took away the Akatsuki Organization's ring codenamed 'Void' and knew too many secrets of the Akatsuki Organization, and they won't let him go.
But if it weren't for the Akatsuki Organization's goals being very different from Orochimaru's own goals, Orochimaru wouldn't have left the Akatsuki Organization.
One wants to collect tailed beasts and destroy the ninja world, using pain to make people empathize, in order to achieve world peace!
One is racking his brains to study the immortality of life, how can they play together?
Not long after, Yakushi Kabuto moved!
Naruto didn't follow.
He is still pretending to be looking for Orochimaru's whereabouts inside Otogakure Village, but his mind is all on Yakushi Kabuto.
Yakushi Kabuto on the other side is also very cautious. After collecting information, he leaves, turning his head three times to make sure he is not being followed.
But just as he breathed a sigh of relief and returned to Orochimaru's secret hideout,
Naruto acted!
Observation Haki locked onto the secret base, and he found Orochimaru's figure after going through the underground!
"Let's see where you can hide!"
Naruto muttered and then left Otogakure Village with Karin.
And the moment they left, the illusion that trapped the entire Otogakure Village automatically disappeared!
All the survivors looked at the corpses around them, their hearts filled with fear.
"What...happened?!"
...
Orochimaru's secret base.
Yakushi Kabuto walked through the dim corridor and found Orochimaru, who was guiding Sasuke's training in a small room.
"Orochimaru-sama, Uzumaki Naruto is here!"
Hearing Uzumaki Naruto's name, Sasuke paused his training, but quickly continued.
Orochimaru noticed Sasuke's movement and smiled coldly, "Is he here for Sasuke?"
"Doesn't seem like it, it feels like he's here for you," Yakushi Kabuto guessed based on what he saw.
"Looking for me?"
Orochimaru was a little puzzled,
Could he be here to kill me?
He's not sure, but to be safe, they better leave here now!
"Sasuke, today's training will end here, we have to leave," Orochimaru said gently to Sasuke.
Sasuke didn't say a word, he put away his Executioner's Blade and came to Orochimaru's side.
Orochimaru smiled with satisfaction, and then said to Kabuto: "Let's go!"
"Leave directly? Those experimental data and test subjects..."
"We don't need any of it, don't underestimate that kid, he is more strong and dangerous than we thought!"
The last teenager who could easily kill him was Uchiha Itachi, it's no wonder Orochimaru is so afraid of Naruto!
After receiving the order, Yakushi Kabuto didn't question Orochimaru at all, he followed Orochimaru from another exit of the secret base without packing anything.
But before the three of them could run far, two figures appeared in front of them.
One with blond hair, wearing a white noble short sleeve.
One with red hair, wearing a purple charming long shirt.
Seeing the two, Orochimaru stopped directly.
His heart was ringing alarm bells, and he really wanted to turn around and run away right now.
But he knows it's not that easy!
"Naruto-kun, long time no see, didn't expect to meet you here~" Orochimaru licked his lips with his tongue,
Even if he is afraid of Naruto's strength, he can't hide his greed for Naruto's body!
"It's been a while indeed, I was so sad when you left without saying goodbye last time."
Sad?
Looking at Naruto's expressionless face, Orochimaru smiled in his heart.
"Let's not talk about unnecessary things, what do you want from me? Just say it!"
"I don't know if you've heard an old saying that those who recognize the times are heroes, I want to recruit you to work for me, I wonder what you think?"
Orochimaru didn't expect that he hadn't looked for Naruto yet, but Naruto came to him and wanted to be his boss!
Although Naruto does have the strength to be his boss, he is still a little resistant to someone standing on his head.
He is used to being the boss, it won't be comfortable to suddenly become the second in command!
But even if he is unwilling, he doesn't dare to refuse Naruto on the spot.
So after thinking for a while, he said to Naruto: "What do you want me to do for you? Maybe we can cooperate!"
"I don't need cooperation, with your strength, you are not qualified to talk about cooperation with me."
Naruto said bluntly, "The reason why I came to you to help me is because I like your research ability!"
"Research ability? What do you want me to research for you?" Orochimaru squinted his eyes, curious.
He was not dissatisfied by Naruto's belittlement,
After all, what Naruto said is the truth!
With his current strength, he is not qualified to talk about cooperation with Naruto!
The reason why he said that was just to test Naruto's thoughts.
After all, as long as it can satisfy Naruto's goals, what is the difference between cooperation and subordination?
But Naruto only wants to take him in!
"Immortality!"
Naruto said calmly, "I know you are researching this, so I need your help!"
"What did you find?"
Orochimaru's mind is very sharp, he found the point from Naruto's few words!
A thirteen-year-old boy suddenly found him, a doctor who studies immortality, to help him study immortality. Either the other party has discovered something, or his mind has a problem.
Orochimaru is more inclined to the former!
The fear of death is not something a thirteen-year-old boy can feel!
"The Stone of Gelel!"
Naruto threw a blue stone to Orochimaru and said, "This kind of stone contains special energy. Using this energy can allow ordinary people to obtain extraordinary power, and the power in it can help others quickly restore their bodies, and even be resurrected!"
Orochimaru took the Stone of Gelel in his hand, and the light in his eyes flashed.
He tried to activate the power inside, and the next moment a surge of energy came out and hit a stone, directly shattering it!
This ordinary attack is not worse than Sasuke's Chidori!
Orochimaru showed an interested look, "How many of these stones do you have in your hand?"
"I only have six at the moment, but I know there is a place with countless Stones of Gelel!" Naruto said,
"How about it, are you interested in joining me, I will provide you with new research directions! The new possibility of immortality!"
"Once you crack the secret of the Stone of Gelel, it will be more reliable than your Edo Tensei with full of side effects!"
Orochimaru took the stone, sensing the power inside while thinking, and finally he smiled and bowed slightly: "I seem to have no reason to refuse! Naruto-sama!"
Sasuke: ???